Tell me your positive recovery stories

[thisusernameismine]

Test on its way but not feeling hopeful for a negative result as I've been in close contact with a confirmed case and am not feeling 100%.

My DH and I are 40/41 and we have a toddler. Need to be hopeful about how this may go! We are all very active (avid runners etc).

Also given most of the covid threads turn into debates, it would be nice to have one where we hear about mild cases and full recoveries (so please no stories of "I was great, coughed once, but my great aunt died within minutes"). Thanks

I’m 49 with an underlying health condition affecting the Liver.

I caught Covid at the very end of March. Acute phase lasted approximately the 2 weeks widely reported. Was out on my bike again shortly after but overdid it, developing pleurisy. So I then took it easy with ongoing mild symptoms of ‘Long Covid’, chest x-ray was clear, symptoms have got 90% better since then, so much so I’m back out on the bike again 3-4 times a week at the moment! I’ll take that!

I'm 54, no risk factors. Had it in March very mildly. Fine after a week apart from smell/taste which mostly normalised after two more weeks though did have parosmia occasionally for a few months. Husband 55, asthmatic and hypertensive, pretty ill for 2 weeks, 2 weeks recovering, fine since then. Sister and husband age 47 and primary age kids all had trivial symptoms for a few days and all absolutely fine. 70 year old friend similar to me. Another 70 year old friend ill for few days and fine since. Several friends around my age who had similar experience to me. Is that enough?

Great news @MummyPop00 ! 🚴🏼‍♀️

And thank you @Ontopofthesunset for so many good outcomes. So glad to hear you are all okay x

Also early 40s and physically very fit here. I have a tendency to get hit hard by respiratory things; i.e. if there's a cough going round I always get it.

I had covid months ago. One day in bed feeling weak and feverish, then up and about feeling more energetic next day. Headaches for a week although paracetamol helped with them. The cough hung around for about three weeks and it wasn't a delight but nothing I couldn't handle and it improved consistently if slowly after the first 10 days. Overall I would say it was at the same level of having a bad, but really odd, cold.

It didn't affect me energy-wise or fitness-wise longer term (besides the slight loss of physical condition from not working out for a week or so). I had no sense of taste for a few days, and no sense of smell for a few weeks, but other than that no lasting effects.

I know several other people who've had it. Family friend (early 50s, very overweight, high blood pressure) who had mostly gastric symptoms, as did his teenage daughter. They had upset stomachs and felt washed out but were otherwise fine after about a week.

A friend's nan had it in June: she's early 90s (!), several health conditions as you'd expect. She 'felt poorly' for a few days and was coughing for a while but has recovered fine. (I tell you, old Cumbrian ladies... they make 'em of stern stuff.)

An ex client... late 40s, asthmatic. Had it in April. In bed for three days, then up and about and recovering steadily apart from slight hearing loss which lasted about two months. (Officially that counts as long covid, apparently.)

One of my DB, SIL and family all tested positive recently but none had any symptoms whatsoever over the course of their isolation.

The only people I know personally who've had it are a couple in their 30's with no underlying health concerns.
Both were pretty rough for about 3 or 4 days each: achey, cough, temp. The woman said she felt exhausted and slept a lot in that part. Then they both recovered and felt fairly back to normal after a few more days. As far as I'm aware, no other issues.

My son brought it home from uni in March. Thanks Son! Went down coughing day after he got back. Shut him away.but me n the 12yo got it a week later. Symptoms were cough. Red swollen eyes. Swollen lymphs. Headache. Faceache. Only thing that helped was sudafed. Lay on sofa watching Gold for a week. Was still able to tagteam looking after smaller one with my.older one. They were fine in a fortnight. Cough lasted seven weeks or so for me on a steadyingly improving basis. Still a bit wheezy. He went back to uni this month and yesterday he tells me he's got it again! Faceplants

My mum caught it at work (NHS). She's 51. Cough and breathlessness lasted about 3 weeks but she's made a full recovery, perfectly healthy, working full time and goes to the gym 4 times a week.

BIL (32) and SIL (28) got positive test results a week ago. Both have felt like they have a cold with more fatigue than usual, but they say they have felt worse with other viruses they've had this year. They say they are both on the mend today and fully expecting to be back in work as soon as their quarantine ends.

The 3 adults I know who had it all had risk factors.
60s male, host of health problems and obese - asymptomatic
BAME male - mild cold symptoms
60s female - blood clotting disorder and had had pnemonia already this year - described as heavy cold.
All recovered fine, no lingering symptoms.

