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Sounds like a black and white science fiction movie....
The Omicron Variant
I'm in.
Interested in the comment about tight chest above. I've defo got that.
Don't like being ill at all. Actually a teensy bit scared.
kelvin
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Sounds like a black and white science fiction movie….The Omicron Variant
**** me. Did they design that name to scare people!lol
Someone left out the apostrophe - and it's not African, it's Irish.
The other one is onions
That interesting, my father in law was ill last year, had all the symptoms but tested -ve several times, he is a gantastic chef and has had the same happen to him. Can't stand the taste or smell of onions, which has gradually morphed into peppers and ginger now.
Has anyone had to wait longer than 72hrs for PCR?
Mrs STR has been really ill for over a week with a chest infection, relentless cough, sickness, diarrhea, temperature, fatigue, dizziness, loss of taste and smell, had to crawl to the loo one night
Many lateral flows all negative, had a PCR Wednesday, rang up today and results apparently not back from the lab
If it's not covid, it is flu
Interestingly, she's double jabbed. My daughter who is single jabbed has been feeling a bit rough, but only feels like a bad cold. Me, who historically has the worst of respiratory infections in our house (pneumonia as an infant, bronchitis through teens every year, heavy smoker), no jabs, barely even registered as a cold, light cough for a couple of days. And I kissed the Mrs when she was likely most contagious
Can’t stand the taste or smell of onions, which has gradually morphed into peppers and ginger now.
Weirdly with the poo thing, there's was someone on here reporting the same. There's definitely some correlation with the way receptors are affected
Has anyone had to wait longer than 72hrs for PCR?
My wife never got the result of her PCR by post
My wife never got the result of her PCR by post
Neither did my fiance.
Yeah, she never received her previous postal (months ago) one either
Ah well, here we go. Finally tested positive 4 days after the Mrs. No real symptoms yet but been doing twice daily LFTs. This morning's was negative, the afternoon was positive. Just been for the PCR. At least the Mrs doesn't have to hide in our bedroom alone now!
Positive test here.
Wife is a teacher for reception class where one of a child's parents and sibling tested positive and but said child and other parent didn't, as per guidelines the other parent did daily LFT's but didn't test the child who went to school all week, negative parent after a few days failed a LFT, child and parent failed PCR.
Child in school has passed COVID-19 to my wife and 11 other children from the class. Same day as wife heard of childs failed PCR tested via LFT which was negative, then 2 days later failed a LFT and PCR.
I took a LFT same day as wifes positive PCR and was negative, 2 days later I took a PCR and was negative, took a LFT day after that and was negative then 3 days later I failed a PCR.
2 days after failed PCR for myself am now feeling quite rough with cold/flu like symptoms. We are both double jabbed.
Surprised me that it took so long for COVID to infect me and then for symptoms to show after the test.
Day 3 since testing positive and it really kicked in overnight. 1st couple of days felt like a bad cold.
Fever kicked in during the night. Sweating buckets even without the duvet. Resting heart rate is up at 70 whereas my usual is low 50s. Massively fatigued and walking up the stairs has me gasping. Sense of taste and smell disappeared yesterday. Thankfully no cough but I'm extremely congested, sneezing constantly and have a lot of sinus pain.
The Mrs is on day 6 and she's properly floored. I'm at least up and moving, she can't get out of bed.
Have just lost a friend to it. Pretty shit, but more so as he seemed to have beaten cancer a couple of years ago.
Sorry to hear that nick. Sadly so did we. I just found out yesterday. He was early fifties and non-vaccinated.
If anyone is feeling really crap with a capital C, you can do worse than getting an oximeter from somewhere (prime, or friends) and keep an eye on your sats. If your symptoms get worse, being able to say O2 of ninety-whatever is going to be useful.
Nick & P7 - so sorry to hear that. As a nation we need to keep putting a human face on those statistics. Every number is someones friend or relative.
We got one of those Oximeters. They aren't very accurate in absolute terms, so worth getting a baseline number whilst you are healthy. Mine, for example, never shows me higher than 92% saturation!
Finally tested positive on lateral flow and PCR yesterday after feeling bad since last Wednesday.
We’d had dinner on the previous Friday with some friends, one of whom developed a telltale cough during the evening, and tested positive the following day. Mrsmidlife was ill from the Monday, and PCR positive on the Tuesday, but had tested negative three times on LFT, so I got hold of a different batch of LFT and it showed a strong result, side by side with the other batch which still showed negative.
So far, much like a normal cold for me, with a bit more lethargy and fatigue. Little bit of chest pains, nothing drastic. Trying to avoid passing it to my kids now, but if we manage that, by my reckoning only need to isolate until the weekend. Fingers crossed.
