Hope this may calm some fears

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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?

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.

I rest right

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

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 ?

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

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?