Yellow Fang
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Mine's chesty too. Still, they did tell me I could stop self-isolating unless I had a temperature. My calf is sore; I think it's the lack of exercise. I think I lost weight.
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Mine's chesty too. Still, they did tell me I could stop self-isolating unless I had a temperature. My calf is sore; I think it's the lack of exercise. I think I lost weight.
vickster
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Sore how? Covid can do weird things to blood consistency, any concerns it could be a clot, seek medical help
HarryTheDog
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Well up to now no member of my family lwere affected now that has changed. My Missus's mother has been in a care home for 6 years with Alzheimer's and we got a call Wednesday before last that she was about to expire with a chest infection ( not Covid) they relaxed the rules on visiting so my missus and her siblings were allowed to visit. She did not expire at that time so she went 4 times and was tested all 4 times, all negative.
There is Covid in the home though. The lady in the room next to her mum has it.
So this Sunday she starts to feel ill, got a test and had a positive result on Tuesday, i got tested and had a -ve result on Wednesday.
The only place my missus could have contracted it was the care home or when we had done a food shop.
Wednesday we got a call from the care home, come quick she is really about to expire now. Off course my missus could not go. Her mum passed away in the evening, the eldest daughter was with her and she went peacefully.
I rang my 2 kids (adults) last night to tell them the news, so my son also drops the bombshell, that his girlfriends Dad now has it, now they live with her parents so they are isolating as well. ( they have tested -ve) .
The big worry is that one we both have it but also the only other person we have been in contact with is my partners eldest who has bad anxiety problems, asthma, sleep apnoea and is morbidly obese. If he gets it then he is in big trouble. He has no symptoms at all , lives by himself and has no contact with anyone apart from his mum.
There is Covid in the home though. The lady in the room next to her mum has it.
So this Sunday she starts to feel ill, got a test and had a positive result on Tuesday, i got tested and had a -ve result on Wednesday.
The only place my missus could have contracted it was the care home or when we had done a food shop.
Wednesday we got a call from the care home, come quick she is really about to expire now. Off course my missus could not go. Her mum passed away in the evening, the eldest daughter was with her and she went peacefully.
I rang my 2 kids (adults) last night to tell them the news, so my son also drops the bombshell, that his girlfriends Dad now has it, now they live with her parents so they are isolating as well. ( they have tested -ve) .
The big worry is that one we both have it but also the only other person we have been in contact with is my partners eldest who has bad anxiety problems, asthma, sleep apnoea and is morbidly obese. If he gets it then he is in big trouble. He has no symptoms at all , lives by himself and has no contact with anyone apart from his mum.
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Ajax Bay
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In the early days after the first dose, the immunity/resistance will not be present so it would be surprising (statistically) if people did NOT become infected, say in the first 10 days. But after that the trials suggest both increasing immunity and less severe symptoms if infected (and recall the 90% effective corollary: 10% ineffective).
https://youtube.be/fn3KWM1kuAw
It would be wrong to read too much into one care home.
I moved my post to the Covid vaccine thread as it seemed more relevant to that one, your post crossed in the post as it were!
Drago
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FIL having to isolate after having been in close contact with someone who's tested positive. Unfortunately, hes MIL's carer, which means BIL is having to do it while FIL isolates. Im sure theyll be fine, but its going to be a trying time for them.
Yellow Fang
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My employers have told me I have to take unpaid leave for the days I had to self-isolate. I asked them if I could take sick leave for the days I was too ill to work.
HarryTheDog
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Well following on from my last post my missus came through Covid fairly unscathed , even though she is also grieving for her mums death. I again tested -ve after we came out of isolation.( I must be the Teflon Kid)
Then yesterday her morbidly obesse son tested +ve . The only person he had come into contact was his mum over 2 weeks ago before she tested +ve. My missus was initially distraught thinking he was about to get very ill and die . Then we worked out from his symptoms ( mainly just loss of smell) that he must be at the end of it from when he probably caught it.
The really weird thing he is feeling better than ever as this is the first week since he has had a fitbit ( 6 months) that he has actually recorded being asleep for a few hours every night.( he suffers from sleep apnea) He also looks better.
However he has the automatic isolation order from the NHS and will miss his Nan's funeral on Friday.