Team dinner Wednesday in trendy crowded restaurant, joking how it was a perfect covid spreader
Started feeling ill Friday night
Bad 'cold' on Saturday, lateral flow negative
Email Sunday sayin positive PCR from someone on the team, slightly less snotty by then
Positive lateral flow Sunday
PCR test monday and just had positive PCR result today (Tuesday, I think it's tuesday? What is time any more?)
Just like many above started with snotty cold with a hint of flu, thought was getting better as snot decreased, then sweaty, achey, fevery, absolutely exhausted, deaf as a post, no taste or small whatsoever except when crunching raw garlic, out of breath on stairs, very hard to sleep. Really surprised how bad I feel after being double pfizered in the summer. Breathing at rest is fine which is good. Colleagues going down like dominoes.
So, as a twice-vaxxed, once Covid survivor, does that mean I can go clubbing and stuff? Not that I’m going to…
No!
I had Covid in January and it was 24hrs of unpleasantness, but by day 3 I was fine
I'm double jabbed - last dose in July
And on Sunday night came down with worst flu of my life,+ve lft that evening,
my 4 kids now have it, but my wife who didn't get in Jan but is also double jabbed keeps testing negative, my kids all pretty mild to varying degrees , bit of fever & snottiness
Meanwhile I'm on day 5 and while the fever has mostly gone, I have never felt this rough since I had suspected meningitis as a teen.
I've not had a cough, just sore throat, tight chest & no loss taste or smell, by lethargy, aching limbs, hot n cold, headaches, congestion
Absolutely grim
I commute on busy trains to London every day- wonder if its omicron and is good at immune evasion, tho my wife still seems protected
Either way get your boosters!
Really feel for those who've recently lost people. Thoughts with you.
Son has been coughing and sneezing badly all week. So far negative, but has been to the docs and has been given anti-biotics. MrsF sniffly with a bit of a cough - negative still - but having to WFH as the company lost a whole floor last week due to someone being in with a 'cold' that eventually turned out to be covid. Similar rules here - sniffles etc, then stay at home.
Count me in.
Daughter (S1) had a bad cold at the back end of last week, son's class (P5) sent home due to high case numbers. Wife also a bit of a cold.
They had PCRs on Tuesday, results came back Weds, wife and daughter positive, son negative. I was negative on LFT (although feeling a bit coldy and achey) took a PCR Weds and a positive result back this morning.
No change in my symptoms - yet.
An update - I seem to be almost back to normal (bar taste / smell) 2 weeks after likely infection date.
Days 1-4 didn't really feel bad, bit of a sniffle.
Day 5, felt but bad, LFT immediately +ve mid-morning. Had fever in the night.
Day 6 extreme fatigue, no smell / taste. PCR result +ve (unsurprisingly)
Day 7 bit more fever, more fatigue.
Days 8-9, no fever, bit of a cough can taste salt & feel chilli / heat.
Days 10-11, less fatigued, worked from home with some longish breaks
Days 12 - fatigue came back, stopped work early.
Day 13/14 (today) - some taste is coming back a bit very low level fatigue. LFT yesterday still a slight +ve (quite feint took 15 mins to come out).
Mrs Dubs seems to have avoided infection, but we've been doing quite well isolating from each other in the house.
Last day of isolation is tomorrow.
Double AZ jabbed and had the Pfizer booster yesterday. Felt cranky enough to take a LFT (neg) but feel shit today, can't even face driving. Is this a good or a bad thing?
I'm 20 months into Long Covid (mostly just fatigue these days, but still quite limiting) and.... they now think the 'bad back' that has been bothering me all year might actually be Ankylosing Spondylitis, kicked off by the initial COVID infection. FFS. More tests soon. 😐
Wear a mask!
Double AZ jabbed and had the Pfizer booster yesterday. Felt cranky enough to take a LFT (neg) but feel shit today, can’t even face driving. Is this a good or a bad thing?
I felt much rougher after the booster (Tuesday for me) than the first two jabs, also az, even took some paracetamol. After a day or so felt fine but my arm is still really tender where they jabbed it.
Cheers. That's reassuring. Today however is cancelled
Double AZ jabbed and had the Pfizer booster yesterday. Felt cranky enough to take a LFT (neg) but feel shit today, can’t even face driving. Is this a good or a bad thing?
It sounds pretty normal and not, as I understand it, good or bad, it's just your body's general immune system reacting to foreign stuff being injected into it. I had a Pfizer booster on Tuesday, felt knackered and achy all day on Wednesday. Back to normal by Thursday morning.
Well this absolutely sucks.
