Have you caught Covid recently - updated poll 2022-23
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Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
If it were possible for single posts to be stickied, I'd vote for this to be amongst the most prominent, for what it says on immune responses and our individual intuitive- and societal guesswork massive fail about a new disease.
Voley
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A big get well soon and a virtual hug/fistbump to everyone that's feeling rough again. 
Still got a sore throat here - Ibuprofen relieves it but will see the docs if it's still lingering after Easter. Might be a secondary infection. Might be one of those things that we're just finding out about Covid.
The tiredness seems to be abating now though, thankfully. Three bloody weeks of this now. Very bored of it.
Still got a sore throat here - Ibuprofen relieves it but will see the docs if it's still lingering after Easter. Might be a secondary infection. Might be one of those things that we're just finding out about Covid.
The tiredness seems to be abating now though, thankfully. Three bloody weeks of this now. Very bored of it.
Griff
Feeding the foxes
Yep, pretty conclusive that.
So from last Tuesday it was feeling a bit odd and tired in a Tool Station shop which I put down to being hung-over but probably wasn't.
Feeling a little woolly headed the next day, then testing positive last Thursday then up until this morning still testing positive but with no real symptoms to speak of.
If anything I'd say 'I felt a little under the weather' with a bit of a loss of appetite, but not anything to prevent me going to work in pre-covid times.
Been gobbling up Lem-Sip Max Night/Day capsules over the past week which also may have helped.
Get well soon everyone else!
So from last Tuesday it was feeling a bit odd and tired in a Tool Station shop which I put down to being hung-over but probably wasn't.
Feeling a little woolly headed the next day, then testing positive last Thursday then up until this morning still testing positive but with no real symptoms to speak of.
If anything I'd say 'I felt a little under the weather' with a bit of a loss of appetite, but not anything to prevent me going to work in pre-covid times.
Been gobbling up Lem-Sip Max Night/Day capsules over the past week which also may have helped.
Get well soon everyone else!
Looby
Well-Known Member
Saw my GP todays. He’s probably late 40s, seems fit and healthy etc. he had 4 weeks off work and never takes time off.A big get well soon and a virtual hug/fistbump to everyone that's feeling rough again.
Still got a sore throat here - Ibuprofen relieves it but will see the docs if it's still lingering after Easter. Might be a secondary infection. Might be one of those things that we're just finding out about Covid.
The tiredness seems to be abating now though, thankfully. Three bloody weeks of this now. Very bored of it.
He wasn’t surprised about the sore throat/cold/cough at this stage.
Glad the tiredness is getting better.
Voley
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That's reassuring, ta. Usual NHS advice is to see your GP after a week if a sore throat shows no signs of giving up - I'll see how I'm doing after the Easter weekend. Im dosed up with Ibuprofen and I'm fucked if I'm letting it wreck another weekend!
Voley
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Just a reminder, regardless of test results, if you still feel shit, you should probably treat it as any other illness in that if you don't feel well enough to work, phone them and tell them you still need to be in bed or taking it easy.
Good things: It is now accepted without question that if someone is ill they will not be appearing at work
Bad things: A negative test or two is now expected to signal an end to it and back to work even if you still feel like shite. Don't push yourself too hard if you don't feel up to it yet, and put your foot down if you need a bit longer off work.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Work doesn't need to know about the negative test until you're actually feeling better, though. 
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Can't you lie to work - send them a picture of the LFT after you've drawn a red line on it?
I don’t know. He said I can come back to work on Friday. Maybe I don’t get paid if I’m off longer than that. I don’t really know what the rules are and I figured I can go in tomorrow, do as little as possible and then I’ve got 3 more days to recover before I have to go back.
I couldn’t lie about the test!! Although when I looked again, there’s a very faint positive line if you look very closely! I think it makes no difference anyway. My 10 days is up.
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Really difficult decision. I never take sick but with this bastard really don't want to try and be a hero. If you can get four days extra off in a line then maybe worth saying you can't do tomorrow. Better then wearing yourself out in one day. We had people come back and be given two weeks sick after their one day back but it is a full on job.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
I've been back at work feeling mostly fine all this week after 2 weeks off with Covid, sick first week and the recovering second week. Started last night with a worsening of the slight cough that's persisted since getting better. Feels like start of a possible chest infection, apparently common-ish to get in the 2-3 weeks post Covid. I'm never ill, not CEV, fit and well generally FYI.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
Thanks.
ska invita
back on the other side
im sure there are some people who misdiagnose as having long covid, but im sure most people think its that as the symptoms start when they get covid! theres already enough suspicion amongst GPs IME about it
Looby
Well-Known Member
Sorry, rant ahead.
