Post-Covid, feels so good

[Bulblasagnes]

Anyone been through covid, out the other end with no on-going symptoms, and feeling so good about it?! I know the doom mongers will be on saying we could catch it again, we’re not necessarily immune etc, however most people do get a good few months of immunity which should more or less get you to the point of vaccination. I just feel like I can heave a big sigh of relief and just relax a bit now, it’s such a great feeling, especially after being cooped up inside feeling miserable and stifled for 2 weeks bored out of my mind.

And another 6-9 months down the line we will all be feeling like this hopefully!

Please share your feel-good stories about life post-covid! I now feel relaxed about getting my hair done and seeing the dentist, much needed treatments!! I’m looking forward to going to museums and galleries again with the children, day trips on public transport, the lot! It’s wonderful!

I haven't had it and I am happy about it. Especially because you might get it twice or more. Also one doesn't know what damage it had done in the long run.

I have health anxiety so feel so much more secure now I’ve had it (luckily) pretty mild and no long term effects.

@secretlyhappy

I haven't had it and I am happy about it. Especially because you might get it twice or more. Also one doesn't know what damage it had done in the long run.

That's it, exactly! I always thought I would be relieved to have it 'out of the way' once recovered, but that clearly isn't even a thing due to all the uncertainties over immunity! I actually feel more vulnerable now after having it because it is a reminder how risky my job is (lots of colleagues have had it, we work with covid pos people in their homes) and I am having to return whilst still suffering the effects.

I understand how you feel, OP!

I haven't had it, and hope I don't get it as I'm likely to get it hard. A normal virus knocks me sideways and impacts my breathing so I'm extra concerned about this one.

However, if I had it and wasn't that bad then I'd feel just like you.

Also, when I've been ill, I often get a day of euphoria afterward when I can breath easily again and am not totally exhausted. I often comment you don't realise how ill you've been until you start feeling better!

I can understand that it would be a relief to come out the other side feeling you had got away lightly. I haven't had it, to my knowledge, and nor has anyone in my household/anyone I've been in close contact with. What I am definitely tired of is symptom-watching, always wondering if everything could be COVID. Case in point, today I have mild gastric symptoms - really just a queasy, rumbly stomach, I haven't been sick or had the runs (yet). Could be anxiety. Could be something I ate. Could be a stomach bug. Or could be COVID but of course I'm worrying about it.

If us good to read some positives!
I am still recovering from getting it mid November. I’ve never been so ill in my life and it does irk me when I see social media posts proclaiming it’s made up/unnoticeable as it wasn’t and it did scare me way more than I thought it would. But I am happy to hear that my experience wasn’t everyone’s and really hope we are heading for some positive change 😀

I haven’t had it but know 3 people who have. First was in hospital for 3 weeks back in April but is fine now. Other two more recently both appear to be back to normal now.

How nice for you, OP

Unfortunately as CEV I cannot share the exuberance, for catching Covid may or may be happily mild, and if I get it badly, 1/3 of people with my underlying condition die

So fingers crossed that it’s vaccination for me, as there’s a good chance that there would be no life if I caught it

CEV have had it tough this year, what with all the extra isolation. And it’s going to be a long cold winter of worry

I’m not a ‘doom monger’ btw. Just someone who is online a lot as so much of RL is too hazardous, and who knows when vaccine priority 4 will be reached.

I hope you will in your new happiness still be meticulous about distancing and masks. The last thing we, the still exceptionally vulnerable, is for society as a whole to abandon these measures. Not everyone who thinks they are immune will actually be so.

Exactly this. Thank you iVampire for saying what I wanted to say, but better.

I’m just coming through it now really knocked me for six I’m into week three now seem (touchwood) to be starting to feel a bit better. Husband is back at work

It almost feels like you’re not allowed to be happy about anything on this board!

Well of course you are allowed to be happy, but maybe a gloaty-sounding post when you acknowledge there are many people for whom this is still a huge worry, is not the best way to go about it. Just feel inwardly happy and keep it to yourself?

It wasn’t gloating. Is everything positive that someone says about their life on Mumsnet gloating? It’s fairly clear from the subject title what this thread would be about, or from the opening lines to my op. Surely if you were feeling worried and this thread would make it worse, you could read one of the other many coronavirus threads that might address or help with those worries? And let those of us who feel a sense of relief after a long, bleak period - and a time of sickness when we didn’t know which way it might go - actually share our joy and have a chat about what this means for us? Mumsnet is, or at least should be, for everyone.

It came across as gloating, and I shall read and reply to what I like, as is usual. Thread Police much?

