Did you have covid and you were ok? Feeling worried

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I’ve become so worried about covid. I won’t be getting the vaccine anytime soon.

It’s not worried me in the past, I’ve just followed the rules and thought it’s a very bad cold and if I get it then I do. But reading about some people who were totally fine and now can’t even walk upstairs without feeling shit...I’ve suddenly become scared. I started a relationship last summer and we are in a bubble, he’s a doctor and had the vaccine but I’ve even started questioning seeing him now which is sad as I really like him.

Just feeling stressed

Not had it personally but two family members have, both in their 60s and one of them significantly overweight. Both I’ll for about 1-2 weeks (but not significantly so) and now fine.

Thanks @FlyMyPrettiesFly

I know of three people have died - one of which had no underlying health conditions and was in her 40s. Unfortunately bottom line is that you just never know how it’s going to effect you

I had it in March and was ill for a couple of days. Most people are fine.

I had it along with 26 of my colleagues (health care) none were seriously ill or had long covid. I worked (from home) while ill and just had a few days I had to stop work early as i was tired. Friend of mine just lost their taste and smell

Yes I've had it, I started with a silly (not persistent) cough and cold symptoms on 16th December, tested negative initially but then positive.

It was horrible - but - the worst bit was the mental stress of "this is it, this is that killer virus, I've got it, people die of this"..not the symptoms. It was like a nasty flu, and a month later I'm still a bit fatigued, getting headaches, and a little bit brain foggy ( although some might say that was there before ). If I didn't know about Covid I'd just have thought I'd had a particularly nasty strain of flu.

I had it in December 2019 along with a lot of other people I know.
Some had it and it was just an annoying cold. (Hadn’t heard of Covid at this stage) Some, like myself were really ill.
The cough was awful because I just couldn’t sleep for coughing. It was incessant.

Both me and my DH had it. It was like a cold plus tiredness for both of us and we were fully recovered in 10 days. I looked after a baby and older child throughout. The anxiety over what could happen was the worst bit.

My DSis had it in the summer, she’s 54 and has Chrohns disease. She was fine, just felt very tired for a week, no cough and had a slight temperature then lost her sense of taste and smell. Fully recovered now. My DM had it at 85 and in a care home, she was quite poorly but again no cough, but has now recovered also. It is the uncertainty of it though as no one knows how severely they will get it or whether they will have no symptoms.

I know a few people who have had it, none seriously.

I had it over Christmas. Totally agree with @gladyspipette, the worst part was worrying that it was going to get worse and I'd end up in the hospital. For me it was not that bad, quite tired, then had cold symptoms (sore throat, runny nose), felt better for a couple of days then had a few days of feeling nauseous and dizzy. I got very over anxious about it. I didn't even have a cough, but I bought an oximeter from Amazon which helped psychologically. I've definitely felt worse with other bugs, wasn't bedridden at any point (although would have liked to have been able to stay in bed, DH and I both had it and we have 2 small kids). If I hadn't known it was covid I wouldn't have been concerned at all.

It's obviously hard not to worry about it, this virus has turned our lives upside down. Obviously for some people it can be extremely serious, but for most of us it is mild and we go back to normal after 2 weeks or so.

I am in a bad hit borough of London. So about a third of people we know have had it, including us.

No one we know has needed hospital treatment apart from one teacher. He actually caught it whilst in hospital having an operation. So I think was probably pretty weak at the time. Therefore that doesn't really count.

I do think the 50 plus year old men we know have struggled with it the most in general. Hit them harder and took more days to recover.

Everyone else we know ever had no symptoms or only flu like ones.

Had it in May.
I knew I'd been in contact with it: another patient on the - non-Covid - ward I was on tested positive. My swabs on admission had been negative.
I was sent home to self-isolate and, obviously, was very conscious of potential symptoms.

Didn't notice anything and only knew I'd had it because of positive antibody tests 2 weeks and then 3 months afterwards.

No evidence of any subsequent long Covid problems either.

I was worried about DH as he's older than me and has a couple of risk factors, but he either didn't get it or was also asymptomatic.

