OT: Tested positive for Covid 19 yesterday.Has anyone on here experienced covid before?

[Nazrmohamed]

I had more symptoms from the second vaccine shot than I did when I got Coviid. Fatigue, chills, nausea. Go get your vaccine folks but be prepared. That second shot sucks

I literally had 0 effects from the 2nd Pfizer shot. The first 1 made my arm sore but the 2nd one I literally felt nothing. Everyone reacts different to it.

Yeah, mine was Maderna. Most people I spoke to had the same symptoms, perhaps it's because it's a month out? Idk but I got the second shot this Monday, felt fine the rest of the day besides arm soreness. My boss told me I should take PTO for the following day so I did, thank God because I woke up with the fatigue and then by lunch got the chills. I took like 3 naps yesterday and still went to bed at like 9:30 which is early for me.

I woke up this morning and that bed was soaking wet like I was in a sauna all night but funny thing is I feel great. Seriously, it's like I must've been in a steam room all day and lost 10lbs.

[SAKURABA216]

My brother is an ER doctor and told us that the most important thing is that you go to the ER as soon as you experience any difficulty breathing. This could be as innocuous as getting light-headed and dizzy from getting up to go to the bathroom.

My brother-in-law (not the guy mentioned above) had it a few months ago and it was pretty brutal. He waited days struggling to breath in bed and let his oxygen saturation level dip to about 80%. He eventually called 9-11 and was taken by ambulance to the ER and was told he had a 20% chance of survival. He spent the next 3 weeks in the hospital being hooked up to a ventilator and carried around an oxygen tank for a month after he was eventually discharged. His his lungs have so much scar tissue that it will be years before he is the same again. He was a big, strong dude before getting sick too.

Anyways, get an oximeter off of Amazon and immediately go to the ER if you have trouble breathing or the oxygen level dips below 90-92%. Your chances of survival are much greater now than at the beginning of the pandemic because doctors know a lot more about the virus. Get well soon and good luck.

Brutal. I had an old roommate that I've kept in touch with over the years tell me a similar story about one of his cousins, but without the positive outcome. Air lifted to the hospital, spent 2 months on a ventilator under sedation before he finally died. Cannot even imagine the horror. Do not know much about his health other than he was early 40s and apparently ran a ton.

Damn, that's incredibly sad. My condolences to your friend and his family.

[Metallikid]

I've had maybe 15 friends who have had it (mostly in Czech Republic, where it went out of control this winter).

Two guys in their early 40's, okay health said they wouldn't have known they were sick, just felt sluggish and like they were hungover.
Two guys early 40s, okay health, had a bit of a fever and lost their smell for a few days then felt absolutely fine.
Two girls, early 20's, okay health, said it was like a hard flu for a few days.
Four people, early 30's, okay health, felt like a hard cold for a week or so.
One guy early 40s, okay health, had a dry cough and was exhausted for about two weeks.

The one bad story was an American friend, a black guy in his early 50s who smoked like a chimney and weighed probably 280lbs, got nailed by it. Spent a month in hospital and is carrying around an oxygen tank with him everywhere now.

What I've heard, anecdotally, is that some of these super-fit people who exercise like crazy can get it worse since their lungs have a more developed vascular system that can be attacked by the virus. Also of course older people and people in poor health who's bodies can't handle a hard case of the virus.

For you in your 30's know that you have like a more than 99% chance of surviving (with that 1% overwhelmingly being from a risk group). The pulse oximeter is a good idea just so you can rest your anxiety. Vitamin D is absolutely fine in high doses (unless you have kidney problems), but the best thing is to get it from the sun. Otherwise, sleep, liquids, eat what you can, and you'll be okay. Know that if you do feel really bad that you can go to the hospital and they'll make you feel better, but it's statistically very unlikely you'll need to go.

Your immune system will take care of you. But for anyone reading this, a vaccine will do you even better. And if the vaccine kills us all off in a year, it's probably better than living in the Max Max-like world that will exist full of anti-vaxxers fighting for resources

The vaccine is definitely not better than natural immunity. Natural immunity doesn't need a booster shot.

