Club Covid

[stuie]

7 minutes ago, blue6field said:

Just tested positive this morning 😬, should rule anything out for the festival🤞🏼

This was my first thought when I got it a few weeks back.  Should have a nice cloak of invincibility in 10 weeks time! 😀

[fred quimby]

Boom. Got it. Got a stacked May full of gigs and of course Galstonbury  glad I'm feeling shit now.

[Adam75]

6 hours ago, stuie said:

 Should have a nice cloak of invincibility in 10 weeks time! 😀

I'm hoping this is the case! Whole family gone down with it this week

[TheDayman]

I got it a few weeks ago (for the 2nd time) and was initially quick to share here how delighted I was to get it out of the way. Unfortunately it's triggered shingles though so now I'm enjoying that too... Here's hoping the rest of you avoid this little add on, can't say its the most pleasant!

[Ayrshire Chris]

This current strain is like a bad cold, sore throat, loose cough, blocked nose. Not as chesty as previous strains. Had a cold recently and at first tested neg but now beginning to think it might actually have been it. Did a later test a week later after feeling better and thought I detected an extremely faint line appearing, hardly visible. 

[fred quimby]

1 hour ago, TheDayman said:

I got it a few weeks ago (for the 2nd time) and was initially quick to share here how delighted I was to get it out of the way. Unfortunately it's triggered shingles though so now I'm enjoying that too... Here's hoping the rest of you avoid this little add on, can't say its the most pleasant!

Ouch. Hope you feel better soon

[blue6field]

1 hour ago, TheDayman said:

I got it a few weeks ago (for the 2nd time) and was initially quick to share here how delighted I was to get it out of the way. Unfortunately it's triggered shingles though so now I'm enjoying that too... Here's hoping the rest of you avoid this little add on, can't say its the most pleasant!

Shit! Here’s to a speedy recovery!

[philipsteak]

So, fellow club members, how we all doing?

I no longer have it but I still feel far from 100%. Any exertion at all (and I'm using exertion in the broadest sense here) and I am really out of breath and feel drained. And still coughing. A really dry, disappointing, unproductive cough. For context I am over weight and have asthma but relatively fit with that. The asthma rarely bothers me (to the point that when I do need my inhaler I never have it on me) and I regularly go hiking in the fells and I'm fine. I walked into town the other day (2 mile round trip) and had to stop 3 times because I could just not carry on. probably spent longer resting than I did walking.

I was ill but not that ill. Like a bad cold but I've had worse. It ripped through my work. Two thirds of people over 3 weeks or so. Symptoms ranging from sore throat to bad cold. Some losing taste and smell, some not. I didn't. Nobody was asymptomatic this time. I'd say about half who are now clear are experiencing breathlessness and fatigue and it's not totally matching with people who had worse symptoms. People who are a few days ahead of me d seem to be getting slightly better so hopefully that's me too eventually.

And for those who are thinking it's good to get it out of the way, one lad just went off with it having had it previously back in February. And met a friend yesterday who had it twice within 6 weeks!

 

[efcfanwirral]

2 hours ago, philipsteak said:

And for those who are thinking it's good to get it out of the way, one lad just went off with it having had it previously back in February. And met a friend yesterday who had it twice within 6 weeks!

Yep the assumption has to be that there's no immunity, that it's a constant risk of infection and behave accordingly ahead of things we have booked. I had it about 5 weeks ago but will still be practically self isolating (socially anyway) for a couple of weeks ahead of a holiday next month and then again ahead of Glastonbury.

Are those who got it again quickly suffering worse this time or is it milder for them? 

Edited April 20, 2022 by efcfanwirral

[philipsteak]

5 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

Yep the assumption has to be that there's no immunity, that it's a constant risk of infection and behave accordingly ahead of things we have booked. I had it about 5 weeks ago but will still be practically self isolating (socially anyway) for a couple of weeks ahead of a holiday next month and then again ahead of Glastonbury.

Are those who got it again quickly suffering worse this time or is it milder for them? 

The guy from work is much milder but he had it bad in Feb. 

Not sure about the friend, think it was pretty mild both times

[reflekting]

Taken me about a month to bounce back from covid fully. Heavy exercise was a real issue until this weekend just gone. Fully recommend to those that get it, to exercise more self-care than you think is needed. 

[charlierc]

Had been really careful but my brother came down with it on Sunday/Monday and when testing this morning after waking up in the middle of the night with a massive sore throat, saw a faint second line. Which, alas, means positive.

So that sucks.

Edited April 20, 2022 by charlierc

[Olshansky]

I had it bad in March 2020 - have had a lot of long term problems from it, which I can get into if anyone is curious.  

I tested positive again on wednesday, after feeling sluggish for a few days.  This time is a breeze compared to the first time - i have a mild dry cough and some congestion today.  Hoping that it leaves me with some immunity for festival time. 

 

pete