Hi, not posted on this thread though I was on another end March/ beginning of April.
I am currently on day 48 from onset of normal feeling sore throat which disappeared and then came back as a different dry throat, mucus streaming from back of nose and slightly funny tummy 38 days ago.
These symptoms then changed to very dry, burnt feeling windpipe, mucus in windpipe slightly congested chest, slight breathlessness which felt mainly windpipe and eased when I coughed/steamed and mucus dislodged. To help ease the congested chest I used some cupping exercises that I used to use on my childhood best friend who suffered from CF on front of chest and gentle tapping exercises around back of ribs, top of shoulders, I found these really helped with congestion and shift mucus. Although please take caution when practicing these and look online for guidance so you do not cause other injuries.
I have had cold sores, a bizarre episode of what I assume was an aura migraine and general feeling of not myself, the symptom I found hardest was like an internal shaking feeling, could not sit still and when I had to sit down had to shake legs to get some sense of peace, at these times I also felt a chill down my spine and honestly felt fearful with an impending sense of doom that I was going to die, I do not know what prompted this feeling because I had not experienced a lot of breathlessness or other major symptoms that some of you have been suffering.
All in all most other symptoms have been quite minor but are dragging out and I feel like it is systematically moving throughout my body, as something improves something else flares up.
I am generally feeling much better in myself now and breathing is much clearer, windpipe and throat/sinuses no longer feel inflamed dry or sore and I am more or less back to my usual daily routine without feeling tired - which actually hasn’t been all that bad, I have not been sleeping well at all but seem to be running on adrenaline somehow.
The only symptoms that I am now experiencing are constant mucus around throat voice box/ top of windpipe area and stomach problems which started out as Indigestion type pains but now seem more gastritis as I am feeling nauseous and have little appetite, I am not really experiencing diarrhoea though tbh I am kind of thinking that this is my next progress although hoping that may finally be the end as symptoms seem to be moving down and hopefully out of my body.
I hope this progress gives some of you hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel, although it has been a long winded journey I do feel like I am starting to finally feel myself again.
I have been taking Gaviscon which has been helping and I have noticed also clears the mucus in the throat so perhaps this is something that might help @Moodgie I think you have also mentioned suffering from throat mucus and tummy troubles.
If anyone has any other tips to deal with the irritated stomach I would really appreciate it, as my mum suffers with stomach ulcer and this is something I am really worried about.
I am really hoping that soon we all get answers as to if this has all been CV as I have honestly never experienced anything that has affected me so badly. I usually have a good immune system, I have worked with large groups of very young children for the last 28 years and as you can imagine have come into contact with lots of different viruses/bugs and normally shake them off pretty easy, I have not needed to see gp for over 20 years in regard to any kind of bug/illness and that is what I find quite alarming. I am also worried that if this is not CV and I come into contact with it after this illness I am going to suffer.