[Pointgod]

I've had maybe 15 friends who have had it (mostly in Czech Republic, where it went out of control this winter).

Two guys in their early 40's, okay health said they wouldn't have known they were sick, just felt sluggish and like they were hungover.
Two guys early 40s, okay health, had a bit of a fever and lost their smell for a few days then felt absolutely fine.
Two girls, early 20's, okay health, said it was like a hard flu for a few days.
Four people, early 30's, okay health, felt like a hard cold for a week or so.
One guy early 40s, okay health, had a dry cough and was exhausted for about two weeks.

The one bad story was an American friend, a black guy in his early 50s who smoked like a chimney and weighed probably 280lbs, got nailed by it. Spent a month in hospital and is carrying around an oxygen tank with him everywhere now.

What I've heard, anecdotally, is that some of these super-fit people who exercise like crazy can get it worse since their lungs have a more developed vascular system that can be attacked by the virus. Also of course older people and people in poor health who's bodies can't handle a hard case of the virus.

For you in your 30's know that you have like a more than 99% chance of surviving (with that 1% overwhelmingly being from a risk group). The pulse oximeter is a good idea just so you can rest your anxiety. Vitamin D is absolutely fine in high doses (unless you have kidney problems), but the best thing is to get it from the sun. Otherwise, sleep, liquids, eat what you can, and you'll be okay. Know that if you do feel really bad that you can go to the hospital and they'll make you feel better, but it's statistically very unlikely you'll need to go.

Your immune system will take care of you. But for anyone reading this, a vaccine will do you even better. And if the vaccine kills us all off in a year, it's probably better than living in the Max Max-like world that will exist full of anti-vaxxers fighting for resources

The vaccine is definitely not better than natural immunity. Natural immunity doesn't need a booster shot.

You know you can get reinfected from covid and antibodies don’t protect against variants? Sure you could get covid multiple times and potentially die for natural immunity or you can just get the vaccine and not die.

[MeestR]

I've had it. It is so random. It doesn't matter what kind of health you are in. I've seen obese diabetic folks come down with simply a dodgy sense of taste. And an iron man athlete and hospital nurse require a lung transplant to survive.

Day to day, even hour to hour, you can feel a little better in the morning, but then feel totally floored by the afternoon. I liked to call it Roller Coaster Disease. and the Anxiety of never knowing what is going to come next and how long that part will last can be as nearly debilitating as the disease. Kind of like Food Poisoning, but with ramped up flu symptoms for 2 weeks instead of puking for a day - you never really know when you are going to feel crummy again. But when you are better, then you KNOW you are better - I remember that day in December when I actually felt recovered, and it felt so similar to the day after a food poisoning spell, like, "I feel like I could run a marathon today."

My joints, and fatigue, and sweats, and chills, and insomnia, chest pains, shortness of breath, and so many body aches. I recommend keeping a journal of your symptoms. And keep some pain meds, some water, cough drops, a humidifier nearby, and a TV by your bed. A pet to rub and keep you company helps too. I Hope things go well for you, but if it gets bad, don't be afraid to call a professional.

This disease is no joke.

[Ambrose]

I had it. It's weird.

I first started getting really achy. I was unnaturally sore everywhere. Then I developed a horrible cough. The soreness started around 3 pm, and then the coughing went from like 6 pm to 6 am. The soreness subsided. The rest of that day I felt generally under the weather and still had a cough but it wasn't awful.

The following day I had a crippling headache and a fever for the majority of the day. The day after that I felt generally under the weather again but probably 80% of normal. The next day (and last day of symptoms for me) I felt nauseous and like I had a cold. Then the next day I was fine.

So over the course of 5 days I essentially had three different and completely separate types of symptoms with brief spells feeling generally okay. I never lost taste or smell though my roommate did for about a month. That was my experience.

[infinite11285]

I've had maybe 15 friends who have had it (mostly in Czech Republic, where it went out of control this winter).

