People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 11:18AM

I tested positive the other day.
Felt like i had a cold and the room was spinning for a few days before it. Oh and I can feel my heart beating in my chest, like when i exercise, but without exercising. Which is a good sign I guess

Fine now though. I wouldnt have even bothered getting tested only HR from work rang me when they heard i had a cold and insisted i get tested.
Dont know where I got it as I havent been in contact with anyone since Christmas Day.
Even then it was from a distance.
I havent been outside the door since Christmas day.

ShineOn7 · 25-01-2021 11:33AM

JimmyVik wrote: »

Dont know where I got it as I havent been in contact with anyone since Christmas Day.
Even then it was from a distance.
I havent been outside the door since Christmas day.

That part is mental

Any home grocery deliveries or Amazon deliveries etc?

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 11:37AM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

That part is mental
Any home grocery deliveries or Amazon deliveries etc?

Had groceries delivered a couple of times. Left in a bag on the door step. Had the normal post alright, including from Amazon.
Cant think of any other contact though.

ShineOn7 · 25-01-2021 11:40AM

JimmyVik wrote: »

Had groceries delivered a couple of times. Left in a bag on the door step. Had the normal post alright, including from Amazon.
Cant think of any other contact though.

It sounds like the deliveries are the only way it got into your house though, right?

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 11:45AM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

It sounds like the deliveries are the only way it got into your house though, right?

Probably, but thats a scary thought for the rest of the population.
100% of households are either getting deliveries or going to the shops.
I had post maybe twice a week on average and two grocery deliveries.

Mango Joe · 25-01-2021 11:47AM

Can anyone who has been through this please recommend practical steps or preparation in setting up at home to get through it easier?

We've one bedroom with an en-suite, plan is to move in there with a TV, Books and lots of paracetamol til its over..... Any other tips and advice?

ShineOn7 · 25-01-2021 11:53AM

Mango Joe wrote: »

Can anyone who has been through this please recommend practical steps or preparation in setting up at home to get through it easier?

We've one bedroom with an en-suite, plan is to move in there with a TV, Books and lots of paracetamol til its over..... Any other tips and advice?

She has half a million views on the English version alone (she's dubbed it into several languages)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZoBb-ngk5k

Mango Joe · 25-01-2021 11:54AM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Might be worth bookmarking this

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/covid-19-how-to-look-after-yourself-if-you-catch-the-virus-1.4465085

"Ramanathan says oxygen saturation levels should be managed daily for the first 14 days of the illness. A normal range is 95-100 per cent. Medical intervention is needed if it drops below 93 per cent, she says, or if people develop shortness of breath."

This is very poorly written - I presume where they've said "managed" they mean monitored because there's no indication put forward of a means or method to manage this.

25-01-2021 11:55AM

JimmyVik wrote: »

I tested positive the other day.
Felt like i had a cold and the room was spinning for a few days before it. Oh and I can feel my heart beating in my chest, like when i exercise, but without exercising. Which is a good sign I guess
Fine now though. I wouldnt have even bothered getting tested only HR from work rang me when they heard i had a cold and insisted i get tested.
Dont know where I got it as I havent been in contact with anyone since Christmas Day.
Even then it was from a distance.
I havent been outside the door since Christmas day.

Could be a false positive or picked up before Christmas day. PCR test can be positive for more than a month after infection even if you are fully recovered.

fits · 25-01-2021 11:55AM

JimmyVik wrote: »

Probably, but thats a scary thought for the rest of the population.
100% of households are either getting deliveries or going to the shops.
I had post maybe twice a week on average and two grocery deliveries.

You haven’t left your house or been in contact with anyone since Christmas Day? That’s a long time !

25-01-2021 12:03PM

Wibbs wrote: »

IIRC the rhinoviruses that cause most "common colds" have an R0 of between 3 and 6, so way higher than Covid. Flus again IIRC are around 1.5, so closer to covid.

