COVID Lungs 8wks plus

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Saw the previous thread is almost full. Hope I've not duplicated a new thread! And I might not be the best person to be custodian of this one, so feel free someone else to start a replacement and I'll get this deleted. Otherwise -

Here we all are, at least 56 days plus 😕

Lovely to hear of people feeling much better.

@Downandin. I went to a private GP. The whole thing was £95. They’re not doing them on the NHS yet apart from for some health and social care workers I think.

@Moodgie & @Egghead68 Thank you 💐

@Haenow
Thanks so much 💜
I’ve had none of these symptoms before in my life. Around 3 weeks ago I started with all the strange nerve things and it’s not stopped. It’s on an off but has been enough to frighten me. Numbness in mouth, lips and chin, sinus/shooting pain, teeth sensitive and gums, stiff back of neck for days now, upper back pain, leg and foot pain and weakness and in hands with lack of proper mobility sometimes.
I’m not sure what’s going on at all and if it’s connected to covid or something else that’s come along all of a sudden.
I have lots of dizziness and nausea and fast heartbeat until a few days ago and palpitations..that seems to have stopped for now 🙏

The ladies saying they have numbness/weakness etc, whereabouts do you have it and how long for? I’d be interested to compare.

@user34254356 Music would help! Thank you 🌸

@Moodgie my last dip was just over 2 weeks ago when my period arrived. Since then I’ve been feeling better day by day. Palpitations and fatigue have been my longest lasting symptoms, and I’m still very glad to go to bed each evening, but I would say I’m 99% recovered.
Initial illness was the Wednesday before lockdown, starting with a sore throat.

@Countingsheeps That’s exactly it, having to put so much attention into walking around and doing a task in the house. I feel it takes concentration to head to the kitchen and make Dd’s lunch etc and I have to concentrate not to mix things up. It’s a strange dizzy, bumbling, spaced out feeling.

Thank you so much @TheWooisStrong, you have given me/us hope!

@WotnoPasta I’ve had some small, shooting pains when lying down at night and regularly have sharp pain at the bridge of my nose, like sinus pain but not 🤷‍♀️

Reading all symptoms I’m not even sure if it’s worth the stress (and money) of an MRI and neck scan..if it’s part of recovery, I just know that this is the strangest I’ve ever felt before-in my head and body -not exaggerating!

@TheWooIsStrong
I have a similar timeline to you, I think a week ahead maybe. Period arrived 2 weeks ago and I relapsed. Feel better by the day now however today was a dip, potentially due to big change of weather, much cooler, and lots of rain. Lots of fatigue today but palpitations and hot flushes infrequent now, only very occasional chest pains.

@WotnoPasta I’ve been having shooting pains in the back of my head also - a bit scary sometimes but it’s been happening off and on for around 2 weeks for me now.

@TheWooisStrong thank you so much for your update!

@Whatnext2018 I’ve had lots of MRI scans - you’ll be fine! Just go in expecting some slightly strange drill-like noises..you get used to them quite quickly. The music definitely helps! Best of luck, let us know how you get on!

I’m on day 73 now and still struggling with on/off sob, palpitations, awful stomach symptoms and nausea, intense fatigue and headaches. Plus random sharp pains in places and often feeling like an invisible spider is crawling on my arms. My acupuncturist has started again so I’m going to see if the appointments help at all

@Tangledyarn, sorry to hear you've had a relapse - hopefully it'll be short lived. The news about possible COVID after care clinics springing up has cheered me up a bit even if they don't appear for a while. Hopefully there will be specialists available.

Tangledyarn sorry to hear you have had a relapse, that must be very disheartening. The same for you kitkat. I feel like I have gone a bit backwards; I was feeling a lot better over the weekend and on Tuesday, was aching all over and then the chest pain and cough flared up again, and then yesterday, I had the nausea after sitting at my laptop again as well, then I get to the point where everything is too sore, plus I cannot think at all (the spaced out feeling), and also my pulse racing and short of breath after going up the stairs. Not really badly, but enough to be noticeable. I am not as bad as the week 8 dip So not sure if it is a full relapse or just did too much too soon.

I have not been having shooting pains in my head, but I have had headaches round the back of my head which I have never had before.