Two guys in their early 40's, okay health said they wouldn't have known they were sick, just felt sluggish and like they were hungover.
Two guys early 40s, okay health, had a bit of a fever and lost their smell for a few days then felt absolutely fine.
Two girls, early 20's, okay health, said it was like a hard flu for a few days.
Four people, early 30's, okay health, felt like a hard cold for a week or so.
One guy early 40s, okay health, had a dry cough and was exhausted for about two weeks.

The one bad story was an American friend, a black guy in his early 50s who smoked like a chimney and weighed probably 280lbs, got nailed by it. Spent a month in hospital and is carrying around an oxygen tank with him everywhere now.

What I've heard, anecdotally, is that some of these super-fit people who exercise like crazy can get it worse since their lungs have a more developed vascular system that can be attacked by the virus. Also of course older people and people in poor health who's bodies can't handle a hard case of the virus.

For you in your 30's know that you have like a more than 99% chance of surviving (with that 1% overwhelmingly being from a risk group). The pulse oximeter is a good idea just so you can rest your anxiety. Vitamin D is absolutely fine in high doses (unless you have kidney problems), but the best thing is to get it from the sun. Otherwise, sleep, liquids, eat what you can, and you'll be okay. Know that if you do feel really bad that you can go to the hospital and they'll make you feel better, but it's statistically very unlikely you'll need to go.

Your immune system will take care of you. But for anyone reading this, a vaccine will do you even better. And if the vaccine kills us all off in a year, it's probably better than living in the Max Max-like world that will exist full of anti-vaxxers fighting for resources

The vaccine is definitely not better than natural immunity. Natural immunity doesn't need a booster shot.

Variants disagree. Ever wonder why there's a different flu shot every season? Apply some common sense.

[Metallikid]

I've had maybe 15 friends who have had it (mostly in Czech Republic, where it went out of control this winter).

Two guys in their early 40's, okay health said they wouldn't have known they were sick, just felt sluggish and like they were hungover.
Two guys early 40s, okay health, had a bit of a fever and lost their smell for a few days then felt absolutely fine.
Two girls, early 20's, okay health, said it was like a hard flu for a few days.
Four people, early 30's, okay health, felt like a hard cold for a week or so.
One guy early 40s, okay health, had a dry cough and was exhausted for about two weeks.

The one bad story was an American friend, a black guy in his early 50s who smoked like a chimney and weighed probably 280lbs, got nailed by it. Spent a month in hospital and is carrying around an oxygen tank with him everywhere now.

What I've heard, anecdotally, is that some of these super-fit people who exercise like crazy can get it worse since their lungs have a more developed vascular system that can be attacked by the virus. Also of course older people and people in poor health who's bodies can't handle a hard case of the virus.

For you in your 30's know that you have like a more than 99% chance of surviving (with that 1% overwhelmingly being from a risk group). The pulse oximeter is a good idea just so you can rest your anxiety. Vitamin D is absolutely fine in high doses (unless you have kidney problems), but the best thing is to get it from the sun. Otherwise, sleep, liquids, eat what you can, and you'll be okay. Know that if you do feel really bad that you can go to the hospital and they'll make you feel better, but it's statistically very unlikely you'll need to go.

Your immune system will take care of you. But for anyone reading this, a vaccine will do you even better. And if the vaccine kills us all off in a year, it's probably better than living in the Max Max-like world that will exist full of anti-vaxxers fighting for resources

The vaccine is definitely not better than natural immunity. Natural immunity doesn't need a booster shot.

You know you can get reinfected from covid and antibodies don’t protect against variants? Sure you could get covid multiple times and potentially die for natural immunity or you can just get the vaccine and not die.

There is very, very little evidence to support what you are saying. If re-infection was anything other than an extremely rare occurrence - and I mean less than 1000 cases of confirmed re-infection worldwide - doctors and nurses all over would already be on their 3rd, possibly 4th infections by now.

Natural immunity covers variants.

Natural immunity is long-lasting and durable.

Before I get somebody talking about youtube this or misinformation that, here are this doctor's qualifications:

https://www.cardiometabolichealth.org/peter-mccullough.html

He also works with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.

https://aapsonline.org/about-aaps/

Watch on YouTube

[Big J]

Karma for your Curry posts? Jokes, but for real that much hate inside you is not good for the heart.

