Current virus

henetha

I had a couple in hand, Aldom, dated to expire next month. Do they lose their capacity to detect Covid as the nearly reach the expiry date? Just a thought.
I hope you feel better soon, Aldom, and everyone not feeling well.

I think they still work as long as there is still liquid in the phial. My 2022 one worked fine the other day and showed positive with the proper control line. So don't bin them.

RosieandherMaw

I tested positive for Covid 10 days ago - I know “nobody tests” any more but I was due for day surgery and wisely did the test which came up positive with a bang! So of course I cancelled.
Anyway, LSS my insides have been all over the place since, plus the light headedness, headaches and incredible weakness.
I’d assumed this was all connected and I’m not enjoying it as I am rarely, if ever, ill. I was also awake for hours last night with (I assume) reflux barely able to even swallow water. Not a happy bunny. I blame a ready meal sausage and herb casserole - never again.
Food?
I’m hungry but have no appetite and am getting by with coffee flavoured slim-fast ready mixed shakes!
Will I have lost any weight when this is over? I doubt it!

I tested positive on the 3rd. I had been feeling really weird, weak, dizzy, slight temperature, nausea, pressure headache, and a sore throat. I used an old test and swabbed the sore part of the back of my mouth and then a quick poke up each nostril. The test went instantly positive, so at least we know they still work. So then I warned everyone I had been near, found one friend had also become sick, I saw her the day before. I can't trace the source back to any event. We're currently in France so at least the weather is nice.

I recommend taking a test. Knowledge is power.

I don’t think anyone is fixated on covid but seeing as there are tests for this, unavailable for other viruses, is handy to know if you’ve got it so that you can stay away from people for a few days, especially those with severe health problems, and my DH is in that category. Of course flu and sone other viruses are just as dangerous but we can’t test for those and also most other viruses only become contagious when you display symptoms whereas with covid it is contagious whether you have started to show symptoms or not, so wise to test if you have come into contact with someone who then became ill with it or had a covid type illness.
In hospitals covid still kills vulnerable patients and when those vulnerable patients become vulnerable outpatients people should still be careful around them with any illness.

If its any help, Covid tests are available from Amazon.

Last winter a box of tests was delivered from my GP along with my regular medication.

This happened to hubby and self last summer. Kids and pals were away, so we were having a quiet time, apart from pet feeding. Next thing we were both knocked off our feet with fever, bone-weariness etc.
It suddenly dawned on me that the last time I felt like that was when I tested positive in the actual pandemic.

Got the tests out and sure enough…

I think we have maybe got a bit fixated on Covid. People were ill like this before we had even heard of Covid. I remember when most people got a really nasty cold - nose bunged up for days, streaming eyes, etc. - at least once a year.

Some people on here have tested positive for Covid, others have tested and proved negative. It doesn't really matter what you call it - whatever bug you have it is probably, at least to some degree, infectious and, although it would probably be advisable not to get too close to people and to maintain good hygiene, I don't think it is realistic to go into Covid mode and isolate for days on end. We can't always avoid illness but just try and keep properly hydrated and have plenty of rest - and then just hope for the best that it soon goes away.

I hope everyone who is feeling ill at the moment soon feels better. I don't feel 100% but things have improved.

Glad it wasn't anything serious IAM but a frightening experience. I felt frightened when my virus first struck.
I really did wonder what was happening.
I've tested negative for COVID today.
Still tired but I've not felt as ill since late afternoon. But definitely not over this virus yet.

So pleased it was not a stroke Iam - but I know how awful; it is coping alone when you feel really rubbish.

Saw the doc today and she thinks mine is viral, but also concerned about side effects of some of my meds so she has taken me off 3 of them for a week at least, or till I feel better, then to reintroduce one at a time to see if we can sort out what is going on.

It feels too early in the year to have all this bug overload going on.

I do think testing, or the absence of it, is at the root of the problem.
Either Covid is no worse than flu or a bad cold - and I think we would mostly disagree with that - or we have to know where it has struck.
So many people I have heard say they returned from a holiday/cruise/visit to family with the symptoms we have read upthread.
Did they test? Oh no !
So how do they know they haven’t shared the lurgy along with the lurve ?
A pack of 5 tests from Amazon is about a fiver, surely it makes sense to be in possession of the facts? Knowledge is power and either we reconcile ourselves to waves of potential Covid misery or we go back to testing and if not exactly isolating, at least keeping clear of the elderly, vulnerable , hospitals etc

I had something similar a few days ago. Normal day, felt fine. After our evening meal I felt a bit strange when sitting on sofa. Just odd. Went outside to water plants and felt lightheaded. Then I got tingling up back of head.

Went to the loo, awful squits and sick feeling. I was so glad when I was violently sick because I felt a lot better.

That sounds really scary
Iam. Hope you are on the mend now.
I thought I was a little better yesterday but had very little sleep last night and although I felt OK first thing, by lunchtime I was completely wiped out and all my symptoms had returned.
This virus is a real b**ger!

