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It was a lot more accurate description than 'dickhead'!
I am now into my 10th day of my first ever bout of COVID and getting thoroughly fed up with feeling rough, not being able to go out etc. I'm amazed I have caught it now, as during the main COVID period in 2020/21 I regularly volunteered delivering food to homeless and other vulnerable people, many of whom had COVID, and for the year until this April I was Interim CEO of a charity running an inner-city adventure playground so was exposed to hundreds of kids and their parents as well as several staff who caught the virus.
Got both flu and covid jabs last week - bit ache for 24hrs otherwise no issue. Booked online as qualify due to vulnerable person in house and being a (non-NHS so don't get at work) nurse.
Vaccinators never asked how/ why qualified to get it - they also reckoned age level will be dropped soon as loads of Moderna stocks coming through. Guess Rishi need see his financial returns.
Just back from the doctors, where I appealed for a COVID vaccine, (despite not being one of the current invitees), on the grounds of being 3.5 years into Long COVID, in particular since I am even worse now after my second infection back in February.
He has written me a note to say he believes it's clinically justified, and I need to take it to a walk-in centre and argue my case. So, fingers crossed I guess...
@Doris5000 have you tried booking online? That's what I did and ticked one of options, can't remember which, to take me to booking page. Had mine done at a local pharmacy, they didn't even bother asking my rationale for having but at least you have the letter to evidence if challenged.
Hope you get it without too much hassle.
Thanks for the tip! Just booked for a week on Saturday. I ticked the 'yes I am at high risk' and it didn't quibble. So hopefully they won't argue, but I'll bring the letter in case.
Obviously differs with the pharmacist, but my wife explained the situation and got her COVID booster. The letter stayed in her bag
Hopefully she'll stay on the list. I'm 15 quid lighter, but flu-jabbed now as well
I’m 15 quid lighter, but flu-jabbed now as well
Glad you're sorted but presumably that 15 quid is for the flu jab?
My understanding is that you can't pay/ buy the covid vaccination until possibly next year.
Which will be useful for those who don't currently qualify.
Yes Ernie, that's right. Relates to my post on the previous page. Shopping around can get the flu jab for £8 upwards.
I didn't know about charges for a COVID booster next year, but it makes sense to me to offer it to all. The current situation is a nonsense.
THECONVERSATION.COM Just had my annual Flu jab and offered Covide/Pfizer at the same time. The nurse was quite chatty and told me they'd been told to expect another round of vunerable/over 65 jabs in six months.
I don't think thats too revealing as it follows the pretty standard seasonal rate of infection for respiratory illness?
Me and my wife have finally succumbed after all this time despite both being fully jabbed up with COVID and flu.
A bit of a relief to know that's what it is as I've been really unwell, dizzy and having bouts of tachycardia. If I hadn't just been through heart consultation and testing with a new consultant, and essentially been cleared (not quite but a long story), I'd have been close to calling am ambulance at one point as I was feeling truly horrendous with a HR around 170 sat on the sofa for around 45mins, but then it settled somewhat but was still Up around 90 for a day while on the sofa. Other than that; sore throat, cough, totally exhausted with no appetite and dizzy spells. My wife's nowhere near as bad, but has lost some sense of taste which I haven't.
Anyway that's the last two of her tests from work used up, so who knows in future.
Buying packs of tests is cheap enough, if you shop around a bit.
It’s going round my work again, colleague says its her worst bout yet!
9 days in, and I think it’s v close to being as bad as the first time I had it (which took me 3 months to recover from). The heart palpitations and aches aren’t as bad but the cough and fatigue are worse.
The 2nd + 3rd bouts were fairly mild, so I was hoping that either the virus was getting milder or I was getting used to it. In hindsight it was probably the vaccines working.
With two kids at school there’s not a lot of avoiding it. It’s shite that we can’t get boosters any more.
