Covid reoccurring in waves?

[Justwingingit2005]

I tested postive a couple of weeks ago.
Felt like death for 5 days then got better. Felt fine weekend just gone. Was out and about like normal.

Yesterday and today I feel like I did at the start of covid but in waves.
I get a bad head, feel sick, cough etc for a couple of hours then it passes then it strikes again and the exhaustion has returned.
My husband who also had it when I did still feels tired but nothing else.
Is this normal?

Yes it can be relapsing-remitting like that in my experience.

I would make the assumption you are run down and catching every virus going. Not necessarily Covid to blame each time

Yep. Sorry.

You know what?

No-one knows.

So take your pick of theories.

@WhatMattersMost we might not know why it happens, but the bestter/worse improving/relapsing nature of COVID has been pretty well known for over a year now.

OP waves is an excellent description. I've just had another relapse and I'm nearly 18 months in. Various things trigger them for me - hormonal changes, catching a cold, overdoing it. But they do get milder over time. These days I just take it easy for a day or two, previously I used to be back in bed (or rushing to the loo, or going for a pcr). You may even find they stop in a few months.

Your likely to still be recovering from it.
I think most people think because isolation is a 10 day period then that's how long it lasts. But reality is different for many people and some people are 4 weeks others are 12 and a small unfortunate few end up with long covid.

What you describe sounds like a bit of a relapse from using lots of energy at the weekend (I have long covid so it sounds typical to me to a energy boom/bust).
Take it easy and take it slowly don't try to do too much and listen to your body don't try to get straight back into things do one at a time and pace yourself out.

This is exactly how it is for me, 3-4 months on from having Covid. Every few weeks I seem to have a resurge of symptoms, not as bad as the first time but enough to make me feel exhausted.

[quote Porcupineintherough]@WhatMattersMost we might not know why it happens, but the bestter/worse improving/relapsing nature of COVID has been pretty well known for over a year now.

OP waves is an excellent description. I've just had another relapse and I'm nearly 18 months in. Various things trigger them for me - hormonal changes, catching a cold, overdoing it. But they do get milder over time. These days I just take it easy for a day or two, previously I used to be back in bed (or rushing to the loo, or going for a pcr). You may even find they stop in a few months.[/quote]
Absolutely, but we still don't know whether it's a relapse or a new viral infection, or post-viral syndrome.

I had this for 16 months from March 2020 (so called long covid) seemed to happen roughly every three weeks for some bizarre reason, full blown symptoms would recur especially after exertion (which could be as little as doing a big shop or going for a blood test). From summer 2020 to now I have been having regular PCRs as part of ONS survey. Never have they come back positive. Try to rest as much as possible, the relapses seem to get milder with each recurrence.

It does last you know. And if you try and do too much too soon, you'll feel shit again. It took me a good four to five weeks to feel mostly normal, and I had a mild post vaccine case with no complications. You just have to do less than you think you should.