Hope this may calm some fears

Not meaning to sound obtuse vampirequeen, were you tested or did you assume it was CV?

From your symptoms I’m sure it was, but I still wonder if people never really know if it was or not. How many say they’ve had it when they haven’t, or think they haven’t when they have?

Glad you’re recovering, it’s good to hear a hopeful message.

Can you be sure this was indeed Covid-19? It seems to have come and gone extremely quickly, Saturday-Wednesday. Most reports indicate that symptoms develop more strongly in week two. I do sincerely hope you are I rest and that you have had a mild case and are now free of it. What a huge weight off your mind ?

Thank you vampirequeen, I wish you and your DH a speedy full recovery.

I rest right

Thanks for sharing that; we mostly hear of the bad cases, so it is good to hear of your positive experience. So pleased all is well.

Certainly sounds like the virus and comforting news that it wasn’t too bad. There have been reports that it can get worse after a few days so hopefully that won’t be the case with you. Any idea where you caught it?

We haven't been tested but the symptoms fitted and it wasn't like anything we've had before. We filled in the NHS questionnaire online and it told us that we probably had it and to quarantine for seven days. That makes us wonder if those who seem to be recovering then get worse again are unlucky otherwise the NHS would say to quarantine for longer.

We don't know where we got it but suspect it was probably Morrisons because people touch the trollies etc. But who knows.

Symptoms are far worse when you're older, I know that much.

I'm sure that shopping is the main avenue of transmission.

I think I’ve got it, started a week ago. It’s like no other virus I’ve ever had but not as bad as proper flu. Started with the dry cough, temp up and down but not very high, 38 degrees maximum, now weird shortness of breath and extreme tiredness but now not much coughing. Loss of taste, abdo pain and mild diarrhoea. It’s like a rollercoaster, one day I’ll feel better then the next day worse.
The think that has. helped me is paracetamol for the aches and a piriton at night.
I’m in my mid 50s with no preexisting conditions.

Thank you for posting this vampirequeen and I'm glad you're on the mend. My family are all dealing with this in different ways and I have to keep reminding some of them, when the anxiety levels ramp up, that the current lockdown situation is to dramatically reduce the spread of infection to allow the NHS to cope with its most sick patients
The vast majority of those affected will have a mild and manageable illness

I don’t think any of us can be sure we have had the virus unless tested many many people are saying they think they ve had it including my brother in law but unless tested you don’t know and there are many strains of flu around at the moment I certainly wouldn’t be as confident as you vampirequeen I hope it was because it was short and not very sharp and you will now be immune but I just wouldn’t dare make such a big
assumption

We ALL need testing there could be hundreds of us immune that could be doing useful work

Some people have a natural immunity some people have had it and are now immune but without a test we are all sitting here being totally useless

I’m glad it wasn’t too bad for you vq but actually it doesn’t help me at all. I understand all the statistics and probabilities and the possible range of severity. I just don’t want to get it all regardless of stories like yours. My behaviour is predicated upon the fact it could kill me and I don’t want to die yet.

There are a lot of viruses doing the rounds at present, any one of them could be mistaken for THE virus.
I was talking to family on video yesterday and DS and one GD had the same symptoms, they have not left the house in two weeks so difficult to know where it came from.
Do not become blase just in case.

That is very good news Vampirequeen but I am still not reassured I am afraid, as every case is different.
I have just heard from my Spanish friend that she has lost 3 of her relations to this terrible illness.
Others have said they had a relapse on day 8. The virus is already mutating.

OK I realise this is scare stuff but my DH has cancer, diabetes and is mid 70s so we are not taking any chances.
This is not to save ourselves, though that would be a bonus, but rather neither to be a burden on the NHS nor to die in one of those field hospitals popping up around the country without any farewells.

I wasn't suggesting that anyone drop their guard. I was simply pointing out that there is another side to it. The media/gov need to keep us focussed on the deaths because it keeps us motivated to stick with lockdown. If they start to say that most people will be OK a lot of idiots will assume they're safe and won't give a damn about others. But some people, who would never dream of breaking lockdown, are very afraid and I hoped my story would help them. DH is on the danger list but his symptoms were mild.

Wishing you well Dizzyblonde, fingers crossed for your speedy recovery - am I right in thinking you work in the NHS?

I do MawB, although obviously in Illinois at the moment. Hoping to get a test at some point then I can of more use with vulnerable relatives and friends.

Isolation not Illinois, goodness only knows what my autocorrect was thinking.?

I agree we need to test more. But what worries me is if one has tested negative, another or more tests need to be done in case one eventually gets it. Seems better use of scarce resources to test those with symptoms or who have recovered. Except for NHS workers and such. (Dives for cover)

Why are so many people keen to convince themselves that VQ and DH didn't have Covid-19?

Do you not want the reassurance that even for older people with underlying problems it can still be a relatively mild illness, disappointed that they are not both in hospital on ventilators fighting for their lives?

Most people admitted to the NHS with symptoms severe enough to warrant admission for "suspected Covid" have tested negative.

So people should not be declaring that they've had it!
MIGHT have had it, sure.
But there are lots of flus and other respiratory bugs going around. And if Doctors cant tell the difference until test results come back then individuals certainly cannot diagnose themselves.

Yes you need to follow isolation advice. For ANY cough/temp. Ad it MIGHT be Covid. But could easily ne something else.

And dont assume youre now immune either just because youve had A respiratory bug

Dizzyblonde I did wonder!
Autocorrect can have a mind of its own, can’t it?