Covid Lungs 40 plus plus plus

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New thread for those having longer symptoms of Covid.

Oh, and feeling cold.

@meercatmama @Rosesofeyam @emoojoo Seems like a lot of overlaps. Fingers crossed all post viral.

@fedupofbed I hope it helps you. I don't even know when DH came to bed, I woke up for a wee and he was there. I even managed to get back to sleep which last week I wouldn't have done.

Day 31
Pulse is still silly fast whenever I get up but it does go down again pretty quickly.
Chills have calmed down for now
Chest pain is bad, feels like a big lump of soreness between collarbone. I can't lift my arms above my head, wear a bra, if I bend over it stabs and I get heart palpitations.
The CBD oil is chilling me out though.
I am holding on to the thought I will get better.
Time heals.

@Lightsabre thank you. My scan results are ok apparently and they are sending me home "in a few hours". I've also heard it can take a number of tests to get a positive. I am sure I have had it. Who gets pneumonia at this time of year?!

Great news on the reduced chest inflammation and bra! I wasn’t quite so brave and just covered my braless self with loose layers on my walk this morning but I did wear some fun stretchy leggings. Enjoy and let us know how it went!

It wasn't too bad. For the walk I could breathe fine in the bra. But when I came home, despite feeling really peppy and full of energy, I could feel a very, very slight extra labour to my breathing. So I made a cup of coffee, got in back in my leggings, removed the bra and went to bed for a bit. It's been nearly an hour and my breathing is normalising again, so I'm going to make some lunch in a few minutes and a ginger tea and head back to bed. Hopefully I'll be up for washing up and a chilled stroll this evening.

Hi today I started feeling my arms are powerless. I am scared blood clots. I called my GP and wait for call back.

Is there any test available to detect blood clots?

I'm not sure blood clots cause feelings of powerlessness. When my MiL got deep vein thrombosis (shes had this twice) her symptoms were heat, pain and swelling in the affected limb. When a colleague had a clot in his shoulder it was pain and swelling.

@mumto3litt
My arms feel very heavy and achy today and have already spoke to my GP, They told to rest. paracetamol and fluids/eat well. Since being back in bed it has got better. Do you have temperature? I have flashes of it.

Day 45 for my 11 year old, I thought he was getting better but he has been so fatigued the last couple of days. Fortunately his nerve pains/ strange tinglings have been less frequent. There is an article in The Guardian this afternoon about slow recoveries from Coronavirus. I also looked on the ME association website as I’m worried about my son developing that, the Covid19 online leaflet they have published today reassured me a little that it isn’t unusual to take a few weeks to recover from a virus.

My gp just called to say my bloods/stool/urine tests this week were all clear. I said I'd had fever again today and she said this likely to be the body inflammatory response to something while it deals with all the post viral stuff. She agreed again that at this point now (41 days) my symptoms are post viral and most likely post covid - she said that they are finding that there are a huge range of post viral symptoms after covid and that they come in wave after wave, so to expect good days and bad. As it is a new virus they don't yet know how long they last but she reckons the symptoms should ease over time. I'm reassured knowing this, it shows that we can get through the bad bits. Hope everyone is doing ok

@Meercatmama I just spoke to my GP and she suggested to go to A&E because my breathlessness is getting worse although I have taken steroid and antibiotics. But I am a bit scared to go to hospital because there might be lots of virus/bacteria which may hurt my weaken body.

Try not to worry My husband went to A&E on Day 10. He said the actual department was really empty, they gave him gloves and a mask. He had an ECG, lung xray and blood test which he said happen really fast. The staff were lovely and he was out in under 4 hours, They are there to help you.

@mumto3little hope you get checked out and feel better
@Scampersaur thank you for pointing out the guardian article about recovery - here is link www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/01/lingering-and-painful-long-and-unclear-road-to-coronavirus-recovery-long-lasting-symptoms

That guardian article feels like vindication!

I spoke to soon saying I thought I was getting over it on day 53.... now two days later and I am clearly getting worse again. The terrible headache, muscle ache, dizziness and nausea is back, can hardly stay awake and my lungs are starting to feel odd again, with the occasional cough back.

Also I am so hot and constantly thirsty - does anyone else find this?

This is coming up to 8 weeks now that I have been hardly able to get out of bed most days. How much longer can this go on for :(

I’m not feeling up to reading the rest of the recent posts, but I really hope others are doing better.

@Meercatmama thank you. Now I would like to go to hospital. My husband is still working at home and asked me to wait until 5pm. I hope they will test me if I arrive in the evening.

I am sure that they will. You will have to go in on your own. Your husband can only drop you off and pick you up from outside. My husband went by ambulance and I had to pick him up when he was released. If your breathing is getting worse go now It is more important than work

@NotAnotherUserNumber
I am always thirsty. It has eased since I started taking a sachet of dioralyte every morning. My heart has felt a bit more stable since as well.

Horribly light headed this afternoon, and the cold hands are back.
I think my blood pressure may be dropping. It has been quite high for me.
Today is the first day I feel like I'm in recovery. I don't know if the CBD has made me more positive or if I've turned another corner.
This is despite discovering the joys of diarrhoea for myself that you've all been talking about.

@Egghead68 I've had the same things said and done about my inhaler, I am reducing down to 2 puffs x3 a day and I have been taking ibuprofen. It has helped but be wary of it affects your asthma

I just looked at my heart rate chart on Cardiogram and it's the most normal I've seen it in such a very long time. My highest heart rate today was 105bpm and that was while I was on my walk. My whole chart looks really normal with higher heart rate when I'm active and lower when I'm resting. No weird shooting high spike for no reason or random super low ones. It's an absolute joy to look at. I'm not super surprised as I haven't had any palpitations but it's just so, so nice to see my heart rate actually match my activity. I'm going to keep a close eye on that. I'd say that a sustained period of normal cardiac health will be the biggest indicator of how my health really is as opposed to just feeling good.

@alittleprivacy that's interesting. @myguy, my doctor was emphatic that inhaled corticosteroids were not an issue, only oral, as the inhaled ones don't get into your general system. I've come across a few people with longer illness who are perfectly well normally, too.

This document on post-viral fatigue was posted on the Slack group today.

www.meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MEA-PVF-and-PVFS-Following-Coronavirus-Infection-30.04.20.pdf

@Linus1972 yes I am taking it orally. My dh has been taking naproxen for almost a week for his gout and we don't feel this has hindered us as I took it during a dip in health any wet which he has had 3 days later as he seems to be 3 days behind me. I think this virus follows patterns.

Thank you very much for the useful links @Linus1972 @emoojoo and @Scampersaur . It's good to see that as times go there is more recognition of what we're going through.

I'm still a bit confused about the whole 'post viral' thing though, especially after I read the ME Association information.

So I'm day 62, negative covid test, bloods show that I'm post viral, doctor confirms this too. But my symptoms, and I know others on here are the same, are still more in keeping with an active infection - temperature, SOB, high heart rate, etc - and ME Association says in the fact sheet they are not consistent with PVFS.

I'm driving myself mad overthinking it, I guess there's no point as nobody knows the answers. Just have to rest and wait.

@alittleprivacy that's great about your heart rate. Must be such a relief. Can I ask how many days you've had the cardiac symptoms for? Have they been there all along or quite recent?