To make a thread for those who have just tested positive

[ContemplatingLife435]

Thought I'd make a thread for those of us who just tested positive within the last week to help each other through our covid journeys

thanks holly

oblahdee where do i find that?

kirsty personally I'd not take the paracetamol unless yr feeling really bad. can you rest? v impt with fever

Well, I took paracetamol, the fever went down and I had enough energy to hover the flat and to take a shower. I'm feeling dizzy now but otherwise fine. I hope I won't have to pay for this bout of activity later.

Hoover, not hover :)

How is everyone doing?

Day 9 here.
Was kind of getting better but today started feeling shortness of breath. Can't do deep breaths as it feels like there is something at the bottom of my lungs that is very irritated. That lung irritation is making me cough as well.
I was so happy I was on the mend but now this breathing thing is scaring me. I have an oximeter and so far I'm 98% - so all good.

Been for a test today. Saturday spent the day in bed with whole body aches, same yesterday and then noticed I couldn’t taste my cup of tea and everything that followed. Hoping for a quick turnaround on test results. Runny nose and sneezy, headache but disappeared with paracetamol.

Blimey, reading this, I’m feeling very lucky... or maybe I’m deluded.

DH (care home worker) was a bit sneezy over the weekend after Christmas, but then coughed a lot last Monday night, so attended work on Tuesday even though on annual leave, so he could get a test. We don’t know what happened to that - but they told him the home was in outbreak.

I started coughing on Thursday morning (New Year’s Eve) so went for a test, came back positive on Saturday.

Symptoms for both of us: cough, low appetite, feeling generally crap some of the time. I also had a fever on Friday, but not since. We are not too bad really - we are up and dressed, but a bit short of energy so not doing much/taking lots of breaks.

DH phoned in this morning and they told him to go and get another test rather than try chasing last week’s.

At the moment I can’t get my mind off the idea that you can start with mild symptoms and then get dramatically worse after a week or so. Looking forward to getting past that one week mark.

I’m 57, obese, have diabetes. Even so, my risk of needing hospital care is 1 in 570, so I’m hanging on to that. DH’s risk roughly half of mine even though he’s older and a man.

I tested positive on Christmas Eve but had lost my sense of taste/smell a few days before. Is anyone else still struggling with their taste? I still don't have any sense of smell :(