Anyone got Covid at the moment?

Came away for a long weekend of road cycling, felt I’d got man flu but tested positive.

Probably need another test as aging kit but new bike is not getting used. Hmpf.

Wife and I tested positive 2 weeks ago.  Thankfully we are both fully vacced. Only lasted a week.

Probably.

Got back from bike tour last Sunday and I have had a cough /felt rough all week.

Don’t have any tests left to know for sure

Wife and daughter both had it in the last fortnight. I seem to have avoided it again.

I’m almost starting to feel sorry for the virus now. It’s been chasing me like Gene Hackman in The French Connection for years now, apparently without success.

Had it a few weeks ago. Really nasty for a few days and still feel drained now. Feels like ive aged 10 years overnight and lost loads of fitness too. Anything over zone 3 wipes me out now.

Had it a month ago. Son caught it (separately) about two weeks later.

There is a lot of it about right now.

A couple of people from work both had it (confirmed via test) a few weeks back. I felt moderately rough for a few days just after they had it. I tested negative (an old kit though), so “probably” had it but not sure.

Probably had it about three weeks ago. Felt rough and really lethargic for a few days. Even though I WFH I still took two days off. When I went back to work my brain was properly misfiring, simple things took ages to do.

Didn’t ride the bike for about one and a half weeks ?

Literally just tested positive this morning. Just a cough and a bit of a temperature so far. Unfortunately I can’t go into work tomorrow now so stand to lose several hundred quid!

As above, had it 4 or 5 weeks ago for the 4th time. For someone who’s been WFH since the pandemic and fully vaccinated, I do seem to have been a bit unlucky.  Kids at school and a partner that works in hospital though, dirty disease vectors 🙂

It wasn’t particularly bad, few days feeling grotty and tired for a couple of weeks after. Ok now

My niece is just recovering.

It’s going through the Tour de France atm. Quite a few riders having to drop out.

Mrs and I got it this week, probably from the election canvassing the Mrs was doing.  Had a bad couple of days but not so bad today.  Our test kits are way out of date, but they say it is Covid.

Unsure…I think I had something – sinuses were fully blocked for about 9 days…I’ve a cough (although I’ve a cough generally due to medication and a nasal back drop – so no idea if it is linked). Other than sinuses nothing else was off. Seem clear now but throat feels a bit tight when exercising – chest is fine but throat a bit off.
Didn’t test as I thought it was hayfever.
I suspect I’ve had something but doubt it was covid purely based on only the 1 thing.
It seems to be on the rise again.

Our test kits are way out of date, but they say it is Covid.

If its that out of date is the result accurate

why are people still testing?

I’m fairly sure I have had it, seem to have been ill for a month, have done a couple of tests in that time to see if its covid before doing my immune suppressants but they both came back negative

I probably had it a week ago since I wouldn’t normally get a cold in July. Luckily I have always had covid mildly (and been fully vaxxed) so all over in 3 days.

Although bizarrely needed to blow my nose a great deal with perfectly clear transparent mucus, and also coughed up a lot of perfectly clear transparent mucus, for much longer. No idea what that is about.

why are people still testing?

Why are people still asking this?

Mrs F has had it I’m sure, but wouldn’t test. 4 weeks and still coughing, but she was really bad for the first week. She works in the NHS and they have a lot of staff off with it, back to mask wearing in the hospital for staff now.

Luckily passed my by at the moment.

bruneep
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why are people still testing?

Because not everyone is you? Personally I’ve been testing because emy dad has a terminal lung disease and I occasionally have to work with elderly people.

Not me but loads of people have – loads of my friends on social media are suddenly realising that the summer cold is actually COVID

Wife was ill all last week with it the first time she has had it, she is till exhausted and recovering this week. Myself and my youngest also caught we’ve both had it before, the two of use recovered within a few days.

Tests are cheap and readiy available from niche outlets such as boots, who will ship them to your door. Given how seriously it can affect some people, never mind the vulnerable of society is it really that **** hard?

Although bizarrely needed to blow my nose a great deal with perfectly clear transparent mucus, and also coughed up a lot of perfectly clear transparent mucus, for much longer. No idea what that is about.

Yep, thicker, nastier phlegm for about a fortnight afterwards seemed to be a feature for me.

