People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

Trigger Happy

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I tested positive on Tuesday. Have had flu like symptoms for a week now. Lots of fatigue. But no fever or chills this last 5 days. No concentration at all, brain fog. Am optimistic that I will turn the corner this weekend.

Am feeling a lot better today but still a little wrecked and chesty. Definitely on the mend though.

iamwhoiam

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Am feeling a lot better today but still a little wrecked and chesty. Definitely on the mend though.

Good to hear , on what day did you feel stronger . I am worried about a family member , she is day 10 now and progress is slow

funnydoggy

Strange one about the back. I has similar in April or May last year. Sorted out in a few days with the help of nurofen. Had symptoms like hayfever and a heavy chest too, with a slight burn sensation in my throat as if I had went for a jog. Probably wasn't COVID but I always wonder.

Trigger Happy

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Good to hear , on what day did you feel stronger . I am worried about a family member , she is day 10 now and progress is slow

Hard to tell when it started in my case. I had a few sniffles from the 27th but woke up in a bad way on the 31st.

Sheddie2

Is there any firm evidence of what the immunity is for those of us who've had it?

Presumably, anyone who has had covid can still be a vector eve/n if they can't catch the virus itself?

NutmegGirl

Deleted User wrote: »

A work colleague of mine who spent three weeks in hospital reported her first symptom as a shooting pain in her back. So its possible.

I read that Ellen de Generes had it recently and said she had v bad back pain days after she felt otherwise well
It’s a weird one. The variety of symptoms, the fact that it’s affecting multiple systems
I’ve heard of quite a few people at the moment with gastro symptoms ( not loss of taste /smell)

Necro

CRI0ST0IR wrote: »

People or people you know who tested positive before or are positive now, how are you feeling? Both physically and mentally

Had it in October. Never had a fever whatsoever at any stage which was kind of strange. The worst part about it was the shortness of breath, that continued on for about 6 weeks until I got prescribed very strong steroids which seem to have shook it off.

No real other symptoms other than that and the cough. Wife and kids were tested twice and negative each time - still baffling me that.

Back in office since December, been grand since though exercise isn't that easy (mind you, I was unfit before I had Covid so I can't really blame the virus )

cee_jay

corsav6 wrote: »

I have this, lower center back, locks up sometimes with extreme pain. Went to the doctor before Xmas and he said muscle strain. Got a head cold since but very mild. Rang for a test but told no temperature no test.
No tiredness, no chest symptoms, no temperature and no loss of taste or smell.
So basically sore back started a week or 2 before Xmas for no apparent reason and shortly after Xmas got a head cold, but wondering if it really was now.

A friend of mine tested positive in November - he had very bad back pain with it. He also had a tummy upset, cough, and fatigue. His wife was also positive, she didn't have the back pain though.

picturehangup

Feeling a little better, tested positive on the 27th December, had symptoms the previous week.
I still feel a weird numbness in the left side of my face, and a cold feeling in my chin. I had a dreadful cold sore on my lip (same side) which has not quite gone away yet. Anyone else have this? Weird virus.

Galadriel

Deleted User wrote: »

A work colleague of mine who spent three weeks in hospital reported her first symptom as a shooting pain in her back. So its possible.

Regarding the loss of taste, to anyone here who had that symptom, was it a complete loss of taste, or did you just struggle to taste things?

I can't taste or smell anything.

My daughter got it in October when she was 8 months pregnant, along with her husband, her 18 month old toddler and both her mother and father in law (who are both 60 and very overweight).
Absolutely all of them were fine , a few aches and pains and tiredness but that was it, nobody needed a doctor or any medication.......all fully recovered and no lasting side effects although the taste was the last thing to return .

TheBeach

Can I ask if anyone had mouth ulcers or blisters as a symptom? Thanks

arccosh

TheBeach wrote: »

Can I ask if anyone had mouth ulcers or blisters as a symptom? Thanks

I don't think it's a widely regarded one.... but a lot of people get them before they come down with something....

If I get one, and feel my neck glands hardening up, I know somethings on the way

Cluedo Monopoly

Deleted User wrote: »

A work colleague of mine who spent three weeks in hospital reported her first symptom as a shooting pain in her back. So its possible.

Regarding the loss of taste, to anyone here who had that symptom, was it a complete loss of taste, or did you just struggle to taste things?

A friend of mine is positive he got Covid last Feb/March. The GP wanted to get him tested but he was recovered before he could get an appointment (Testing system was brutal slow for first 2/3 months). Anyway he said he got severe lower back pain along with all the other symptoms.

