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A thread for people with CV19 symptoms that have lasted for more than a couple of weeks.

First thread here

(Called 40+ to keep a rough tab on when the first symptoms started being reported on MN).

Hahaha 😆
@everythingisginandroses - if you could read my thoughts you'd know I am no better or kinder...!

I just think that this awful situation has brought out such extremes in behaviour. People cope in different ways. I would never condone such brutal treatment of people who are feeling ill and vulnerable though - it's smacks of a lack of self-awareness at best. We all need to try and walk in each other's shoes. It's not easy though.
Hope you feel lots better soon 😘

@fedupofbed Thank you, I’m hoping that it doesn’t develop further.

We are watching Howl’s Moving Castle and having pizza for tea.

@Moodgie sounds very depressing. Are the respiratory symptoms reducing? The sore throat and exhaustion could be post viral fatigue. Any temperature ?

@user34254356 I had horrible (green! TMI) diarrhoea as an early symptom for 4 days, then again a couple of times in the middle. Have been ok in that respect for about 10 days but it’s come back today - I put it down perhaps to being on antibiotics but hoping it’s short lived either way. It’s certainly been a common on off for many.

Well done folks on troll dodging - I wish I could make this stuff up - as @Porcupineinwaiting I could never have imagined the inability to breathe effectively or a persistent fever and might have come up with something more like ‘dry cough and fever for less than 7 days’

@TheWooisStrong So sorry to hear about the shingles

On day 33 today and after a disturbed nights sleep woke with cough again but as the day progressed it has disappeared bet it comes back this evening. Managed to go out for a 10 minute walk coming back a little breathless but after a rest it went. So an improvement but taking nothing for granted. Husband who is 14dqy behind me is still having to rest at various points came for the walk as well. He normally is a person enjoys walking but what we did was enough for him and he had to rest as soon as we got in. Work want me on the rota from 18th of this month to look after children in school. I am partly worried about going as husband is in the shielding group but then I am thinking I am sure we had this virus and we should have immunity and I need to go. I also want to do my bit along side my colleagues and especially when you think of all those in the NHS and the carers So I am so torn.

@godhelpusall It is this huge exhaustion now with the throaty thing. No temperature. I haven’t had any at all I don’t think. Night sweats only for the last several nights.

@Needsomegoodnews mine too was green and then bright yellow!! wonder what i have been eating but yes it's soo unsettling as you think you have nipped some things in the bud and then they rear their head again. I think yours could be antibiotic related though.

@Moodgie your symptoms sound really similar to mine and the way it’s played out. Had two good days then feeling crap today, more tired than I’ve been with horrible cough too. You’re not alone.

@user34254356 thanks!
I’m sorry to anyone having post viral fatigue. I remember how awful it was when I first got CFS, just always wondering why I’m not getting better.
I collapsed from overdoing it despite taking things very slow. Imdon’t Mean a dramatic collapse! I sat down a few hours ago and am waiting to find the strength to get back up...

@Moodgie oh yeah and my gp also said it would be post viral by now. I’m struggling to see how too!

@GinJeanie you know what, out of this whole experience I have sobbed and sobbed and sobbed. Because all around me I can see people completing acts of kindness, put my head out of the window on a Thursday night and the volume of people clapping and imploring a nation, a globe, to be well is palpable. And I find it so overwhelming this sense that for the first time in history probably the whole globe is pulling together in one united “hurt” where our fragility as humans is exposed and all we have left is kindness and a combined effort from all.

And then Ive sobbed that Im left behind in that. That im the most ill I have ever been in my life, that Im not in a hospital of warriors nor lining the streets applauding, baking with the kids or on zoom with my loved ones.

Instead Im crying to DH that he is having to run our home, parent our children, run his work department and he doesnt deserve it. He deserves help and support that I cant give him. Im worried that this virus might be like HIV and be life long, Im worried that I’ll get chronic fatigue syndrome because I cant seem to get well. And we’ve already had a tough year and Im petrified that if I’m unavailable it may break us.

But above all, I cant access healthcare. I cant have contact with my actual real life friends and family and so these threads have been forged. Where no-one else in my circle are experiencing these awful symptoms I’ve carved out friendships and kinships on this thread over this month that have honestly seen me through the darkest time of my life. When I had pulmonary embolisms once, I was warned I might die, and my mother in law was there, my DH, I phoned my mum and I had a full medical team and A PLAN.

