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I was tested yesterday, currently awaiting results but I doubt if I am infected. My dry cough and sore throat are far more likely to be a long term complication from the Legionella that I caught while walking the Frances last year. I decided to get tested to eliminate any possibility that I am infecting anyone else.
Those tests are nasty. I had to have one just before Easter as I picked up the most pathetic scratchy throat and a headache. I'm a HCW so I scored a compulsory test and a couple of days working from home until I fully recovered. We have one of the lowest rates of Covid19 in the world so I was very sure it would be negative but given the climate I prefer them to test rather than not test.That test was NO fun, by the way. I think she was trying to scramble my brain!
I have just received the results of my test and fortunately my results are negative for Covid 19. Thanks for your thoughts and concern.I was tested yesterday, currently awaiting results but I doubt if I am infected. My dry cough and sore throat are far more likely to be a long term complication from the Legionella that I caught while walking the Frances last year. I decided to get tested to eliminate any possibility that I am infecting anyone else.
In places where there has been testing of the general population (Iceland, US and French aircraft carriers) about half of those testing positive are asymptomatic. Still spreading though - this stuff is insidious....workers in the residential homes for the elderly tested positive without showing any signs of illness.
In Greece on Monday they tested everybody in a refugee camp. Out of 500 people they found 150 asymptomatic cases.In places where there has been testing of the general population (Iceland, US and French aircraft carriers) about half of those testing positive are asymptomatic. Still spreading though - this stuff is insidious.
I am sure every Australian would like to believe that, but it just isn't true. We have done well compared to the worst infected countries, both on the rate of infection in the population, and the mortality rate for those infected. But there are many countries with far lower infection rates, and we are don't have the lowest mortality rate at the moment. I think we are in a good position, but lets not kid ourselves that we are all that much better than other nations of similar size and resources.We have one of the lowest rates of Covid19 in the world
I was tested this morning (Pre Op requirements) and should know in the next 24 hours.
I've had a dry cough and heavy chest for a few weeks now, but I suspect it's the high pollen count here in Portland area. That test was NO fun, by the way. I think she was trying to scramble my brain!
What you need now is the test for antibodies, since it doesn't sound like you have an active infection.I can have testing if I request it for me and my partner,
I haven't followed the antibody situation, I just know that the UK has had difficulty finding one which is accurate, but it seems other countries may be closer to rolling out reliable tests.What you need now is the test for antibodies, since it doesn't sound like you have an active infection.
I haven't followed the antibody situation, I just know that the UK has had difficulty finding one which is accurate, but it seems other countries may be closer to rolling out reliable tests.
I had many of the same symptoms that Artic_Alex reported for several weeks along with a 101F temperature for 2 days. I slept a lot and I decided not to get tested because the test results are painstaking slow in Florida. I have been self-quarantined for over 2 months and figured all they would tell me to do is keep it up. I think a trip to the hospital for a test or emergency care is a death sentence. I got much better over the past weekend and finally spent my first day outside is some brilliant sunlight exercising in the swimming pool.
I am well; there are very few confirmed cases in Norway (200 dead so far, and decreasing strongly now). But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
Thank you so much for your compassion and kindness. This is one more reason to walk another Camino: Contemplations, reflections, sitting down beside the Way and thinking of what was. Tears are a good helper in such circumstances.Oh, Alex, so sorry to hear this!Our condolences to your family.
Alex I am so sorry for you loss, condolences to you and your family.I am well; there are very few confirmed cases in Norway (200 dead so far, and decreasing strongly now). But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
I reacted to your post with ‘Oh so sad for you’ - it must be a shock to your whole family.I am well; there are very few confirmed cases in Norway (200 dead so far, and decreasing strongly now). But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
Thank you so much, Annie. It is a sad situation, yes. Many are suffering. But still I cannot help feeling so bad for the people of Spain & other hard-hit countries that really do not have the economical resources we have in my country. I feel bad and helpless. I just hope my Spanish friends along the Camino and elsewhere can survive this.I reacted to your post with ‘Oh so sad for you’ - it must be a shock to your whole family.
My sympathy for your loss Alex. Tears indeed do help.
Hugs from Annie
I am well; there are very few confirmed cases in Norway (200 dead so far, and decreasing strongly now). But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
I'm so sorry to read this! Wishing you well...But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England.
But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
I am well; there are very few confirmed cases in Norway (200 dead so far, and decreasing strongly now). But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
I am well; there are very few confirmed cases in Norway (200 dead so far, and decreasing strongly now). But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
I am well; there are very few confirmed cases in Norway (200 dead so far, and decreasing strongly now). But my older brother (79) died last Wednesday in a hospital in England. He had underlying illnesses, and got the virus while in hospital for other reasons.
