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Viruses doing the rounds

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merlotgran Wed 23-Nov-22 18:25:14

I had this last week. I’d had the flu jab two days earlier so at first I thought it was a reaction to that but I felt exhausted for days. Three Covid tests were all negative. 🤔

MayBee70 Wed 23-Nov-22 17:49:05

I had a terrible cold a few weeks ago. Covid test was negative. I did wait for several days before I tested because I knew people were testing negative for ages before testing positive. Got through rolls and rolls of loo roll because I was blowing my nose constantly and slept for England. Still got the dreaded post nasal drip. Annoyingly I always have some first defence nasal spray in stock but didn’t use it: don’t ask me why. Had I developed a headache I would have tested myself again, but I didn’t. I just think my immune system is very low from years of shielding myself. Spoke to a friend today who had covid just before I came down with my cold and she says she’s only just got any energy to do anything. She tested positive fir 7 days but had had covid fir several days before she tested positive.

MawtheMerrier Wed 23-Nov-22 17:38:08

Is anybody else suffering from what might just be a cold, but feels bad enough to be Covid - only any tests are negative?
I’ve had it for two weeks and it comes and goes- sore throat, coughing, headache, general lassitude and (dare I say) grumpiness?
I’m thoroughly fed up as I don’t have the energy to do very much - I almost wish it was Covid because then I could tick that off (as I’ve swerved it up to now) and it would give me a reasonable excuse for hunkering down with daytime TV, the dog and Heinz tomato soup.