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I had Covid in January 2021, not too bad, lasted two weeks and got over it eventually after a chest infection and feeling pretty s
tty.
A month ago I had the worst cold I’ve ever had, It lasted two weeks and then a week ago I started to feel really lethargic, achey and sore throat. I though I was coming down with another cold but today I’ve started sweating and feel I may be getting a chest infection. I don’t think it’s another cold!
I’ve taken a LFT which was negative, Could this be long Covid? Has anyone else experienced Covid symptoms 10 months or so after there first infection?
tty.A month ago I had the worst cold I’ve ever had, It lasted two weeks and then a week ago I started to feel really lethargic, achey and sore throat. I though I was coming down with another cold but today I’ve started sweating and feel I may be getting a chest infection. I don’t think it’s another cold!
I’ve taken a LFT which was negative, Could this be long Covid? Has anyone else experienced Covid symptoms 10 months or so after there first infection?
Edited by Lordbenny on Monday 15th November 19:58
Lordbenny said:
I had Covid in January 2021, not too bad, lasted two weeks and got over it eventually after a chest infection and feeling pretty stty.
A month ago I had the worst cold I’ve ever had, It lasted two weeks and then a week ago I started to feel really lethargic, achey and sore throat. I though I was coming down with another cold but today I’ve started sweating and feel I may be getting a chest infection. I don’t think it’s another cold!
I’ve taken a LFT which was negative, Could this be long Covid? Has anyone else experienced Covid symptoms 10 months or so after there first infection?
There's been a weird cold knocking about this last month or so. Everyone I know has it or has had it, thus far more prevalent than Covid amongst people I know, family and workmates. tty.A month ago I had the worst cold I’ve ever had, It lasted two weeks and then a week ago I started to feel really lethargic, achey and sore throat. I though I was coming down with another cold but today I’ve started sweating and feel I may be getting a chest infection. I don’t think it’s another cold!
I’ve taken a LFT which was negative, Could this be long Covid? Has anyone else experienced Covid symptoms 10 months or so after there first infection?
Edited by Lordbenny on Monday 15th November 19:58
Sore throat, thick head, lethargy and a lot of coughing. No temp and no runny nose.
Lasted about 3 weeks for myself and my girlfriend but still get days of lethargy and the cough comes and goes.
Various negative tests. It's another virus and before this I've had bad colds that have taken a month or more to shake off. Nature of the beast sadly.
Guess this particular bug was wondering where all the humans had gone but now we are back it will have a big party and spread far and wide.
croyde said:
There's been a weird cold knocking about this last month or so. Everyone I know has it or has had it, thus far more prevalent than Covid amongst people I know, family and workmates.
Sore throat, thick head, lethargy and a lot of coughing. No temp and no runny nose.
Lasted about 3 weeks for myself and my girlfriend but still get days of lethargy and the cough comes and goes.
Various negative tests. It's another virus and before this I've had bad colds that have taken a month or more to shake off. Nature of the beast sadly.
Guess this particular bug was wondering where all the humans had gone but now we are back it will have a big party and spread far and wide.
Long term fatigue,heart palpitations, sleeplessness,these are usually the symptoms of long covidSore throat, thick head, lethargy and a lot of coughing. No temp and no runny nose.
Lasted about 3 weeks for myself and my girlfriend but still get days of lethargy and the cough comes and goes.
Various negative tests. It's another virus and before this I've had bad colds that have taken a month or more to shake off. Nature of the beast sadly.
Guess this particular bug was wondering where all the humans had gone but now we are back it will have a big party and spread far and wide.
I've also been struggling with exactly what the op mentions.
I'm 32, bit of asthma but otherwise healthy. I used to cycle 150 miles a week, hadn't cycled for about a year prior to contracting Covid but was still fairly fit. Got Covid March 2020, since then I get out of breath walking up hill with the dog, or up a long flight of stairs. Heart Palpitations come and go and the fatigue is pretty debilitating some days.
Doctors are pretty impossible to get anywhere with, but I've pushed pretty hard recently and fortunately I'm going into the lung centre to see a consultant in January so will see what comes of it.
