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I'm think I'm properly better now. Felt quite headachey and tired yesterday morning, then ravenously hungry again, and once I had finished stuffing my face with every random bit of stale food left in the house (tricky after a week isolation) suddenly the fog lifted. So my theory is the body needs carbs to clear the virus.
 
lazythursday said:
I'm think I'm properly better now. Felt quite headachey and tired yesterday morning, then ravenously hungry again, and once I had finished stuffing my face with every random bit of stale food left in the house (tricky after a week isolation) suddenly the fog lifted. So my theory is the body needs carbs to clear the virus.
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I've craved carbs more than normal, but it's more the taste, psychological comforting associations, and easy digestion rather than any clearing the virus.
 
Agh. It's Round Two at my parents.

A friend of theirs is visiting from France. They've not seen her for years because of Covid.

She had a negative PCR before travelling, 2nd day of her visit felt unwell. LFT: positive. Must've caught it on the ferry over. She's passed it on to my Stepdad who is late 70's with terminal cancer. My Mum is currently negative but is finding it difficult to impress on my Stepdad that he needs to stay away from her because, y'know, he might kill her...

Argh. Very anxious for all of them again. On the positive side, my folks had both literally just had their 4th booster jab so their immunity should be high.
 
Day 2. Feel basically fine, a bit tired, the odd cough, but nothing out of the ordinary. Apropos of the idea of strength of LFT signal being a proxy for severity - my test came up positive within a minute and made a strong solid angry pink line (yesterday evening). It is still only day 2 of course - still plenty of time to go downhill. But fingers crossed not eh? :)

E2a: definitely no loss of smell yet - if anything the reverse, super-sensitive to smells; not in an unpleasant way, just everything smells even more like itself.
 
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prunus said:
Day 2. Feel basically fine, a bit tired, the odd cough, but nothing out of the ordinary. Apropos of the idea of strength of LFT signal being a proxy for severity - my test came up positive within a minute and made a strong solid angry pink line (yesterday evening). It is still only day 2 of course - still plenty of time to go downhill. But fingers crossed not eh? :)

E2a: definitely no loss of smell yet - if anything the reverse, super-sensitive to smells; not in an unpleasant way, just everything smells even more like itself.
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Oh and another observation from my data pool of 1: the idea of the cough, such that it is, being unproductive, certainly isn’t applicable in case - mucho phlegm.
 
Me and the kids all tested negative. Wife is positive and no longer faintly so. She's extremely upset* that she'll just have to stay upstairs watching films and eating snacks while my mum's here. Mum's staying in a hotel round the corner anyway because we're too crowded/messy for sleepovers.

*happy
 
Day 5 for me. Was feeling a bit better yesterday, but today my glands are up, my cough has turned chesty, i've had vertigo, a sore throat, blocked sinuses, and i'm knackered and achey. Fever hasn't returned or anything, but no way am i well enough to go back to work tomorrow - and lft still says positive.
 
Still no, although I had my first old two weeks ago since the before times. I teach and all my colleagues have had it, so I don't understand how I have escaped.
 
prunus said:
Oh and another observation from my data pool of 1: the idea of the cough, such that it is, being unproductive, certainly isn’t applicable in case - mucho phlegm.
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My cough was productive, as were other people's I know who've had it in the past month. Very mild - coughing about once an hour or so for a few days, easily bringing up a little phlegm each time.

I was still vaping throughout :oops:
 
Symptoms and LFT positive last Sunday (then PCR positive Monday) so today is day 8. Tested negative twice already on days 5 and 6, so went to the shops yesterday.

Feel bit better today, but not 100% as still have occasional cough, no sense of smell, and feel generally a bit meh. But think some of that is basically from doing fuck all the last week but sitting around on the internet and eating crap. So going to get out tomorrow and do some easy exercise, clean the house, cook a proper dinner, and go shopping etc. Due back at work Tuesday but think I won't feel totally ready for that yet.
 
Mation said:
My cough was productive, as were other people's I know who've had it in the past month. Very mild - coughing about once an hour or so for a few days, easily bringing up a little phlegm each time.

I was still vaping throughout :oops:
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I’m still coughing two weeks on and it’s productive too. Didn’t test negative until Day 9. Worked from home until Day 10 - I was on holiday anyway for the first few days. 😡
 
I first had symptoms 16 days ago, tested positive the next day and I still feel crappy.
I’m completely exhausted, have brain fog and can't focus. I already had vertigo (BPV) and this is now much worse.
Still have a cold and productive cough and zero lung capacity.

I went for a beauty appointment then went round 3 shops on Saturday and I had to lie down when I came home.

Mr Looby is a few days behind me and on Saturday and Sunday he was feeling terrible. Spikes in fever, achy, coughing and sneezing.

I’m barely able to do a full day at work and have a deadline to write a report and I can’t focus on in depth tasks.
We both tested negative day 9.

