I have Covid. Feel so ill. Anyone else?

Tested positive today. I live on my own and need advice/support on how others here coped with any of the main symptoms I have.

The cough didn't last long. Have a sandpaper tongue, am drinking as much water as possible. No appetite, if I try to eat anything, eg: dry toast, within 20mins it's expelled, last food kept down was 4 days ago. Exhaustion, sore throat, headache (taking Paracetamol) high temperature on/off. I desperately want to stay out of hospital, so any tips as how to tackle any of these symptoms myself would be much appreciated.

I googled and there's lots of support groups for people with long covid but I can't find anything for 'short' covid.

you can buy covid tests over the counter at Boots!

I tested positive on Sunday and DH tested positive today. It's interesting how differently it's effected us both. I am getting through a box of tissues a day with slight cough, husband hardly sneezing but constant cough.

pigsmayfly. Do rest, don't try to exercise your way out of it.

... and I thought I was being a wimp! (My 3rd Covid infection!)
Sorry to hear that others have had a bad time with it but makes me feel better to know it wasn't just me who felt so ill and so exhausted for so long. Can't help wondering how bad it would have been if I wasn't jabbed up to the eyeballs (hubby immune supressed so because of him I had extra jabs too!).

I don’t have Covid but do have a stinking cold courtesy of DGS.

Spoke to my sister on Sunday and she mentioned H had it and had come round for lunch.
Apparently it’s not a ‘thing’ now and everyone is ignoring it🤦🏼‍♀️

Collodial Silver & vit C Sorted me out in 4 days
Ghastly 4 days tho

Hubby and I came back from Tenerife on 18.9.23 and on 20.9.23 we tested positive! Hubby wasn't too ill and was negative within 5 days but has struggled since with sweats and a hacking cough. I was extremely ill with joint pain, nausea, sweats, sore throat, headache lasted 4 days, hacking dry cough and loss if taste. I git a negative test after 8 days but still have a dry cough, sine sweating and no taste. Both of us have had maximum vaccinations (Hubby x5 & myself x4). I'm diabetic and Hubby asthmatic. It's our 1st case of covid having totally avoided it during the pandemic. It sucks! Nothing much helps unfortunately, just plenty of fluid, rest, and regular paracetamol. Sending hugs that you will recover soon x

Witzend

A BiL has it, feeling very rough indeed. He’s convinced he caught it on the plane back from Spain.
I do hope you’ll feel a lot better soon, pigsmayfly 💐.

My friend has come back from Spain 2 weeks ago the same . Still really poorly

I had a preview of the latest strain to hit Northumberland after youngest DD brought it with her from Edinburgh.
We were both really poorly.
Our main symptoms were high fever and severe fatigue.
I had the fatigue much worse than,DD and it was much worse than my last ( and previously only ) bout.
It was also much worse than when I had proper Flu.
I had the total loss of smell and taste but , curiously, no cough.
That was about 5 weeks ago and I am better but still waiting for the energy to return.

I've got it at the moment but have just had mild cold symptoms and felt a bit achey. I had my booster a week and a half ago so perhaps that's why it's mild. Feeling more or less back to normal now on day 5. Had to cancel my volunteering stint at our local Covid/Flu jab clinic though!

Get well soon

I returned from a two week cruise two weeks ago and day after I got home, six out of the nine in our group all tested positive! I personally have never felt so ill , but over the worst now, finally clear when I tested negative on Saturday! Still feeling exhausted with zero energy, and keeping myself to myself for now! Would not wish it on my worst enemy!

Yep. Had it recently, felt bloomin awful for two weeks, could barely do anything but sleep

PS on the Covid test box it should show the expiry date beside an egg timer symbol. My tests expire in 2024. I will of course keep the plastic containers and swabs but ditch the liquid and tester gadgets if I havent used them by then.
A couple of the plastic containers havent squeezed the liquid out so its useful to have extras.

Get well soon. I had it for the first time the beginning of last month. Incredibly bad headache, d and v, cough, high temp and aches all over. First 5 days hardly slept but since then been really tired and sleeping so much. I don’t know how long this will last.

Get well soon.

Had the booster number 8 on Thursday and was floored on Friday. Never had such a reaction before.
Recovering of Sat and Sun and today feel almost back to normal. Advice to others is not to plan anything busy the day after a booster just in case.

Will look into Phyto V for my daughter with Long Covid for 6 months. Although she hasninvestigated just about every avenue.

Yes, it's a nasty one, me and DH just over Covid. I've never had such a foggy head, ached all over and so tired. No cold symptoms now and we're both now testing negative but still feeling low on energy. First time I've had it..

There’s a supplement called Phyto-V which was developed in conjunction with Cambridge University which apparently has good results for preventing/ treating long covid.

I am sorry to hear you are so poorly. I got the all clear on September 9th after feeling dreadful for a few weeks. My 42 year old daughter had it at the same time.

I have a small dog and live alone so I had to go out and walk him no matter how I felt. I didn't go far, but the short walks seem to have made the difference in how each of us as recovered. She is now on antibiotics and steroids. I wonder if this is because she stayed in bed when she was ill. Perhaps the motto is "keep moving !"

I hope you soon feel better. It's a horrible illness and it's time people started taking it more seriously and staying home. When I took the dog out I stayed away from everyone and if anyone came close I stopped them and warned them. I was surprised how many folk said that it wouldn't bother them if they got it. As you and I know, it most certainly would !

I’ve got a bug of some kind - not Covid according to the test I did - and I feel rotten. I think it’s one of those ‘unending colds’ that go round in autumn/winter.

Being 65, I’m vaccinated up to my eyeballs but I think colds can make you feel pretty bad. Look after yourself, get as much rest as you can, and consult the doctor (if you can) if anything seems seriously wrong.

Hope you feel better soon.

Update: Just spoke to the nicest doctor! He said I’m very high risk because of my meds but also my asthma, which I hadn’t thought of. So he’s giving me some antivirals and said to keep an eye on things in case it becomes a chest infection, and to go to A&E if I get really bad.

I have still got some covid tests from a couple of years ago so I can understand how people are able to test themselves to see if it’s covid or not.
What I can’t understand is how folk know which particular variant they have.

I came down with it this weekend. I’ve never had it before, have had all my jabs, including extras as I am counted as vulnerable, and have been completely floored by it. The cough is so painful and I’m absolutely exhausted and feeling so weak. I’m used to working through when I feel ill but I don’t think I can with this. I’m currently waiting for a call from the doctor as the NHS have said I should be given antivirals if I get covid. But the doctor’s surgery seem totally thrown by my request! So I have to have a phone appointment. Hopefully they’ll give me the meds