Ish66

Just constant sneezing and a bit sweaty, not cold sweaty, using the toilet x3 more than normal.

Cluedo Monopoly

Ish66 wrote: »

Just constant sneezing and a bit sweaty, not cold sweaty, using the toilet x3 more than normal.

That explains the toilet paper craze in 2020

Away With The Fairies

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

That explains the toilet paper craze in 2020

The whole country must have had covid in the early days.

Ish66

Its the immune system kicking in, flushing you out. So the doc said...

CRI0ST0IR

Like people are talking about having it early last year (before March) and stuff, but reading some of the stuff here now what people have been going through and the symptoms and everything, I don't think people had it then.

ShineOn7

Ish66 wrote: »

Its the immune system kicking in, flushing you out. So the doc said...

I'd be trying to drink 4 litres of water a day

Not easy to do and you'll be peeing loads and loads, but better to flush your system

It's a good idea to "front load" this much water drinking too, with the bulk of it drank before 2pm

Ray Donovan

Galadriel wrote: »

I can't taste or smell anything.

Exact same myself. Tested positive Monday.

CRI0ST0IR

Ray Donovan wrote: »

Exact same myself. Tested positive Monday.

Like is it just not as strong smelling or tasting things? or is it completely gone? Like do you taste anything at all?

Galadriel

CRI0ST0IR wrote: »

Like is it just not as strong smelling or tasting things? or is it completely gone? Like do you taste anything at all?

Nothing at all. It's really strange.

CRI0ST0IR

Galadriel wrote: »

Nothing at all. It's really strange.

Like to me, I just can't imagine to think how weird that must be like, like obviously you can feel the textures just no taste.

...Ghost...

My OHs Grandmother got it in nursing home a few weeks ago and died. Limited funeral numbers with most attending not able to go inside the church.

CRI0ST0IR

CRI0ST0IR wrote: »

Like people are talking about having it early last year (before March) and stuff, but reading some of the stuff here now what people have been going through and the symptoms and everything, I don't think people had it then.

I thought I had it in February of last year.

Yesterday our household tested positive and we have the exact same symptoms now as February of last year.

Galadriel

CRI0ST0IR wrote: »

Like to me, I just can't imagine to think how weird that must be like, like obviously you can feel the textures just no taste.

Yeah, even really strong flavours, nothing. I have been really lucky with my symptoms but I hope that one doesn't hang around for too long.

Although without it I would never have guessed I had Covid so I suppose it's a good thing in a way.

Dafterss

People I know still look sick even after 4 weeks
They look weak and walk around slow men get it worse than women

Ray Donovan

CRI0ST0IR wrote: »

Like is it just not as strong smelling or tasting things? or is it completely gone? Like do you taste anything at all?

Totally gone.

CRI0ST0IR

...Ghost... wrote: »

My OHs Grandmother got it in nursing home a few weeks ago and died. Limited funeral numbers with most attending not able to go inside the church.

Sorry to hear that. May she RIP.

Away With The Fairies

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I thought I had it in February of last year.

Yesterday our household tested positive and we have the exact same symptoms now as February of last year.

Do you have milder symptoms now?

CRI0ST0IR

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought I had it in February of last year.

Yesterday our household tested positive and we have the exact same symptoms now as February of last year.

Like me and my family had a really bad dose last year, I actually went away on a Holiday to somewhere close to Italy's epicentre at the time, I came back and was waking up in the middle of the night choking and coughing every night, sleeping 3 hours a night for around two weeks, mam and dad also were massively sick, both were giving nebulizers, I thought I had it back then but now I'm still not sure.

Away With The Fairies

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Do you have milder symptoms now?

We have sore muscles, fatigue, headache etc but it's not that bad, it was worse last year. Hopefully our symptoms don't get any worse

CRI0ST0IR

CRI0ST0IR wrote: »

Like me and my family had a really bad dose last year, I actually went away on a Holiday to somewhere close to Italy's epicentre at the time, I came back and was waking up in the middle of the night choking and coughing every night, sleeping 3 hours a night for around two weeks, mam and dad also were massively sick, both were giving nebulizers, I thought I had it back then but now I'm still not sure.

Are ye positive now?

CRI0ST0IR

Deleted User wrote: »

Are ye positive now?

Haven't been tested since wasn't a thing back then, I went to the doctors about it too back then as I was in bits worse I've felt before and all he said to me was give up smoking even though mam and dad were bad too, have a cough now but it's a wet cough so not classed as it and showing no other symptoms.

