Have you caught Covid recently - updated poll 2022-23

[chainsawjob]

Grrr to tenants not leaving you alone, and have wobbly legs sojourner Know what you mean, I feel tired from walking upstairs.

 

[chainsawjob]

day 11 - no change. thick red line, same symptoms.

 

[mx wcfc]

I think I’ve got off lightly. I’m ok today. Still a positive test. I’ve been working this morning (wfh) but I am starting to flag. I may knock it on the head soon. Runny nose and cough is coming back. Biggest issue is brain fog. I’m getting stuff I know wrong. Not good.

Worst thing is I’ve realised I’ve got an online presentation to do at 9 tomorrow.

That means the Mohawk has to go tonight. Boo.

 

[moochedit]

My mum, my brother, my sister in law and 2 of my uncles have all tested positive and have symptoms since saturday. I was with them all on friday night but i am ok so far. I had it back in March. None of the others have had it before. All of us are vaccinated (either 3 or 4 times).

 

[sojourner]

Finally got an all clear test. Hurrah!

But I'm still absolutely knackered, and fed up of the squits.

Will Yakult help settle things down? Anyone tried that sort of thing?

Hurray!

But booo! Can't hurt can it? I'm taking a fucking cupboard's worth of supplements at the moment.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Will Yakult help settle things down? Anyone tried that sort of thing?

Stilton always works for settling things down after the shits - it does for me anyway, and it's a good excuse to eat some cheese.

 

[sojourner]

Starting to wonder if the cough has morphed into a chest infection. Feeling quite breathless, tight chest too. Anyone else get an infection after the cough? Feeling really quite fucked and pathetic again now.

 

[weepiper]

Soj, have you seen a GP at any point during all this? You sound really quite unwell.

 

[sojourner]

Soj, have you seen a GP at any point during all this? You sound really quite unwell.

No. Just thought it was all part of the deal. Might ring though if cough/infection carries on few more days, sick to fucking death of it now.

Also, getting to see a GP at my practice has become mythical now.

 

[weepiper]

No. Just thought it was all part of the deal. Might ring though if cough/infection carries on few more days, sick to fucking death of it now.

Also, getting to see a GP at my practice has become mythical now.

You could ring nhs24 just for advice, if getting a GP appointment is a nightmare. They can send you to a minor injuries clinic to get a prescription for antibiotics if they think there's a chest infection, for example.

 

[sojourner]

You could ring nhs24 just for advice, if getting a GP appointment is a nightmare. They can send you to a minor injuries clinic to get a prescription for antibiotics if they think there's a chest infection, for example.

Ta, I think I will.

 

[hitmouse]

Just had my first positive test, had been coughing a bit last week but I tested negative twice since I started showing symptoms so had decided it was probably just a standard cold. Seems not.

 

[LDC]

You could ring nhs24 just for advice, if getting a GP appointment is a nightmare. They can send you to a minor injuries clinic to get a prescription for antibiotics if they think there's a chest infection, for example.

Might also be happy to do you a remote prescription depending on background, how you are etc.

I had a post-Covid chest infection 3 weeks after initial infection, 7 days of antibiotics cleared it up fine.

 

[Elpenor]

Day 6 and I’m testing negative (or is it a false negative?)

Sore throat feels much improved and going to work (from home) today

 

[sojourner]

Soj, have you seen a GP at any point during all this? You sound really quite unwell.

Might also be happy to do you a remote prescription depending on background, how you are etc.

I had a post-Covid chest infection 3 weeks after initial infection, 7 days of antibiotics cleared it up fine.

Thanks both, think I needed a kick up the arse. I think I've been so unwell because a) I caught it at a festival where I hadn't slept for 2 nights, had worked 2 days, spliffed my head off after not really smoking at all for aaaages, and danced for about 18 hours all in, so started out depleted, and b) my body has a tendency to flare up at the slightest thing anyway.

Miraculously managed to get through to the practice this morning, and have a 7pm phone consultation this evening.

Have also now cancelled the camping weekend I was so looking forward to this weekend, a reunion with some old mates that I kept thinking I was gonna be well enough to go to and I've accepted now that I won't be.