As for the testing question, even if it is relatively mild for the vast majority of people, for others it certainly isn’t. Just because the government has moved on, and the current 150 deaths a week is considered un-noteworthy, doesn’t mean that I personally am comfortable trotting around the supermarket with my relatively mild symptoms infecting random pensioners.

@del

You can get them delivered with your supermarket shop these days. Although they will probably substitute them for a pack of tissues if they get half a chance.

Yep, me and my wife tested positive last weekend. Did the tests because why not. Was supposed to be going away with a mate who is regularly visiting his FiL who has cancer and is understandable trying to stay clear of stuff like this. Testing meant I cancelled the trip but I’d rather that than give it to someone who is likely to be more affected by it that me.

Looks like something is going about then.

Got in the best shape since my forties, dropped a dress size and bought new bike for some serious mileage. Ah well should help fight the virus off quickly.

Definitely had ‘something’ – a real toxic feeling, came out in a viral rash, the lot. Was completely out of action for a week and if I do anything more than a gentle walk with the dog I begin to feel hungover (the best description I can come up with). Weird.

i did covid tests but they came back negative, but then they’re about 3 years old….

Have just recovered from it, took 2 weeks this time.

Got back from Hellfest 2 weeks ago, been rough as **** ever since.

Not tested so not certain whether it’s covid or not, but regardless I’m ready for it to sod off, whatever it is.

Got in the best shape since my forties, dropped a dress size and bought new bike for some serious mileage. Ah well should help fight the virus off quickly.

Be careful about exercising hard until you’re completely recovered. There are quite a few stories out there about people unknowingly triggering some nasty post-viral fatigue by ‘pushing on through’.

That’s me!  Cold symptoms a month ago, tested negative (RSV, rhinovirus and four other coronaviruses are also available). Recovered. Did the national 50. Not ridden for two weeks. Don’t come back too fast!

About 4 weeks ago. Floored me again. Coincided with me being in the office with a new intake of colleagues, and my colleague who’d just returned from Mexico. That’s 5 occurrences now, that I know of anyway.

Although they will probably substitute them for a pack of tissues if they get half a chance.

At least you’d be able to blow your nose. 🙂

I see G is still riding today in the tour despite being positive. I bet he’s popular! A good few dropped out with COVID now.

I have something, but not Covid according to the test I did yesterday. On day six now and it’s a PITA.

Uncontrollable cough, nose and sinuses are fine but coughing up loads of clear or slightly yellow stuff. On the worst night I woke up and my airway was almost blocked, which freaked me out, I couldn’t catch my breath until I’d coughed it all up. Hardly slept for a week.

“why are people still testing?”

Because its the sensible and responsible thing to do. Please don’t be one of those people that says “oh its not covid, its just a cold” without testing.

Yep, thicker, nastier phlegm for about a fortnight afterwards seemed to be a feature for me.

But that’s what I find bizarre, it isn’t in anyway thicker or nastier. There’s still plenty of it since I got over my three day infection but it is completely normal – transparent and clear and not thick. I keep blowing my nose and coughing up but it couldn’t be more normal – just loads of it!

On the question of testing it wouldn’t make much difference if I had tested because I treated it as probably covid. I rarely get colds and I certainly wouldn’t expect to get one in July, plus it was sufficiently different to a normal cold and sufficiently similar to previous covid infections to convince me that it probably was covid.

If I had tested and it had been negative I would have assumed a probable false negative.

I have no intention of passing on any virus, particularly covid, to a vulnerable person. One of my very best friends is having intense long-term treatment, including chemo, for a very serious cancer (yesterday me and her drove to Brighton) I have made a point of keeping away from her even I have had just a cold.

Went to a wedding a couple of weeks ago and our mate was feeling really rough, didn’t really occur to us that it might be Covid, we both started feeling off within a few days and both tested positive, only really felt ill for one day and then just washed out and a bit knackered for a few days, apart from the speeches we didn’t spend time inside with him so probably got a light viral load.

@TiRed I can’t reply to your PM directly as I ‘have reached my message limit’ but thanks for the voice of reason and your helpful response to my question on viruses.

I think my 87 year old dad has, seems to be improving though

We all 3 had it about 4 weeks ago, and loads at school have come down w it. Mrs epic worse than me or jnr.

Surprised they’re letting folks in the peloton keep riding if +ve; ayuso too was riding while asymptomatic until he wasn’t.  How many more I wonder. Shame for pidcock, was looking forward to some descending fun