People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

Queried · 08-01-2021 10:31PM

emeldc wrote: »

Thank you. From the start we were told that in most cases we would be fine if we contracted Covid, and that is absolutely true. But alot of us that got a heavy dose of it either suffered badly or died. My stay in hospital was horrific. I had one particular day where if they had told me there was nothing more they could for me I would have accepted it gladly, I felt so bad. I’ve had a couple of life changing operations and Covid was far worse. My 88 y/o mother died from Covid the day after I was admitted to hospital. To the skeptics on the ‘relaxation’ thread, she was perfectly fine before she got it. She died of it, not with it. In all honesty I probably gave it to her as I didn’t know I was positive and back then they didn’t know all the symptoms. My best friend who was 58 tested positive on the 8th of October and was dead by the 10th. His lungs bled out while he slept. His wife found him the next morning. You can imagine what that was like. And yet there’s loads of posters on the ‘relaxation’ thread that think it’s not as serious as they say, that we don’t need lockdowns and that it’s ok to infect a nation because the death rate is miniscule. Anyway, let them off with it. My family and I and anyone that knows what I’ve been through are staying home for the moment. Over and out!

I am so sorry to read this. My condolences to you for your mother and your friend, absolutely heartbreaking.

hesaidshesaid · 08-01-2021 10:51PM

Queried wrote: »

I am so sorry to read this. My condolences to you for your mother and your friend, absolutely heartbreaking.

Just wanted to echo these sentiments. You have really been through the mill. Hope you are doing ok.

ger664 · 08-01-2021 10:52PM

Got it over the xmas again luckly wife and kids didnt pick it up.

Symptoms where mild fever cough loss of smell for a few days. However once the fever broke I felt very off and tired. Herself has a decent BPM at home so took my BP. It was 170-180/120-115 for 4 or 5 days very scary. Never suffered from high BP before.

Currently the BP has stabilized but I am constantly tired and every 4-5 hours have to get a nap

I am 55 but am quite fit ran 7 marathons last year

You dont want to get this its nasty

Valresnick · 08-01-2021 10:58PM

I was in France back in January 2020. Started feeling sick on the last day of the trip. Back in Ireland I was absolutely floored. Horrendous cough that kept me up all night, huge hot temperature surges through my body when I stood up, endless tiredness but couldn’t sleep then boom it stopped. After 1 day of feeling fine I was floored again for another 4 days. A really awful dose of something so went to the local doc. Virus had only been reported in Leon and as I was in Paris doc said it must have been flu. No testing back then but he now reckons I definitely had it as apparently it had been in Paris in Nov 2019.

Randy Anders · 09-01-2021 12:14AM

Received a positive result on the 4th. So far it's been pretty rough going, a lot more difficult than I'd originally expected, especially considering that I'm only 29 with no underlying health issues.

I have all the main symptoms (cough, fever, aches etc) but I'll list a few extras that haven't really seen mentioned on the off chance others are experiencing these:

-An extremely sore lower back. I originally thought my kidneys were about to blow up the pain was so intense. Also getting muscle spasms ripple from the area as well. Not nice

-My fever is manifesting itself as extreme cold shakes, teeth chattering etc.. Feet and hands regularly going numb and tingling. Was nearly going to call the Doc about this but I find paracetamol and Nurofen mixed bring me back to relative normality

-Bad diarrhea despite eating very little. (Drinking loads of water)

-Constant headache no matter how many painkillers I take

-Attention span of a gold fish due to sore eyes so can't really read or watch much TV

In short, you don't want this thing! I'm just blessed I didn't pass it on to my folks over xmas. Really would not like them to go through this

corsav6 · 09-01-2021 09:24AM

Randy Anders wrote: »

-An extremely sore lower back. I originally thought my kidneys were about to blow up the pain was so intense. Also getting muscle spasms ripple from the area as well. Not nice

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.

zerosugarbuzz · 09-01-2021 09:33AM

My neighbour told me yesterday she tested positive just before Christmas. No symptoms whatsoever, tested as she’s a health care worker. She’s had cancer twice in the past twenty years and is 58.

zerosugarbuzz · 09-01-2021 09:36AM

Randy Anders wrote: »

Received a positive result on the 4th. So far it's been pretty rough going, a lot more difficult than I'd originally expected, especially considering that I'm only 29 with no underlying health issues.

I have all the main symptoms (cough, fever, aches etc) but I'll list a few extras that haven't really seen mentioned on the off chance others are experiencing these:

-An extremely sore lower back. I originally thought my kidneys were about to blow up the pain was so intense. Also getting muscle spasms ripple from the area as well. Not nice

-My fever is manifesting itself as extreme cold shakes, teeth chattering etc.. Feet and hands regularly going numb and tingling. Was nearly going to call the Doc about this but I find paracetamol and Nurofen mixed bring me back to relative normality

-Bad diarrhea despite eating very little. (Drinking loads of water)

-Constant headache no matter how many painkillers I take

-Attention span of a gold fish due to sore eyes so can't really read or watch much TV

In short, you don't want this thing! I'm just blessed I didn't pass it on to my folks over xmas. Really would not like them to go through this

A lot of those symptoms are probably not COVID related as never mentioned before as being symptoms. Hope you feel better soon.

zerosugarbuzz · 09-01-2021 09:39AM

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.

