How long did your covid last?

I'm just on Day One.

A Very strong positive in about a minute.

Just vaguely headachy and tired behind my eyes so far.

I started with Covid last Monday. , heavy cold , coughing , I tested negative yesterday Saturday, I feel ok but I have a dull headache and feel tired , but other than that I feel ok , so mine lasted 6days ,

I tested positive last Tuesday and repeated on Wednesday. It was just a pre-work check. I’m not ill, can still taste (I’ve been checking that with a small glass of red wine each day). I’ve isolated, as school requests and I’m doing another test this am.
Who knows what the answer will be, but I’m hoping it’s negative so our holiday can go ahead.
On the positive side, I don’t have to wonder if I have friends.

I’m 52 with T2D. I had one day of feeling unwell. Got a negative on Day 10. Had fatigue for three weeks

10 days for me and seems to be the norm for other family members. I wasn't poorly, apart from a cough which didn't last long.

Known menopausal symptom, apparently.
Well, you live and learn on GN!

Although, with the coal smell, DH could smell it too in one particular room and we've never had a coal fire here and I don't think our neighbours have either.
Very odd.

I had this while I was going through the menopause. It was most disconcerting. I'd think I could smell burning and be really worried something was on fire. Or I'd smell garlic really strongly.

It's more or less stopped now. Known menopausal symptom, apparently.

nandad

Callistemon21, we should all learn a new word a day, in my case to replace the ones I forget!
When my Phantosmia started it was cigarette smoke. I could taste and smell it constantly. It has now morphed into diesel/exhaust fumes. I can smell and taste it so strongly that it gives me a sore throat and headaches.

nandad not pleasant!

I used to wonder if the smells got 'trapped' in any catarrh you may have ? but we've never had a coal fire. I didn't know the condition had a particular name

I started with symptoms 12 days ago and tested negative at the weekend thinking I was over it. It has been downhill since then. I have a vague headache, bunged up nose, muscle aches (although that could be due to medications) and extreme tiredness.
Good to hear others feel the same. My DH who is vulnerable and contracted Covid after me is better!

Interesting indeed. I asked the pharmacist what she could recommend and she said nothing like that if you have high BP. I checked their website and it also said that. Maybe it's OK for a short while

Sudafed is a product my DH must not use, which is a problem as he seems to have permanent catarrh. He is on several meds but I think it is the diabetes meds which count.

kittylester

I don't think Sudafed should be used by people with some health conditions eg high BP. Similarly most decongestants, I believe.

Sterimar nasal wash is safe though as are things like Olbas oil.

I think.

That’s interesting, kittylester as my GP recommended Sudafed for me when I had labyrinthitis last year and I have BP issues. The product comes with instructions for it not to be used long term but the relief it provides was most beneficial in both instances.

I don't think Sudafed should be used by people with some health conditions eg high BP. Similarly most decongestants, I believe.

Sterimar nasal wash is safe though as are things like Olbas oil.

I think.

I felt unwell for a few days before testing positive, after which I was tired and suffered the symptoms of a heavy cold. It took eight days to get a negative result and I continued to feel tired for more than a week and I have an unusual cough. I’m also 71.

BlueBalou: I found Sudafed nasal spray helped with the bunged up nose.

Get well soon, Thoro. ?

I tested strongly positive on Sunday (came up within 2 minutes on the test) but had had a headache, sore throat and runny nose for 4 days before and been negative on the Saturday.
I do feel better today but still have a cough and now a bunged up nose. Did do a few bits yesterday morning and had to go back to bed , I was knackered!
Hoping that I am over the worst now.

Callistemon21, we should all learn a new word a day, in my case to replace the ones I forget!
When my Phantosmia started it was cigarette smoke. I could taste and smell it constantly. It has now morphed into diesel/exhaust fumes. I can smell and taste it so strongly that it gives me a sore throat and headaches.

i was 10 days till i tested negative, that was 2 weeks ago and i am still not right, i still have the cough, the runny nose, i feel sore all over and so tired. the doctor did tell me it can take 6 to 8 weeks before i will be fully back to normal, she said this strain (omicron) attacks the gut, i did have bad stomach pain and the runs.....i still have them. i hope you feel better soon, big hugs.

Thank you all for your experiences. I think I have had it quite badly but….. do agree with the comments that flu can be worse.
I’ve had flu on 4 occasions throughout my life and remember them as I was really ill and not able to function for at least 2 weeks.

I am on day 5/6 and I feel much better apart from a cough and very croaky voice, but all colds do that to me and can last weeks.

I tested positive for 12/14 days I wasn’t very ill but felt washed out and had a head cold for three / four weeks afterwards My eldest daughter is over 4 weeks better… but still has a cough and head cold and feels wiped out
my other daughter felt fine after four days
Everyone’s so different

Phantosmia

Well, you learn a new word every day!!
I think I've had this for years because I sometimes can smell things which cannot be there eg coal.

I did lose my sense of smell completely after a mystery virus in December 2019.
It lasted for weeks as did other symptoms.

I tested positive for 10 days and on two of those days felt unwell enough to take paracetamol. After 5 days I was not feeling any different to usual.
DH tested negative 6 days after his positive test but 4 weeks later is only just getting rid of his cold symptoms!
A " Russian Roulette" illness..some suffering badly, others not at all! Thank goodness for science & vaccines!

I had it really mildly and it lasted for a few days. Cough started on day 3 and lasted for two months.
6 months on, I still have no sense of smell or taste, have Phantosmia, have brain fog and have lost my hearing. Husband on the other hand had it for a couple of weeks and suffered no after affects. Think it is dry individual.
Hope you feel better soon.

Baggs

I say I've had neither, but according to the latest vast list of symptoms, I could have had it almost every day for the last forty-odd years because some of the symptoms are also common symptoms of, for example, rhinitis and arthritis.

I really wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't been testing daily because of contact and my husband said he has had worse hangovers

Bagfs despite my bleating on about it, I would definitely say the one and only time I have had fku was much, much worse.

Terribull, ii feel as though I could just lean against a wall and drop off to sleep.