I’ve fucking had enough. I feel shit every day. I’m dizzy, I feel nauseous, I have sinusitis as well as vertigo (BPV) and I can’t stop crying.
The Epley maneuver doesn’t seem to have worked and I can’t take any more time off work or I won’t get paid.
My long weekend was crap. A trip to dunelm and boots left me feeling dreadful.
I just want to crawl under a blanket (upright obvs) and hide from everything.
I’m getting through it with vast amounts of online shopping I can’t afford.
TLDR: Fuck this shit.
I’ve fucking had enough. I feel shit every day. I’m dizzy, I feel nauseous, I have sinusitis as well as vertigo (BPV) and I can’t stop crying.
The Epley maneuver doesn’t seem to have worked and I can’t take any more time off work or I won’t get paid.
My long weekend was crap. A trip to dunelm and boots left me feeling dreadful.
I just want to crawl under a blanket (upright obvs) and hide from everything.
I’m getting through it with vast amounts of online shopping I can’t afford.
TLDR: Fuck this shit.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Have they definitely diagnosed it as BPPV?
Looby
Well-Known Member
Yeah but before the rona when it didn’t happen often. This feels slightly more generalized but not sure how much of this is general dizziness because of sinusitis.
It’s confusing.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Hmm. I had rona dizziness on top of existing dizziness but it resolved fairly quickly. I have nothing helpful to say but you have mountains of sympathy from me.
I've just read an article about post covid dizziness which is not necessarily helpful either. It's all a bit "there are lots of types of dizziness, we don't know why covid causes them but treatment depends on which type you have".
Graymalkin
Ironclad Activist
Been feeling off since Thursday and tested positive on Saturday. Today, might be the worst, as I'm a bit feverish and light headed. Sore throat is abating and the sinus problems are tolerable. Dayquill/Nyquill, and Ibuprofen have been quite helpful. Thankfully my asthma hasn't flared up, as that was my biggest worry about getting Covid. This illness is suspiciously similar to a 'flu' my wife and I had in January 2020 after she attended a National radio conference in Winnipeg and transited through Pearson Airport in Toronto, the busiest in Canada.
Looby
Well-Known Member
Yeah it all seems a bit vague and ‘we’re not really sure what to do’. At least I’ve had a positive test this time as when I first (probably) had covid before widespread testing it was really hard to get anyone to listen to me and I waited 10 months for a chest X-ray for the cough.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Yeah, they told me 4 weeks if the cough doesn't go I will get a chest X-ray.
Ranbay
The same rules apply
No cough here, just heavy chest and the odd cough up of shite.... hate this, it's the worst thing i have ever had.
everyone telling me it's just a cold can fuck the fuck off an all.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
After testing positive I had one week of sick, one week not so sick, one week of much better, then started again with feeling rough and worsening cough after that. Got 7 days of antibiotics to see if it's post-Covid chest infection and they help with that. Some chest tightness here and there, but nothing too bad. Had 3 days of antibiotics so far and feel a slight improvement maybe...
Yeah, I was very glad of having had the vaccine x 3 that first week, felt could easily have ended up in hospital otherwise.
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Honestly the cough aspect of when I had it wasn't that bad, I did have a slight cough but it wasn't my worst symptom by a long way.
Over the following 2 or 3 weeks (after I'd tested negative at the end of it) I still went through episodes of coughing up all sorts of shit from my lungs, it was actually a little alarming (but thankfully did clear up within an expected timeframe), so I dread to think what it must be like for people who had a worse cough than I did initially.
EDIT to add: OH got a chest infection a few weeks after, he is prone to them anyway but I have no doubt that COVID left him more vulnerable to some bacterial thing in the aftermath.
Over the following 2 or 3 weeks (after I'd tested negative at the end of it) I still went through episodes of coughing up all sorts of shit from my lungs, it was actually a little alarming (but thankfully did clear up within an expected timeframe), so I dread to think what it must be like for people who had a worse cough than I did initially.
EDIT to add: OH got a chest infection a few weeks after, he is prone to them anyway but I have no doubt that COVID left him more vulnerable to some bacterial thing in the aftermath.
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