I don't see getting and surviving it anything to aim for because the same rules apply to everybody. Not that you could live normal life after getting it. I am trying to avoid it until vaccination. I am not afraid of it and I have visited hair dresses/dentists/restaurants without being overly nervous or scared.

But I do understand the feeling you get after getting better from any illness. Especially from vomiting bug.

I'm really worried about it all. I currently have Covid but had none of the hallmark symptoms other than maybe my coffee not tasting as strong. I did, however, feel utterly exhausted and unable to stay awake. I had to stretch the coffee symptom to get a test. It worries me that how many other people are out there thinking they don't have it and are spreading it about.
So far it's been fine for me, just Headache, exhaustion, dry mouth and loss of appetite but I'd still rather not have had it

The one good thing is that it has made me examine my lifestyle choices as I am very unhealthy and that is ending now

A relative of mine had an unpleasant dose of it in March. Not tested but was tested for antibodies in September and had them. No lasting effects. As far as she is concerned she is now immune and elderly relatives are convinced she poses no danger to them. Nobody seems concerned that the only fact is that she had antibodies in September.

It does come across as a bit gloaty though. Of course everyone is allowed to be happy but covid is clearly an ongoing situation that is extremely difficult for many people, including many who will be seeing and reading this thread. There was another thread today from someone along the lines of "I had a lovely time this year which means the pandemic wasn't all bad" that also got slated for lacking tact and nuance.

Saying you are happy & relieved for surviving covid on FB will elicit positive responses from the finite number of personal friends and family who know you. Telling several thousand strangers (many of whom are seriously sick, lost their jobs, lost loved ones, battling MH issues) that you are delighted to be well and then accusing them of "not being happy for you" is something very different.

Good post @User214934514

How does it come across as gloaty???

Seriously OP - I haven't had Covid as far as I know - but I understand what you're saying. I also understand that others who've suffered more with Covid might not feel as you do. But does that mean you shouldn't have posted your thoughts and feelings here? No.

Those others fill these threads with their experiences and feelings. Why shouldn't you? If you're gloating - then they're trying to drag us all down into misery and depression. And I don't believe that either of those things is true.

I have had it I think, though was too early to be tested. I am not cutting any corners or assuming I still have any immunity...I hope I do but so many months months on it’s very possible I don’t.

I admit there is a relief to thinking that (if it was Covid) my body had at least once managed to cope with it without making me very ill in the short term. In fact I never felt ‘ill’ for a moment. Ultimately though, I really wish I hadn’t had it. My sense of smell is still incredibly damaged and I do worry what the long term implications are, especially with all the speculation re Parkinsonism and other long term neurological effects. Also, I am aware of studies like the one in a prison where most people were asymptomatic but of that majority, something like 80% (can’t remember exactly) had sustained lung damage. Will that effect them in the future if they develop lung issues? I don’t know.

So I am mixed on it, I think I would have felt more stressed about it over the last few months if I didn’t suspect that I had already encountered it, but in terms of the future it scares me...I would massively prefer to have avoided it. No matter how mild the initial case, this is a very odd virus that has done unprecedented things to bodies. It’s no cold or flu.

I don’t blame you for looking on the bright side OP. You probably are a bit protected in the short term and yes, may as well enjoy the benefits as what is done is done. I would advise everyone to try desperately hard not to get it though...most people won’t get it especially with a vaccine so close, and I would be gutted to get it now if I were as yet unaffected.

To my knowledge I havent had it but I imagine if I did I'd feel similarly to you OP.

Glad you're ok and good timing with xmas coming up. No, not everyone is as fortunate but sadly that's the way life goes and I wouldnt imagine OP is having conversations like this with people IRL.

[quote Bulblasagnes]You might be able to get a T cell test done eventually: www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-53764640[/quote]
I'm happy for you OP. The T cells are a massive thing, too expensive to test but studied and published in the BMJ.

Really need to be testing them.

www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3563#

My wife suffered badly with Corona (teacher) early October. I was fine as was my 5 year old son. No doubt incredibly lucky despite living in a small house with no precautions really possible. I have a few GP friends who support the T Cell theory.

I've had 2 antibody tests since October . nothing- no antibodies. T cell theory from previous infection is only real explanation for that .

Enjoy your Christmas

OP, I understand the relief you must be feeling, that you survived with no long term ill effects and so can now feel more relaxed about it. That's the next best thing to having the vaccine, as it's likely you will still have immunity, or that your body would somehow "remember" how to fight the virus again, if you get re-infected, so you might shrug it off quickly. You're just counting your blessings, no harm in that, but maybe the title of this thread could be altered slightly, considering that for those with Long Covid, they will be feeling anything but good right now.