Have you caught Covid recently - updated poll 2022-23
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I ended up having to take antibiotics to clear my post-Covid chest infection.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Stil no. Still working surrounded by people who keep going off with it. Still no idea how I've managed to avoid it. Not so much as a sniffle.
Numbers
an ting!
Strange isn't it. This is the first time my wife has had it and we've been to gigs, shows, restaurants, packed pubs/tubes etc.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I work at a university, surround by thousands of students who, even at the best of times, are walking sacks of germs. I'm then further exposed by having to be in the middle of audiences at events and concerts.
Clearly I have the immune system of superman
RoyReed
Must fly!
If it goes on much longer I'm going to see my GP about it.
That's what I thought, til I got it!Clearly I have the immune system of superman
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yeah, I've almost certainly just tempted fate and ruined xmas, but never mind
T & P
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I'm quadruple-jabbed, with the fourth jab happenning in early November so I should be fully protected, but came down with Covid (my second time ever) last night. Someone brought it into my work's Xmas do last Saturday, and it has taken out 12 of us in the last few days 
I am not feeling nearly as rotten so far as my first Covid, so perhaps the fourth jab has at least had the effect of making this milder.
I am not feeling nearly as rotten so far as my first Covid, so perhaps the fourth jab has at least had the effect of making this milder.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
GWSI'm quadruple-jabbed, with the fourth jab happenning in early November so I should be fully protected, but came down with Covid (my second time ever) last night. Someone brought it into my work's Xmas do last Saturday, and it has taken out 12 of us in the last few days
I am not feeling nearly as rotten so far as my first Covid, so perhaps the fourth jab has at least had the effect of making this milder.
Riklet
procrastinación
Sorry to hear, sounds rubbish. IMO they will just say it takes up to 4 weeks to recover from a viral infection. Sorry but 10 days is nothing. I think I had a covid related cough for at least a year and tbh a month or two or whatever seems pretty common. Is your chest and breathing and stuff ok otherwise?
RoyReed
Must fly!
Yes, my breathing's OK. I have to see my GP in the next week anyway to review my kidney failure blood tests, so I was just going to mention it then.
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
Feeling pretty shitty, headache, chesty cough, sore throat. Negative test yesterday and today, but my first patient this morning was positive.
spellbinder
Well-Known Member
The mrs tested positive monday morning and work told her to be off for 5 days only. come in as usual on monday even if she's still testing positve, does that mean she won't be contagious anymore? - we've not seen each other since last weekend and i'm still negative, can i go there tomorrow or not 
Riklet
procrastinación
The mrs tested positive monday morning and work told her to be off for 5 days only. come in as usual on monday even if she's still testing positve, does that mean she won't be contagious anymore? - we've not seen each other since last weekend and i'm still negative, can i go there tomorrow or not
She should get a sick note and tell them to fuck off if she's not feeling better!
Go where? To see her? well you could but yknow... that would be daft no?
spellbinder
Well-Known Member
I've told her not to go in but she's feeling bad over letting other workers down they are a small company and everyone has to take the slack when someones off - she's nicer than me i don't give a fuck if i'm ill.
The going to see her bit was about if anyone knows if shes still contagious after the five days work was on about - we've been zooming and constantly on the phone but it's not the same is it, i want to give her a hug and and kiss her forehead to make it all better type thing, i sound like a fucking right dilbert but it's the longest we've been apart. i miss the way she snorts into my neck when she laughs
spellbinder
Well-Known Member
Thanks for that, it looks like it's still hit and miss, so her being told to go back into work after 5 days is within health guidelines but then they say to isolate until 2 days after a negative test
i'm no better off understanding.I looked everywhere before for something similar to the link you posted, I couldn't see for looking
I think we'll play it safe and wait until she's negative to see each other - i come in contact with lots of oaps day to day and i don't want to take any risks with the old dears.
T & P
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I am as happy as amazed to report that I am pretty much cured and testing negative. Considering I first tested positive four days ago, that’s a lot faster than I’d expected. Unwellness-like, 48 hours max of feeling a bit banged up but nothing as bad as a flu, and a residual light tiredness and mild throat soreness yesterday. Today I’m as fine as rain.
I am guessing having had my fourth jab just five weeks ago resulted in a very mild case. But also, the lateral flow test kits available nowadays are shit and take a good three days after becoming infected to actually show so. So I suspect I was properly positive and infectious a good 48 hours before my first positive result. Which would put me on day six. Certainly everyone else at work who’s got it this week reported multiple negative tests even after they were feeling unwell for days.