Long Covid is a demoralising diagnosis, as no one knows what factors may help recovery or what the long term prognosis is.
I'm 32, bit of asthma but otherwise healthy. I used to cycle 150 miles a week, hadn't cycled for about a year prior to contracting Covid but was still fairly fit. Got Covid March 2020, since then I get out of breath walking up hill with the dog, or up a long flight of stairs. Heart Palpitations come and go and the fatigue is pretty debilitating some days.
Doctors are pretty impossible to get anywhere with, but I've pushed pretty hard recently and fortunately I'm going into the lung centre to see a consultant in January so will see what comes of it.
Long Covid is a demoralising diagnosis, as no one knows what factors may help recovery or what the long term prognosis is.
Craig W said:
I've also been struggling with exactly what the op mentions.
I'm 32, bit of asthma but otherwise healthy. I used to cycle 150 miles a week, hadn't cycled for about a year prior to contracting Covid but was still fairly fit. Got Covid March 2020, since then I get out of breath walking up hill with the dog, or up a long flight of stairs. Heart Palpitations come and go and the fatigue is pretty debilitating some days.
Doctors are pretty impossible to get anywhere with, but I've pushed pretty hard recently and fortunately I'm going into the lung centre to see a consultant in January so will see what comes of it.
Long Covid is a demoralising diagnosis, as no one knows what factors may help recovery or what the long term prognosis is.
Sorry to hear this . I'm 32, bit of asthma but otherwise healthy. I used to cycle 150 miles a week, hadn't cycled for about a year prior to contracting Covid but was still fairly fit. Got Covid March 2020, since then I get out of breath walking up hill with the dog, or up a long flight of stairs. Heart Palpitations come and go and the fatigue is pretty debilitating some days.
Doctors are pretty impossible to get anywhere with, but I've pushed pretty hard recently and fortunately I'm going into the lung centre to see a consultant in January so will see what comes of it.
Long Covid is a demoralising diagnosis, as no one knows what factors may help recovery or what the long term prognosis is.
As the OP I thought I’d report back.
As mentioned, the wife has heart and lung damage which they can do nothing about . The damage is done.
The cardiologist said he’s seen various other patients with the same issues caused from Covid.
Her palpitations continue as does her brain fog and fatigue and along this journey we’ve noticed a few other ‘ odds and ends’.
You are right in saying the doctors have no answers.
We’ve been pretty much told nothing is likely to change . All we can hope for is some natural healing in the fullness of time.
We feel we’ve been going around in circles for over 18 months now which has had quite an impact on our lives as a family .
Sorry ive no more to add to shed any light on this for you but it does seem that many cases vary so this hopefully will resolve itself for you .
Do keep us posted and good luck in January.
GT3Manthey said:
Sorry to hear this .
As the OP I thought I’d report back.
As mentioned, the wife has heart and lung damage which they can do nothing about . The damage is done.
The cardiologist said he’s seen various other patients with the same issues caused from Covid.
Her palpitations continue as does her brain fog and fatigue and along this journey we’ve noticed a few other ‘ odds and ends’.
You are right in saying the doctors have no answers.
We’ve been pretty much told nothing is likely to change . All we can hope for is some natural healing in the fullness of time.
We feel we’ve been going around in circles for over 18 months now which has had quite an impact on our lives as a family .
Sorry ive no more to add to shed any light on this for you but it does seem that many cases vary so this hopefully will resolve itself for you .
Do keep us posted and good luck in January.
Thanks for the response mate. As the OP I thought I’d report back.
As mentioned, the wife has heart and lung damage which they can do nothing about . The damage is done.
The cardiologist said he’s seen various other patients with the same issues caused from Covid.
Her palpitations continue as does her brain fog and fatigue and along this journey we’ve noticed a few other ‘ odds and ends’.
You are right in saying the doctors have no answers.
We’ve been pretty much told nothing is likely to change . All we can hope for is some natural healing in the fullness of time.
We feel we’ve been going around in circles for over 18 months now which has had quite an impact on our lives as a family .
Sorry ive no more to add to shed any light on this for you but it does seem that many cases vary so this hopefully will resolve itself for you .