I had it in March last year OP, I had no underlying health issues and am a very active under 40 year old. I’ve been left with persistent and serious health issues (see long COVID, it isn’t made up or a myth, it’s a very real thing). I don’t know if I’ll ever recover from these.
It can be a very serious illness, and you absolutely cannot know how it will affect you.
I gasped out loud at your statement you won’t be getting the vaccine tbh, I would give anything to have a chance to have not gone through it and to not now need scans and tests and a possible long time of health issues.
It does sound like you have health anxiety OP, you perhaps need to talk to someone about that, can I gently suggest, in my own opinion, that not seeing your bf because he has had the vaccine is perhaps a little far fetched.
Of course everyone has the right to choice over whether they get vaccinated or not, but if everyone chooses not to then I think we’re in for a very long and miserable few years.

My husband had it - I was worried because we are both carrying a lot more weight than we should be. He was fine - we had the test to be sure, because he had a fever, but were sure it would be negative.

He didn't get a cough at all - it was like a bad cold, with a day or so of fever and achy joints - he was fine within a week, we've been very lucky.

My youngest - 4 - had a dicky tummy and was very tired, none of us had any other symptoms.

I wasn’t sure if I had it in Dec I suddenly had what I thought was awful asthma and a bad cough but it felt like asthma although that’s not been too bad and I’ve had it my whole life mildly but I was struggling and needing my inhaler 8-10 times a day and after 2 weeks I just got better ??
I couldn’t get a home test and because of pnd I didn’t want to go out so didn’t go to a test centre so I will never know

Jjjjjj1981 I read that as the OP won't be called for vaccine anytime soon, not that she would refuse it? I may be wrong though of course!

I know of several people who have had an extremely mild case, whole families where they were either cold type symptoms or asymptomatic. I do know that it can be very serious though, so Im not trying to downplay it. But spiralling into anxiety is not good. Keep following the rules and being sensible, but don't panic.

Jjjjjj1981 when op said she wont be having the vaccine "anytime soon", I interpreted that as referring to her place on the priority list?

I also wont be having the vaccine anytime soon... not because I am an anti Vaxer, but because as a healthy, non-key worker I am quite rightly low priority! I want it and will have it as soon as I am offered but accept that I am towards the back of the queue.

I gasped out loud at your statement you won’t be getting the vaccine tbh

OP said she "won't be getting the vaccine any time soon" not that she won't be having it when she's called. That's how I read it, anyway.

I suspect I have had it this last week - unfortunately my test got lost

I'm ok, had an annoying cough and slight chest tightness but not too bad. Felt a bit tired a couple of days, but wasn't sleeping well so hard to know whether it was just that!

DS had a positive test the week before and he seemed worse, no cough but very achy, high temp and severe head are kicked it off

I'm CV (BMI and asthmatic) and DS is a very healthy 17 year old sports fanatic, so I was surprised how knocked he was.

Headache 🙄

Ok, I apologise if I misread that OP.
But also glad I got to share my experience.

I have 2 relatives with it at present who have fairly mild symptoms.

I have 3 relatives who have had it and felt quite unwell for 1-2 weeks. (1 household member didn't contract it).

I have a friend who was hospitalised 5 months ago and now has long Covid. She has just been retired off early from work because they deemed she won't be able to manage her work again.

I know of another family where a 57 year old just suddenly died. Her parents, siblings and their children all tested positive afterwards. Her parents were subsequently hospitalised and since released. Her mum is okay now, her dad has sudden memory loss (know his DD is dead, can't remember he went to her funeral).

All you can do is keep yourself and your loved ones as safe as possible by following the rules and accepting the vaccine when offered it.

Jjjjjj1981

I think I had long Covid as I found for a long time after I was unable to walk even short distances. Even the smallest amount of exertion. Eg doing the shopping or just trying to keep the kitchen clean and I was exhausted. Even a year after I thought I had it I still can’t walk the distances I used to. I am getting better but it is a long haul and all you can do is rest and take one day at a time

I'm just recovering. It was quite awful but I didn't go to hospital and I'm on the home stretch now. It took about two weeks, I went from double steam mopping the kitchen floor and driving round the countryside trying to find the test centre to suspected pneumonia and unable to get out of bed, planning what to put into a hospital bag, in the space of four days. But a week later I was through the worst and started to feel better. I was pretty sure I was going to end up in hospital as my oxygen says were all over the place but I didn't.

I'm 39, BMI in high 30's, I had a lot of chest infections including pneumonia when I was younger but don't fall ill easily with the common cold.

I've been taking the max dosage of vit D for a few months now.

It feels terrible but most of us do get through it without needing hospital intervention.

I know it's very scary and I'm here for a handhold any time you need one x