[aggo]

go get the vaccine ppl... dont be dumb. its free.


I know 2 ppl that are suffering from long term effects:

1/ hasn't had taste or smell for 9 months now after recovering from mild symptoms
2/ lost a ton of hair after she recovered from moderate symptoms

[righterwriter]

The vaccine is definitely not better than natural immunity. Natural immunity doesn't need a booster shot.

You know you can get reinfected from covid and antibodies don’t protect against variants? Sure you could get covid multiple times and potentially die for natural immunity or you can just get the vaccine and not die.

There is very, very little evidence to support what you are saying. If re-infection was anything other than an extremely rare occurrence - and I mean less than 1000 cases of confirmed re-infection worldwide - doctors and nurses all over would already be on their 3rd, possibly 4th infections by now.

Natural immunity covers variants.

Natural immunity is long-lasting and durable.

Before I get somebody talking about youtube this or misinformation that, here are this doctor's qualifications:

https://www.cardiometabolichealth.org/peter-mccullough.html

He also works with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.

https://aapsonline.org/about-aaps/

Watch on YouTube

Here is a summary of a study of 365,000 people in the UK which showed their level of antibodies after three months.

A study of 365,000 people in England found evidence that coronavirus antibodies decline over a 3-month period.

The participants did three rounds of finger-prick tests at home between June 20 and Sept. 28, according to a news release from the Imperial College London. Rather than building up immunity, the number of people with antibodies fell from 6% at the start of the study to 4.4% at the end – a drop of about 26.5%, the release said.

The decline was highest among people 75 and older and lowest in people 18-24. Health care workers showed no decline in antibodies.

“This very large study has shown that the proportion of people with detectable antibodies is falling over time,” said Professor Helen Ward, one of the lead authors of the report. “We don’t yet know whether this will leave these people at risk of reinfection with the virus that causes COVID-19, but it is essential that everyone continues to follow guidance to reduce the risk to themselves and others.”

Researchers cautioned, however, that the study has limitation and that the same groups of people were not necessarily tested in each round, so there may be a chance that less infected people were tested in each round.

The findings are a blow to scientists who think herd immunity will eventually bring down the coronavirus.

Herd immunity occurs when a large part of a population becomes immune to a disease by developing antibodies, either by vaccination or by becoming infected.

While every single individual may not be immune, the group as a whole has protection. Researchers have said 50% to 67% of the population would need to be resistant before herd immunity kicks in and the infection rates start to go down.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201028/covid-19-antibodies-decline-over-time-study-says

I think there is still a lot to learn. But to me wanting to allow your body to fight it naturally is pretty dubious. For one, it means you have to get it, which carries known short and long term risks to your health. It also means there's a risk you'll spread it to others, furthering the pandemic and making people sick who perhaps can't handle the disease. It also allows for the propagation of variants that can be more deadly and more difficult for the vaccine to stop.

We're lucky enough to have a vaccine which works. I think we should all be happy we can use it and do our part to help reduce the impact covid has had on our society in so many ways.

[Calvin Klein]

it's crazy that there are so many people not willing to get it while millions around the world won't even have the chance to.

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

I've had maybe 15 friends who have had it (mostly in Czech Republic, where it went out of control this winter).

Two guys in their early 40's, okay health said they wouldn't have known they were sick, just felt sluggish and like they were hungover.
Two guys early 40s, okay health, had a bit of a fever and lost their smell for a few days then felt absolutely fine.
Two girls, early 20's, okay health, said it was like a hard flu for a few days.
Four people, early 30's, okay health, felt like a hard cold for a week or so.
One guy early 40s, okay health, had a dry cough and was exhausted for about two weeks.

The one bad story was an American friend, a black guy in his early 50s who smoked like a chimney and weighed probably 280lbs, got nailed by it. Spent a month in hospital and is carrying around an oxygen tank with him everywhere now.