Do keep us posted and good luck in January.
I'm basically just trying to not expect too much of myself. I started trying to do some of my own research on what might help or if there were natural things that could possibly be of benefit, but quickly ended up in the 'rubbing crystals on your nipples' zone of quack doctors and healers.
For the past few months I'm just trying to eat a healthy and balanced, varied diet (not that I wasn't before, likewise for your wife if she was/is a runner) get enough sleep, take some vitamins and go easy with the physical exertion. It's certainly not easy when a standard Sunday used to be cycling 60 miles, cleaning the car, walking the dog and doing jobs around the house. I can do one of the three latter ones now and then I am done.
A positive mindset certainly helps, and just trying to accept what I can do and enjoy being able to do the important things - i.e family.
I do hope things improve for your wife too. I've discovered that you need to be pretty forceful with doctors sometimes. It took me a lot of hassling and eventually basically just refusing to accept what I was being told by the GP without a referral to a specialist. If you are private though I would hope you can get a better service than you would get through the NHS.
All the best.
cashmax said:
Lots of mention of being diagnosed with "permanent damage to heart" but what are these cardiologists seeing? To diagnose that there must be physical or electrical damage to muscle/vessel/valve. What are they reporting & how are they seeing it - MRI, ultrasound, ecg??
We have seen two private cardiologist & been confirmed as Leaky valve enlarged left ventricle and lung scarring. She had full MRI , ECG & scans on both occasions.
This almost certainly isnt the best place for proper medical advice as the post immediately above this one demonstrates, but.......
As far as long Covid goes my understanding is that it can trash small blood vessels around the body
One of my cycling club had Covid in April last year
Previously she was a complete monster on a bike but now struggles to hold pace on steady group rides and also has developed Raynaulds so her fingers go white and painful in the cold. Markedly so, in fact this is more of a disability to her than a modest amount of shortness of breath
Best of luck to you and the wife OP
Cheers
numtumfutunch said:
This almost certainly isnt the best place for proper medical advice as the post immediately above this one demonstrates, but.......
As far as long Covid goes my understanding is that it can trash small blood vessels around the body
One of my cycling club had Covid in April last year
Previously she was a complete monster on a bike but now struggles to hold pace on steady group rides and also has developed Raynaulds so her fingers go white and painful in the cold. Markedly so, in fact this is more of a disability to her than a modest amount of shortness of breath
Best of luck to you and the wife OP
Cheers
Tks for the well wishes . As far as long Covid goes my understanding is that it can trash small blood vessels around the body
One of my cycling club had Covid in April last year
Previously she was a complete monster on a bike but now struggles to hold pace on steady group rides and also has developed Raynaulds so her fingers go white and painful in the cold. Markedly so, in fact this is more of a disability to her than a modest amount of shortness of breath
Best of luck to you and the wife OP
Cheers
Her symptoms are not limited to the heart damage . She now also has lung scarring . She gets breathless , fatigue is a huge thing ( you may have seen the snooker player at the weekend that nodded off who had Covid) . She struggles to drive any distance without eating sweets to keep herself awake . Her heart beats are very irregular & she gets bouts of dizziness.
All the above she never had prior to Covid.
Hopefully we’ll get this sorted in time .
She is having another heart monitor fitted next week which she’s had before so we’ll see if the situation is starting to stabilise.
Tks again and will update the thread in due course
https://chriskresser.com/community-qa-cholesterol-...
This guy mentions long Covid in his podcast, (written version of it). He is a ‘functional’ practitioner so take it with a grain of salt but sounds like he has had some success with LC with some of his patients
This guy mentions long Covid in his podcast, (written version of it). He is a ‘functional’ practitioner so take it with a grain of salt but sounds like he has had some success with LC with some of his patients
Evening
(Thanks Admin for moving to correct area. I couldn’t find this thread so now I’ll take a long read!!)
Is Long Covid a myth or does it actually exist? I’ve been struggling for breath over the last year, started a few weeks after my 2nd covid jab. I believe I had covid between my vaccines but never tested, I had a positive covid test back in May of this year.
