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I am triple vaxxed, but I'm old enough (67) that I am automatically among the higher risk population. Everything I have heard or read about covid makes me think that getting it would not be, shall we say, 'a life-enhancing experience'. It's a tricky virus and highly unpredictable. I don't think I'd be on a ventilator or die of it, but I'm still extremely wary of treating it lightly.

also finally got it after 2 years avoiding. Like a bad cold, so was also very surprised to finally see a clear line on a rapid flow.... on day 5ish now and feeling a lot better. my wife who was sleeping beside me for the first 2 nights where i was coughing (before i had a positive test) - still testing negative, no symptoms. she's a primary school teacher so probably superhuman immune system / or maybe has had it 5 times asymptomatically already and never noticed.

Same here, my partner teaches at a senior school, and was coughing throughout (although we kept to separate rooms) and she was, like, "How come you caught and recovered from coronavirus in two weeks, and I still haven't gotten rid of my cough?"

I finally tested negative on day 12! But day 10 and 11 were both pretty faint. FWIW the government advice is that you are safe after day 10 even if you continue to get positive LFTs -- i.e. the LFT still picks up covid, but at that stage it's not infectious covid. Perhaps that's true but I thought it was safer to wait until two negative tests.

I'm not worried about long-term consquences but I definitely still feel crappy - although that may be allergies, or a cold from my daughter, or my usual IBS bullshit. Most colds take me a few weeks to recover from, I'm sure even mild covid won't be any different.

Took me 12 days for a negative test too. I thought my covid symptoms (blocked sinuses, headache) were lingering way too long, but after having to have another day of bed rest 11 days after my symptoms first showed up I finally figured out it was probably sinusitis (which I've had before), and got some antibiotics for that.

Our kid got it last Sunday. She's been off school all week, obvs, and we finally tested positive yesterday. Not feeling too rough yet - certainly not in comparison to when we had it just over two years ago - but it's not fun. And bonkers that free LFTs are ending on Thursday, at a point when almost everyone I know has got it or has just had it. This fucking govt.

Yeah, the usual great Tory long-term planning (the plan being "be upper-middle class or above")

A lot of friends who’ve coasted through the past two years unscathed all tested positive recently, and one needed an ambulance called out. Be careful, everyone!

Triple jabbed and have avoided covid so far. This period feels slightly crazy though: still trying to avoid much social contact because of high prevalence, whilst normal life seems to have resumed for many people.

Enjoying my couple months' respite from panicking about washing hands, infecting family, etc. Might see a couple movies while I can!

...Although still gonna wear mask in shops, cafes, cinemas etc

As long as you come to an ILB FAP.

yes definitely

Despite being triple jabbed and a very fit & healthy person, one of my colleagues is sadly really suffering with longer term effects having caught it just under a month ago. He's not been able to return to work yet. I feel really sorry for him as it seems like such a huge mental/emotional strain as much as the physical side of things. It brings into sharp relief that there's still so much variability in how it can affect people, of course, and that's there really seems to be no predicting it.

*and that there really seems...

For myself, it's the first day of my first time off from work for months and of course I've developed a sore throat just last night to set me worrying and put a wee dampener on things. Tested negative this morning, so fingers crossed, though I'm terrible at self-administering the LFT throat swabs.

I always try to remember that "other illnesses are available".

Tested negative this morning, so fingers crossed, though I'm terrible at self-administering the LFT throat swabs.

I can't bear the throat swabbing so only ever did the nose, often wondered if that might lead to false negatives but when I finally tested positive the line appeared almost instantly and was thick and dark.

Yeah, I guess that if I ever really do have COVID it'll become apparent soon enough, either through symptoms, or via LFT results, regardless of my throat swabbing ineptitude. I still have a sore throat, but nothing else, so I'm gradually hoping that I can blame a particularly crusty piece of bread that I ate in an inopportune manner last night.

So I finally got around to getting this covid thing everybody keeps talking about. This is actually pretty shitty.

Sorry. Welcome to the club.

Had a bit of a sore throat starting on Friday evening, did a rapid test on Saturday that came out positive. I was not too alarmed, because I have my three doses and most of my family got covid around Christmas and weren't very sick. Saturday evening I started getting a bit of a headache, that headache would increase in intensity and last 3 days (various pain relievers I had in the house did basically nothing for this headache as far as I can tell). Took Monday off from work. Woke up Tuesday with a really much worse sore throat (the kind that hurts when you breathe), decided to work anyway since at least my headache was gone. Today I woke up feeling really weak, my sore throat is still really bad and painful. Took another sick day. This sucks.

My trajectory (and that of others I've heard with Omicron) was that the cold-like symptoms of headache and sore throat will resolve shortly and be replaced with severe fatigue, so you may be on your way. Hope you feel better soon.

just got over it; was very ill with severe cold symptoms for two full days, then moderate to mild symptoms since. but still testing positive 8 days later. all told, it was hardly the sickest I've ever been, so I think I got off easy.

Finefinemusic - I guess you managed to dine unscathed. Im curious what restaurant it was that you felt was worth it?(despite my paranoia, I’m very tempted to go to the wren)

I did dodge it, thankfully! I quite like the Wren, I wish it had been that. Birthday girl’s choice: Soulas. It was fine.

ah right by me!

Not far from me! I’m just north of there. See you at Food Basics sometime maybe ;)

feeling pretty good today, but now having an episode of tinnitus. Don't remember ringing in my ears like this since going to loud concerts without ear plugs in my 20s.

i still have moderate tinnitus some two years on from my first bout with the vid. :( hope yours resolves soon.

it finally got me

Oh man, feel better soon Brad!

Ah man, sorry to hear it!

felt like the vaccine side fx for the first day and since then it's been just an average cold, thank u vaccines

One kid has it, I’ve got something, about to test now.

Also: get well soon, Brad!

My son's been sick with a nasty cold, but has tested negative three times over the last six days.

Feel better Brad!

feel better, Brad!

All the best, Brad.

I've had intense fatigue, headache, dry eyes and a scritchy throat last 48 hours but my RAT test came up negative. I'm not feeling any *worse*, I just want to sleep. I kind of wish it was posi because if its not spicy cough WTF is wrong with me?!

tbf i always want to sleep

Get well soon, man

tested negative for covid this morning :)

yay!

That was quick!

noice

i actually uh spoke too soon but on the bright side my symptoms stopped two days ago

goddamn faint line

I had it this past week, courtesy of my youngest child. Thankfully, it was no worse than a mild cold. I got a couple days' isolation, which didn't suck but I started going stir crazy. Very grateful it wasn't worse.

ok NOW i'm covid-free

How many days b/w first positive and this recent negative?

my symptoms started last monday—thought they were just really bad allergies, but i tested and got a negative result (one of the many delightful features of the covid merry-go-round). my girlfriend, whose worst symptoms were sniffles, tested herself out of curiosity on wednesday, and was positive; i tested again, and so was i (i feel like i would've tested positive on tuesday as well)

so nearly a full week

Heh, something very similar happened in my household except my daughter tested positive but I never did. So bad allergies plus “regular” cold superinfection for me, I think.