A positive test- my journey so far

[CovidClara]

I have really struggled to find a description of someone with CV19. So here is my story (so far). I received a positive test back this afternoon.

Friday. I went out to the pub with 3 family members from 2 households. This is significant as my adult DD who lives with me also has CV19 and this is the only time that she has left the house for 2 weeks and so it looks like that may be the transmission point. We are in a tier 1 area.

Tuesday. I wake up with a splitting headache. I am prone to sinus problems and I thought it was that. Take ibuprofen during the day which numbs but doesn't remove it. Have a really sore throat start during the day. My DD wakes up with what she describes as a cold.

Wednesday. Slight cough, mostly dry but some mucousy. Headache continues and throat is really sore. DD still has a 'cold' and a very very slight cough. I decide to order a test online- for home testing. We dont really feel ill- this is like a very mild cold.

Thursday. Feel a lot better. Throat hurts, headache continues and light coughing. Sneezing (so it must be a cold) . Regret ordering a test as we are fine. I dont think I have had a fever, had a few moment of feeling hot maybe. DD says she feels a bit hot. We dont have a thermometer to check.

Friday. I wake up with almost no smell. Still got a headache. Throat hurts (but really very mild sore throat). The post comes and no test arrives and so I book drive through test for me and DD. We have to do it ourselves in the car- I am very skeptical that I have managed to swab correctly.

Turns out the home tests had been delivered by amazon and left behind the bin!

Friday evening I feel really cold in bed (but I live in a cold house so not unusual). Still no smell back. Headache has gone

Saturday. Feel a bit tired in the morning. Sore throat has gone. Have a slight cough. Woke up with a bad headache that took hours to go. Saturday pm- feel fine- spend 3 house gardening.

Saturday evening. I receive a text/email with a positive result. 4 hours later my DD gets a positive test result.

Turns out another person who was in the pub with us also developed a 'cold' on Tuesday and is now booked for a test tomorrow. So all 3 people got symptoms on the same day. The 4th person says they may have had a cold last week ??? but they are fine now.

DD symptoms now are: slight irregular cough. Sore throat gone. Can still smell but a bit reduced. Sneezing from time to time. Odd taste in mouth.

My symptoms are now. Low level headache, slight cough, slightly tickly throat. Sneezing from time to time. No smell, reduced taste.

At this point this is like the very mildest of colds. Lets see what happens now.

Thanks for this post OP, it's been most helpful.

We're currently in quarantine awaiting results of our tests we took yesterday. I was unwell last week with what I believed to be a 'cold' as I had no covid symptoms - checked my symptoms with the covid 111 and nope - no sore throat, sinusitis symptoms or headache on there. I had a runny nose despite having what felt like sinusitis and kept sneezing - all of which they say aren't symptoms of covid19. Symptoms were manageable and I was still able to work. Fast forward to late Sunday evening, DH & I both start coughing, his is dry mine is productive. Our DS started complaining of feeling hot then cold and really sick. We all phoned in work/school on Monday and arranged a test. We did our tests at 9.30am yesterday morning at the local walk in test centre and still don't have results as of yet.

This morning, still coughing, however felt 100% better whilst lying horizontal in bed. Since getting up I've had 2 bouts of coughing, I have pain on right side of my chest and my back is hurting on the right side, although I have scoliosis and other back conditions so it's hard to tell what the pain origin is. :(

It's concerning that many people are having the 'cold' like symptoms but are being dismissed by the 'covid line' as not being symptoms & also the amount of people testing positive without any symptoms at all.

I'm praying for a negative result so I can go back to work

Hey all.
Thought I would share my experience and symptoms - currently on day 5.
My youngest had his year group closed at school as there was a positive case. All seemed well, apart from I kept having horrendous headaches almost like tension headaches ( well what I thought they were ), 6 days into isolation I noticed a strange burning sensation in the top of my nose. Then a sinus sort of pressure in my upper face. Thought I was coming down with a sinus infection. Following day didn’t feel too bad but the burning sensation in the top of my nose remained. That evening my smell and taste literally disappeared. Had a test following morning, 24 hours later confirmed positive. My back and legs were aching, horrendous headache, felt nauseous and had numerous times where I had to dash to the toilet. That continued to about day 3 aswell as feeling extremely tired. Haven’t had no fever as of yet. Day 4/5 feeling a bit better but still exhausted, keep having to have a nap after being a awake a few hours. Also noticed slight sore throat this evening.
Just taking it day by day!