People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

Sunny Disposition · 23-01-2021 10:19pm

Had it a few weeks ago and was grand, very mild symptoms for about a week, ðŸ’¯ again. Rest of my family were much sicker though, luckily all grand again now.

23-01-2021 11:13pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Dont know your GP but you can’t speak for mine . She has seen patients throughout and been thorough and wonderful
I will cheer when she gets the vaccine and might have the confidence to see her parents again .

My GP has been an absolute disgrace and after being a patient of the same surgery for nearly 40 years and my daughter since birth I will be looking for a new GP as soon as practicable.

I have not been able to get a face-to-face appointment since March and every time I ask for a phone consultation all I get is some random locum who doesn't know anything about my history. If I ask for my own doctor, I'm told he is not available. He is never available, it seems.

When getting the flu vaccine my daughter and I were left waiting outside on the footpath, in the rain, for 40 minutes after our appointments, no apologies.

I'm not the only one. I read the recent google reviews on the practice and they are shocking, and all telling the same story.

iamwhoiam · 23-01-2021 11:16pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My GP has been an absolute disgrace and after being a patient of the same surgery for nearly 40 years and my daughter since birth I will be looking for a new GP as soon as practicable.

I have not been able to get a face-to-face appointment since March and every time I ask for a phone consultation all I get is some random locum who doesn't know anything about my history. If I ask for my own doctor, I'm told he is not available. He is never available, it seems.

When getting the flu vaccine my daughter and I were left waiting outside on the footpath, in the rain, for 40 minutes after our appointments, no apologies.

I'm not the only one. I read the recent google reviews on the practice and they are shocking, and all telling the same story.

Thats dreadful and you are right to be angry . But anyone I know are very grateful for the work GPs have done so tarring them all with the same brush would be very unfair

23-01-2021 11:23pm

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Thats dreadful and you are right to be angry . But anyone I know are very grateful for the work GPs have done so tarring them all with the same brush would be very unfair

Which is why I said MY.

iamwhoiam · 23-01-2021 11:26pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Which is why I said MY.

Apologies it was not you who posted about GPs in general

Wibbs · 23-01-2021 11:44pm

Itsaduck1 wrote: »

Even if 10,000 out are those of essential workers/travel/no symptoms

What do the other 8,000 people that dont have Covid have when tested?

Are colds and flus still more common right now than Covid19 is my question?

And if so how? Isn't Covid19 way more contagious with little natural immunity, shouldn't that be in greater circulation than cold and flu?

Well colds and flus won't magically go away because a new virus is in the mix. When old nasties like smallpox and the like were floating about people still caught colds and flus. 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. Something like the measles which is fully airborne is way higher at around 16.

That said, the R0 value has a lot of variables, as we've seen with this covid pox and those figures are for freely mingling populations. Measures like social distancing, masks and hand hygiene make a huge difference to the number. Vaccination will make an even bigger difference. The same measures are going to affect other viruses in the population, so fewer people should get colds and flus as well.

Speaking entirely personal opinion here, I reckon there is some resistance in the population to covid19 and that's why it seems to act so weirdly with regard to variability in symptoms and infectiousness.

SouthWesterly · 24-01-2021 12:55am

Tried to see my GP yesterday with a sinus infection that's been ticking over for months. She wouldn't see me until I had a test done. Got it this morning and waiting for the results.

Wanderer78 · 24-01-2021 8:01am

SouthWesterly wrote:

Tried to see my GP yesterday with a sinus infection that's been ticking over for months. She wouldn't see me until I had a test done. Got it this morning and waiting for the results.

My sinus are driving me insane, debating whether to get a test or not

Ave Sodalis · 24-01-2021 8:47am

Wanderer78 wrote:

My sinus are driving me insane, debating whether to get a test or not

That's pretty much the only thing I had. Even my cough was from a post nasal drip, but it was a cough so I was tested and was positive.

FishOnABike · 24-01-2021 10:10am

Wibbs wrote: »

Well colds and flus won't magically go away because a new virus is in the mix. When old nasties like smallpox and the like were floating about people still caught colds and flus. 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. Something like the measles which is fully airborne is way higher at around 16.

That said, the R0 value has a lot of variables, as we've seen with this covid pox and those figures are for freely mingling populations. Measures like social distancing, masks and hand hygiene make a huge difference to the number. Vaccination will make an even bigger difference. The same measures are going to affect other viruses in the population, so fewer people should get colds and flus as well.