Its gradually been getting worse to the point where I was taken to hospital by ambulance last Saturday. My heart rate was high (probably panic) , they put me on oxygen and they saw enough to take me to hospital at 3am. Short of breath, increased heart rate, aches, pins and needles in my arm alongside waking up in the middle of the night breathless.
I can control my breathing (otherwise I make it worse and panic) but the doctor at the hospital suggested I get my heart looked at. My ecg, bloods and chest x ray caused no concerns early last Saturday morning but I’m genuinely in a right mess.
I’ve looked at the long covid symptoms on the nhs website and I have almost all of them apart from no sickness, ear ache or dizziness. My appointment through work is at Nuffield hospital on Monday. I’m a little worried to be honest.
I dont smoke, I’ll finish about 4 or 6 pints of lager a week and do very little exercise apart from walking.
If it’s long covid, are there any cures? I can’t continue with my breathing like this. Thanks
(Thanks Admin for moving to correct area. I couldn’t find this thread so now I’ll take a long read!!)
Is Long Covid a myth or does it actually exist? I’ve been struggling for breath over the last year, started a few weeks after my 2nd covid jab. I believe I had covid between my vaccines but never tested, I had a positive covid test back in May of this year.
Its gradually been getting worse to the point where I was taken to hospital by ambulance last Saturday. My heart rate was high (probably panic) , they put me on oxygen and they saw enough to take me to hospital at 3am. Short of breath, increased heart rate, aches, pins and needles in my arm alongside waking up in the middle of the night breathless.
I can control my breathing (otherwise I make it worse and panic) but the doctor at the hospital suggested I get my heart looked at. My ecg, bloods and chest x ray caused no concerns early last Saturday morning but I’m genuinely in a right mess.
I’ve looked at the long covid symptoms on the nhs website and I have almost all of them apart from no sickness, ear ache or dizziness. My appointment through work is at Nuffield hospital on Monday. I’m a little worried to be honest.
I dont smoke, I’ll finish about 4 or 6 pints of lager a week and do very little exercise apart from walking.
If it’s long covid, are there any cures? I can’t continue with my breathing like this. Thanks
Edited by oldaudi on Wednesday 31st August 21:12
My fitness hasn’t been the same since COVID - combined with the persistent brain fog it’s been a real pain since I had this wretched illness last September.
I’m trying to build my fitness up with lots of walking - I feel a little better and I’ll keep building it into longer stints as time goes on.
If physical activity isn’t big on your agenda, you may find that starting with some gentle walking and building from there helps improve your breathing - unless of course your hospital visit finds something physical that needs to be dealt with.
Best of luck - try not to worry.
I’m trying to build my fitness up with lots of walking - I feel a little better and I’ll keep building it into longer stints as time goes on.
If physical activity isn’t big on your agenda, you may find that starting with some gentle walking and building from there helps improve your breathing - unless of course your hospital visit finds something physical that needs to be dealt with.
Best of luck - try not to worry.
bmwmike said:
Definitely does exist.
Know a 13 year old that has missed nearly 2 years of school because of LC. Also personally i don't think I'm as sharp as I used to be, no idea if that's brain fog or what but can't seem to visualise stuff like I used to. Important in my job.
That’s exactly how my brain fog is - picturing things mentally is nigh on impossible now, and it made my pre existing ADHD a lot worse. Know a 13 year old that has missed nearly 2 years of school because of LC. Also personally i don't think I'm as sharp as I used to be, no idea if that's brain fog or what but can't seem to visualise stuff like I used to. Important in my job.
Work colleague has just been diagnosed with it. Had very mild COVID a few months ago. Fast forward to now and is so fatigued can't get out of bed, brain fog, exacerbations of asthma requiring nebulisers etc.
Obviously severity of disease is not important and it's a lottery what happens.
Obviously severity of disease is not important and it's a lottery what happens.