Four days in to Covid-19 tangle number three for me. It’s so far milder than the acute phases of one and two. Our seven year old brought it home from school. It’s been a miserable couple of years of long Covid for me, and I’m still out of work nine months on from the last one. Access to vaccination wouldn’t be much but it would be better than the current **** you from government and the NHS. My other half happened to be in the USA with work last month and got boosted with the latest vaccine while there, which offers a little reassurance.
Hard to say for sure but I'm thinking I'm about 11 days in. I have varying levels of CFS already, so I log my sad face days on the calendar and I started with feeling awful at my feeble gym session and then later that day the severe dizziness started a week on Thursday ago.
My son's at secondary school too, so he's usually the blame for any lurgies as I have little outside interaction with people, but I did see my cardiologist on the Monday, so I'm suspecting the hospital trip being the cause. I was certainly the first one in the house to go down with it and still feeling awful . Largely terrible fatigue just now with dizziness and coughing after being up and moving about. Ten minute slow wander down the lane and I'm needing a lie down.
🙁
My recent first time bout put me out of action for about 3 weeks, then I managed to get back up to speed fairly quickly. So if your 10 or 12 days in and feeling grim still, that is how I felt and is maybe typical.
Once things improve, don't overdo it. In other words do nothing! I tried a few things in the garden but I just ended up back in bed for 24hrs. So take it super easy for a few days
Vader, good to hear. That doing nothing is going to be hard, especially if we get any decent weather 😔
Just had a hedge trimmer arrive before I came down with it too 🙄
I started to get a cough on Oct 30th, luckily I was taking a couple of days off work. Tested positive on November 1st, haven’t been to work since. I can barely make it out of bed or off the sofa. Occasionally I’ve felt I might be getting slightly better, only to feel worse the next day. Normally I exercise 6 days a week, so far I’ve been too knackered to even care about missing it. I’ve been to the doctor twice, but they’ve just prescribed antibiotics to prevent a secondary infection and said ‘rest’.
Annoyingly, when I had it 18 months ago barely had more than a cough and was testing negative and feeling fine within 3 days.
I’ve had 3 vaccine doses, so struggling to understand why it’s hit me so hard this time around…😢
My two overwhelming symptoms first time round were tachycardia - resting HR of 90 not 45, and chest pain (most likely pericarditis rather than lungs). The former lasted for at least a week, the latter for six months or more. I didn’t really have a cough first time around. Since then, the slightest hint of an infection sets off the chest pain and sinus pain (I have no smell after three and a half years it’s probably not coming back now). <br /><br />Boosting antibodies by vaccination is being tested for long COVID and one hopes that it will prove successful. Other treatments have been underwhelming in trials. The latest Ba.2.28 is a significant escape from Omicron and XBB so one is not surprised by the reinfections I had the new Pfizer last December and COVID round 4 in February - milder each time but I’d be wary of this latest strain
Heal fast and in my experience, don’t go back to any exercise too soon. Walking is very good if you feel well enough, and my dog is now fit! But it’s taken more than three years to return to any semblance of cycle fitness and I still get knocked back with fatigue. And sinus pain. Oh and I can’t now tolerate alcohol (not that I drank much before!)
Just tested positive this morning. I ve had a cold I felt I couldn't shake for a few weeks, and a sore throat developed sunday and started coughing up phlegm. sore throat and sore eyes.
4 covid jabs and 4 positive tests.
I just ventured outside for the 1st time in 12 days. Bleurgh.
I’ve just received both jabs as iainc mentioned above but both in my last arm (different areas) as I can only sleep on my right side, I’ve had no issues whatsoever with previous vaccines so fingers crossed for no ill effects
Wife had both last week. Wasn't 100% anyway, but just ran a high temperature for a few hours.
i am feeling a bit drowsy, 2 hrs post jabs, but maybe its in my mind !
My experience and that of others around me is this years Flu jab hurts your arm for a while, then two-three days of feeling crap follows, although we've all had both so not sure which vaccine cause the crapiness.
