Suffering Covid

Sorry to hear you are having such a miserable time maddyone. Glad to hear you are receiving good care and support from your GP. I hope your newly prescribed treatments soon have you feeling much better.

MayBee
I did take paracetamol without any problems. In fact the hospital gave paracetamol whenever I was in discomfort. I didn’t take ibuprofen at all, nor will the hospital give it.

Reporting in ladies.
I have a hospital acquired infection, fortunately, now being treated, after a very difficult weekend. Treatment was started on Saturday night as I had deteriorated so much, we had to call 111. The culture has shown it’s not CDiff but another infection. I’m riddled with thrush all through, both ends, mouth and the other end, and that is causing me a fair degree of pain and discomfort. I’ve had a long consultation with my lovely GP this morning, and she is ringing back on Thursday to see how it’s all going. Meanwhile she’s prescribed three medications for the thrush, more antispasmodics, and more antibiotics, and more medication to break up the Covid sticky fluids in the chest, all designed obviously to make me well. She was very concerned and extremely good. It brought to mind a thread I commented on before I contracted Covid, where some posters, none of the ones on this thread, had been complaining about GPs and saying they were hiding behind closed doors, because routine blood tests were not being carried out. But our wonderful GPs are working hard, looking after Covid patients like me, who need a huge amount of support after getting home from hospital. Without the GP system, we’d be forced to stay in hospital longer, which is not really to anyone’s advantage. It’s more comfortable at home.

Thank you again, your comments have really supported me. I really hope some of the dissenters read this thread and see that Covid is not just a cold for many people. It’s a vile illness that causes all sorts of other problems even as the Covid itself recedes.

I think some of you asked me questions, I’ll try to answer. My symptoms of Covid began about three days after exposure. It took approximately ten days of being ill at home before I was admitted to hospital. I hope that helps.
Stay safe everyone.

I hope you get some sleep, maddyone

Really grateful to maddyone for giving us so much information. I’m going to get hold of some dioralyte for my emergency medical box. maddyone: can I ask you if you had a fever and, if so did you take paracetamol? Dr John advises people to not take anything that reduces a fever (although that doesn’t apply to children of course) and what he says makes sense. What still puzzles me is that in many cases people have the same exposure to the virus but have varying degrees of symptoms. Sometimes people can be in close contact with an infected person but not even catch it.

Just popped in to see if you are feeling any better. Hope the GP was able to sort out the infection.
Keep on resting and getting stronger.

Wishing you a speedy recovery after what must have been a truly traumatic experience. ?

Maddyone, so sorry you are still unwell after everything you’ve been through. Glad your GP is on the ball.
Your thoughtfulness for Marydoll was so kind in the midst of your own suffering it brought a tear to my eye too.
Get well soon ??

Thankyou maddyone for sharing your dreadful experience of Covid. It sounds as if you had excellent treatment but that doesn’t detract from what must have been very frightening time for you and your family.

I think your account should be required reading for all the doubters who dismiss Covid as no worse than having the flu.

May you continue to return to health - it may be a slow process - but you will get there.

Hope you are soon fully recovered, what a traumatic experience.

You have certainly had a rough time maddyone, I hope you are soon feeling much better.

My brother in law and his wife both had Covid over the Christmas holiday (probably picked up at the school she works in) but luckily their symptoms were fairly mild - like a heavy cold.

maddyone, thank you for taking the time to think of me. It's brought a wee tear to my eye. You have been through worse than, I have! Iam so pleased you ahve come through this.

As for oximeters, the British Lung foundation recommend them for anyone with a lung condition, as a drop in sats can give an early warning of Covid.
It's great if you need to speak to a doctor, you have that info literally at your fingertips!

What a dreadful time you have been through Maddyone.
Thank goodness you received great care and have beaten the terrible battle against Covid.
Wishing you a 100% recovery ? and sending you thanks for writing about your experience. It made a sobering read.

Re oxymeters, I bought one during the first lockdown after someone on GN mentioned them, and because I have asthma I thought I'd get a lot of use out of it. In 2019 I have a very bad cough and chest infection and each time I saw my GP, he clamped an oxymeter on my finger while he was talking to me.

They are not madly expensive. I got mine from Amazon.

My goodness, Maddyone, what an awful experience you've had, and I hope you are making a good recovery, even if it's slower than you would like.

