I've got covid

According to our local news, 1 in 20 people in my area have it.??to all of you who have it. Wishing you better very soon

It seems so odd - most of us know somebody with Covid (Delta, Omicron, Deltacron, whatever) right now, yet it's hardly mentioned on the news - as if it's gone away!

The actual virus was for me, no more than a bad cold BUT 15 days on I am still very tired and feeling weaker than normal the cough lasted two days then it went to my head and I was full of a head cold for two weeks I tested positive for a good two weeks but was negative two days ago one daughter is still feeling weak and tired and a little bit breathless after two full weeks The other daughter was fine after just a few days
Weird it really is how different it is for everybody

Hetty, I have heard that before. I hope your friend gets better.

MissChateline, fyi - my friend hadn't had a day's illness in her life, didn't seem to ever catch a thing - so maybe don't speak too soon?

Pepper59, a friend had it (the mild, Omicron version) in December, saying it was 'Only a cold!' and wondering what all the fuss was about.

Since then, she's had persistent fatigue, brain fog and insomnia.

Does anyone feel/ think it's much more than 'just a cold'? Considering I used to shift a cold in about 4 days. Many with Covid seem to be ill for 10 days or longer.

Daughter of 41 has it after staying safe all this time! Says it feels like a chest infection plus she is tired! She is drinking warm ginger ale and rum ! Says it helps! She is isolating ! I hope to see her for Mother’s Day ??

Being nearly 70 and retired and hardly going out I’ve managed to keep Covid at bay. Two weeks ago we came back from a week in New York and with Covid. I too had the headaches, joint pains and a nasty cough. Extreme fatigue and sleeping most of the day. Apart from the cough, 10 days later I think I’m on the mend. Hope you all with Covid are getting better soon.

Oldnproud...that made me laugh...?

Just had a positive result on a lateral flow.
I have a heavy streaming cold (the first in over 3 years) with aching face and knees.
But no cough
It came on like the onset of any head cold.
As soon as I put the liquid on the test strip both lines appeared
Out with the masks again!

farview

*Oldandproud*...??...but not the poppadom for breakfast eh?...?‍♀️

That was definitely an unusual breakfast
Maybe he felt that grilling some bread was still just a bit too complicated for him, but thought that a ready-made poppadom was the next best thing ... ?

I think I am on day 4 (brain fog) and managed to have a shower this morning. Yesterday I stayed in my pyjamas all day and couldn't even wash.
OH helped me to change the bed so all fresh again now.
The NHS have been wonderful and very efficient. The PCR came very quickly and then they delivered an oximeter (I have lung damage) and message me for readings every day. I was also asked if I wanted to take an immunity test, presumably when I am better.
To those of you who haven't had it yet, stock up on paracetamol and get bread etc. into your freezer.

You are not alone with Covid and I'm afraid you will not be alone for a long time, especially as the people around you now, do not wear masks to prevent catching it, and, spreading it.

How many people do not realise that it is not going to go away?

Get the message?

Thanks Pittcity....
Another strange symptom...I keep getting a sensation on my torso that's like shingles pain...but no rash...?‍♀️

Yes Farview, I had the backache in the area you describe. It was crippling for a couple of days but then eased. Ibuprofen and stretching helped. It was made worse by sitting for too long which was all I had the strength to do.

Thankfully I haven't got a cough, because I do have asthma...I feel weak as a kitten..but worst symptom is aching in lower back/kidney area...anyone else had this?

Sorry to hear you have Covid. I have had it felt awful had to have steroids to help breathing along with antibiotics. My DH has a compromised immune system he got it but was ok said felt like a heavy cold. DH had his 4th vaccination for Covid last week.

Bluebell.....for goodness sake.

you may not recognise it but this is total arrogance.
Its not arrogance....its knowing how I am. Its a fact, I just don't seem to catch anything, I never have done. Therefore if im not going to catch it and be ill no one would have to look after me.

Of course I wear a seat belt and pay taxes. Its the law. I wore a mask when it was a legal requirement. Social distancing, hugging and only exercising once a day were recommendations not the law.
Its too late for this silliness.

