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Well, slow improvement here. Now have the dry cough and the ear problem has improved a bit but it has left me with an at least 25% hearing loss in that right ear which is annoying as I had very good hearing prior to this. My sinuses have also started to play up now and when I do manage to get anything out it's and extremely thick light green mucous, wakes me up during the night when I can't breathe through my nose, this is new in the last three days. Still got the vague headache and the tinnitus but have stopped taking any drugs like Neurofen as it was affecting my digestion.
As a way if sending out info.
Dry cough, well very little touches that, have tried mixture, lozenges, literally so dry nothing touches it, it is like a turd that will not flush.
Sinus stuff for me tried Sudafed etc, helps a little but tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
Am sleeping remarkably well almost upright!!
Dry cough, well very little touches that, have tried mixture, lozenges, literally so dry nothing touches it, it is like a turd that will not flush.
Sinus stuff for me tried Sudafed etc, helps a little but tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
Am sleeping remarkably well almost upright!!
[quote=LukeBrown66]As a way if sending out info.
tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
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I was given Actisoufre by my doctor when I lived in France and that is excellent, was surprised that it can be obtained from the French Pharmacy in UK:
https://thefrenchpharmacy.co/products/actisoufre-r...
tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
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I was given Actisoufre by my doctor when I lived in France and that is excellent, was surprised that it can be obtained from the French Pharmacy in UK:
https://thefrenchpharmacy.co/products/actisoufre-r...
I felt better after 2 weeks apart from my appetite, and I was 100% better after 3 weeks. My girlfriend on the other hand appeared to have completely recovered, but then two days later started to feel rough again and has been ill for well over a week since then.
I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
Joey Deacon said:
I felt better after 2 weeks apart from my appetite, and I was 100% better after 3 weeks. My girlfriend on the other hand appeared to have completely recovered, but then two days later started to feel rough again and has been ill for well over a week since then.
I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
Don't fall into this rabbit-hole; my wife and I have had exactly the same vaccinations and she had a sore throat and a cough for a day or so, I had it for 5 weeks.I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
Into week 5 here. Doc thinks I have post viral syndrome much like covid recoverers etc. After the advice to get loads of rest I've reluctantly taken a few days of sick leave at work. Given the time scales of recovery (after a Google) I rather fear that when he said rest for a period of time he wasn't talking about a day or two.
Edited by dasbimmerowner on Friday 20th January 16:37
Just stumbled on this thread, at least I know I'm not the only one now!
Had a cold/lurgy early December that lasted till the week before Christmas. Few days later (22/23rd) started feeling like I was coming down with something again. Tested positive for COVID on Christmas day, knocked me for six with fever, hot and cold spells, coughing etc. Felt a little better by NYE and tested negative on NYD. Since then, had a dry cough that turned productive, constant blocked nose and running mucus down the throat and terrible fatigue. The fatigue cleared up about Jan 11 and the cough slowly seemed to subside, until a couple of days ago when I felt like i might be ready to go back to work - but it dawned on me I'd done nothing more strenuous than a bit of housework, so decided to try working out - got 2 minutes in, nose instantly running, coughing fit, fatigue all back within short order.
Docs have been good, went in as i'm wheezing/coughing at the bottom of a breath out so they're trying me on mild steroids. Is a little worrying as i need good fitness for work, do cardio and weights 4/5 times a week etc, but at least the comments on here about a slow recovery are giving me hope it wont be long before I can get back to work.
Had a cold/lurgy early December that lasted till the week before Christmas. Few days later (22/23rd) started feeling like I was coming down with something again. Tested positive for COVID on Christmas day, knocked me for six with fever, hot and cold spells, coughing etc. Felt a little better by NYE and tested negative on NYD. Since then, had a dry cough that turned productive, constant blocked nose and running mucus down the throat and terrible fatigue. The fatigue cleared up about Jan 11 and the cough slowly seemed to subside, until a couple of days ago when I felt like i might be ready to go back to work - but it dawned on me I'd done nothing more strenuous than a bit of housework, so decided to try working out - got 2 minutes in, nose instantly running, coughing fit, fatigue all back within short order.
Docs have been good, went in as i'm wheezing/coughing at the bottom of a breath out so they're trying me on mild steroids. Is a little worrying as i need good fitness for work, do cardio and weights 4/5 times a week etc, but at least the comments on here about a slow recovery are giving me hope it wont be long before I can get back to work.
McGee_22 said:
7 weeks and I’m 95% back to normal - good luck to everyone else.
