- Location
- Derby, United Kingdom
- Name
- Martin
Well said, Walter!
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- coronavirus covid-19
Jonathan F/2
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- Location
- Los Angeles, USA
- Name
- Jonathan
Thanks! I'm okay I'm just more concerned about my kids and their well-being. They already had way too much downtime during the height of the pandemic. We've had to resort to weekly tutoring just to make sure they keep up with their studies.
I'm in no rush, I figure it'll probably be a good reason to eat super flavorful and spicy food (like Indian cuisine) to make up the loss of smell! My tastebuds seem okay!
Irene McC
Hall of Famer
- Location
- CPT, South Africa
That's it. All four of us at home have it 
My husband and I and our two kids
Doctor says there's been a tremendous uptick the last few days and it's chaos at his surgery
My husband and I and our two kids
Doctor says there's been a tremendous uptick the last few days and it's chaos at his surgery
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK.
- Name
- Charles
So sorry to hear that Irene. I wish you and your family a speedy recovery and return to normal.That's it. All four of us at home have it
My husband and I and our two kids
Doctor says there's been a tremendous uptick the last few days and it's chaos at his surgery
- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
Sorry to hear it! Here is to hoping for mild cases and quick recovery!That's it. All four of us at home have it
My husband and I and our two kids
Doctor says there's been a tremendous uptick the last few days and it's chaos at his surgery
- Location
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Name
- Mike
Bummer! I wish you and your family a speedy recovery with no aftereffects. Take care and get better fast!That's it. All four of us at home have it
My husband and I and our two kids
Doctor says there's been a tremendous uptick the last few days and it's chaos at his surgery
My wife got it in Aug 2020 (she is an ICU nurse) and still suffers from a serious and complex set of long covid symptoms. This year everyone in the family got the Omicron subvarient, including her. All of us were up on our boosters and had mild cases, except my wife who with damaged lungs from the original infection had a hard time fighting it off. The good news is the treatments have improved. I still worry about the immunodeficient, so always were a mask and wash hands when around crowds.
- Location
- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- John ...
So sorry to hear that, Irene.That's it. All four of us at home have it
My husband and I and our two kids
Doctor says there's been a tremendous uptick the last few days and it's chaos at his surgery
May you and your family recover soon, with hopefully no aftereffects.
- Location
- Woodstock, CT
Irene,
Please, you and your crew take care...I went back to school this week only to find out that four of my students in one class are out with one or more of the COVID variants. I dodged a bullet with the bacterial pneumonia, but I don't want to play with another set of viruses at this point, so it is N95 mask-up before I walk into the buildings with +2000 staff/students each and every day.
Regards,
Edd
Please, you and your crew take care...I went back to school this week only to find out that four of my students in one class are out with one or more of the COVID variants. I dodged a bullet with the bacterial pneumonia, but I don't want to play with another set of viruses at this point, so it is N95 mask-up before I walk into the buildings with +2000 staff/students each and every day.
Regards,
Edd
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- Name
- Brent
I had it in July and my taste remains awkward. Everything tastes very salty.
Irene McC
Hall of Famer
- Location
- CPT, South Africa
My daughter has expressed that same symptom! She has a heightened sense of textures (food) yet flavours are diminished except for salt
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- Name
- Brent
Exactly! I’ve lost 12 pounds because most foods have little to no taste except the salt. I’m overweight so no problem on the loss; it’s just strange. Thanks for sharing about your daughter.
- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
I lost around the same amount of weight, even without altered taste; just didn't want much food. It's not all bad, though, I've kept it off.
Irene McC
Hall of Famer
- Location
- CPT, South Africa
I'm hungry all the time!
- Location
- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- John ...
Nothing unusual about that for me, Irene!
archaeopteryx
Regular
COVID went that way for me as well. During the infection's acute phase I was eating 4000 calories a day whilst also losing about 500 g a day. Presumably much of the hunger since then has been my body's repair demands though, from what I can tell, the virus's neurological damage also kind of broke that part of the digestive nervous system. So I'm often hungrier than is reasonable. Choosing calories for recovery while avoiding calories to fat has been challenging.
I got the metallics, after the basal virus as well as after the first three vaccine doses. This fourth dose (second booster) has actually been fine for that. I hope you eventually experience some return towards more normal levels of saltiness.
Richard
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- Location
- Marlow, UK
It looks like the title of the thread needs updating, as we have an unwelcome visitor in the house. My partner and I have been coughing and spluttering a bit since Sunday, she's been testing for Covid every day but kept getting a negative result until today (Wednesday), when there was a thick red line on the display. That may be because she swabbed her tonsils as well as her nostrils for the first time today.
We either picked it up on the plane home on 29th or at a party with neighbours on 30th.
I've just looked up the current most common symptoms for Covid (ZOE Health Study, 30 days to Dec 5th) and the top ten goes like this:
1) a sore throat (yes, throughout)
2) a runny nose (a bit)
3) a blocked nose (a bit)
4) sneezing (a bit)
5) a cough without phlegm (yes)
6) a headache (yes, at the start)
7) a cough with phlegm (not yet)
8) a hoarse voice (this was the very first symptom)
9) muscle aches and pains (yes, not so much now) (and more finger, wrist and hip joints than muscles)
10) an altered sense of smell (not yet)
Not mentioned on the Zoe list, but experienced by both of us:
tired/lethargic
minor chest pains
slight difficulty breathing
temperature up and down
I'm taking it easy, drinking and eating things which are supposed to be good for me and staying warm. I don't want to tempt fate, but I've had regular colds which were much worse than this.
-R
We either picked it up on the plane home on 29th or at a party with neighbours on 30th.
I've just looked up the current most common symptoms for Covid (ZOE Health Study, 30 days to Dec 5th) and the top ten goes like this:
1) a sore throat (yes, throughout)
2) a runny nose (a bit)
3) a blocked nose (a bit)
4) sneezing (a bit)
5) a cough without phlegm (yes)
6) a headache (yes, at the start)
7) a cough with phlegm (not yet)
8) a hoarse voice (this was the very first symptom)
9) muscle aches and pains (yes, not so much now) (and more finger, wrist and hip joints than muscles)
10) an altered sense of smell (not yet)
Not mentioned on the Zoe list, but experienced by both of us:
tired/lethargic
minor chest pains
slight difficulty breathing
temperature up and down
I'm taking it easy, drinking and eating things which are supposed to be good for me and staying warm. I don't want to tempt fate, but I've had regular colds which were much worse than this.
-R
- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
How about just removing the year references? It certainly appears that this bug's here to stay ...
My best wishes for a speedy recovery!
M.