I’ve been taking my heart rate at home so not sure how accurate it is but it’s falling into the Hypertension range often
At the moment it’s 136/92 and a pulse of 66. Seems my DIA rate is high. This is the lowest it’s been and it was 180/93 last night .... again I don’t know how accurate home readers are on the wrist. I feel absolutely fine today but the slightest burst of energy and I start to struggle
I have my appointment at Nuffield on Monday with the Cardiologist. Not looking forward to it
At the moment it’s 136/92 and a pulse of 66. Seems my DIA rate is high. This is the lowest it’s been and it was 180/93 last night .... again I don’t know how accurate home readers are on the wrist. I feel absolutely fine today but the slightest burst of energy and I start to struggle
I have my appointment at Nuffield on Monday with the Cardiologist. Not looking forward to it
I think that I fall into the long Covid camp.
I’ve caught Covid twice, the first time in April 20 which left me wheezing and weak for a bit but I recovered fully after a couple of months.
I then had it again in March 22 and I only took a test after a close family member tested positive. I thought that I had a slight cold and that I’d be fully recovered within days. Unfortunately I became fatigued and have been unable to do very much ever since. I have the odd day where I feel “normal” again and I start moving around and doing chores but this tends to lead to a crash in energy after a couple of days.
Chest X-rays, blood tests etc all come back clear and the symptoms seem to most closely match post viral fatigue.
It’s frustrating but I hope to get back to normal eventually.
I’ve caught Covid twice, the first time in April 20 which left me wheezing and weak for a bit but I recovered fully after a couple of months.
I then had it again in March 22 and I only took a test after a close family member tested positive. I thought that I had a slight cold and that I’d be fully recovered within days. Unfortunately I became fatigued and have been unable to do very much ever since. I have the odd day where I feel “normal” again and I start moving around and doing chores but this tends to lead to a crash in energy after a couple of days.
Chest X-rays, blood tests etc all come back clear and the symptoms seem to most closely match post viral fatigue.
It’s frustrating but I hope to get back to normal eventually.
Had covid in September but still feeling fatigued, get back ache and leg ache that I never used to, and coughing every evening when I go to bed. I've also completely gone off alcohol, which is probably a good thing, but also gone off white coffee completely and drink it black now, which is a bit of a surprise when you get to 66.
Still, on the upside I'm looking forward to receiving reparations from China
Still, on the upside I'm looking forward to receiving reparations from China
We both caught Covid in early March this year. O/H was hospitalised with it and returned home after a week very tired and weak, with no sense of smell or taste and difficulty concentrating. She was subsequently off work until July when she was just about to start a phased return and our car was hit head-on by another resulting in more time off work; she returned to full time working last week.
Covid caused me to lose my sense of smell and taste though I regained mine in 3-4 weeks, O/H took several months. What has hit us both very hard is the tiredness, we both still suffer badly from it and right now, as I'm typing this I feel zonked and want to go for a snooze. It's the same every day too.
I'm also having difficulty concentrating, everyday tasks take much longer as I sometimes make silly little errors and typing is a joke, it takes far longer because I make so many mistakes (I used to be a journalist, typing fast and accurately is[was] second nature.)
O/H is the same, very fatigued all the time, it just wears us both out as we often have to have an hour's afternoon kip which means we don't sleep properly at night. It's worse for her as I got off lightly in the car accident, she's still going to physio for a shoulder injury and is having CBT to cope with flashbacks. Fortunately those issues can be dealt with but the on-going impact of Covid is a really downer with no apparent solution.
Covid caused me to lose my sense of smell and taste though I regained mine in 3-4 weeks, O/H took several months. What has hit us both very hard is the tiredness, we both still suffer badly from it and right now, as I'm typing this I feel zonked and want to go for a snooze. It's the same every day too.
I'm also having difficulty concentrating, everyday tasks take much longer as I sometimes make silly little errors and typing is a joke, it takes far longer because I make so many mistakes (I used to be a journalist, typing fast and accurately is[was] second nature.)
O/H is the same, very fatigued all the time, it just wears us both out as we often have to have an hour's afternoon kip which means we don't sleep properly at night. It's worse for her as I got off lightly in the car accident, she's still going to physio for a shoulder injury and is having CBT to cope with flashbacks. Fortunately those issues can be dealt with but the on-going impact of Covid is a really downer with no apparent solution.
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