I suspect COVID has a "natural" R0 of between 3 and 6, but this is reduced with all the mitigation measures we are doing. I also suspect that the reason we saw a huge spike at Christmas was not primarily due to a new variant, or the opening of restaurants and especially not non essential retail, but due to lots of people mixing indoors without masks, lots of alcohol and no social distancing among friends and family.

I also suspect the "natural" R0 of COVID will increase, as only highly transmissible variants of it will survive. Worryingly, the case of a woman in NZ who tested negative twice in isolation appears to have gotten infected during quarantine .... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/25/highly-likely-new-zealand-woman-infected-covid-variant-hotel/

EDIT: More on this : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/new-zealand-covid-case-appears-to-be-south-african-variant-officials-say

All of the above total speculation of course ...

ShineOn7 · 25-01-2021 12:05PM

Mango Joe wrote: »

"Ramanathan says oxygen saturation levels should be managed daily for the first 14 days of the illness. A normal range is 95-100 per cent. Medical intervention is needed if it drops below 93 per cent, she says, or if people develop shortness of breath."

This is very poorly written - I presume where they've said "managed" they mean monitored because there's no indication put forward of a means or method to manage this.

It's a very minor quibble tbh

She's likely saved many lives with her advice

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 12:25PM

fits wrote: »

You haven’t left your house or been in contact with anyone since Christmas Day? That’s a long time !

Just the way it worked out.
Im living in a granny flat in my parents.
They left Christmas day to go to my sisters house.
Lockdown happened then and they decided to stay down there as she could look after them and they were already there.
So just me on my todd.
Hard to believe ive been walking around with this since before Christmas day and only got symptoms last week.

ShineOn7 · 25-01-2021 12:28PM

JimmyVik wrote: »

Hard to believe ive been walking around with this since before Christmas day and only got symptoms last week.

Isn't the average time of getting it to showing symptoms 5 days?

Something isn't adding up tbh

phormium · 25-01-2021 12:30PM

Any takeaways?

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 12:34PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Isn't the average time of getting it to showing symptoms 5 days?

Something isn't adding up tbh

Thats my feeling on it. The chances of it being the post or the gorceries has to be tiny altogether.

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 12:34PM

phormium wrote: »

Any takeaways?

Yes, now that you mention it.
2 Pizzas delivered.

Mango Joe · 25-01-2021 12:36PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

It's a very minor quibble tbh

She's likely saved many lives with her advice

I wasn't criticising her - I'd say it was the Times Journalists mistake.....

Away With The Fairies · 25-01-2021 12:43PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Isn't the average time of getting it to showing symptoms 5 days?

Something isn't adding up tbh

I don't know. The recent case in New Zealand came back from the UK, I think, done their two week isolation in a quarantine facility, tested negative twice while in quarantine and two days later after leaving quarantine, they developed symptoms. So I reckon there's a longer incubation period in some.

mohawk · 25-01-2021 12:48PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Could be a false positive or picked up before Christmas day. PCR test can be positive for more than a month after infection even if you are fully recovered.

Anecdotally I have heard people say they had a bit of a runny nose or whatever and were otherwise well. A couple weeks later they need to take a Covid test for whatever reason and show up positive. People don’t all clear the virus at the same rate.

Maybe it’s worth going for the test straight away when you have any sort of cold/flu like symptoms. A few locally have tested positive and they haven’t had any cough or fever. One person got tested at work and never had any symptoms. Others just felt like it was a mild cold with the sniffles.

irishgrover · 25-01-2021 12:57PM

Mango Joe wrote: »

"Ramanathan says oxygen saturation levels should be managed daily for the first 14 days of the illness. A normal range is 95-100 per cent. Medical intervention is needed if it drops below 93 per cent, she says, or if people develop shortness of breath."

This is very poorly written - I presume where they've said "managed" they mean monitored because there's no indication put forward of a means or method to manage this.