I m sorry about your Dad today is the anniversary of my Dads death I feel it deeply my mum died 6 months later so I understand about your tears

I am just stating that I had some feeling right from the beginning that I was not going to catch covid because I never catch anything and so far I have been right you may not recognise it but this is total arrogance

I will not be told who I can and can not have in my house, hug, go for a walk with or how long I can go for a walk for
Do you wear a seatbelt, do you pay taxes do you drive and adhere to speed limits as a society we are told all the time what we can and can’t do so unless you are a complete maverick living outside the law then you are following rules daily, hourly. Why would this be different?

I was not a slave to the rules and regulations either I never sanitised parcels or food I didn’t stop going out but for the sake of others especially those who would have to look after me I complied with the majority of the restraints

And lucky as you have been in life to never be ill NO ONE not even you knows they won’t catch something or get run over or have a tree branch fall on their head let’s hope your luck doesn’t run out

02:29growstuff

Casdon

It’s just not true. This is from the Society of Immunolgy, evidence based.

I know it's not true, but I was interested in why MissChateline thinks it is. It's obvious she doesn't have any evidence.

What exactly do I think is or is not true ? I'm confused now. I have no idea what you are on about.

Certainly not arrogant and definitely not lacking in compassion and humility. Anyone who knows me would attest to that.
I am just stating that I had some feeling right from the beginning that I was not going to catch covid because I never catch anything and so far I have been correct. But......I will not be told who I can and can not have in my house, hug, go for a walk with or how long I can go for a walk for.
Hard exterior maybe a survival requirement. But if you had been with me this evening at a church concert sobbing my heart out about the rapid deterioration of my 90 year old dad you might think differently.

When all this started two years ago I knew I wasn’t going to be ill from CoviD and so far I am right You sound one of the most arrogant people I ve ever come across misschatline
What a crowing, unpleasant post
No one knows what will or will not effect them I should imagine your hard exterior has completely frightened CoviD away (and everyone else)
Perhaps boarding school damaged you, who knows! but there’s something missing I think it’s called compassion and humility

Casdon

It’s just not true. This is from the Society of Immunolgy, evidence based.

I know it's not true, but I was interested in why MissChateline thinks it is. It's obvious she doesn't have any evidence.

22:30growstuff

farview

1 in 20 apparently testing positive.....thanks Boris re the no isolating....BUT ITS NOT WORKING!!!!!.....apart from where MissChateline lives ....

... obviously on a fluffy cloud inhabited by nobody else ...

Oh....I wish it were a lovely fluffy cloud....but its not. My life at the moment is settling my 90 year old dad in a care home 250 miles away from where I live and clearing a house of 50 years of hoarding.
For the first time in 2 years I'm having to do daily tests due to visiting my dad. This is definitely not a fluffy cloud.
What is odd though is the hoops I have to jump through to get to see him alone in his room with tests and ppe etc when he can get wheeled over to church every week, no masks, no checks on vax status, everyone singing and mingling and he can go straight back into the home and mingle.
When all this started 2 years ago I knew I wasn't going to be ill from covid because I've reached the ripe old age of 67 without ever being ill. And so far I have been right. The last time I was confined to bed was when I was 14 with German measles and bed was compulsory at boarding school. Apart from an occasional cold I've never had a days illness. Maybe I'm just lucky.
But I still would not let anyone tell me who I can or can not have in my house, who I can visit, hug or go for a walk with. I certainly did not accept being told that i could only go for a short walk once a day. It transpires that this was a recommendation rather than a law.
Despite all of the sometimes ridiculous measures people have gone to, disinfecting their shopping, quarentining the post, continuing to wear masks etc they have still caught it. I have done what I was legally required to, masks in shops and have not caught it or contaminated anyone else.
Anyway I will continue to reside on my fluffy cloud which at the moment consists of a totally empty house in the flatlands of Norfolk, sleeping in a small campervan outside the back door and really wishing I was in .y own bed in Yorkshire. Fluffy cloud indeed!