This is fucking shit. :(
 
I've been laid low for a week with something that feels much like the Covid I had in early December (total fatigue, aches & weirdness that comes & goes - the only thing I haven't had this time is the sweats.)

Tested negative (been doing a LFT every other day since the symptoms picked up) so I'm assuming either it isn't Covid, just something nasty & flue-y that's ripped through work (everyone has had it to some degree over the past 3 weeks, a few people have a hoarse lingering cough).

Or it is Covid but mild enough to not show up on LFT, which I hope means it's also less transmissible? (in Dec all my LFTs were negative, but I had a positive PCR, plus the 2 people I share an office with had really strong positive LFTs all the way through - so far they are the only 2 who haven't had whatever-it-is this time round).

Anyway, I'm ill enough to have a day at home today, have been masking up solidly in shops & on transport (though not at work as I'd be laughed out of my job) so just hoping I haven't given whatever-it-is to anyone that hasn't already got it. & fortunately have been too knackered lately to do anything social.
 
Looby said:
I first had symptoms 16 days ago, tested positive the next day and I still feel crappy.
I’m completely exhausted, have brain fog and can't focus. I already had vertigo (BPV) and this is now much worse.
Still have a cold and productive cough and zero lung capacity.

I went for a beauty appointment then went round 3 shops on Saturday and I had to lie down when I came home.

Mr Looby is a few days behind me and on Saturday and Sunday he was feeling terrible. Spikes in fever, achy, coughing and sneezing.

I’m barely able to do a full day at work and have a deadline to write a report and I can’t focus on in depth tasks.
We both tested negative day 9.

This is fucking shit. :(
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Do take it properly easy during this time, for many it really is a longer recovery period than even a really bad cold or flu virus, with weirder symptoms. And work should wait until you are feeling better.

I hope you feel better again soon. Are you taking vitamin D?

I’ve edited this post a bit because I might have read it wrong at first, so not sure if you’ve felt better and then rubbish again or just feeling worse. If you did have a period of feeling better, fwiw my recovery has very much come in waves and still seems to be, but does seem to be moving towards better.
 
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Looby said:
I first had symptoms 16 days ago, tested positive the next day and I still feel crappy.
I’m completely exhausted, have brain fog and can't focus. I already had vertigo (BPV) and this is now much worse.
Still have a cold and productive cough and zero lung capacity.

I went for a beauty appointment then went round 3 shops on Saturday and I had to lie down when I came home.

Mr Looby is a few days behind me and on Saturday and Sunday he was feeling terrible. Spikes in fever, achy, coughing and sneezing.

I’m barely able to do a full day at work and have a deadline to write a report and I can’t focus on in depth tasks.
We both tested negative day 9.

This is fucking shit. :(
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This is fucking shit :(

Did things like brain fog, exhaustion, vertigo come on early or did they develop later? Just want to know what I might have to look forward to... so far just mild cold symptoms (lot of snot this morning!), but only a few days in.
 
prunus said:
This is fucking shit :(

Did things like brain fog, exhaustion, vertigo come on early or did they develop later? Just want to know what I might have to look forward to... so far just mild cold symptoms (lot of snot this morning!), but only a few days in.
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I think fatigue was there quite early but didn’t matter when I felt so ill I didn’t try and do anything if that makes sense.
Ditto the fog, it was when I tried to go back to work I realised I was struggling to word an email and was typing in the address box. :D
I already had vertigo so it just got worse but hasn’t gone away again.
 
Agent Sparrow said:
Do take it properly easy during this time, for many it really is a longer recovery period than even a really bad cold or flu virus, with weirder symptoms. And work should wait until you are feeling better.

I hope you feel better again soon. Are you taking vitamin D?

I’ve edited this post a bit because I might have read it wrong at first, so not sure if you’ve felt better and then rubbish again or just feeling worse. If you did have a period of feeling better, fwiw my recovery has very much come in waves and still seems to be, but does seem to be moving towards better.
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Thanks, I’m definitely listening to my body and resting lots.

Mostly it hasn’t really gone away but I do have periods of feeling a bit brighter and then crashing.

I do have some vit D but as usual am expecting it just to work without actually taking it. I’ll set a daily phone reminder.

Work is a tricky one. I can’t take any more time off as our sick pay is terrible which particularly pisses me off as I caught it at a work event. If I was still in the public sector, I’d still be off work.
I can take it easy and my manager understands but I have something I have to finish today.
 
prunus said:
This is fucking shit :(

Did things like brain fog, exhaustion, vertigo come on early or did they develop later? Just want to know what I might have to look forward to... so far just mild cold symptoms (lot of snot this morning!), but only a few days in.
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I had no dizziness/light headedness/vertigo until about a month afterwards, which seemed to be triggered by my first period after my main recovery.
 
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