Speaking entirely personal opinion here, I reckon there is some resistance in the population to covid19 and that's why it seems to act so weirdly with regard to variability in symptoms and infectiousness.

Studies ( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32498136 ) give an R0 for CoViD-19 to be similar to that of the common cold.

Considering that during our latest outbreak the Re was estimated to be between 2.3 and 3.0 ( https://www.thejournal.ie/what-does-this-weeks-covid-19-data-tell-us-about-irelands-third-wave-5319750-Jan2021 ) and that was with restrictions, that points to the R0 being more than 3.0

With the B.1.1.7 variant adding between 0.4 and 0.7 to the R0 ( https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.30.20249034v2 ) that would put CoViD-19 squarely in the "as infectious as the common cold" category.

Wanderer78 · 24-01-2021 10:21am

Ave Sodalis wrote: »

That's pretty much the only thing I had. Even my cough was from a post nasal drip, but it was a cough so I was tested and was positive.

ive no cough at all, just sinus driving me insane

The HorsesMouth · 24-01-2021 1:57pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

My sinus are driving me insane, debating whether to get a test or not

Get a test. This was my main symptom at the start and now it is my last one to go. We have 6 people test postitive in our household and those close to us and all apart from 1 had sinus issues/headaches.
Also seems if you have sinus issues then your taste and smell is almost a cert to go too. Unfortunately that's been true in our cases.
Thankfully we have all had mild symptoms and everyone is fully over it now apart from the senses issue. Age range from 5 to 64.

Gruffalux · 24-01-2021 2:15pm

The HorsesMouth wrote: »

Get a test. This was my main symptom at the start and now it is my last one to go. We have 6 people test postitive in our household and those close to us and all apart from 1 had sinus issues/headaches.
Also seems if you have sinus issues then your taste and smell is almost a cert to go too. Unfortunately that's been true in our cases.
Thankfully we have all had mild symptoms and everyone is fully over it now apart from the senses issue. Age range from 5 to 64.

Oh don't say that. I have really bad sinus headache and congestion, and have also had migraine aura for past 2 days. Feel crappy. My husband keeps making me smell things as that is his way of ''checking'' for corona!

Wanderer78 · 24-01-2021 2:34pm

The HorsesMouth wrote: »

Get a test. This was my main symptom at the start and now it is my last one to go. We have 6 people test postitive in our household and those close to us and all apart from 1 had sinus issues/headaches.
Also seems if you have sinus issues then your taste and smell is almost a cert to go too. Unfortunately that's been true in our cases.
Thankfully we have all had mild symptoms and everyone is fully over it now apart from the senses issue. Age range from 5 to 64.

thank you, im over a week with this now, probably longer, things were actually worse last week, so im slightly improved here, ive no other symptoms appearing, no fever, no cough, no high temperature, no breeding or chest issues, smell and taste seem to be fine, my morning glass of cider vinegar still taste's like sh1t. i ll say it to the doc tomorrow though. we stopped mixing after christmas, so its only 2 of us in the house, the other person is absolutely fine

SouthWesterly · 24-01-2021 3:36pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

My sinus are driving me insane, debating whether to get a test or not

I came back negative this morning. Wasn't surprised

Wanderer78 · 24-01-2021 3:37pm

SouthWesterly wrote: »

I came back negative this morning. Wasn't surprised

it makes sense to be tested, but i suspect id be the same, im not convinced i have it, i think its largely to do with being stuck indoors with central heating

darragh o meara · 24-01-2021 6:36pm

Gruffalux wrote: »

Oh don't say that. I have really bad sinus headache and congestion, and have also had migraine aura for past 2 days. Feel crappy. My husband keeps making me smell things as that is his way of ''checking'' for corona!

Take my advice and get tested if anything it will put your mind at risk. I had similar 2 weeks ago and ended up with something a lot worse than Corona. I’m actually in hospital at the moment trying to avoid it, at this stage I’ve been tested a good few times. It is uncomfortable but only for a minute.

I keep smelling things too and one of the doctors here told me that while it’s a common symptom it’s not definitive and that he has a number of positive patients with perfect smell and taste.

This is it · 24-01-2021 7:36pm

I didn't lose taste or smell when I had it.

