If you have it, have had it, are pretty sure you have it, tell us about it?

[Kaka Tim]

Think i may have it. Fever, feel wiped out. Bit nauseus. Similar to how i felt with chemo. Not much of a cough. Other half has it as well.
Most likely got it at work, doing deliverys for sainsburys so in contact with lots of people at the store and social distancing is pretty patchy.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Me and the GF have both lost our sense of smell - so looking more likely that its the bat lurgy.

 

[wiskey]

Look after yourselves

 

[frogwoman]

Damn after two weeks or so of no symptoms whatever I had now seems to be back wtf

 

[planetgeli]

9/10 days on, Anthony is still unwell but has at last recovered his breathing. It has not been a walk in the park for him but he is getting better.

OK, so not much better. Anthony was taken back to hospital 2 days ago and was admitted this time.

Just heard he has immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) caused by Covid.

Despite the awful sounding name, and the awful time he's had breathing and weird bruising, he's hopefully going to be alright.

Edit - I'm not sure 'caused' is correct. Worsened? Triggered? I don't know, I'm only getting third hand information.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Mostly better now. Still having bouts of feeling washed out and fatigued - but eating properly again and have more energy. Sense of smell has completely gone - bizzare. I set light to a tea towel today by leaving too close to the gas hob - no smell of burning. the cat litter in the cellar hasn't been changed for days - nowt. Lemon - nothing. bag of weed, fresh basil - nothing - perhaps just the vaguest hint of something with the basil. Hope it comes back - cant find any info on that.
Anyone else had this?

 

[weltweit]

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Anyone else had this?

I have heard of it in a number of cases, don't know if the gov websites mention it now, they might.

 

[Callie]

Mostly better now. Still having bouts of feeling washed out and fatigued - but eating properly again and have more energy. Sense of smell has completely gone - bizzare. I set light to a tea towel today by leaving too close to the gas hob - no smell of burning. the cat litter in the cellar hasn't been changed for days - nowt. Lemon - nothing. bag of weed, fresh basil - nothing - perhaps just the vaguest hint of something with the basil. Hope it comes back - cant find any info on that.
Anyone else had this?

Me too! And two people I work with have lost theirs, one of whom tested positive.
Mine has mostly come back now but seems to be transient?
I joined a Facebook group about it, they're up to 1500 members and more joining daily from all over the world. Lots of people stunned it's not being recognised as a symptom but I think the CDC in the USA have recently added it.

The recommendation is to do 'smell training' which is basically sniffing various aromatic things to try to encourage things to get working again. Lots of people seem to suffer with anosmia for a few weeks so don't sweat if it goes on for a while!

 

[gentlegreen]

Me too! And two people I work with have lost theirs, one of whom tested positive.
Mine has mostly come back now but seems to be transient?
I joined a Facebook group about it, they're up to 1500 members and more joining daily from all over the world. Lots of people stunned it's not being recognised as a symptom but I think the CDC in the USA have recently added it.

The recommendation is to do 'smell training' which is basically sniffing various aromatic things to try to encourage things to get working again. Lots of people seem to suffer with anosmia for a few weeks so don't sweat if it goes on for a while!

Blimey !

 

[Callie]

Faecal smells what you been sniffing lady??! And why?!

 

[extra dry]

Mostly better now. Still having bouts of feeling washed out and fatigued - but eating properly again and have more energy. Sense of smell has completely gone - bizzare. I set light to a tea towel today by leaving too close to the gas hob - no smell of burning. the cat litter in the cellar hasn't been changed for days - nowt. Lemon - nothing. bag of weed, fresh basil - nothing - perhaps just the vaguest hint of something with the basil. Hope it comes back - cant find any info on that.
Anyone else had this?

I did experence it for about 48 to 55 hours a couple days. Only notice when I walked ny a guy cooking bbq fish and not a whiff.
It will pass and sense of smell will return.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

I think I may have the 'rona
Fatigue joint pain headaches sinus pain watery eyes some chest pain and tightness

I was in contact with someone who has now tested positive: if I do have it, and got it off them its bloody easy to catch as we were outside the whole time and sort of social distancing (obvs not distant enough)

I've had nerve pain too: in both legs sciatic nerve and in my arms. Like having 4 trapped nerves

 

[Orang Utan]

Hope it ain’t and that you feel better soon, Miss-Shelf

 

[nagapie]

So a friend of mine went into isolation with his family a week before schools went into lockdown because he had symptoms. They isolated for about 3 or 4 weeks as the entire family went through symptoms. Then he and his wife returned to their jobs as key workers. Today he told me that he has some symptoms again. Less than 7 weeks from having it, doesn't make a very good case for immunity.
It may be that he didn't have it as you couldn't get a test then but he had all the symptoms and was quite ill while his wife was less ill and his children only mildly ill. Even if he wanted to get tested now, he can't because he rides a bicycle and our local testing is a drive through.

