Has anyone had covid19, felt a bit crap for a few day and then been fine?

[Ploppymoodypants]

Just as per the title really. I know of one death,( age 66 with underlying health conditions) and 3 people who have had it, been unwell (like really unwell but at home) for about 7 weeks now, keep getting better then knocked back again.

Has anyone had it, and just mildly, a few days in bed and then bounced back?
I’ve resigned myself to getting it, but wondering what my chances are. Have small children so it’s worrying. Not sure how I would isolate from them or who would look after them if I couldn’t.
Thank you

Wondering if I had it mild. I was teaching up to March 20th and various staff and kids were droping like flies with 'colds'/tiredness. Have since found out that a few had confirmed tests/family members confirmed hospitalised, including a girl in my class. My main symptom was a bad headache and sore throat, felt like something was stuck and I was teally tired. Sleeping for 10 hours tired.
But could still cope, went for walks etc and had paracetamol and gargled asprin.

I started with symptoms on the 21st of March. I'm asthmatic and just assumed I was having a flare up of this. Took my pump a bit more, had a cough and thought the pain in my right lung was a pulled muscle! DH started to feel unwell 5 days after, he was very ill and eventually ended up in hospital and tested positive. The whole time he was ill I carried on cooking and making sure he had everything he needed. We think DS started it (NHS) he just had a hacking cough that lasted 6 weeks. For me and DS it was so mild we both said we'd take it over flu any day! I have had reoccurring symptoms since, which for me have been worse than when I had it, 36 hours with a really sore throat, 24 hours with awful stomach cramps, but DS has had nothing.

Wow wondering if I should order a test after reading this thread. Had a banging headache yesterday and today woken up with a moderately sore throat. No fever or cough though

I had something in March but I thought it was another virus unhelpfully doing the rounds at the same time. I had a tight chest, a sort of bubbling feeling in my lungs and felt a bit feverish for a few hours. I also had bit of a cough, but by no stretch "persistent" or "continuous".

A reliable antibody test would be helpful but if they think you can fight it with t-cells then a test won't be conclusive.

I've been ill for 10 days now. Started as a hangover feeling and exhausted. Then chills for a day. No fever when measured temperature but have felt clammy off and on. I got intermittent thumping head, muscle aches and just exhausted. I also had funny churning tummy for few days but not exactly upset stomach. I keep hoping I'll wake up and be over it but here I am on day 10 still feeling awful.

I won't be able to get a test without the 4 listed common symptoms though will I?

It's likely some other bug?

I've had mild symptoms confirmed with a test. No cough or fever, had a sore throat, chest felt congested, nausea, dizziness and headache. Had a couple of days in bed but up and about now, just get a bit tired if I do too much. Isolating from the kids was hard and it didn't really work because they are young. I don't regret getting a test even though I didn't have the classic symptoms. It's a good job I did really because one DC was due back at school and could have been spreading it to his bubble and teacher.

@Mumteedum i have just ordered a home test just to be sure. Didnt ask me about my symptoms x

Friend of mine had a tickle in his throat, got a test just in case and was positive. His partner tested negative. He said it was even less than a cold.
He hadn't been anywhere other than the supermarket so I definitely don't agree with the poster above that it's not around in the community any more. It's obviously in the shops near me.

@Jrobhatch29 oh really? OK. I will have a look then. It said on site that you could get one if you had the symptoms listed

Oh.. It says its no good if symptoms have been happening for 5 days already

Such a weird virus. No wonder it has spread so much when the symptoms are so varied and can be so mild

I'm pretty sure we had it in our house.

Over the course of 1-2 weeks, we all started with symptoms one after the other.

DD1 had a cough for about 10 days and a temperature for 2-3.

I started with a cough that lasted for 4-5 weeks and was in bed for 2 days around day 6-7 of symptoms.

DD2 was very tired and sluggish for 2-3 days and off her food, but no other symptoms.

DH had very bad 'hayfever and a tight chest' for a week or so. I'm convinced it was mild covid, but he was adamant at the time it wasn't.

My friend's daughter-in-law, 35 years old, tested positive as part of routine testing (key worker). She had no symptoms at all, either before or after the test.

I know a nurse who had only a headache for a couple of days then scratchy throat.

Yes I did. In March I had a headache, dry cough suddenly and one episode of not being able to breathe properly. That was all over 1.5 days and then I felt a bit under the weather and tired for a few days with a bit of lung pain and then feeling a bit breathless when walking up hills. It was really very mild and I would have continued working as normal if it wasn't for the known pandemic! I had a positive antibody test recently.

I had it last week. Bad headache for day 1 then fever which only lasted a couple of hours. Tested on day 2 but had no symptoms. Received positive test result on day 3 but no symptoms until the evening when i felt very slightly breathless and had very mild chest pain. Day 4 still slight chest pain. Day 5 sense of smell and taste went. Now on day 14. Symptoms all gone (sense of taste and smell came back a couple of days ago) but still extremely tired. I have felt crapper with flu and even with heavy colds before! Just hoping I don't take a turn for the worse at any point.

Yes @Ploppymoodypants my step dad had what you have described. He tested positive. He had a test as my mum also had it (and strangely was much more poorly) and had tested positive a few days before. She is a nhs nurse and probably got it from work. Took my mum a good few weeks to be better. She was close to being hospitalised. My step dad just felt rough for a few days. This was 6 weeks ago

I was unwell in Feb, I was off work for a week which is unusual for me and it was worse than a cold but not as bad as flu.

I had sore throat, cough, muscle aches particularly around the diaphragm, sickness and diarrhoea, fatigue. It was a really odd virus. Covid never crossed my mind at the time but I’d love an antibody test.

Oh and I had a temperature as well. Kept having to change my pyjamas in the night as they were sodden.

Anyone who had a home test how long dod it take to arrive? And do they just post it through letter box?

A HCA I know tested positive - all she had was a dodgy tummy (not sick, just a bit of discomfort), slightly dizziness and very tired. Lasted about a week. No cough, temp or loss of taste/smell. She took time off work because she thought it was another virus type thing, and didn't want to take any chances. Work told her to get a test - and she was amazed it was positive.

It obviously has varying symptoms to the ones they highlight.

@SophieB100. That is exactly how I've been been for 10 days now.

I have an upset tummy today too, sore throat still and just generally feel rough

Me and everyone I know (approximately 10, including 2 people in their 70s with multiple co morbidities) have had it like this. If I hadn't knowni t was covid I'd still have gone to work, that's how fine I felt.

My US colleague tested positive - he worked (and zoomed) throughout, he just felt a bit tired and crappy, but nothing too bad. He was fine again within a week.