Travelling On

themadvix

Oh no, I hope it’s mild for you. And make sure the fluids and tablets are close to hand - you may get to a point where you really can’t be bothered to move to get them, but they really help! Drink lots, sleep lots and do very little! Take care! X

Baileys_Babe

May your symptoms be mild and your recovery be quick.

As has already been said make sure you get plenty of fluids and rest 🤗

Karmacat

Thank you all Madvix, you're right about keeping things close to hand - I'm going to set up a box upstairs and downstairs with aspirin, paracetemol, ibuprofen, lemsip type stuff, tissues, the works.  My sister has a few spare fans, and she was offering me one for a long term loan, I might take her up on that so I don't have to cart one up and down stairs.  

Slept not too badly, in spite of the heat, fan was on a lot of the time.  Doing nothing is the order of the day, but I have a supermarket delivery at 1 - 2pm and some of it I really need, like toothpaste, frozen peas and sweetcorn, that sort of thing.

Worried now about my AirBNB trip next week, we were meant to be going away on Friday (8 days away), for a 50th birthday for a cousin in Norfolk.  I really doubt I'll be going on that.

apple_muncher

I think that you can go out after 5 days now, if you test negative. Dh looked it up for me. Dc has to only do 3 days, us big people 5. Obv, depends on how badly you get it. Maybe call your GP too, as I had a phone appt anyway and he said that if i get a chest or sinus infection (ie green snot) then just call them and he'll send  a prescription to the chemist for me,

Ramouth

Some people recover from it very quickly.  Myself and a colleague were both I’ll recently - him with covid, me with a cold. We had pretty much identical symptoms for four days or so (headache, fatigue, sore throat, cough) then he got better very quickly while it took me a good few weeks to shift the cough and get my strength back.  I’m guessing this is a good example of the vaccine doing it’s job and a reminder of what a pain colds can be!  

Hopefully your immune system will know what to do a kick it fast.  We all have our fingers crossed for you!

greent

Sorry to hear you've got covid I don't think the colour of line on a lat flow really means too much - it starts pale when you first get it, gets darker (if you were eating daily) and then pales again as it starts clearing up. I was still testing positive on a pcr when last flow was clear, as its possible to do so for up to 90 days - although hospitals now have a fab machine that can show how much of it you still have  (a higher number means less of it, the onc team told me)

If you haven't registered your positive result online make sure you do so - GP surgeries get notified and should still be contacting  vulnerable people to check they're OK and offer oximeters if you didn't have one (it may be hard work, but get it out of the crate and use it - they are super simple - tap it in and put on index fi get and that is it (on all models I've seen - which is quite a lot, ranging from amaz0n purchased ones to NHS ones - they are all basically the same)

Hope you start feeling better soon - lots of rest, fluids, paracetamol and maybe somethingdexongestant if needed, like V1ck5 or 0lba5 oil xx

Cheery_Daff

How are you feeling KC? Hope it's not hitting you too hard x

apple_muncher

Hope you're okay and pottering on x

debtfreeoneday

Just catching up. Your trip away sounds fantastic. Hope you aren’t suffering too much with cv and are doing ok x

Karmacat

greent said:

Sorry to hear you've got covid I don't think the colour of line on a lat flow really means too much - it starts pale when you first get it, gets darker (if you were eating daily) and then pales again as it starts clearing up. 

Hi greent, that's exactly the colour scheme I'm working on    It's been dark the whole time since Wednesday when I came down with it, to today, my 3rd test.  Nothing pale for me  As for eating, I discovered tinned pears with yogurt, which was divine - right now, I'm having smaller portions of what I normally eat, with lots of fluid.  And thoroughly disapproving of having covid during a heatwave.  Electricity bill will have gone through the roof with the overnight fan, it has to be done.  I'm going to check other people's diaries from tomorrow, I hope, I'll check how you're doing, I hope you're okay.

Can't talk at all - experimented with two words today, and gave myself a coughing fit which is more like an asthma attack than anything else.

Cheery, Apple, Debtfree, thanks for posting too - I've had to cancel the trip to Norwich for the birthday celebrations, and my brother is going to be able to get there, so I'll miss him too as well as some of the Sheffield outpost contingent, gutted at that too, but nothing to be done.  

I hope everyone's well - I can't look around the diaries yet, but hoping all's good.