A little footnote, my son and partner are fine and so is his girlfriends dad. This COVID seems so much more virulent now, when my missus rang the funeral director he was just returning from isolation and when I told the window company they could now come and fit our new front door they couldn't as they were in isolation as some of their fitters had Covid and had closed the company for the moment.
Then yesterday her morbidly obesse son tested +ve . The only person he had come into contact was his mum over 2 weeks ago before she tested +ve. My missus was initially distraught thinking he was about to get very ill and die . Then we worked out from his symptoms ( mainly just loss of smell) that he must be at the end of it from when he probably caught it.
The really weird thing he is feeling better than ever as this is the first week since he has had a fitbit ( 6 months) that he has actually recorded being asleep for a few hours every night.( he suffers from sleep apnea) He also looks better.
However he has the automatic isolation order from the NHS and will miss his Nan's funeral on Friday.
A little footnote, my son and partner are fine and so is his girlfriends dad. This COVID seems so much more virulent now, when my missus rang the funeral director he was just returning from isolation and when I told the window company they could now come and fit our new front door they couldn't as they were in isolation as some of their fitters had Covid and had closed the company for the moment.
johnblack
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Did an anti body test yesterday, came back negative, I've never felt like I'd had it, but it would've been nice to have been asymptomatic at some point and have some antibodies in the system.
As a family we have had no positive tests so far, however my wife has had the Pfizer vaccine, 1st dose. So hopefully she will be ok now till the rest of us catch up in due course.
Funny thing she was quite ill a year past December there, high temp. Absolutely floored . Took a week or so to recover. Myself, last summer whilst on holiday in our caravan, got a severe dose of the monty zoomers , out of nowhere. Temperature went on for about a week. Doctor reckoned it was gastrointeristist . No sure how that works as we we were all washing hands etc. I just put it down to food poisoning
Funny thing she was quite ill a year past December there, high temp. Absolutely floored . Took a week or so to recover. Myself, last summer whilst on holiday in our caravan, got a severe dose of the monty zoomers , out of nowhere. Temperature went on for about a week. Doctor reckoned it was gastrointeristist . No sure how that works as we we were all washing hands etc. I just put it down to food poisoning
vickster
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Bacterial, viral or parasitic infection from food (or water) causes gastroenteritisAs a family we have had no positive tests so far, however my wife has had the Pfizer vaccine, 1st dose. So hopefully she will be ok now till the rest of us catch up in due course.
Funny thing she was quite ill a year past December there, high temp. Absolutely floored . Took a week or so to recover. Myself, last summer whilst on holiday in our caravan, got a severe dose of the monty zoomers , out of nowhere. Temperature went on for about a week. Doctor reckoned it was gastrointeristist . No sure how that works as we we were all washing hands etc. I just put it down to food poisoning
(it's a symptom not a disease per se)Gastroenteritis: Inflammation of the stomach and the intestines. Gastroenteritis can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. Gastroenteritis has numerous causes, including infections (viruses, bacteria, and parasites), food poisoning, and stress.
The most common cause of gastroenteritis is a viral or bacterial infection, and less commonly parasitic infection. The most common causes of viral gastroenteritis are norovirus and rotavirus. Escherichia coli (E. coli), Salmonella and Campylobacter are the most common causes of bacterial gastroenteritis.
vickster
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Like any condition, gastroenteritis symptoms can range from mild to severe and even fatal
Rusty Nails
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I and my wife have just had our appointment for a vaccination Friday, 5th at a local sports centre. We have just had a supermarket delivery so will be taking no chances for the next week to cock things up when we are so near.
On a less pleasant note I have heard today that an old grammar school friend of mine died with Covid this week aged 73. He was the most athletic boy and best at sport in the school, but he has not been in the best of health for some years. That's three out of around 35 due to this pandemic.
On a less pleasant note I have heard today that an old grammar school friend of mine died with Covid this week aged 73. He was the most athletic boy and best at sport in the school, but he has not been in the best of health for some years. That's three out of around 35 due to this pandemic.
Joey Shabadoo
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A colleague was telling me her cousin died last week. Mid 30s, lung condition of some kind. Absolutely fine on the Sunday, hale and hearty. Dead by Friday.
