Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Covid

Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.

Original poster

What day are you on and how are you feeling?

221 replies

RickyZooom · 29/12/2021 12:20

Day 3/4 here (positive LFT and cough on Boxing Day evening). So far my symptoms have been: day 1 and 2 very dry cough and tickly throat. Day 3: blocked sinuses, headache. Day 4 (today): runny nose, sneezing.
Thankfully I haven’t had any body aches, vomiting or extreme fatigue - I’m tired but DC are not sleeping at the moment so don’t think that’s a Covid symptom!
So far fairly mild for me thankfully. I had my booster 4 days before testing positive so may have had some extra immunity I guess.

OP posts:
2022HereWeCome · 14/01/2022 12:36

@dinodora
Started with a scratchy throat, mild headache - LFT negative (day 1)
Developed to an awful headache, couldn't get warm, sore back - LFT negative (day 2)
Day 3 - LFT positive. Huge amounts of snot, sore back, minor very occasional cough.

DinoDora · 14/01/2022 12:45

Thanks 2022. Hope you feel better soon Thanks

Yes to headache, feeling cold and achy back but I can get the back thing anyway. And it's freezing today. Rarely get headaches though.

Have to see how things go for the next 3 days then!

Workinghardeveryday · 27/01/2022 11:40

How is everyone doing now?

I just tested positive on lft. Had a very faint line yesterday and stronger this morning. Feel horrible.

Sore throat, dry cough, but worst so far is just feeling ‘ill’. Like I am in a dream or something, it’s a very strange feeling, different to anything I have had before. Can’t think properly because I am so tired.

Did anyone else feel like that? Like that feeling when you are woken in the middle of the night and you’re all disoriented, I feel like that and that is making me nauseous

indie123 · 27/01/2022 13:09

Im on day 4

Day 1- slight sore throat
Day 2- full blown symptoms. Headache, temp, muscle aches, weakness, cough
Day 3- same as day 2 but not as intense and improvement as say went on
Day 4- Cough (not persistent though) other that that feel fine

I rarely get ill and luckily usually shake off any sickness after a day or 2. This is my 3rd time catching covid and symptoms/timeline is so far exactly to last time. 1st time i caught it i was asymptomatic.

SmellyOldOwls · 27/01/2022 21:31

I'm on day 1.

Day 0 - slightly snotty nose and tickly cough. Took a PCR never expecting it would be positive. LFT negative.

Day 1 - PCR positive, LFT positive. headache, joint pain, bad cough, feel very like I have a chest infection. Tbh I am worried that it's affecting my chest already. I'm suddenly realising that I might be one of the people who gets it worse than the mild cold everyone keeps saying about.

PlantWitch · 27/01/2022 21:54

Day 9 and feel almost human again. @SmellyOldOwls my chest was exactly the same and I was worried but it was gone by day 4/5

PlantWitch · 27/01/2022 21:57

@Workinghardeveryday yes to the disorientated feeling, that's exactly how I described it to DH like I had just been woken up. Its very odd but does go away

LoLo2020 · 27/01/2022 23:34

Day 6 - still coughing but feel much better. Congestion is clearing although dizziness is still there at times. Mouth sores have popped up but not surprising as I've been seriously run down

Workinghardeveryday · 27/01/2022 23:36

@PlantWitch thank you, that is reassuring! I just don’t feel like me at all, almost like I am watching me in a dream or something

SmellyOldOwls · 30/01/2022 12:24

Day 4. Don't feel too bad. Tired but not too tired to potter around the house. Not coughing and sneezing as much but my chest does hurt.

Totatola · 30/01/2022 12:44

I’m day 5 and still floored by the fatigue and dizziness. I managed to get up out of bed for 30 mins earlier before I reached my limit and had to lie down again.

SatinHeart · 30/01/2022 12:50

Day 6 here. Days 3-5 I actually felt fine but woke up snotty again this morning and oh so tired. Still strong positive on lft

SmellyOldOwls · 31/01/2022 18:25

Day 5. Spent all day feeling the best I've done in a while, actually got dressed and made dinner! Shortly after dinner started to get a headache and now my throat and head are killing me and I'm starting to feel hot. Surely I can't be getting a temperature 5 when this thing should be nearly finished?

Workinghardeveryday · 31/01/2022 18:30

Day 5/6, slept crap last night. Go to sleep wake up 2 hours later totally exhausted but sort of wired.

Not moved from bed since last night apart from to eat tea dp has just made and it’s totally floored me.

I slept today well though, 10 until nearly 3 and was totally zonked. Felt better for it when I woke up, but going down stairs and sitting at table has left me really dizzy, breathless and tired. Feel very confused about anything discussed

WellThatsATurnipForTheBooks · 31/01/2022 18:32

Day 7 and cold like symptoms have generally gone but I still feel wiped out and also, a new symptom of nausea has appeared.

Sammilouwho · 31/01/2022 18:48

Day 4/5? (Sore throat started last Thursday and DD's cold started last Tuesday), just had sore throat for the last 3 days, only tested this morning because we had HV and midwife visit after C-section 10 days ago, especially since we tested negative all last week after DD had a cold and negative PCR.
Today I've just been a little snotty, and emotional and tired. But I have an ill 3 year old and a 10 day old and had a C-section, so I'm pretty sure the tiredness and emotional-ness is because of that.

countrylady2 · 31/01/2022 21:21

Day 4 - Headache, temperature, aches and sore throat have gone. Just feeling fatigue and Epstein Barr Virus has flared up.

Number109 · 02/02/2022 15:34

I’m on day 2, cough is easing but slept very badly. I feel like I’m not completely here, a bit like a dream like state and I feel a bit sick. My 5 year old is on day 3 and has had nosebleeds for the first time ever today.

BertieBotts · 02/02/2022 15:58

Day 9. Just tested negative Confused Don't feel better.

Low energy, partial taste/smell loss, still coughing and runny nose.

Workinghardeveryday · 04/02/2022 07:22

I am now on day 8/9.

Thought I was getting better a couple of days ago but now a bit worried. Everyday I am more tired. If I do anything other than lie in bed it is too much and I get very dizzy after 10 minutes and so tired. Just want to sleep all day.

Made myself make kids tea last night and it totally wiped me out.

When will this get better?!

Workinghardeveryday · 04/02/2022 18:15

Bump.

Anyone feel like this? Especially CEV?

DirtyDancing · 04/02/2022 18:30

Day two here.

Started with day 1- a sore throat and glands up.

Day two and it's like a really heavy cold. Feel aches in joints, nose blocked and running like a tap. Sneezing. Sound chesty but no cough. Mild tiredness but managed to work.

Workinghardeveryday · 04/02/2022 19:49

@DirtyDancing hope you are okay and your symptoms get better x

DirtyDancing · 04/02/2022 20:03

Thank you @Workinghardeveryday you too.

My DH is CEV so rather me than him and I know what a worry is for CEV XDaffodil

Onthedowns · 05/02/2022 08:35

I am day 13. I felt so much better day 7 and 8. Started painting cleaning etc back to work wed. Yesterday i felt awful dizzy and shattered my legs are constantly aching.

I am overweight but healthy as in plenty of walking cycling active. I have a bladder condition and perimenopausal so that's probably not helping.

I am concerned about long covid - no breathing issues but i feel i may just have overdone it.

My DH is not supportive as most people seem to be mild and over it

Swipe left for the next trending thread