Day 11 now and the fatigue is unbelievable. I'm back working from home but the brain fog is also a huge thing. I'm struggling to concentrate and given most of my day is complex maths, my inability to grasp the numbers I'm looking at is a real challenge. Walking up the stairs still has me gasping for breath. To go from racing an EWS a few weeks ago and riding/ training 4-5 days a week to being absolute floored from the moment I wake up until I go to sleep. And to top it off the complete lack of taste or smell robs the last remaining joy I can get from food or drink.
You need as much rest as you can get! Take some sick leave if you can, annual leave if that's not possible, don't do too much around the house, spend as much of your waking time as possible horizontal on the sofa, don't drive or do anything that requires concentration, get to bed stupidly early. It's really shit!
Do i need a pcr test?
Day 1 sore throat, approx 24hrs
Day 2 slight temperature fluctuations and sneezing 12hrs in bed
Day 3 streaming nose, sore throat gone.
Dsy 4 coughing double cough, unproductive, rasping, causing return of sore throat, 14hrs in bed
Day 5 coughing stpped, brain gets confused by telly, 15 hours in bed.
2 x lfts clear, coughing alot less but generating nice thick greenies
Off work on holiday so no contact with anyone
Yes
Singletrackmind: that does 💯 sound like COVID. But weird that the LFTs don't trigger.
Ah balls, that’s me testing positive too. Woke up with a banging headache and thinking ‘who turned the heating up?’. I’ve spent most of the day in bed asleep between Skype calls. 10 days solo in an upstairs bedroom whilst my wife parents 2 little kids solo is going to be a pain in the arse for me but brutal for her.
Wear a mask and avoid gatherings / parties.
Booked pcr last night for 0930.
20 miles away but earliest and easiest drive through
Feel better today, after another marathon 14hrs in bed. Appetite gone, but im not burning any fuel. Taste and smell both normal.
However, doing anything tires me out. I feel ok, hoover for 20 mins, then need a rest.
Was very organised drive through test centre, and busy, constant arrival and departure of cars. With maybe 50 on site at any one the time.
And whats with the lumpy eyes, i swear there are lumps on the inside of my eyelids.
I had a Pfizer booster on Tuesday, felt knackered and achy all day on Wednesday. Back to normal by Thursday morning.
Ditto but with the moderna booster, knocked me sideways for 24hrs.
And whats with the lumpy eyes, i swear there are lumps on the inside of my eyelids.
"The World Health Organisation has since updated their list of ‘less common’ symptoms of the disease to include conjunctivitis and red eyes, as recent reports have suggested a link between conjunctivitis, coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) and the corresponding disease, COVID-19."
Do i need a pcr test?
Day 1 sore throat, approx 24hrs
Day 2 slight temperature fluctuations and sneezing 12hrs in bed
Day 3 streaming nose, sore throat gone.
Dsy 4 coughing double cough, unproductive, rasping, causing return of sore throat, 14hrs in bed
Day 5 coughing stpped, brain gets confused by telly, 15 hours in bed.
2 x lfts clear, coughing alot less but generating nice thick greenies
Off work on holiday so no contact with anyone
I'm amazed you need to ask.
Day 3 since testing positive and it really kicked in overnight. 1st couple of days felt like a bad cold.
Fever kicked in during the night. Sweating buckets even without the duvet. Resting heart rate is up at 70 whereas my usual is low 50s. Massively fatigued and walking up the stairs has me gasping. Sense of taste and smell disappeared yesterday. Thankfully no cough but I’m extremely congested, sneezing constantly and have a lot of sinus pain.
The Mrs is on day 6 and she’s properly floored. I’m at least up and moving, she can’t get out of bed.
Day 4 after testing positive for me I had the night sweats with cramps which would swing into shivers and muscle aches, this happened on nights 4, 5 and mildly on 6 after postive, in the days once I was up, fed and hydrated I was okay except for tiredness.
Didn't lose smell and taste till day 5 or 6, taste has come back after 5 days, sense of smell is weak, I never realised how much smell helped me enjoy food even down to packs of crisps!
I’m amazed you need to ask.
Why? It's not like we are in the middle of a pandemic where the symptoms match any of the ones they listed or anything is it?
I think I must be lucky then. Booster was moderna, and I got the flu vaccine too, that went in the left arm and was pretty sore for about 3 days and the moderna went in the right arm and that was only slightly sore for 2 days. No other symptoms whatsoever.
Mrs had the Moderna booster and has been fine. I'm still knackered a week after the Pf booster. My son, asthmatic, occasional shingles sufferer and works for the NHS (only 2 jabs) has just had two positive results. I'm now knackered and worried.
Pcr came back clear. Just abit of man flu then.
And there goes my sense of smell and taste, completely gone. This sucks.