People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

The four of us had it a month ago and mild symptoms, got over it quickly. But now myself and one of the children are struggling to sleep at night when go to bed and awake till 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning and then fall asleep since we tested clear, and still getting aches and pains in the joints and the other girl has still no taste, wife is fully recovered, one of the children picked it up in hospital first.

I had my 1st positive test last week. Started with a strange feeling in my head, like a build up of pressure. Had a little niggle at the back of my throat. Then came the side by side shivers and sweats along with a dramatic increase in the head pressure thing. Done a test, showed positive within about 15 seconds.

Hit me like a ton of bricks. Could hardly walk, brain was pounding. Then the sore throat kicked in, it was like no sore throat I have ever had before, like razors were lining my throat. Along with that I had an overall feeling of nausea which made everything worse.

The sore throat was the worst, 3 days of intense pain. Couldn't sleep, painful to eat, drink or swallow. Thought it was going to take weeks to heal it was so bad. Woke up one morning and the pain was totally gone, as if it was never a thing. This was very strange considering how bad it was and now it was nonexistent. I have worked out that the pain did not just go or my throat miraculously heal. My throat or the section of it that was so sore is actually numb. I can't feel it when I swallow, it's like there is a void there where there are no feelings.

In one way I'm happy the pain has gone but also a little concerned that a part of my body has lost all feeling.

On day 9 since first symptoms now, tested positive yesterday. Still feel like ****. Chest is very heavy, I'm lucky it did not move further into my chest as that would have been very serious. Zero energy, 8 days in bed.

I'm a 49 year old male and probably in my best physical health of the last few years and this knocked me on my back.

Did you ever have covid before, have you gotten any previous covid vaccines?

I had covid last year and my throat was the worst part too. I thought it was closing on me which was very scary as I was self isolating.

I think losing taste and smell was more common with the earlier variants, doesn't seem to be a feature of Omicron type variants.

Now have the Vapo rub to work this outta my system... nearly there!

I'm on day 11 since first symptoms. Back at work today, totally brain dead. Energy levels at about 50% if even. Chest still very heavy with chesty cough. Still feel crap, would love to be in bed. Still testing positive.

Still no feeling in my throat. Don't know if it miraculously healed over night or if I have lost feeling in it. I can't imagine it just healed as it was so sore.

Would it have crossed your mind, given all that has changed in the workplace since the pandemic began, that maybe I can work from home?

There is always one isn't there...

Sorry, I shouldn't have snapped. Not feeling great. Still testing positive : (

Setup a call with GP to checkin on your condition and you'd need the cert anyway.

This is latest HSE advice.

You can leave home after 5 days if:

• your symptoms have fully or mostly gone for the last 48 hours

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/if-you-have-covid-19/adults/

Wife and son just tested positive - so the old tests still work (people keep telling me they don't with the new strains).

Both report really bad sore throats, coughs, tight chest, poor breathing, runny/blocked nose, headache and flu like aches and pains.

My, grown up, son just got the Ivermectin out - I'm not saying anything this time :-(

Of course with wife and son getting it I got it. I had it once before and tbh it wasn't as bad this time but slightly different symptoms. Last time throat was very painful for about 10 days but that was the main symptom this time I have headache that feels like my heads been hit every time I cough.

Husband finally caught it - after 3 and half years avoiding it (including when I had it right at the start and didn't isolate for ages because I'd travelled but not to Italy so advice was I couldn't have had it, and both kids having it and him helping look after them). He reckons it feels like a really nasty head cold with the addition of night sweats and a thumping headache. He had just been planning to get the next booster.

I have a thumping headache and blocked nose but am testing negative. I've banished myself to the spare room just in case I coincidentally have a cold that kicked in at the same time as his covid.