 

[mx wcfc]

Thanks both, think I needed a kick up the arse. I think I've been so unwell because a) I caught it at a festival where I hadn't slept for 2 nights, had worked 2 days, spliffed my head off after not really smoking at all for aaaages, and danced for about 18 hours all in, so started out depleted, and b) my body has a tendency to flare up at the slightest thing anyway.

Miraculously managed to get through to the practice this morning, and have a 7pm phone consultation this evening.

Have also now cancelled the camping weekend I was so looking forward to this weekend, a reunion with some old mates that I kept thinking I was gonna be well enough to go to and I've accepted now that I won't be.

Sorry about the camping trip, but good to hear you’ve got an appointment. Take care of yourself.

 

[sojourner]

Sorry about the camping trip, but good to hear you’ve got an appointment. Take care of yourself.

I feel gutted but also a bit relieved tbh. As the date came closer and I still wasn't feeling well enough, it's kind of forced my hand, the chest infection. Anyhoo, it is what it is. Thanks mate x

 

[chainsawjob]

Stilton always works for settling things down after the shits - it does for me anyway, and it's a good excuse to eat some cheese.

Got me some Stilton, thanks fbm.

If that doesn't work, I'll try the Yakult.

 

[chainsawjob]

Shame about the weekend sojourner. Glad you've got the GP appointment though, I hope they can sort you out if you need ABs.

I still have zero energy, I think I may have tried to do a bit much at the weekend.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Glad you've got an appointment sojourner - sensible to bin off the camping weekend at least until you're better. Take it easy.

 

[sojourner]

Shame about the weekend sojourner. Glad you've got the GP appointment though, I hope they can sort you out if you need ABs.

I still have zero energy, I think I may have tried to do a bit much at the weekend.

Ta love.

Ooo not good. Resting today?

 

[pseudonarcissus]

my PCR test came back positive...and about 20 others. I guess I get to go home.

I'm feeling invincible...after a positive PCR on the 30th May, I had a negative antigen on the 9th June, followed by negative PCRs on the 12th and 13th.

 

[klang]

Probably easier not to say anything until things get better....

day 13

 

[chainsawjob]

Probably easier not to say anything until things get better....

day 13

Sucks you've had such a long slog of it.

 

[LDC]

Suddenly in the last 1-2 weeks a bunch of people I know have got it, mostly for the second time, some for the first. Guess that matches the now predicted rise in cases.

 

[story]

I’ve got a sore throat this morning after going out last night.
Could be that I hadn’t spoken to anyone for a few days and then roared at people for hours in a loud crowded room, a touch of hay fever or a common cold, but maybe Covid.

What were the first symptoms for anyone else of the most recent variant please?

 

[girasol]

Covid seems to be back in force - lots of people I know have it or have had it recently. Last Saturday I felt absolutely and uncharacteristically exhausted - I had been to a party where someone tested positive a week earlier - but my LFT was negative. I'm guessing I probably had a very light viral load and hopefully that was that. My last injection was in November and I had Covid towards the end of December (Omicron I think). After mega exhaustion on Saturday I've felt fine...

 

[Elpenor]

I’ve got a sore throat this morning after going out last night.
Could be that I hadn’t spoken to anyone for a few days and then roared at people for hours in a loud crowded room, a touch of hay fever or a common cold, but maybe Covid.

What were the first symptoms for anyone else of the most recent variant please?

A sore throat was an early sign for me

 

[chainsawjob]

What were the first symptoms for anyone else of the most recent variant please?

Nose dripping like a tap for me. Sneezes. Never got a sore throat or much of a cough.

 

[LDC]

I’ve got a sore throat this morning after going out last night.
Could be that I hadn’t spoken to anyone for a few days and then roared at people for hours in a loud crowded room, a touch of hay fever or a common cold, but maybe Covid.

What were the first symptoms for anyone else of the most recent variant please?

Sore throat, headache, general aches. No temp, cough came later. Easy thing to do is just to test if you can, symptoms can vary. But you wouldn't be likely to have symptoms from last night if that's what you're thinking, likely 3-5 days to onset from exposure.