Mardyke · 24-01-2021 9:28pm

People needn't be trying to decide themselves whether to get a test or not.

Call your doctor and they'll decide.

No point trying to figure it out yourself.

Phil.x · 24-01-2021 9:37pm

Phil.x wrote: »

High temp, stiff/strained eyes, lower back pain, loss of smell and taste, all lasted two to three days but 14 days after symptoms I still cannot smell or taste and it sometimes feels like a have something lodged in my throat.

So smell and taste are coming back slowly, but I now have what looks like a tonsil stone, feeling like I've a bit of swelling when I swallow.
Other that that I'm fine, back lifting some weights and a little running.
(First symptoms 4th jan)

Cluedo Monopoly · 24-01-2021 10:13pm

Do you mind me asking what it's like to get a Covid test? Some people mentioned at the start that they found it quite 'invasive'.

Ave Sodalis · 24-01-2021 10:24pm

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Do you mind me asking what it's like to get a Covid test? Some people mentioned at the start that they found it quite 'invasive'.

I got one last March/April, and whilst the throat swab was unusual but fine, the nose swab was horrid. It turns out I was negative, and I had a sinus infection so a swab was not ideal. I had lured myself into a false sense of security because I've had several cameras up my nasal passage so thought a swab would be a walk in the park.

The last time, I was expecting it to be far worse because of my previous experience and because I was sure it was just sinus again this time, but it wasn't as bad. My eyes didn't water like crazy at any rate. Anyone I know that got it and don't have chronic sinus problems seemed to find it okay, just uncomfortable.

darragh o meara · 24-01-2021 10:51pm

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Do you mind me asking what it's like to get a Covid test? Some people mentioned at the start that they found it quite 'invasive'.

It’s uncomfortable for a few seconds but you get over quick enough. I’ve had a few in the past few days and while I’ll never get used to them I can live with it.

Wibbs · 24-01-2021 11:11pm

I've had quite a few because of work and I found it very much depends on whose doing it. Some are frankly bloody brutal at it and one I point blank refused their services. I have also found that early on in the game they were going much deeper with the nose swab, of late less so.

AncaroImparo · 24-01-2021 11:25pm

I must also agree - have had a few - quiet invasive and far up the nose. Didnt find the throat swab as bad. Did others who had tests get both nostrils swabbed?

SouthWesterly · 25-01-2021 12:04am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

it makes sense to be tested, but i suspect id be the same, im not convinced i have it, i think its largely to do with being stuck indoors with central heating

The fun part will be tomorrow when I ask the gp who said she wouldn't see me, how I can be sure she's not got it. Has she been tested

roashter · 25-01-2021 12:07pm

In my mid 40s and my symptoms started Wednesday -cold/flu with a bad headache and this persisted for a few days.
Had test on Friday 14:30. It was my 2nd time getting test and while the nose swab is uncomfortable it was not as bad as first time.
Text message Saturday night 21:00 to confirm positive result.

So at moment now I have cold/flu like symptoms, shortness of breath (just going up the stairs), and feel quite fatigued. I'm taking paracetamol.
I am going to take a few days off work (thankfully still working and able to work from home), as I don't think I'd be able to do a full days work and feel drained.
I'll need to get a sick note from GP but not sure how long to request for. I'm guessing just a few days, but I don't want to come back to work and then find I'm shattered and regret not taking longer off.
Anyone have anything similar to this scenario?

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 12:12pm

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Do you mind me asking what it's like to get a Covid test? Some people mentioned at the start that they found it quite 'invasive'.

Its fine. It only lasts for a second. Dont mind the people saying it hurts.

If you ever had to sniff that vicks stuff, well thats worse.

If youve ever got your teeth cleaned. Thats a thousand times more uncomfortable than the covid test.

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 12:18pm

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 12:33pm

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 12:37pm

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 12:40pm

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 12:45pm

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 12:47pm

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 12:53pm

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 12:54pm

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 12:55pm

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 12:55pm

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 1:03pm

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 1:05pm

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 1:25pm

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 1:28pm

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 1:30pm

Any takeaways?

JimmyVik · 25-01-2021 1:34pm

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 1:34pm

phormium wrote: »

Any takeaways?

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

Mango Joe · 25-01-2021 1:36pm

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 1:43pm

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 1:48pm

[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 1:57pm

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)

TylerRyan28 · 25-01-2021 2:02pm

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.

People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

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