 

[kalidarkone]

So a friend of mine went into isolation with his family a week before schools went into lockdown because he had symptoms. They isolated for about 3 or 4 weeks as the entire family went through symptoms. Then he and his wife returned to their jobs as key workers. Today he told me that he has some symptoms again. Less than 7 weeks from having it, doesn't make a very good case for immunity.
It may be that he didn't have it as you couldn't get a test then but he had all the symptoms and was quite ill while his wife was less ill and his children only mildly ill. Even if he wanted to get tested now, he can't because he rides a bicycle and our local testing is a drive through.

My understanding of covid-19 is that symptoms come in waves. That's how it was for my friend and her son. It may be that your friend is still getting over it?

 

[nagapie]

My understanding of covid-19 is that symptoms come in waves. That's how it was for my friend and her son. It may be that your friend is still getting over it?

So the symptoms could continue for two months? Would you still be infectious?

 

[Orang Utan]

I haven’t been reading the sciencey bits of the news, so excuse ignorance, but all this banging on about immunity has confused me. If you’re immune that’s of course great, but you’d still have to do social distancing like everyone wouldn’t you, as you could still pass it on? Is that right?

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

I haven’t been reading the sciencey bits of the news, so excuse ignorance, but all this banging on about immunity has confused me. If you’re immune that’s of course great, but you’d still have to do social distancing like everyone wouldn’t you, as you could still pass it on? Is that right?
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If you’ve had it you might be infectious for a little while. Nobody is really sure just yet how long that might be. But no-one else out there will know you are not infectious, so you’d still have to distance yourself or you could end up getting into a lot of aggro. It’s also true that immunity may or may not last. Again, no-one knows for sure. Does that help, or not?

 

[Orang Utan]

Lol, so it’s another big ‘we don’t know’

 

[nagapie]

I don't understand how you can develop a vaccine if most tested people in Wuhan aren't developing antibodies?

 

[Callie]

I don't understand how you can develop a vaccine if most tested people in Wuhan aren't developing antibodies?

Where do you get the info that people in Wuhan have not developed antibodies?

 

[nagapie]

Where do you get the info that people in Wuhan have not developed antibodies?

I just read an article in CV Worldwide thread about life in Wuhan now and one of paragraphs mentioned that only 3% had tested positive for antibodies, can't remember if they were health workers or people who had been infected or just the general population.

 

[kalidarkone]

So the symptoms could continue for two months? Would you still be infectious?

No idea.

 

[nagapie]

No idea.

I know the symptoms come in waves but 2 months seems excessive. However i am aware it's all conjecture right now.

 

[LDC]

So a friend of mine went into isolation with his family a week before schools went into lockdown because he had symptoms. They isolated for about 3 or 4 weeks as the entire family went through symptoms. Then he and his wife returned to their jobs as key workers. Today he told me that he has some symptoms again. Less than 7 weeks from having it, doesn't make a very good case for immunity.
It may be that he didn't have it as you couldn't get a test then but he had all the symptoms and was quite ill while his wife was less ill and his children only mildly ill. Even if he wanted to get tested now, he can't because he rides a bicycle and our local testing is a drive through.

All sorts of possibilities with that, they might have not had it to start, then had it. Had it then and not now. Never had it.

I think it's highly unlikely they've been having CV symptoms for 7 weeks.

 

[pinkmonkey]

All sorts of possibilities with that, they might have not had it to start, then had it. Had it then and not now. Never had it.

I think it's highly unlikely they've been having CV symptoms for 7 weeks.

Ive had hayfever for about 7 weeks now, its been utterly shite this year.

 

[spirals]

mr spirals and I have been having symptoms for 6 weeks, in fact he had a relapse which affected his heart quite badly. The docs all seem in agreement that we've got corona and just aren't shifting it but no test to confirm yet.

 

[quimcunx]

I suppose if people have other lurgies that hang around for weeks with various symptoms this can too.

There do seem to be a few people saying symptoms then ok then symptoms again.

 

[Looby]

I’ve still got the cough and now bloody sinusitis. I got through suspected corona without a day off sick and have now been floored by face pain. Annoying!

 

[LDC]

Symptoms of a viral illness does often go in waves of better/worse. The people I know that have had it (been tested positive) have had a lingering mild but annoying cough long after everything else has gone.