God I need this. I'm 28, but chubby but otherwise ok and absolutely petrified of it. Have had severe health anxiety for a while though

The thread I mean. Not covid. Could do without that!

my close colleague at work had it. he's a man in his early sixties, although fit and not overweight. He described it as likely a very nasty bout of 'flu - was in mostly bedridden for a fortnight. however within a month he was fully recovered with no lasting symptoms whatsoever.

there are others at work I know less well who've had it (NHS so more likely to get it). no-one in my workplace has been hospitalised or spent extended time off work due to post-covid symptoms.

Late 30’s super-fit cyclist (racer) here with no known underlying health conditions and BMI 22. I had it and coughed a lot. I’ve actually had worse colds. The coughing lasted about 6 weeks. I continued cycling throughout (obviously VERY steadily, low volume, keeping heart rate low initially). I noticed my power output was a bit pants 2-4 weeks in but it returned to normal after that. I’ve never looked back! DP (older than me) also super-fit cyclist, no known health conditions BMI of 20 took a week off the bike. He had one day where he felt the need to nap, he had slightly achey muscles, headache and diarrhoea and a cough which lasted about 4 weeks. He also made a fast and full recovery.

My mum age 60 had it. Remained asymptomatic and tested negative after 12 days
My aunty age 55 had it. Mild fever for a day and fine after that
My uncle age 60 had it ... heart problems etc but fully recovered in two weeks

So great to hear these positive stories, thanks SO much everyone 🙏🏼 so pleased to hear about people making full recoveries. Don't really get to see this side of covid!

What I mean is I'm glad people are well and back to their old selves x

thisusernameismine try to remember, this is how the vast majority of cases are. Xx

my friends (family couple) recently returned from turkey. Her test was positive, his test was negative. It was reported that this is not an infectious form. As a result, everything was not so scary, the first days there was a strong fever at night and bad sleep, respectively, a runny nose, lack of taste, and there was no strong cough. after a couple of weeks, the test is negative - everything is fine, but they said that the low temperature may persist for a long time (the friend does not interfere so much, she is already working)
ll this time she was at home
get better, please !

Marking the page. What a great thread :)

My husband tested positive, he’s 51 years old and very fit. He had phases of being sweaty then shivery, had headaches and some tiredness but was mostly able to continue working from home with the odd nap as required. The rest of us stayed out his way. He now feels completely fine two weeks on from his first symptoms and the rest of us have remained healthy throughout.

Its kind of ironic that when Covid was probably at its height in March/April people were just thinking stay at home take paracetamol but now, further down the line in terms of knowledge and treatment etc, people who are otherwise fit & healthy have been scared into thinking it's a certain death sentence. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think this thread needs a bump. More, more!

Mid-50s, not especially fit and underlying health issues.
In fact, I was actually in hospital for non-Covid reasons on a "green" ward when another (asymptomatic for Covid) patient tested positive.
I'd been in the next bed for 48 hours and had helped her pick up some things she dropped, leading to closer contact.

Was sent home to self-isolate. The only thing I noticed was a tickle in the middle of my chest which made me cough occasionally.
If I hadn't been watching like a hawk for symptoms (knowing I'd been in fairly close contact with it), I'd never have noticed it.
Tickle cleared up over a few days.

During that time, I was worried about DH (early 60s, hypertensive and overweight). We slept in separate rooms, used separate toilets, sat on separate sofas etc but otherwise lived in the same house fairly normally.
He had absolutely no symptoms (and he'd have definitely noticed and mentioned them, believe me!).

I only know I've had for sure because I was included in the trial and have tested positive for antibodies on two separate occasions: strongly the first time and more strongly for IgG the second. No "line-eyes" needed.

Haven't had any related problems since.

Hope that gives some reassurance that it's not always awful; I was pretty scared myself when I first realised I'd been in such close, known contact.

Thank you @LaMarschallin - we are pretty sure we have been affected. My two year old looks very peaky and is constantly warm, though thankfully temperature is responding to calpol/nurofen.

I don't feel good but am fully functioning and in fact just washed all bedding and cleaned the house top to bottom.

Does anyone know what the average worst day is for symptoms once you've contracted the virus??

@thisusernameismine

Thank you LaMarschallin - we are pretty sure we have been affected.

Sorry to hear that.
🤞that your symptoms remain mild and you all recover quickly.