Is there a strange virus going around?

[Getagoodfeeling]

This is a really odd one!
started on Friday with a very sudden sore throat. Low grade fever overnight, woke to awful muscle pains, neck ache and a general feeling of low level unwell.
Saturday felt off with a running nose and aches and pains. Kept feeling warm and waves of nausea. Overnight into Sunday stomach pains started with diarrhoea and nausea, snotty nose, shivery, headache.
Symptoms are coming and going, feel a bit better one minute then headachey and off the next. Every time I eat I get stomach cramps and loose stool. Not positive for Covid (old tests tho).

It’s the stomach issues that are unusual, it’s like a low level flu bug but with a bad stomach too.

Anyone else have this?

Thanks 🙏

I have this too. Keep thinking I can do more now as I feel better, keep ending up on the sofa feeling sick and shattered. Hopefully it will pass soon as this feels awful.

Agreed! Bloody awful this is. Genuinely. I really hope it passes soon & I’m definitely going to try not to overdo things again. I can almost feel the glands in my neck bulging again.

@Thegrassroots26 maybe get prime for a month? Probably worth it! Etsy is good as well for little homemade bits. I ended up sauntering in to a&e yesterday with chest pain (all fine) because I was at hosptial for another appt and thought. Meh. I’ll just get checked. Bloods showed high end of normal white blood cells but nothing specific.

I don’t know how many weeks of this I’m on. A worrying amount. Like, wtaf.

Yeah, might not be a bad idea. I’m not seeing shopping happening at the moment, but still a bit of time for things to change..
I’m not surprised on the high amount of white blood cells, poor body is trying its level best to defeat this hideous beast of a virus still no doubt. I’m still in shock at how brutal this has been.. and the same for many of us on this thread.
I just hope and pray (not religious but willing to try anything at this point) we all feel back to ourselves again. ❤️

How are people on here doing now?
Hope that some have had some good improvements.

I’ve had the odd good few hours here and there but mainly still struggling a lot. In bed again today (week 5).

So sorry to hear that @Thegrassroots26 . I am too scared to declare myself better. I have good days, where I’m about 95% of my normal self then get exhausted again. But I think the good days are improving. 6 weeks in!!

Hi All, can I join in as it sounds like I'm on the same journey. Week 4 and a bit for me, I was treated for chest infection, pleurisy and then heart problems started and heart rate jumping and giving me black outs. On paper I'm fine, white blood cells low as my body had enough. I was slightly better last night and today it came back with the vengeance, I had a CT heart angiogram at the hospital and had to stay for few hours afterwards as was feeling dizzy and sick. The worst thing I have ever had and I promise to myself to get more religious if this thing goes away eventually.

So sorry @razorcloud it really is the worst virus. All my friends had practically written me off!! They were like ‘are you STILL ill’.

It definitely does a number on your heart rate. Mines normally quite low as in a past life I used to run lots. It was shooting very high even when I was walking.

I find it messes so much with your mental state when you think you’re better and then go downhill. There’s no linear progression. I declared myself better so many times. I’ve stopped saying that now. This is the longest I’ve felt ok for though. 2 days, then tired again yesterday. Then ok again today. The good days just start becoming more frequent.

I’m a good 6 weeks in though and despite having bad chest pain I didn’t develop a chest infection or other complications. Just lingering exhaustion.

I’m really pleased for you @Delatron
I know just what you mean about declaring yourself better… it’s like a never ending game of snakes and ladders, but I’m pleased you’ve hit the ladder… hope it’s up from now on.

Thanks so much @Thegrassroots26 I hope you start feeling better soon. At one point I thought I’d never get better. It is awful!

Snakes and ladders analogy is spot on!

I don't even want to answer questions if I'm better, yes I don't feel like I'm dying any more but I want to cry how bad I feel most of the time. I'm off work for 3 weeks now and actually miss it badly. Seen people rushing for a bus this morning and would love to do that, that's how sad my life is.

It’s so hard at this time of year too @razorcloud . I hope you turn a corner soon.

Yes @razorcloud - very normal with this virus. I’ve been off work for weeks, so isolated, barely seen or spoken to anyone in weeks apart from my kids. When I see people out and about it feels so long ago I had that energy, well even people decades older are more energetic than me. I guess it is just a very cruel reaction to whatever invader has got into us. But know you aren’t alone in feeling like it if that helps! I don’t feel like anything helps much now. I’ve gone off fluids and food again today. Just can’t be bothered at all. Just want to lie here and give up.

It’s weird. I just feel very sort of numb, like I’m alive but this isn’t living and there’s no actual joy or quality of life anymore. I can’t even walk to the top of my road without turning back and thinking better of it now.

i just hope it goes one day, but it’s hard to remain positive when there’s no proof to show improvement of any sort.

I remember speaking to my 75 year old Mum who was going for a walk with her 85 year old friend up a massive hill. I was so upset that I couldn’t do anything near what these ‘elderly’ women were doing.

About 5 weeks in I did have a massive crying fit for hours on my DH saying I couldn’t live like this and that I was never going to get better.

From what I understand many people see a bit of a breakthrough around the 6 week mark. It’s such a long time to be ill. I have never been ill for that long. Even when I had serious flu 10 years ago.

Thanks @Delatron your posts are great and they are giving me some hope - so thank you for that. I have felt exactly like that too. Well I hit 6 weeks on Sunday, so here’s crossing everything that I start improving in time for Xmas..

I really hope you do @Thegrassroots26 Rest as much as you can. I don’t think I helped myself by doing too much!

Yes we all had that. Awful sore throat then coughs and sneezes follow by loss of smell. Still not got that back...

Not sure if having both flu and covid jabs helped me recover or not get this virus as badly as others (says she suddenly coughing!).

My DM who has similar virus I spoke to on phone today and she’s on day 3 of antibiotics but because she has a weakened immune system and slept through last night without coughing and feels a bit better. Both of us are only a week in though.

@goodbyego my smell has come back today in a strong way, so strong everything smells revolting and I’m massively nauseous. Maybe I need to cling to this as a good sign even though it’s making me feel worse currently….

I find this thread hugely reassuring to come back to. I feel better this week but still nauseous at times and emotionally all over the place. I
My skin is also really spotty so I have that going for me too. Last night I was so tired in the evening that I just lay down all evening. I am also fed up of saying I am better /not better so it's lovely to come here and moan. I don't feel totally better and I am also fed up of resting and bored with that. I am trying to do normal stuff but it is all exhausting.

Didn’t feel it was possible for both you body and spirit to feel completely broken this close to Xmas… but well done virus, you’ve done it… oh my goodness I’ve lost the plot today I think. How many rock bottoms does it take to get to rock bottom? I can’t stop crying today x