COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People
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Hubby and I had all the symptoms, all of them, way back in February. We both said it was different than a regular flu. I've had the flu before, including the swine flu as a teen, and this was different. It produced a very bad cough and shortness of breath for me, and we both had the trots with it. I was so short of breath, a normal conversation left me winded. Stairs required stopping to rest mid-flight, and certainly between flights. I have never had that happen before. I should have been tested then, but it was still so new that there wasn't testing available.
Because of the continuing lung problems, I was finally tested two months later (for the live virus, not the antibody), and it was negative. Well, yeah, after two months it's not surprising that it came back negative.
Maybe it was a flu that had all the same symptoms as COVID, or maybe it was COVID. Either way, we are still taking all the precautions, as if we have never had it.
I still have lung problems after all this, and now use an inhaler. It's gradually getting better five months after the illness. I have never had a flu that caused problems for five months after the illness.
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@brenda said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
Hubby and I had all the symptoms, all of them, way back in February. We both said it was different than a regular flu. I've had the flu before, including the swine flu as a teen, and this was different. It produced a very bad cough and shortness of breath for me, and we both had the trots with it. I was so short of breath, a normal conversation left me winded. Stairs required stopping to rest mid-flight, and certainly between flights. I have never had that happen before. I should have been tested then, but it was still so new that there wasn't testing available.
Because of the continuing lung problems, I was finally tested two months later (for the live virus, not the antibody), and it was negative. Well, yeah, after two months it's not surprising that it came back negative.
Maybe it was a flu that had all the same symptoms as COVID, or maybe it was COVID. Either way, we are still taking all the precautions, as if we have never had it.
I still have lung problems after all this, and now use an inhaler. It's gradually getting better five months after the illness. I have never had a flu that caused problems for five months after the illness.
Book it. That's COVID.
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In early March I attended a couple of concerts of the Beethoven symphonies conducted by John Elliott Gardiner. The concerts were on consecutive nights, Monday and Tuesday.
By Friday I was sick as hell - fever of 102 plus, hacking cough. I had no GI symptoms. This was just as the SARS-CoV-2 story was beginning to be a big deal, and I thought, "Could it be?"
"Nah," I figured.
I was sick for about 4 days and, unlike Brenda, I've had no sequelae that I'm aware of. It might be interesting to get the antibody test, though. I see my internist in mid-August and I plan to mention this to him.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
In early March I attended a couple of concerts of the Beethoven symphonies conducted by John Elliott Gardiner. The concerts were on consecutive nights, Monday and Tuesday.
By Friday I was sick as hell - fever of 102 plus, hacking cough. I had no GI symptoms. This was just as the SARS-CoV-2 story was beginning to be a big deal, and I thought, "Could it be?"
"Nah," I figured.
I was sick for about 4 days and, unlike Brenda, I've had no sequelae that I'm aware of. It might be interesting to get the antibody test, though. I see my internist in mid-August and I plan to mention this to him.
I need to get it myself.
I had a weird illness in very early March. For several days I'd have fever, it would subside for a little, then come back. Then after that I was more or less fine, but had a non-productive cough for about a month. My boss had that same cough, and he tested positive for the antibody test.
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@George-K said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
@Jolly said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
Book it. That's COVID.
Indeed. I'd get re-tested given that history.
Routine antibody tests are IgG/IgM. Considering the nature of our very friendly virus, the antibody test may be negative now.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@Mik said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
Get the antibody test.
I've read this in several reports, that the antibodies fade fast. Given that we were ill in February, I doubt we would get a positive antibody test either.
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@Jolly said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
@George-K said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
@Jolly said in COVID-19 Recovery Status of our Forum People:
Book it. That's COVID.
Indeed. I'd get re-tested given that history.
Routine antibody tests are IgG/IgM. Considering the nature of our very friendly virus, the antibody test may be negative now.
Agreed.