I'm glad the medical care was very good, and I hope that your family members are also making a good recovery.

Thank you so much for using some of your precious energy to tell us what it has been like for you.

for you, and love and best wishes to you.

Thank you MissAdventure and stay safe.

Marydoll
I especially wanted to say to you that I was so pleased to see that you had been discharged from hospital following your heart attack, and I hope you are recovering at home, and able to shield again. As we both found out, it’s impossible to shield in hospital, you just have to go with the flow.
Keep on getting stronger every day, and continue to shield, because Covid and all its associated problems are something you don’t need. Eat well, get fresh air in the garden, all that beautiful clean Scottish air, rest, and get well. Stay safe.

That you, Maddyone for sharing your awful experience of Covid. You have had such a rough time, so please take care of yourself.

Glad to hear you're out of hospital, maddy, though it sounds like it's going to be a long haul for you.

It's so unpredictable, so keep an eye on yourself.

Hello everyone, a massive thank you for all your messages of support and I’m pleased that my experiences have helped you understand the awful nature of this disease. I truly hope not a single one of you has to experience what I have experienced, and remember many people are more badly affected than me.

Unfortunately going forward is definitely not a straight line. I was discharged from hospital feeling positive and knowing that my lungs were recovering. Unfortunately I have now developed what I thought was the awful Covid diarrhoea, but I have just this minute got off the phone to my GP who says after all the antibiotics I had in the hospital, I may have contracted a hospital acquired infection. Years ago I had CDiff so I guess it could possibly be something like that. Anyway my dear husband has just gone rushing up to the surgery to collect a pot for a sample which I must put in tomorrow morning and my husband has to take it then to the hospital. The surgery closes in fifteen minutes so he needs to get there quickly. My GP also has prescribed a medication to stop the awful cramps that are causing me so much pain, and suggested Dioralyte to keep my fluids balanced and electrolytes as they should be. When I went into hospital I hadn’t been eating or drinking and my fluids were all over the place. I had infusions and then later potassium drinks for several days and it seemed to put things right. It all goes to show that the progression of this disease is uncertain and many other variables can come into play.

I was aware that I was going in the wrong direction and luckily phoned the GP. He has advised any deterioration over the weekend straight back to 111. I felt far better when I came home on Tuesday than I do now.

Anyway, it’s onwards and upwards. If it’s a hospital acquired infection at least I know it can be treated. And at home where I am most comfortable. I’ll let you know when I know more.
Stay safe everyone.

Maddyone I wish the people who say there is no such thing as Covid would read you experience. How frightening for you and your family. You have a long journey ahead of you to full health but you sound a very determined woman and have the love and support of your family to help you. I wish you all the best and thank you for your bravery in telling your story it can't have been easy. ?????

Thank you maddyone for sharing this terrible experience with us. I’m so glad you are on the road to recovery, I’m sure it will take a while. Please look after yourself. ?

Thank you Maddy for sharing what must have been the most harrowing experience. It’s so important that your message is spread, this disease is horrendous.
I’m glad that you are on the mend and that your husband and mother have come through unscathed.
Take it easy and take the medical advice.
Hope you now get stronger day by day

Thank you for sharing your terrible experience of Covid so graphically. Like others, I can't understand the Covid deniers. This virus is so vicious. No one knows how it might affect them and the fact that some are totally asymptomatic and therefore naturally going to work ext as usual is frightening when it spreads so easily to others.

My sil had it last April without first showing any of the usual signs of this disease first. She had been perfectly well, sitting watching tv when she suddenly collapsed. Her husband thought she had just fallen asleep but a closer look showed she was unconscious. She needed revived by medics and was taken to hospital, where the next day she collapsed again. She was then tested for Covid and it turned out she had had a mini stroke caused by the virus. She is a fit, slim, active 63 year old who had previously had no health problems at all. She is still having hospital appointments as a result. We just can't be too careful in trying to avoid this horrible virus.

Hope you are feeling a little better every day Maddyone

Maddyone I can only echo what everyone else before me has said. For you and your family it must have been terrifying to go through - please take care and recover at your own pace

My very best wishes for a continued recovery, maddyone, What a terrifying experience you have had.

You have reminded us all that this nightmare is still very much with us.