I’m with you in this. I honestly thought a few weeks ah]go that I was clear of it, but it’s not gone. I think I was so bad, that an improvement to 75% of where I was felt like I was completely fine. I’m still waking up feeling quite lethargic and very achey, but it passes within 30 mins of getting up. It’s the getting up when still feeling grotty that I’m finding tough. Sunday I woke up coughing a bit but felt back ok in morning.
So, went to the gym yesterday felt like id done enough to restart up.
Started feeling heady again and sinuses a bit blocked.
Then sat on the sofa before bed ive got a minor ache that felt tender for a bout a 2p size area in my elbow.
Went to sleep for an hour then woke up in more pain, and overnight has turned into more pain over a bigger area. This morning it feels the same as when I woke up.
I've read up on this last night and wonder if its this https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rheumatic-fever/ so im phoning the doctor as im worried what next.
Another thing I'm noticing is last week I did a full floss (blood shows) before illness and then I did this Sunday night and again I have felt back to lurgey territory again. I wonder if this is linked.
So, went to the gym yesterday felt like id done enough to restart up.
Started feeling heady again and sinuses a bit blocked.
Then sat on the sofa before bed ive got a minor ache that felt tender for a bout a 2p size area in my elbow.
Went to sleep for an hour then woke up in more pain, and overnight has turned into more pain over a bigger area. This morning it feels the same as when I woke up.
I've read up on this last night and wonder if its this https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rheumatic-fever/ so im phoning the doctor as im worried what next.
Another thing I'm noticing is last week I did a full floss (blood shows) before illness and then I did this Sunday night and again I have felt back to lurgey territory again. I wonder if this is linked.
Edited by fourstardan on Tuesday 24th January 07:37
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
Funk said:
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
I know the feeling. Had a cough for weeks that got steadily worse, went to my gp last Thursday, who sent me straight to the ambulatory care clinic at my local hospital (Margate) Sitting around waiting for blood tests and a ct scan, started to get a pain in my chest that over the period of an hour went from slight irritation to almost a complete inability to breathe and so excruciatingly painful I thought I was going to pass out.
They still wanted to do the scan but I couldn't sit or lay down, so got morphine squirted into my gob, (3 times) and muscle relaxants through the canular until the pain subsided enough for me to be able to go through the machine.
So the irritating cough turned out to be pneumonia with multiple blood clots on my left lung.
Went to quacks this morning.
Elbow is really swollen and painful.
Maybe I have done something gym wise or golf on Sunday vas he says its an infection of the bursa https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions...
Missus and me are in complete confusion why my elbow has been infected but maybe its down to lack of immune system to fight said things happening.
Im on https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/olecranon-bursitis/... that sound like they aint going to be fun.
Elbow is really swollen and painful.
Maybe I have done something gym wise or golf on Sunday vas he says its an infection of the bursa https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions...
Missus and me are in complete confusion why my elbow has been infected but maybe its down to lack of immune system to fight said things happening.
Im on https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/olecranon-bursitis/... that sound like they aint going to be fun.
dotty said:
Has anyone had digestive issues with this ? I mean bad heartburn / stomach ache. My sinus has been blocked but I’ve read nasal drip can cause stomach issues.
I did on the first round, although I lost my appetite completely and was surviving on McDonald's breakfasts and Pringles, so I'm not sure which came first. I'm pretty much through the Second Coming now with one exception - my left ear is blocked and is proving a bugger to unblock....
dotty said:
Has anyone had digestive issues with this ? I mean bad heartburn / stomach ache. My sinus has been blocked but I’ve read nasal drip can cause stomach issues.
Sort of, but not those symptoms. I had the opposite issues with my appetite and literally couldn’t stop eating, I was constantly starving and have piled weight on. However, it seems that my body was processing it pretty quickly as I was (how can I put this politely) … constantly aware that I could open the sluice gates and let the dam water flow on a very regular basis amd the needle’s eye was well and truly targeted. I’ve also not really regained normality there yet. Haha ! I literally have a right blocked nostril to contend with along with the stomach aches.
This has been really fun. I like how it teased you with feeling good for a couple of days and then came back with a vengeance.
My digestive symptoms appear to be a gurgling stomach , feeling sick but not being sick, general nausea.
I also am in the throws of anxiety recovery so that could explain it..
This has been really fun. I like how it teased you with feeling good for a couple of days and then came back with a vengeance.
My digestive symptoms appear to be a gurgling stomach , feeling sick but not being sick, general nausea.
I also am in the throws of anxiety recovery so that could explain it..
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