People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

Tested positive 9 days ago - still positive today first time to get it. Is there any advice on when to return to exercise. Headache and temp for a few days but not too back since - intermittent phglem since.

I managed to dodge the covid bullet until a little over a month ago. I was feverish, fatigued, some breathing difficulty. But it felt manageable and symptoms started to ease. That was until 8 days after my initial positive test. I woke up with a deep ache in my lower back, a stinging/scalding sensation on the surface of the skin in the same site, but a numbness to the site with touch. I was very confused, I even wondered if I had falling down the stairs while sleep walking. Later that evening I became feverish and lethargic again and with other symptoms such as running nose of covid came back but multiplied.

It turned out that I had developed shingles during covid. I was prescribed anti-inflammatories, decongestants, and anti-virals. I became very lethargic. I was even experiencing shortness of breath while resting, but it never got to the stage were I couldn't breath and needed an ambulance (but the thought worried me). I found it very difficult to wash and even feed myself during that first week. The pain and shortness of breath eased over time. But it is, and continues to be, a gradual process. I am still feeling fatigued, shortness of breath on exertion, a dry cough and runny nose, and left with lingering pain from the shingles site with a condition called postherpetic neuralgia.

I remain positive. Things seem to be gradually improving with some days of set back, but overall heading in the right direction

Official advice is to call an ambulance if SpO2 is below 92 with Covid.

You have MS phone an ambulance. I’m an ex nurse and you sound in a bad way. Do you have home oxygen or a nebuliser?

48 fit and healthy. Woke up with a runny nose and a little tired. No headache or body ache , ever so slightly chilled. Two days like this so took test and positive.

Cough starting.

Last time I had COVID it was exactly the same. Only problem was although my head was as clear as a bell on day 3 , the cough was persistent for a further 10 days after I showed clear which was annoying as you get the inevitable looks from people.

Looks like this go around will be exactly the same.

False negatives are very common with tests.

Have it for the second time now and it's far far worse than the first time I caught it. Only beginning to feel better today after 4 days on my back in bed and have made it out into the garden for some air. Haven't been vaccinated since whenever the first jabs happened.

I found it very annoying this time. I am in late 30;s and healthy. It started off mild- bit of chills, felt really off, diarrhea, then got worse very bad congestion, very bad headache, nausea, vomiting, fever, blocked ears. Day 8 and still not right, only turning the corner really. Is anyone else having it this bad ?

Tested positive last Wednesday (started to feel shite on Tuesday).

Had a bad cough, bad cold, and body aches, hot and cold flushes, and had a high temperature throughout the last couple of days.

Feel slightly better today but still have a bad cold, stuffy head and exhausted, any idea how long this variant lasts, definitely the worst dose of covid I've had. This possibly coincides with the fact I haven't got a vaccine in a good while but sure look.

I had Covid 2 weeks ago . The illness itself I can handle, I just play playstation in bed until it passes. It's the weeks of Brain fog and fatigue that follow that are a struggle for me. It feels like being hungover every day for usually about a month. I get this about once a year. I've read the experts believe the brain fog is a type of brain damage as the virus can cross the blood brain barrier.

This cant be good having this covid brain damage regularly, like over a lifetime that's go to add up and put some serous wear on the system. I'm tempted to get pre-emtive jabs but I could get covid any time summer to winter so it'd be hard to time.