8 out of 10 people experience back pain:problems at some point in their life. Hope you’re better soon.

dodzy · 09-01-2021 09:40AM

Me and wife positive last Monday.

Me: initially elevated temp (only slight - 37C). Elevated heart rate but Put that down to all the house beer over the period, pain behind left eye socket (not bad), one bout of the trots. Persistent but not uncomfortable cough. Within 5 days, all good except for tiddly cough that I just can’t shake.

Wife: back pain, no temp, generally unwell feeling but not debilitating, trots, no cough, no increased temp or heart rate. She’s a little behind me but thankfully it appears both were on the mild scale compared to some others.

corsav6 · 09-01-2021 09:48AM

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

8 out of 10 people experience back pain:problems at some point in their life. Hope you’re better soon.

A lot better thankfully now, still some pain in certain positions but not locking up. Thanks for your reply

lawred2 · 09-01-2021 09:54AM

Neighbour's child tested positive

Bit of what would be considered a mild head cold for a few days

No one else in the house tested positive during isolation

Another neighbour's elderly Dad got it. By all accounts he's on the mend but had a chesty cough. Neither his wife nor daughter tested positive.

I don't understand how isolated cases in houses like that happen. Yet you'll hear about one funeral causing a chain reaction of hundreds.

iamwhoiam · 09-01-2021 09:59AM

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

A lot of those symptoms are probably not COVID related as never mentioned before as being symptoms. Hope you feel better soon.

Which symptoms are never mentioned before ? All of that posters symptoms have been mentioned by various people ?

Captain Crunch · 09-01-2021 10:01AM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I wonder is there any truth in blood type?

Way back near the start of the pandemic, I was convinced there was a blood type/genetic aspect that determined how severe the symptoms are. I'm not a medical professional in any way but the wide range of symptoms from none to very severe seems to suggest it to me.

Touch wood, so far I seem to have avoided it (unless I'm asymptomatic). I wish all who've contracted it a speedy recovery.

Princess Calla · 09-01-2021 10:44AM

Captain Crunch wrote: »

Way back near the start of the pandemic, I was convinced there was a blood type/genetic aspect that determined how severe the symptoms are. I'm not a medical professional in any way but the wide range of symptoms from none to very severe seems to suggest it to me.

Touch wood, so far I seem to have avoided it (unless I'm asymptomatic). I wish all who've contracted it a speedy recovery.

Yeah I agree, I think genetics plays a role. I think viral load will also play a part..... people who are sick with mild symptoms may not have enough of the virus shedding to infect others . (They may also only have mild symptoms as the viral load that infected them was just enough to cause the infection)

Then I think dumb luck also plays a role.

09-01-2021 11:19AM

emeldc wrote: »

Thank you. From the start we were told that in most cases we would be fine if we contracted Covid, and that is absolutely true. But alot of us that got a heavy dose of it either suffered badly or died. My stay in hospital was horrific. I had one particular day where if they had told me there was nothing more they could for me I would have accepted it gladly, I felt so bad. I’ve had a couple of life changing operations and Covid was far worse. My 88 y/o mother died from Covid the day after I was admitted to hospital. To the skeptics on the ‘relaxation’ thread, she was perfectly fine before she got it. She died of it, not with it. In all honesty I probably gave it to her as I didn’t know I was positive and back then they didn’t know all the symptoms. My best friend who was 58 tested positive on the 8th of October and was dead by the 10th. His lungs bled out while he slept. His wife found him the next morning. You can imagine what that was like. And yet there’s loads of posters on the ‘relaxation’ thread that think it’s not as serious as they say, that we don’t need lockdowns and that it’s ok to infect a nation because the death rate is miniscule. Anyway, let them off with it. My family and I and anyone that knows what I’ve been through are staying home for the moment. Over and out!

Thank you for sharing that.
I’m sorry for your loss.

audman13 · 09-01-2021 11:59AM

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

A lot of those symptoms are probably not COVID related as never mentioned before as being symptoms. Hope you feel better soon.

Alot of those symptoms are common..

09-01-2021 12:44PM

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 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?

dublin_paul · 09-01-2021 12:59PM

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

A lot of those symptoms are probably not COVID related as never mentioned before as being symptoms. Hope you feel better soon.

I completely disagree.

SpacialNeeds · 09-01-2021 01:09PM

[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?

My friend and his girlfriend lost their sense of smell and taste back in the summer. He said first it was like the taste of metal in his mouth, then he couldn't taste anything. Her sense of smell is still very poor but her taste mostly came back, it's diminished but she can taste things. He reckons he's lost his sense of smell permanently and his taste has barely returned.

Trigger Happy · 09-01-2021 03:02PM

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 · 09-01-2021 03:08PM

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 · 09-01-2021 03:11PM

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 · 09-01-2021 03:33PM

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 · 09-01-2021 07:59PM

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 · 09-01-2021 08:50PM

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 · 09-01-2021 09:06PM

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 · 09-01-2021 09:18PM

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 · 09-01-2021 10:01PM

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 · 09-01-2021 10:36PM

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.

People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

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