What I've heard, anecdotally, is that some of these super-fit people who exercise like crazy can get it worse since their lungs have a more developed vascular system that can be attacked by the virus. Also of course older people and people in poor health who's bodies can't handle a hard case of the virus.

For you in your 30's know that you have like a more than 99% chance of surviving (with that 1% overwhelmingly being from a risk group). The pulse oximeter is a good idea just so you can rest your anxiety. Vitamin D is absolutely fine in high doses (unless you have kidney problems), but the best thing is to get it from the sun. Otherwise, sleep, liquids, eat what you can, and you'll be okay. Know that if you do feel really bad that you can go to the hospital and they'll make you feel better, but it's statistically very unlikely you'll need to go.

Your immune system will take care of you. But for anyone reading this, a vaccine will do you even better. And if the vaccine kills us all off in a year, it's probably better than living in the Max Max-like world that will exist full of anti-vaxxers fighting for resources

The vaccine is definitely not better than natural immunity. Natural immunity doesn't need a booster shot.

Doctors don't even know if that's true yet, although recent studies suggest you're wrong (some vaccines are better than "natural" immunity), but you do. Impressive.

[G R E Y]

Anecdotal evidence makes me wonder about whether many more people than we knew to track had an early manifestation of it. I too know several people who had 'irregular flu' with weird additional symptoms they hadn't experienced before. This was back before Christmas 2019.

It's interesting that despite the collection of common symptoms there are weird outliers, and that Covid can manifest in so many different ways. Long Covid consequences are still in the early stages of being studied. I came across this interesting article that offers a theory as to why Covid's symptoms are so varied and at times pervasive. Some food for thought:

https://elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-may-be-a-blood-vessel-disease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2

OP, I hope you heal fully and getting there is as smooth as possible. There are a lot of good suggestions here, even if you choose to err on the side of moderation. If nothing else, you have support here, and hopefully that familiarity in reading others' experiences brings you comfort.

[DutchManDanFan]

I won't get too deep into this post, but several of my immediate and extended family contracted COVID last year. It impacted my father and my brother-in-law's father the most, who both died from the virus. My father was a doctor in California that treated COVID patients, so his viral load was likely very high. My brother-in-law's father lived in a Home and was in his late 60's. COVID also killed several of my coworkers (all military, varying in age) but I don't know enough of their medical histories to divulge any valuable insight.

My 22 y/o sister-in-law has had "long COVID" for about 8 months. Despite being healthy, she exhibited the full gambit of symptoms; fever spikes, dry mouth, cough, hoarse throat, body aches, headaches, and pneumonia when she was first diagnosed. Currently, she still deals with fits of breath shortness, fatigue, and body aches. My aunt (mid-forties and relatively healthy with mild asthma) nearly lost a lung.

If you're asthmatic, you should really consider seeing a medical professional given it's a virus that devastates the upper respiratory system. Aside from that, I've been told that hot chicken noodle soup does wonders when symptoms spike in the evening hours.

Get well soon!

Horrible to read this but at the same time very important. Thanks for sharing. I think it’s terrible this disease has become a political item for many people in stead of a medical item. Or people use their own mild experience to convince others it’s no big deal.
I think it’s important to hear more stories about the disease, good and bad.
In the end it’s all about the percentages. If you’re young and healthy you probably will be fine, but it’s not so good if you go against the odds. With so many people in the world, many people go against the odds.
We can decrease these odds for everyone by taking vaccination. Don’t do this for your self but for everybody around you.
If you’re strongly religious: thank god for making scientists so smart they created these vaccins. And take the vaccin when you can.

[rockmanslim]

I got the Moderna shots, both times in the morning.

After 1st shot, shoulder was sore, then that night I started having chills, body soreness, and fever, which lasted for a day.

After 2nd shot, shoulder was sore, was drowsy a few hours later so took a nap for a couple hours, then that night I started having chills, body soreness, and fever, which lasted for a day and a half.

Well worth it. It's the difference between suffering from your body's reaction to the vaccine vs. suffering from the virus itself. Who knows what kind of damage the virus will do to you since everybody reacts differently, while the reaction to the vaccine is only temporary.

