Gws xTriple with boosters. Tested positive three days ago. Feeling dog rough. Nausea.
Very sore throat, coughing till my rib cage aches. Sleeping only now and then. sneezing like a goodun. i'm an at risk category. How would it have been without the vaccine? Hope i get better rapido!
Hope you're better soon.Triple with boosters. Tested positive three days ago. Feeling dog rough. Nausea.
Very sore throat, coughing till my rib cage aches. Sleeping only now and then. sneezing like a goodun. i'm an at risk category. How would it have been without the vaccine? Hope i get better rapido!
Well, yeah. Nobody sensible would claim otherwise. Hope you're not too bad wi' it.Just tested positive, last time I had it was December 2021. So I guess it really is still out there....
After feeling progressively shit for quite a few days, I finally had a slightly runny nose and I just sneezed 4 times...
No idea what it is yet. I had flu and covid vaccines in October and I still mask and stay away from people.
And given my lifestyle for over 3 years how I caught ANYTHING ... I think I can eliminate rat-borne diseases ..
The symptoms are minor - apart from being wiped out physically as I always was with the repeated flu infections when I worked. ... no fever... perhaps stinky breath ...
Stiff achy neck ...at the moment I can taste my food.
Worrying blood pressure hike but that may be a faulty BP meter and the surgery's one had flat batteries ...
I have a GP appointment on Friday to eliminate kidneys and other physiological issues... and I don't know what to do about that as I have never needed Covid tests and I REALLY want reassurance ...
I have GP appointment on Friday as physically wiped out plus dull headache and stiff achy neck ... apparent elevated BP - though my meter may be faulty
The one at the surgery had flat batteries on Monday (I was masked)
Now I have snotty nose and sneezed 4 times.
I have no covid tests because retired, vaccinated, live alone and mask in supermarket - but now careless with hand-nose hygiene.
Over 3 years since last respiratory infection.
No fever, taste and smell OK
Not sure what to do...
Almost everybody I know has had a cold recently, but since almost a year before Covid hit, when I picked up summat really horrible, I've only had a minor sniffle in October 2020, when Mrs RD had to restrain me from going for a drive-in Covid test (no home testing kits at the time iirc), and finally Covid itself last June, which hit me lightly. We've taken almost no Covid precautions for over a year, Both of us working, as with most people we socialise with, although we rarely go to really crowded places for long. But last week I had a funeral and crowded wake, and a couple of days later, a birthday party in a busy public venue, with people at both shouting directly into my gob, and have had a cold and sore throat this week. A reminder of how I used to pick up way more viruses when we never thought about taking any precautions no matter what the situation: trains, planes, coaches, pubs, football grounds etc etc. This is an aspect of the 'after-Covid' world that the big brains were talking about. Having become used to almost never catching anything, I've actually felt personally affronted by this weeks snottiness and cacky throat.have you done a covid test? swab your throat as well.
I think theres various colds and flus going around. I have picked up a sore throat from just 2 trips into town.
Scrub all the above.
I now reckon it's sinusitis ..
I wish I understood how it could cause so much fatigue with such light symptoms - last night I had the weirdest dreams with no measurable fever)
(last obvious flare-up was in 2020 with labyrinthitis and quite a few years previously I was plagued with agoning headaches)
Apparently I can get a test for under £2 at the local pharmacy.
But morally I cannot go there when I've just sneezed - even scrubbed and masked.
I suppose I'd better cancel Friday's GP appointment so it isn't wasted.
I wasted a PCR on sinusitis in 2021 and cancelled an appointment...Just buy some on Amazon prime. Do you not have any tests from before?
It struck me as I was walking to the chemist, the system relies on millions of untrained lab assistants and for people to be honest as well as competent ...A PCR is not wasted just cos it’s negative!
I wasted a PCR on sinusitis in 2021 and cancelled an appointment...
I have lived like a monk since October 2020 so have never needed to test.
In the absence of significant respiratory tract activity I'm calling this bacterial.
Having sat up and had breakfast, first the weird head thing and now almost noticeable nose-running.
Thankfully a couple of hours after getting up, the light headache has dissipated...
sorry - missed / forgot about the lurgy thread.You always have some justification for making things unneccessarily complicated. Fine your life.
But this thread is for people who have tested positive for covid or likely have it not just speculating about various other stuff. Maybe a better thread?
edit just seen your latest update.
Good to hear and hope you get better soon I dont mean to be harsh! I have also picked up the sore throat sinus cold going round just by going in a few shops.sorry - missed / forgot about the lurgy thread.
Test is clear after 20 mins as expected.
As you were ...