I was admitted 24 hours on the acute A and E ward. Paramedics took me in query stroke or series of tia’s. I was in and out of awareness, slurred speech, fatigue that meant I needed support to stand, light headed, vertigo, awful head ache and breathless.
Diagnosis heavy viral load, to rest and keep hydrated. That’s a week ago, I haven’t left the house. Dogs boarded.
How interesting so many of us had similar symptoms. I tested negative for Covid which was the consultants first thought after ct scan said no stroke (thank God)

NanaMaryNH

Hi. I'm sorry so many of you have been coping with viruses, from Covid (which is spiking in the US, just when Really Freaking ... can't think of a k word for terrifying... makes it hard to find vaccines without the old CDC's imprimature ) to the garden variety 7-10 day viruses. ...I just got over 2 months of off and on vertigo, and lost 15 pounds because I could not eat. ...A friend sent me the Serenity Prayer because I'd never seen the entire thing. "Hardships as a pathway to peace" really helped me. Look it up and see if it helps you? Feel better soon!

I am so sorry, the USA is a scary place for people now.

Aldom

Henetha I recently threw out kits which were close to expiry date. I did once try one test that was rather old and it didn't react. Bought new kit and tested VERY positive.
Hope you too feel better soon and everyone else with the bug.
I could do without it at the moment as I'm preparing for moving house.

Never throw out old kits, hey will do a false neg if they are not effective. I used an old test 2 days ago and it flagged covid immediately.

Mt61

I felt rubbish a few months ago. Super tired, and achy. I had just bought tests the week before. Came up positive.
Hardly any the usual symptoms. Runny nose the previous Friday & sore ears.
Went to visit a friend the Monday before, nurses were masked up but no mention of Covid 😳 husband got it & also the friend we visited- I asked had there been COVID on that ward, replied that there had been cases. I think they should have warned us.

You'd think wouldn't you if they were in any way professional.....

Sparklefizz

Covid is definitely doing the rounds again. My daughter's a teacher - she has got it and so have several of the other teachers (they have all tested) and dozens of the students.

The headmaster told the staff to continue going to work, wearing a mask at all times.

Covid has not gone away.

So now infectious people are expected to wear a surgical mask and look after small people?? Same for paramedics friends who we saw recently and now I have Covid. So if they are infected and aiding a frail or accident victim they will have to deal with COVID on top of their other issues. I am sure this is a budget issue and they care fuck all for our health.

I think viruses affect people in many different ways. Recently I had a severe bout of diarrhoea which lasted the best part of a month. I reluctantly visited the doctor who was very thorough. Nothing untoward was found. He said it must have been virus. I do think it’s a good idea to use masks in winter.

Mt61

I felt rubbish a few months ago. Super tired, and achy. I had just bought tests the week before. Came up positive.
Hardly any the usual symptoms. Runny nose the previous Friday & sore ears.
Went to visit a friend the Monday before, nurses were masked up but no mention of Covid 😳 husband got it & also the friend we visited- I asked had there been COVID on that ward, replied that there had been cases. I think they should have warned us.

It pisses me off that it's all been airbrushed over but for the elderly and venerable it's far worse. I guess we know how much society gives a shit about us now. Make your will accordingly ladies. Show this comment to your kids.

I have COVID at the moment, don't know where I caught it, we're socialising outside or in open spaces, however I have it for the second time, last was in 2023. This time it's headache, nausea, fever and feeing weak. I hate the whole acceptance of this as a fact of life. At least flu is a winter pile of ordure.

Sorry you have come down with a virus. Sounds awful. I smiled when you said “fair scunnered” 😁 Are you Scottish?

Ooo, a month of this lurgy.
Bk not nice. I hope mine clears up sooner. Moving house and feeling ill are not compatible.

I am 67 I had very similar symptoms, Dizziness, achey glands weakness , fatigue sometimes chills , I also experienced a very boated tummy and nausea. I also experienced a dry cough during the last week suffering . I took paracetamol which helped , when the tablets wear off the symptoms re occurred. I suffered for a month. Some days I felt better but then the day after I felt awful again My doctor said it was a virus. I did do a Covid test which was negative .
I hope you feel better sooner than I did .

bridie54

So this ginger boy is benefiting from the lurgy by having my company non stop.
I’m just annoyed that it’s such a great dry sunny gardening day wasted.

Seems like so many have this virus which isn’t good but it was reassuring for me to see the responses as you always feel as if you are the only one. I haven’t heard of one closer acquaintance/friend who has it yet. Not that I’d wish it on anyone.

Hope you get well soon, but I am sick...with love for your ginger boy !!!

I hope not*cc*.
I've now made an appointment to have flu and covid jabs on 11th October. So that's good 👍

We've just booked in for this season's vaccinations. I always figure that the sooner I have them the better as I caught Covid on the occasion when they said I wasn't old or vulnerable enough to have them when my husband did. Hoping they won't turn me away this time.