Very interesting and much detailed description of the symptoms! I will traduce it in french for my friends and family!I did no know this thread existed before someone gave me a nudge ;-)
As I guess someone might find it helpful, both to judge his or her own situation but also to feel calmer or not alone. Hence I will outline my story.
To make it brief, after weeks with a whole bucket of symptoms ramping up I was finally diagnosed with Covid-19 a week ago. As I live in the far North or Europe, a region of Sweden the size of North Korea but with a population of a mere 250 000 with only two fully equipped hospitals, no-one is tested who is not working in health care or close to death. Therefore my diagnosis was purely based on my combination of symptoms and their development over time. I was passed through three independent "interviews" with different authorities and each of them came to the same conclusion: "Extremely likely Covid-19".
week 1: I was most likely infected 4 to 5 weeks ago. No symptoms in the first week.
week 2: First symptoms: a hurting stomach and mild diarrhea, feeling weak. Impact on my life was low as it was only bad for a couple of hours now and then. I actually thought I just caught a stomach bug and the symptoms got much better again.
week 3: No more stomach problems or diarrhea, but now came the headaches, sometimes like a really bad migraine, sometimes with a warm forehead. I was still doing sports though on days where I felt OK. Later that week extreme pain in the eye and I felt a bad sinusitis developing. Some sneezing but not too often. I thought I had muscle sore in my breast from training. I stopped all sports and training. End of that week I had a first afternoon with mild fever and sweat, my heartbeat was doing the rollercoaster with the pulse rate going up and down. I felt extremely exhausted The fever and sweating disappeared after 4 hours as suddenly as it came, my tiredness disappeared.
week 4: First day that week the headache was getting much better, the sinusitis almost gone, just a dry cough sometimes and a warm forehead. With sometimes I actually mean rarely, like 2 or 3 times a day just one cough, nothing to be concerned about. I thought whatever that was, maybe a really bad sinusitis, it is almost over now. But then on day two when out with the dogs I realised that our small hill suddenly felt like an expedition at an altitude over 10 000 feet, without proper preparation. I know how low oxygen levels feel in the mountains and this was exactly it – just without any mountains. Although not training for several days my breast muscle pain was not disappearing but developing into a constant pressure giving sometimes rise to slight pain when breathing in. At this point I knew it was not unlikely that I got infected and that all the symptoms potentially were not isolated but connected.
The rest of the week symptoms were coming and going randomly. Moments with light fever or slightly raised temperature, two hours later it was maybe a high heart rate or headache or body pain or just almost no symptoms at all. Totally unpredictable. Only the pressure in my breast was always there but varying in intensity. Every kind of activity led to breathing problems and high-altitude syndrome of varying intensity.
week 5: I got my diagnosis after I finally contacted the health care institution on Monday morning. Symptoms kept coming and going. During this week I developed a dry mouth and a partially numb tongue getting worse from day to day. Also my heartbeat went into rollercoaster mode more often. I woke up at night with extremely high pulse rates which calmed down again after a while. No more fever though.
On Friday I felt like I was getting recovering quickly. All symptoms got less and less and for the first time in weeks I felt relaxed. This extended into Saturday. But then after lunchtime the headaches were back, the pressure on my breast came back and I felt thrown back a week or more. The night I woke up freezing although it was not cold. Today on Sunday most symptoms are better again, but not as good as on Friday.
Summary: It did at no point feel like a flu or a cold. I had only little coughing and never a running nose. I have had my share of virus infections in my life, even the swine flu, but none of them felt as strange. Normally you get something, you get worse until it peaks and then the symptoms get better. But with this it was a nerve-wrecking up and down. Also it seems to take forever, without being so bad that I was confined to the bed longer than maybe 4 hours when the fever was worst.
Given the first symptoms I would not have guessed it would be Covid-19. I was however told that my story was quite typical.
I will see what surprises the coming week will bring. As we live rather isolated we have not to take too many special precautions to avoid spreading the disease.
By now I know several people from my closer regional peer-group who have developed similar combination of symptoms with varying intensity though. Most of them I have not met personally under the last 6 weeks so I have to assume there are many spreaders who remain invisible. My case cannot be traced back. But then again we have had many tourists from the hot spots in China and Italy in the region until march. So it is likely we have a high spread of the virus in our community.
... I have no idea why this reply escaped my attention! But thanks for your wishes!Very interesting and much detailed description of the symptoms! I will traduce it in french for my friends and family!
How are you feeling so far? Wishing you a quick total recovery and all the best for 2021!
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