Plus I have woken up at half past five so I am going to be tired before I start today!

@KatySun I've been getting rear headaches too. Having never suffered with headaches, over the past few weeks I've been getting those most afternoons.

It was a pretty cold night last night but I suddenly awoke up at 3 absolutely boiling with a racing heart.

Is anyone else having bizarre nights?

Recently I'm waking up during the night feeling absolutely terrible (total SOB, weak, dizzy, jittery, sore lungs, body aches, pains...). I fall asleep after a few minutes but it's so bizarre and doesn't reflect how I feel when I awake for the day.

@millstone
I've been waking up of a morning roasting hot. No temp though. Still have a rash (like heat rash) on my hands and less so on my chest.

Can I ask, when folks relapse, do they feel like their symptoms reoccur?

Hope abody's going to have a good day, and all the best.

My sleep was bad early on but generally ok since until last night - woke up at 5:30am with palpitations and unable to get back to sleep. Gave in and got up at 6:10 but still have a weird fluttery/fizzy heart feeling even though pulse is ok. So fed up with these curve balls...

I keep getting that weird surge - does anyone else know what I mean? It could be anxiety but I don't know

I am so much better today. Although i am tired from also having waves of anxious feelings through the night

Anyone with gastro issues still? It’s been weeks now. Nausea every morning and then toilet rush. Don’t know if it could be just ibs triggered by this? It’s about 7 weeks of it now, day in day out.

@godhelpusall I kept getting a weird surge/feeling coming over me, mine felt like a level of something in my body or blood was dropping - I can't explain what it felt like. I wondered if it was a drop in blood pressure or in oxygen (although oximeter suggested not that) It happens only very very rarely now at 11 weeks and it is only slight - much milder than early in illness.

Forgot to add that those surges definitely caused extra anxiety!

Also I forgot to add on my recovery long post yesterday that I'm making sure to have lots of probiotic foods - kefir, kimchi or probiotic drink to help repair after the gastric issues, these seem to help too

@emoojoo I have hardly had it but I increased my anti depressants yesterday and I'm wondering if it's connected to that

@Andslee
I only very rarely get a relapse now but sometimes if very tired I get glimpses of the old symptoms - feeling of thick sluggish blood in my veins, dodgy weird tummy, heavy headache, extreme thirst. I had this very mildly at start of my period this week but it didn't last and was very mild.

Hi everybody, haven’t been on for a week or so, been trying to really relax (literally resting and lying around all day) and recover from this thing. Sorry to hear so many of you are still having flare ups and relapses, sending you happy thoughts 🌺🌸🌼

I’m 12 weeks today. I trying to be positive and think I might be finally on the very slow road to recovery? (famous last words?!)

The last couple of weeks, things have changed? My chest pains/stiffness, SOB and hoarse voice have finally improved a lot, though are still there on exertion. This left me with horrible abdominal pains and bloating, which I have had all along but were masked a bit by the major breathing/chest problems. I have stopped being brave and gone back on full 24-hour doses of ibuprofen and paracetamol. The painkillers help but still don’t give complete relief.

But yesterday was a major breakthrough, I went out! 🎉🎉🎉
I drove to the local garden centre and pottered around there for a good 20 minutes. It was so lovely to be out! The SOB came back a little but I kept stopping and doing controlled breathing and didn’t collapse this time! By the time I drove home (luckily it’s only five minutes away) I did collapse through the front door and had to lie on the floor for five minutes before I could move. Then I had to sit on the sofa, downing drinks of water, for a few hours to recover. But I went out! Hooray!!

😳😳😬 I came on here this morning to let you know how much better I’m feeling but realised, reading it all back, that my ‘better’ is actually still pretty awful. Sorry, I think after 12 weeks of being horribly ill, I have just come to cherish any moment when I’m not in pain and can see any chink of light at the end of this long, long tunnel.

Who here hasn't had lots of tests? I'd like a d-Dimer etc to check for clots but not sure how to get it

@MelClare great news! Just wanted to say that omeprazole really helped with the stomach stuff

@godhelpusall After another call to the gp and trying to explain my symptoms I started crying (not intentional and a bit embarrassing), said with shortness of breath and palpitations I was worried about them, and he gave me a batch of tests.