I have a sister who has been radicalized for years now and she and my parents have been co-signing each other's bullsht, based on the garbage they swallow hook-line-sinker from their facebook feeds and their usual RWNJ media outlets, so I'm afraid my parents won't be getting vaccinated any time soon. Ironically my sister is a nurse. Lord help whoever is under her care, but maybe she's able to compartmentalize her batsht views while at work, who knows. As far as my elderly parents, hopefully enough people around here get vaccinated to reach herd immunity to keep them from getting infected, but I suspect herd immunity is a long shot since we're in good old Texas. Good times.

[Biff]

Watch out for the Cytokine storm, which is what makes you unable to breathe and have to be intubated. That is serious part. Most people don't have it but when you do is when you should worry.

If you have prednisone, you can take some and relieve some of this, though obviously it would be best to consult a doctor first. I have an autoinflammatory disorder and always keep prednisone on hand. My auto-inflammatory disorder also causes a cytokine storm and will give me fevers of 103-104 degrees.

It all has to do with c-reactive proteins and how much inflammation is in your body. But steroids cut risk of a cytokine storm by a lot. If you have some, ask your doctor about it and a recommendation for how much you should take. It's really more of a last resort thing. It just stops your body from shutting down completely and killing you.

But there's evidence to support this:

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90327

[RLPH]

2 stories. Myself - recovered a month ago.

flu-like symptoms, sinal infection. No fever though.
O2 saturation never fell under 95%. After 5 days had most symptoms fade away, though lost my sense of smell, never got it since.

My cousin overweight guy, 47 yrs old was recovering heavy from it. Had pneumonia, strong fatigue. He was out of hospital for 3 weeks, went to his cabin. Still had difficulty breathing and such. Went fishing with his brother and collapsed (blood clots). Was rushed to ER, did not make it. It was last november, too early for vax

[Doug_12]

We got it in mid March w/ my wife. I had flu like symptoms, but the majority of them didn't persist for more than a day.

Something like this:
day 1: extreme tiredness
day 2: bad headache, elevated body temperature, still tired
day 3: fever, sore throat, started coughing, still tired
day 4: loss of smell and taste, some coughing but apart from it I was ok
day 5: similar as day 4. Strangely I started feeling numbness in my pinkie - which persisted for like 30 days
day 6: coughing stopped but I felt myself tired again
day 7: same as day 6
day 8: getting better
day 9: feeling ok, smell and taste regained
.....
around day 30-35: numbness in my pinkie disappeared

So it was a mild case for me. For my wife it took a bit longer, but in 2 weeks she was also over it.

We took some vitamins (C & D) and tried not to lay on our back to reduce the probability of getting pneumonia.

As someone also said, if you're under 50, you will probably be all right. Watch out until day 10 though, so even though you feel all right, try to rest and not be too active.

[Doug_12]

The vaccine is definitely not better than natural immunity. Natural immunity doesn't need a booster shot.

You know you can get reinfected from covid and antibodies don’t protect against variants? Sure you could get covid multiple times and potentially die for natural immunity or you can just get the vaccine and not die.

There is very, very little evidence to support what you are saying. If re-infection was anything other than an extremely rare occurrence - and I mean less than 1000 cases of confirmed re-infection worldwide - doctors and nurses all over would already be on their 3rd, possibly 4th infections by now.

Natural immunity covers variants.

Natural immunity is long-lasting and durable.

Before I get somebody talking about youtube this or misinformation that, here are this doctor's qualifications:

https://www.cardiometabolichealth.org/peter-mccullough.html

He also works with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.

https://aapsonline.org/about-aaps/

Watch on YouTube

This is maybe the "best" article I've seen regarding the protection level the infection provides:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.13.21249642v1

To summarize: The Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England conducted a study w/ about 21 000 healthcare workers who have been tested regularly between 2020 June and Nov. They found that previous covid infection provided a 83% efficacy against reinfection (within this 6 month period).

So it means that infection won't provide immunity, but provides a high level of protection for at least those 6 months. After that, who knows.