Think I had it at the end of September but I was away with work so couldnt test (would cause no end of trouble if people were officially positive) Went to the doctors yesterday for the first time without one of the kids in i dont know how long and now ive got a steroid inhailer for the asthma thats not really bothered me in over 30 years. Its the gift that keeps giving!
My wife didn’t go to work last Tuesday because she felt a bit rough, sore throat and not much voice - just thought it was a bad cold.
Did a test on Sunday and confirmed it’s Covid. She’s up and about the last couple of days but a 20 minute walk yesterday with the dog finished her off for the day.
I’ve had a very slight cold for about week that hasn’t come to anything, starting to feel slightly groggy tonight.
I wouldn’t mind but we’re supposed to be driving to Wales today and got BPW booked Fri & Sat 😤
As far as I know I am a 'first timer' and caught it last week.
nbt had covid in April and was properly ill with it (4 days in bed), I didn't catch it.
Just been very tired, shivering most of the last 5 days (not gone out anywhere) and feeling as though it was a really bad cold. Now I have a 'the cough'.
I am personally not having another jab after seeing how the flu jab has completely wrecked my girlfriends brother life - I can't remember what the diagnosis is now but it's gone through "It's all in your head" to possible Guillain barre syndrome to whatever it is now, with him being unable to work and physically unable to do much activity at all. Also had Cateract problems resulting from the treatments and has had to have operations on both eyes.
However at the time he had the jab he was training hard, circuits, etc.
So if I were to have another jab, flu or covid, or whatever, I would certainly be resting for at least a week afterwards.
That also fits in with a documentary I saw ages ago about people with 'chronic fatique syndrome' and most of them seem to have carried on with some intense exercise close to an illness which included a sore throat (virus...).
Don’t know enough about that flu jab experience, but resting after viral infection is wise. CFS seems to often come on post virus in people working hard (not necessarily intense exercise, more burning the candle at both ends).
So if I were to have another jab, flu or covid, or whatever, I would certainly be resting for at least a week afterwards.
That also fits in with a documentary I saw ages ago about people with ‘chronic fatique syndrome’ and most of them seem to have carried on with some intense exercise close to an illness which included a sore throat (virus…).
That's been my big takeaway from the past four years. Don't soldier on through ilness or it may leave a very bad sting in the tail. My two covid bouts were as mild as they could be, but I did nothing but maybe a short amble for the week.
The long covid folks I know, and many on here it would appear, are active types wanting to get back in action too soon in hindsight. The average couch potato less likely to suffer it seems.
On the flu jab, my FIL developed carpal tunnel syndrome immediately after his last one. Apparently it's a (rare) thing.
On the flu jab, my FIL developed carpal tunnel syndrome immediately after his last one. Apparently it’s a (rare) thing.
After a covid jab my girlfriend suffered a dead/painful arm for a long time, but then found a cyst in her breast on the same side of her body. Had it drained and the dead arm pain also went.
Incidently the lump came back and she had it cut out by that Asmaa lady that won this years "The Great British Sewing Bee" - needless to say the stich work was impeccable...
my wife was at a small conference recently, there was an outbreak (is that the right word?) of covid in the cohort and she even shared cabs on 3 occasions with folk who tested positive.
she’d had the latest vaccine a month or so ago. thankfully she didn’t catch it or bring it home.
sad face.
I was exposed to Covid on Wednesday 29 November.Felt poorly on the following Saturday and tested positive on Sunday.
According to the website I could be infectious for up to 10 days.
When does the 10 days start from?
I have a snotty nose , feel fine but still have a faint line. Can I go to the shops yet?
Can I go to the shops yet?
Thete are no rules, do what you think is appropriate.
I was ill last weekend but didn't suspect Covid, but have passed it to family who have tested positive. I'm testing negative now so it's come and gone but I'm still feeling it. Got work to do today but mask and gloves just in case I can still pass it on, and I'll be hanging around outside as much as possible.