I am guessing having had my fourth jab just five weeks ago resulted in a very mild case. But also, the lateral flow test kits available nowadays are shit and take a good three days after becoming infected to actually show so. So I suspect I was properly positive and infectious a good 48 hours before my first positive result. Which would put me on day six. Certainly everyone else at work who’s got it this week reported multiple negative tests even after they were feeling unwell for days.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Had my second confirmed/probable third round of COVID a couple of weeks ago. Compared to the last time round it was much less awful - three days of feeling like I had a bad cold. Though other half was almost an asymptomatic case and he didn’t have the booster 
Heart palpitations seem to be definitely linked through, to the extent that in hindsight I had my first one in ages around the point of contracting it, before any other symptoms started. And then again after trying a night out when recovered. I haven’t risked any exercise beyond walking since testing positive and suspect I’ll leave that till after Christmas now.
Lost my sense of smell and taste for the first time though, which was horribly miserable at this time of year! My appetite had just started to return but has now gone again due to another bog standard cold but unpleasant cold
Heart palpitations seem to be definitely linked through, to the extent that in hindsight I had my first one in ages around the point of contracting it, before any other symptoms started. And then again after trying a night out when recovered. I haven’t risked any exercise beyond walking since testing positive and suspect I’ll leave that till after Christmas now.
Lost my sense of smell and taste for the first time though, which was horribly miserable at this time of year! My appetite had just started to return but has now gone again due to another bog standard cold but unpleasant cold
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
Yeah when I had it a couple of months ago I was actually on the mend before I got the two lines.
I thought it was mild flu mainly bollock & bone ache with a mild cold. Had not had the winter booster then but as a smoker of 40 plus years did (surprisingly) not get a bad cough.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
My wife’s on day 10 now and much improved, but still snotting and weak overall, plus muscle pain all over which means even laying in bed or on sofa is uncomfortable.
I’ve continued to dodge it thanks no doubt to my Nov 15 “new Pfizer“ booster shot. I will be taking a test tomorrow as a precaution though, as I’m due at hospital on Tues for an immunoglobulin infusion. Don’t want to take covid into a hospital if I have a symptomless case.
I’ve continued to dodge it thanks no doubt to my Nov 15 “new Pfizer“ booster shot. I will be taking a test tomorrow as a precaution though, as I’m due at hospital on Tues for an immunoglobulin infusion. Don’t want to take covid into a hospital if I have a symptomless case.
WWWeed
Bandwidth Bandit
That sounds very similar to me at the moment. As far as I know I've never had COVID but had my first positive lateral flow test result Saturday evening. I was having a beer at home and it just tasted like fissy water with no smell or taste. As it was a beer I had not tried before I just assumed it was shit. Then yesterday I smelled a jar of vapour rub which should stink but couldn't smell a thing.
I've been feeling crap for most of last week and did a test on Monday which came back negative.
You are right the LFT tests are a bit crap and have always been but they are better than nothing:
There is definitely a big wave at the moment. My parents who live a fair distance away have also got it around the same time as me and I've not seen them for a few weeks.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
For LFTs that swab the throat as well as the nose at least, my strongest results have always been doing them very first thing in the morning. Their efficacy is definitely impacted by the quality of the sample.
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Agghhh, since my COVID the kids have been unwell, though we suspected NOT COVID as they were obviously the vectors from our recent time. I then got cold symptoms myself. Because I am NHS, patient facing and technically unwell I took my last remaining LFT test. Which is very, very, very faintly positive
So have no idea what I should be doing now. I know some people have had it come up in their system periodically for a while afterwards and wasn’t there that thing where you couldn’t have a PCR test for 3 months after infection because of false positives? Awaiting on advice from Occupational Health now.
So have no idea what I should be doing now. I know some people have had it come up in their system periodically for a while afterwards and wasn’t there that thing where you couldn’t have a PCR test for 3 months after infection because of false positives? Awaiting on advice from Occupational Health now.
moose
like some cat from Japan
I was pressured into going to a work thing last week - first time 'out out' in almost 3 years. Of course I am now positive and feel dreadful, have ruined my family's christmas, plus have the terror of medical services not being available over christmas should anything go wrong with my dodgy asthmatic chest. What a fool I am.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
All good thoughts and GWS x
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