People or people you know who tested positive before or are positive now, how are you feeling? Both physically and mentally
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Dano650
Have it now since Tuesday and strep throat is the worst I’ve had in a long time . I wish I could get antibiotics but my doctor is refusing to prescribe them as it is covid . The amount of green phlem when I’m able to get it up is unreal . Feel like crap but mostly the throat. It feels at times as if the body is taking a rest and the nausea and flu like symptoms kick in .
any tips for reducing the strep throat .
Is it not partially that they are incredibly restrictive about who can get a test? I couldn't.
Plus statistics wise how many people are self registering positive antigens I would say it is a small fraction.
Sore throat the old water and salt can help, but for me diflam spray is excellent
thanks for sharing
green usually means infection.. i'd say go back to your GP - call em - sounds like you need an antib'
just got my results - 21 hr wait - i'm positive gggggrrrrrr
Tested positive this day last week after avoiding it up until now. I had sore throat, headache, sore eyes, congestion and fever for 3 days, but the worst thing was the fatigue, all the other symptoms have passed at this stage, and I'm back working (from home) but I can't shake off the tiredness. Struggling to get out of bed in the mornings, finding it hard to concentrate on anything and lacking motivation. Has anyone else experienced this the week after?
gee sorry to hear that - my symptoms only started on Tue.. just sore back.. then sore all over.. temp.. but feeling much better now but just got news I'm +ve.. after all antigen tests wer -ve.. grr
Anyone else smell something strange after covid? I can't really describe it but I can smell something like a cross between burning plastic and burnt coffee. Very strange not had it before. No loss of taste or smell while I had covid but now I just occasionally get this weird smell.
Had this for new months,eventually the smell goes. Even woke me up and I thought something in the house was on fire.
Also,
Kids positive....... Again.
Tested negative today on day 9. Pretty much fully recovered now thankfully. Just an occasional cough. I didn't get it too bad overall but I wouldn't be in a hurry to get it again all the same.
The fatigue was the worst for me too.
Tested positive on antigen on Monday morning. Fever only on Monday along with a slight headache, then Tuesday I was sneezing a lot and on Wednesday a bit of coughing. Fatigue throughout the 3 days, i partly blame the blocked nose and that i wasn't getting good sleep. I tried to work through it but were only lasting a few hours each day.
A bit better today, just coughing every now and again, though still tested positive. But I reckon that I'm already in the recovery process.
mad how its different for everyone..
twill be interesting to see how I am in the am - right now, just sore hands and worried about how I'll get thru isolation.. not use to being at home all day
I felt like I had a weird one, it had the opposite effect on me I had loads of energy and no fatigue. I would love a nap if I was at home and have a lie down if i could. When I had covid I tried to have a nap couldn't sleep, I would be falling asleep late but waking up early.
If i didn't have a pcr test I would have doubted the antigen test. Every morning I wake up thinking am I gonna feel like how my family members were feeling but no. A normal cold would knock me for six.
Taste and smell gone today with a small cough. Runny nose getting better. Fatigue and energy is ok
Stuck in a pickle as I have a ticket to Green Day tomorrow and I feel very up to going but the moral of it is killing me as it could lead to worse things even though I am going to mask up and use contactless. Only have 1 close contact
Head is melted thinking about what to do
@hopgirl
loads of energy? like, more than usual?
different for sure..
i've been fine since Thurs around 3pm..
went for walks - thought id be wrecked after em but no..
enjoying the silver linings.. meals being brought to my bedroom door.. watching movies/tv, reading, talking on phone..
not bad weather for it as its lashing - twud be hard to isolate when well if the sun was out
Lots of sneezing, bit achy, the waves of tiredness are the worst of it.
Yay or nay for risking going to a concert tomorrow ?
Feel up to it but I'd be technically breaking the law
It's pretty much every where now.
I'm still going to work, im self employed and not meeting anyone. I think it is prolonging it for me though but what can 1 do
If i went
Could I be sacked from my job even though I'm technically on covid leave ?
You're not breaking any laws by not isolating. But it's wrong going out like that even with contactless and masks.
Thanks that made me feel better
Already after been told I'll infect 1000s if I go
Anyone else get tooth pain ?
More energy than normal and a appetite. I would have my dinner and be hungry an hour later not like me at all. The abundance of energy didn't last when i went back to work. I had to go to bed when I got home and it was only a half day 🙈.
I would have loved to have meals brought to me or better be home alone with no child 😀.
When I had it the weather was great so got jobs done that I had put off and went for walks.
yes I had this. Random sharp pains in front teeth lasting for a few seconds at a time. I knew it was covid as I had my teeth checked recently and no cavities. very strange.
Day 7 here and still quite sick, bad headache, cough, sore throat, tiredness. Still positive on the antigens.
Pain in the upper back teeth can be caused by sinus issues.
Day 3 now and still more like cold symptoms, small cough but energy levels still OK
Not sleeping well even with taking sleeping tablets. I'd fall asleep late but wake up early and not get back to sleep
Tests still showing positive, due to get the HSE ones today or tomorrow
hope you feel better asap
did you manage to sell on your Greenday ticket?
Yeah thankfully
I almost out the door to head up (I'd buy a ticket up there) but declined in the end. Head was flipping 'go or don't go' all day yesterday and dis morning
Due to head to Elton John on Friday in Cork and god willing I'll be going. Noting more I can do really by then regarding isolation by then (synthoms last Thursday/isolation Friday morning)