For this, I have this thread. That is all. Thank you for posting such kind responses and to everyone on here if I havent name checked you this is my name check now. To you. For contributing your symptoms and BEING KIND. Because ive met a lot of people on here in 27 days. Some have been here longer than me and I hate that. Others have dropped off and come back with a friendly note of reassurance.

So I’ll be tolerant of trolls. And pledge that when they come back gripped by this, I’ll be as gracious and kind as all the support I’ve had on here.

And finally I wish you DH the very best recovery where you both get to go somewhere special one day and look back on coronavirus as a distant memory of a shit once upon a time....

Blimey, @SchrodingersKitty, that really is quite a run of things! Wishing you and your husband all the best

@Moodgie You could take a private Covid test? It could help prove that you're post-viral if it's negative?

I'm feeling absolutely terrible today. Headache, tired, chesty and just feel really active-virusy for the first time in 5 days. I'm wondering if the cold weather has made it feel worse. Or maybe it's just the nature of the beast. Urgh. Need a nap.

@TheDrsWife46 very well said

@WorriesomeDad Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have no idea how I would cope without this thread. @TheDrsWife46 I’m sobbing reading your post.

@Dorual I’m semi-rural here, don’t think there are tests available here. Closest town is Cheltenham.

@Tangledyarn sorry you are having a bad day.

Day 27/28 and I don’t believe that mine is post viral yet (unless breathlessness can be a post-viral symptom).

As to anyone suggesting this is all in our heads - if only it were.

And @SchrodingersKitty hope your DH’s op went well.

@TheDrsWife46 that’s a lovely sentiment we can all relate to. I had thought if we go into lockdown I would quite enjoy more time with my kids, keeping up with work without a commute and enjoying time and wine with my husband. Instead I got ill right at the start and have barely got up each day (except for 3 almost normal days before this latest blip and even then not well enough for wine!) and my contact with my husband has been mostly teary, defeatist and guilt ridden that I’m no help. I can totally relate to your fears of long term issues too, it’s scary having something with no idea of the implications. I’m a fan of scientific evidence but there is none and in that absence our anecdotal sharing is the next best thing to avoid feeling totally adrift.

@Moodgie Blue Horizon Medicals online. £199 though

@TheDrsWife46 what a lovely post. Sending good wishes.

@Dorual It says coming soon / currently unavailable.

@TheDrsWife46
Well said. Take heart you will be well soon it just taking a bit longer than you thought. It is awful when you feel so unwell and you know in your head what you want to do and cant. Be kind to yourself and try not to worry This will pass and it will not break you. It is just so tough at the moment because we cant access answers and the level of medial help we are use to but the people on this thread are wonderful support and will be here as long as you and others need it. This is people at their best. Hoping you and everyone have a restful night .

Awww @TheDrsWife46 - you and so many others on here have been to hell and back. This is unprecedented and incredibly traumatic - like something out of a film tbh. I know my DH, who is pretty stoic usually, has been terrified. As have I. We really thought he was having (or in danger of having) a heart attack last week. He's 45! It took 4 hours from phoning 111 to hearing from a GP then a further 2 hours for an ambulance.We had to prettnd to the kids that everything was fine. That just wouldn't happen in normal times, we know that! Of course your mind is going into overdrive - it's completely and utterly normal. Anxiety is a beast and it's rampant everywhere atm.
I'm so glad this thread has helped you. When DH became ill, a couple of his colleagues did around the same time. He actually posted the link to the first lungs thread to them. It helped so much as there's no clear information yet - just anecdotal accounts. I think the threads will have helped far more people than you realise. Obviously, the odd person will find what people are saying upsetting/unpalatable and stick their fingers in their ears - pure denial!
I'm glad your DH is there and sounds like he has your back. Keep resting and I know brighter days will come - can understand how hopeless this all feels at the moment.
For what it's worth I think your response to the troll was perfect and it made me chuckle. I like killing with kindness because people find it annoying! 😆 All valid responses in the end.
Have some - we could start a florist! Remember, us human beings are far more resilient than we give ourselves credit for. You and your DH will see that sunset together too. As my Mum always says, chins up! 🥂

@Moodgie

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