Masala

Hit me on the tiredness...... knocked me fir 6 on energy levels. Couldn’t do the smallest tasks without having to lie down. Sleep patterns all over the place- awake all night and sleepy during the day.

On day 10 now after first symptom and starting to come around.

CRI0ST0IR

Masala wrote: »

Hit me on the tiredness...... knocked me fir 6 on energy levels. Couldn’t do the smallest tasks without having to lie down. Sleep patterns all over the place- awake all night and sleepy during the day.

On day 10 now after first symptom and starting to come around.

Hope you have a speedy recovery now.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought I had it in February of last year.

Yesterday our household tested positive and we have the exact same symptoms now as February of last year.

It’s interesting. I was very sick in February too , really sore red eyes , raw scratchy throat and a very dry cough that sounded like a whooping cough.
I rarely get coughs and this was weird as it was in my upper chest only , not deep down. I got fits of coughing I couldn’t control, I had to pull the car off the road I was coughing so much once. I’ve never completely got rid of the cough which is annoying .
I was sick for 2 weeks ......apart from the lasting cough.

Never got tested, doctor said it probably wasn’t Covid as I had no temperature, but that was over a phone call. I suspect it might have been, i wish I knew

agoodpunt

TheBeach wrote: »

Can I ask if anyone had mouth ulcers or blisters as a symptom? Thanks

got a blister just below lower lip it lingered for 8 r 9 days no other syptoms out of iso last fri

The HorsesMouth

All our house have it. OH has it the worst, headache, skin feeling sore to touch and chills. But even at that they are up and about and doing a bit of exercise. Myself and our 3 kids have no symptoms but our guess is we had it before new year because we had runny noses (nothing you would even think that relates to covid).

99nsr125

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I thought I had it in February of last year.

Yesterday our household tested positive and we have the exact same symptoms now as February of last year.

Covid 20 or Covid 21 maybe

99nsr125

99nsr125 wrote: »

Covid 20 or Covid 21 maybe

Surely it's possible to catch it twice in a 12 month period?

99nsr125

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Surely it's possible to catch it twice in a 12 month period?

No

You either caught it and overcame it,

Are chronically infected

or it's a different strain


The only thing you can catch more than once and actually clear is a bacteria of some variety or another

dublin_paul

99nsr125 wrote: »

No

You either caught it and overcame it,

Are chronically infected

or it's a different strain


The only thing you can catch more than once and actually clear is a bacteria of some variety or another

I don't believe there is evidence supporting your claim. There have been large numbers of people reinfected with COVID around the world.

Probes

99nsr125 wrote: »

No

You either caught it and overcame it,

Are chronically infected

or it's a different strain


The only thing you can catch more than once and actually clear is a bacteria of some variety or another

Around 10% of people don't make the antibodies after infection so this isn't true.

99nsr125

Probes wrote: »

Around 10% of people don't make the antibodies after infection so this isn't true.

Well that makes them chronically infected then

99nsr125

dublin_paul wrote: »

I don't believe there is evidence supporting your claim. There have been large numbers of people reinfected with COVID around the world.

Only all virology to date,

ceadaoin.

dublin_paul wrote: »

I don't believe there is evidence supporting your claim. There have been large numbers of people reinfected with COVID around the world.

There have been twenty something verified cases of reinfection. Out of 90 million + cases worldwide. Hardly large numbers.

caveat emptor

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought I had it in February of last year.

Yesterday our household tested positive and we have the exact same symptoms now as February of last year.

A friend had it in march, convinced had it again in December. Exact same symptoms. Of course could be something else. Fact is we aren't testing for reinfection so we can say it's not an issue.

AidoEirE

All hit me Tuesday morning around 3 a.m. fever, hot and cold shakes, headaches and massive aches and pains on the body. Got tested the Tuesday evening in which still had the fever, aches and pains but the tiredness hit me hard, I could not keep my eyes open for more than 10mins. Came back positive Wednesday.

Starting feeling a lot better Thursday morning, lost all the symptoms I had and was grand for the day.

Friday woke with a rash and lost my sense of smell and taste.

Saturday and today still have the rash and no taste/smell but been waking up fluey and congested each day but physically feel fine comparing to what I had the start.

Dont know what's next as I've been hit left and right from different symptoms at different times.

Brother in law has it and only his sense of smell is gone and he was told positive the same day as me.

Edit: also had a bad dose of diarrhea on the Friday all day.