COVID

By Amelia ^club

12 Jul 2022 - 21 comments | Translate title into English

Hello All,

Just so you are aware as to why I haven't posted or visited. We went to Norfolk last Friday (2nd July), staying until Wednesday. Went to the coast on Saturday, heavy duty gardening for Liz om Sunday, then out for a lovely meal in Cringleford on Sunday evening. It was a bit duller but still warm on Monday, so we used our bus passes, so useful, to go into Norwich on Monday. We wore masks, as did most of the older population on the bus. Had a good walk through the quiet city, stopping for cold drinks ouside, then inside a small cafe for lunch; back in time to get James off the school taxi at 3.30.

So far so good. I woke up on Tuesday shivering violently, sneezing and feeling very sick and cold despite the warm weather. I went to bed and stayed there for most of the day. We didn't have a test kit with us and Liz was working on the south coast. She beelined back on Wedenesday morning. Liz gave me a Covid test, but didn't leave long enough for a full result, so it looked negative. Drove home, and I thought it might be hay fever so I took an anthistamine tablet on Wednesday and Thursday - no relief of the symptoms. Thursday a positve result, and then today Adrian, (unsurprisingly) after feeling a bit off colour, tested positive.

He is sitting out doors in the hot sun, and I am reading books inside. Feeling a tad better today, not suffering a high temperature, and the runny nose and eyes aren't so bad. The latest news from out local surgery is stricly NO VISITING, as the nurses are off sick and the surgery is short staffed. Still experiencing the odd shivering fit, but I think I'll be able to sleep better tonight, and sufficiently fine to vist you all.

Take care and stay well all off you.

Amelia

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21 comments - The latest ones

Peggy C ^club

Get well ... I will send healing vibes when I drum .. they do not expire and can be re-used.

2 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Sorry to hear about this Amelia.........but also good to hear that you have relatively mild symptoms, compared to earlier Covid infections.

I hope you're both well on the road to recovery by the time you read this :-)

2 years ago.

LutzP ^club

...all the best, Amelia, shake it off and get well soon.

2 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

Oh, bad luck.... Get well soon, both of you, and take it easy for the next few weeks!

2 years ago.

Nick Weall ^club

I'm sorry to read this dear LGM and hope that Adrian and you rapidly recover. Isobel had it a couple of weeks ago, but is fine again now, somehow I avoided it.

2 years ago.

Amelia ^club has replied to Nick Weall ^club

Still testing positive today. I'm amazed that I've succumbed to the disease, as I've had 2 Pfeizer jabs and booster on top of that. C'est la vie.. Perhaps the chemo has messed about with my my ability to combat things. Still not feeling up to scratch by a long way. :-(((

2 years ago.

Nick Weall ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

Fingers crossed that you recover quickly x

2 years ago.

Gudrun ^club has replied to Amelia ^club

My immunosuppressed sister also caught it in spite of being boosted, she had 2 weeks of heavy symptoms. I hope you get over it a bit quicker!

2 years ago.

Colin Ashcroft ^club

Sorry to read this. After weeks of not bothering with tests I have done a couple in the last week - all negative despite how I felt, so maybe mine is hayfever but it shows how difficult it is to identify now. Hope you are better soon.

2 years ago.

sea-herdorf ^club

Gute Besserung und alles Gute für Dich, Amelia.
Erich

2 years ago.

Elbertinum ^club

Ich wünsche gute Besserung -

2 years ago.

Gabi Lombardo ^club

wish you a soon recovery!!!

2 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Wishing you both a full recovery.

2 years ago.

Amelia ^club

Update: Although we have both tested positive for Covid, the symptoms have been totally different. Adrian has had headaches and a loss of voice, I have had symptoms resembling severe hay fever, only a slight headache occasionally, shivering in hot weather, and I have only a limited sense of smell. My hearing has also been further impaired because the eustacian tubes are blocked. But everything is getting better. We'll do further tests on Saturday and hopefully we an go for a coffee in the local cafe. We have also managed a couple of short country walks encountering no-one.

2 years ago.

Keith Burton ^club

Oh wow! Those are pretty awful symptoms to have, especially your hearing, which must be very worrying.

Glad to hear that things are getting better though :-)

2 years ago.

Colin Ashcroft ^club

Good to know you are recovering but what you have written backs up the stories of any symptoms at all may be Covid now.

2 years ago.

Valfal ^club

So sorry to hear Covid got to you (despite the shots and the mask wearing!). I think the only way to prevent getting covid is either to lock yourself in the house permanently or wear a hazmat suit in public, neither of which are realistic or practical. I too got Covid in February, despite being being boosted with Pfizer vaccine (and I am not immunocompromised). My symptoms were very similar to yours; I called it a glorified head cold and recovered in about 2 weeks. My husband caught it before me with similar symptoms. I hope you are feeling much better by now, Amelia. :-)

2 years ago.

Elbertinum ^club

Ich hatte mehrmals im Leben eine schwere Grippe oder eine Viruserkrankung (wir nannten das grippalen Infekt) - so neu ist das alles gar nicht - aber ich habe alles überstanden ohne Impfung und Maske - Nein, Covid hatte ich nicht -
Ein Virus lässt sich nicht radikal besiegen - es verändert sich immer wieder -
ich habe leider kein einziges mal von unserer Regierung gehört, welche positiven Massnahmen wir zur Stärkung unseres Immunsystems ergreifen können - immer nur Panik Panik Panik -
Ich bin froh nicht mehr Lehrer zu sein.
Seit 1994 bin ich in Pension. Ich wohne glücklicherweise nicht in der Stadt und bin auch nicht im Altersheim.

2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.

Christa1004 ^club has replied to Elbertinum ^club

Da stimme ich dir voll und ganz zu. Grippeerkrankungen gab es immer schon, jedes Jahr und jeder hat das sicher schonmal erlebt.

Ich hörte damals immer, wie wichtig es ist, sein Immunsystem zu stärken mit einer gesunden, vitamin- und nährstoffreichen Ernährung (dazu viel Wasser trinken), regelmässiger Bewegung, ausreichend Schlaf und Vermeidung von Stress. So habe ich es auch erfolgreich die letzten 2 Jahre gehandhabt - NUR SO, mit nichts chemischen...

Ich muss dazu sagen, dass ich auch das grosse Glück habe, auf dem Land zu leben.

Dir weiterhin alles Gute, Albert.

2 years ago.

Christa1004 ^club

Sorry to read about your health problems, wishing you a good recovering, Amelia.

2 years ago.

Elbertinum ^club

Ich wohne an der Elbe bei Pirna im Elbtal ich muss nicht in die Stadt fahren. Meine 4 Freunde sorgen für einen vollen Kühlschrank.. Mich hat das Virus verschont - glücklicherweise. Ich bin auch ohne Impfung gesund geblieben. Ich wünsche euch allen eine schnelle Genesung

19 months ago.

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