People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

So, did another antigen this morning - big fat clear postive straight away. It only took 2 and half years 😂 Ironically though, I'm feeling much better today. I'm able to work from home anyway so it's grand. The isolating is a bit of a dose though, living with the parents who are both in their 70's, both 2nd boosted in the last 2 months so hopefully they'll be ok.

Cheers Sporina, yeah feeling very fatigued again now and checked my temperature and it’s gone up again to 37.9. Really hope parents don’t get it.

Yes but to get to that.

10 days and only got first clear today on antigen.

That said I kept working through it. Self employed, the feeling of being so deeply tired is the standout feature of it.

Feel good today. Small bit of a temperature and a bit of a cough but overall good. Seems like a very light dose thankfully.

I smelt burning as in smoke for a while after the dose at Christmas.

Had everybody up checking for a fire at 4 am !

Got new Co monitors and smoke alarms put in , but they never went off .

It went away after about 3 weeks .

Glad I put all the new monitors in though 😁

feck - hope you make a full recovery...

any idea where you got it?

i have none.. wasn't anywhere crowded.. and OH didn't get it.. baffling

Felt a bit off colour Saturday morning. Woke up with a mild sore throat, dry cough and fuzzy dull headache, temperature 37.8°C. Two very clear lines on antigen test.

Felt worse Sunday morning. Sore throat, more frequent dry tickly cough. Eyes running a bit.

Felt much better Monday. Luckily I could work from home and felt good enough to do some gardening after work.

Almost back to normal by Tuesday. Just wondering how long it will take for antigen test to come back -ve.

My bf tested positive on Wed, first time sufferer!

He got the 2nd booster on Sunday, so thought that the flu-like symptoms on Mon and Tue were down to that.

Positive antigen on Wed.

Mon and Tues he felt fluey, with cold sweats and tiredness. By Wed, he had lots of mucus and a constantly running nose, diahorrea, and stomach pain. Today he has a bad chest and throat.

His workmate, who also got boosted at the weekend, tested positive too and is also suffering badly.

its so weird.. i feel I got off v lightly.. I definitely think its does related ie: how much of the bug you are infected with

I'm om 9th day of symptoms and it's a but to go yet by way I feel...

Thought it was interesting that I did a test on Monday and it was a test that I had got for free in work, it was negative, then did an Aldi antigen on Tuesday and it came up straight away. I think its just coincidence though.

We've all got buddies like that. Funny how people got back into the country with a negative PCR test after having Covid back during lockdown.

Had a sore throat on Monday and a sleepless night. Tested positive on Tuesday morning and again Thursday night. Starting to feel okay now after a few days rest. Aside from quite a bit of coughing/sneezing, fatigue and brain fog I had no other weird symptoms. My appetite seemed to increase but maybe that was due to staying indoors. First time getting it but I was triple vaccinated.

my Dad's Dr told us that a PCR can test positive for up to 3 mths

I did a bit of research and the longest report from a believable source said rarely 60 days was the longest time that anyone had tested positive.

What's best for the sore throat? taking panadol plus but it not working. worse sore throat I ever had and my nose runs like tap. Sore throat started on Wednesday and has got progressively worse, headache as well and a night sweat.

Taste and smell still gone. Other than that have a bit of brain fog but no other symptoms really.

Escaped it up until Thursday. Felt awful Thurs night, tested neg. Went to bed with sore throat, fever during the night, squirming around the bed restless. Tested positive Friday morning.

Broke up with aches and pains on Friday, sore throat. Friday evening extreme heat and weakness and profuse sweating.

Saturday weakness and aches and a worse sore throat. Fever broke over the night. Hard to catch breath when doing anything lightly exerting.

Today aches and pains gone, worst sore throat I've ever had persists, still tired and puffed.

Wife positive also, and two children, 2yr old and 1yr old. Kids are fine.

I think I'd be fine if I could have rested up for a day or two. But with smallies, impossible.

I found that the salt water gargling did help. I also used Diflam anti inflammatory mouth wash/gargle which helped. It helps the pain of the throat. Tested positive newly 2 weeks ago now and throat is still a bit dry. Getting slowly better. Tiredness has eased now. Just the dry throat left.

Still no taste or smell. Very annoying.

people seem to think they have to isolate till they have a negative antigen test - why is this?

Have Covid again had it in March. I'm tired, coughy, short of breath (doc put me on antibiotics as I'm quite chesty). I cannot feel full though whatever that is about I'm constantly hungry.

Began with a sore throat last Wednesday (06/07)which became progressively worse over the following days. Tested positive on Thursday. Sore throat has eased a bit today but it was the worst sore throat I ever had.

Other symptoms, night sweats, headaches, runny nose a congested at night time, no energy, difficulty in sleeping. No cough until Monday, productive with green phlegm. Still positive on the antigen today.