I'm not seeing the problem here, to be honest. My understanding of managed is
1.) Measured regularly
2.) Completing the proscribed exercises (and sleep position recommendations) and re-measuring as it should have a positive impact on the O2 levels
3.) Seek medical advice if it goes below 93%

One thing I would add to it is that if you have a preexisting condition then your default "healthy" levels may be lower. Therefore it is important to know your own levels when healthy.
For example, I have asthma and my O2 levels are naturally closer to 95% then 100% when healthy. Similarly, I know my default peak flow levels for lung function volumes. Using these two bits of information allows me to understand when I am sick, versus propper sick and needing medical intervention etc. (I mean generally and not specific to Covid)

25-01-2021 01:07PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

I don't know. The recent case in New Zealand came back from the UK, I think, done their two week isolation in a quarantine facility, tested negative twice while in quarantine and two days later after leaving quarantine, they developed symptoms. So I reckon there's a longer incubation period in some.

Guardian article says it was highly likely she got infected in the hotel. Also it's the South African variant. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/new-zealand-covid-case-appears-to-be-south-african-variant-officials-say

25-01-2021 01:09PM

TylerRyan28 wrote: »

Most stores you see or hear are healthy people with no underlying health problems but are dieing and then there are people who actually have health problems or underlying conditions who get Covid but make it through it .
They keep saying who are most at risk but seems the ones who are way down the list are the ones who end up in hospital.

It's like smoking - there are people who smoke 60 a day living to 95 and then young people who never smoked dying of lung cancer. These are outliers and you will always have them.

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 02:28PM

TylerRyan28 wrote: »

Most stores you see or hear are healthy people with no underlying health problems but are dieing and then there are people who actually have health problems or underlying conditions who get Covid but make it through it .
They keep saying who are most at risk but seems the ones who are way down the list are the ones who end up in hospital.

I think young, healthy people dying from it are very rare.
You probably have more chance of dying in a car crash this year tbh.

Its just that they dont release the stats so that young healthy people will obey the guidelines.
If they released all of the stats, like what ages are in ICU, What ages recover from ICU, What ages die as well as if they had conditions and what conditions those are then the picture would be clearer about what anyones chances are should they get it.
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ShineOn7 · 28-01-2021 07:59PM

I've noticed that this thread has gone very quiet. Which can only be a good thing, right?

I hope all who posted here are feeling much better

Geuze · 28-01-2021 11:55PM

JimmyVik wrote: »

I think young, healthy people dying from it are very rare.
You probably have more chance of dying in a car crash this year tbh.

Its just that they dont release the stats so that young healthy people will obey the guidelines.
If they released all of the stats, like what ages are in ICU, What ages recover from ICU, What ages die as well as if they had conditions and what conditions those are then the picture would be clearer about what anyones chances are should they get it.
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The ages of the people who die are released:

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/br/b-cdc/covid-19deathsandcasesseries20/

See table 2.

poisonated · 29-01-2021 12:00AM

I had it early last year. I was asymptomatic. I haven’t noticed any problems.

Atlantic Dawn · 29-01-2021 12:04AM

poisonated wrote: »

I had it early last year. I was asymptomatic. I haven’t noticed any problems.

Were there any differences at all in how you felt before or after you were tested as positive? Do you know what blood type you are, is it O Group?

poisonated · 29-01-2021 12:12AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Were there any differences at all in how you felt before or after you were tested as positive? Do you know what blood type you are, is it O Group?

I did not know I had until I got an antibody test done. If I’m thinking of the right time that I had it. I did have a bit of a cold but that’s about it. I’m not sure of my blood type. Part of me was a bit relieved I had it as I had some antibodies to it and a sort of immunity.

ShineOn7 · 29-01-2021 12:14AM

poisonated wrote: »

I did not know I had until I got an antibody test done

Are they more reliable then they were in April? I was reading they were hit and miss

Also; can you say where you had it done and how much?

People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

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