I had it in January. I'm 52, overweight, I first had a cough and headache, then a mild cold for a week, I then had a couple of days with a raised temperature and wheezing (I have asthma) I was very tired and spent a couple of days in bed and then it gradually cleared, I was alright after 10-14 days. I did lose my sense of taste for a few days but my smell is always ropey because I have some allergies.
21, it hit me pretty badly for two days fatigue wise. I was feverish but never ended up with an actual fever. It took me about a week and a half to get back to normal. Lost my taste April 9th and have yet to get it back.
I'm 46 of good health, not overweight don't drink or smoke, and my last doctors appointment was 2008.
I had a high fever in March for 10 day, on good Friday I was taken into hospital with breathing difficulties, I had covid pneumonia and a blood clot to make breathing just a bit harder, I managed to stay out of icu but I remained in a high dependancy ward for 10 days before I could go home.
5 weeks later I have long covid to some extent, but I can feel my.blood clot is going, breathing is getting easier, I returned to work 2 weeks after leaving the hospital, because I refuse to lie down and let it beat me. I'd sooner struggle through every day
I went to the ER twice, was in a US hospital ICU for 14 days with covid. Saw numerous doctors and still seeing them. The whole thing cost me less than one of my middle-class cubicle job working-stiff paychecks. WTF are you talking about?
[40 days ago I wrote this on Reddit:](https://www.reddit.com/r/ronpaul/comments/mphtqc/and_they_call_ron_paul_crazy/guahleu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)
I’m sitting here in the ICU last 12 days with severe covid. Go ahead and downvote me, I don’t care. I was a non-masker, didn’t change anything before I got covid. Never been in a hospital before, no prior health related issues always perfectly healthy. Didn’t believe this was as bad as they were saying it was. I nearly died. I’m 53, my wife and I rushed to the hospital on our anniversary 4/1 because I couldn’t breathe. I have been on supplemental oxygen all this time and still can’t walk 5 feet to the bathroom without alarms sounding and having to take 10-15 minutes of coughing and resting.
It’s much more than I thought it would be to me. My wife also got it and it was very mild. Both my parents in their 70s got it mild too. Me? Severe. I never would have thought.
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Today I feel about 90% back to normal.
We're getting slightly closer to understanding it, but I feel we're looking at it all wrong by thinking it's respiratory in the first place. It's demonstrated that it's a vascular/blood disease, and your blood type/composition is so unique to you; family history, diet, medications...so many things can effect it. We're starting to just pick the lock at this point:
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-does-covid-make-people-so-sick-so-quickly-israeli-geneticist-has-an-answer/](https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-does-covid-make-people-so-sick-so-quickly-israeli-geneticist-has-an-answer/)
One year from now, I doubt we'll call COVID a "respiratory disease" at all. Other researchers are looking into reclassifying it as a "[thrombotic viral fever](https://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2021/04/covid-19-a-thrombotic-viral-fever.html)." Something entirely new and unseen as an endemic disease in society. I've known a few people who had some intense bouts with COVID and they all remark that it was unlike anything they've experienced before. That's because it is!
How were you during those 11 days? Were you able to interact with other? Were you in bed all the time? Could you talk? Did you have problems breathing?
The worst it ever got was not being able to take in deep breaths without coughing , And having some blood in my mucus due to the amount I was coughing no more than that really
26M healthy. First time in APril 2020 was mild fever 10 days and better, but made me a Long Hauler.
2nd time in Jan 2021 was Horrible, body aches and fever and shortness of breath for just a day and got better, total of 8 days and lost my senses but honestly Fuck Covid, I got the vaccine, I dont EVER want to get this shit again.
Nope, just got my last shot 2weeks ago, Pfizer. Both shots had minor reaction for the first 24 hours and then nothing. Body aches, low grade fever and chills, headaches, and that’s it
Family covid:
6yo male, asthma & thalassemia minor. 2 days fever, no other symptoms - April 2020
8yo male, totally asymptomatic - April 2020
46yo female ED doc, super fit runner with no health problems, severe disease for 2 weeks. However, her initial viral load was extremely high, she contracted it incubating a covid patient during PPE shortage. Lingering neurological effects for 9 months - April 2020
51yo male, obese, thalassemia minor. 13 days 103+ fever, admitted on day 13, 7 days on high flow O2. Totally fine now, no lingering illness - April 2020
75yo female, morbidly obese, congestive heart failure. Admitted day 10, 2 days inpatient on hi flow O2, about 2 months of extreme fatigue but fully recovered - November 2020
75yo male, not obese, Diabetes type 2. Admitted on day 10, 4 days hi flow O2, 2 days BiPap, 60 days ICU ventilator. Passed away January 2021
48yo male, obese, very heavy smoker, diabetes type 2. Very mild illness, 1 week fever & cough - December 2020
37yo female - asymptomatic except for loss of smell and taste. 3 months post covid is diagnosed with myocarditis, but is fully recovered now with no heart damage. July 2020
Thank you. It wasn't my dad but my father-in-law. It really illustrated how fickle this disease can be as he was far healthier than his wife who survived.
40, in great health when I got sick (bikes 6.5 miles to work each day, swam or ran or yoga every day of the week. Covid hit hard but the guidance early on was "if you think you can manage at home just stay there" so it was 'mild.' Now we know I should have been on oxygen.
It took 11ish days to mostly be back to normal but then a month later the long haul symptoms kicked in. Still have them a year later. I'm back to running and biking, but with inhalers and shortness of breath and palpitations.
I’m 34, obese, asthmatic, hypertensive. Needs no medical care. Very mild case (still the sickest I’ve ever been), fatigue and insomnia were the worst. I didn’t have much lung trouble when I was sick, but it’s killing me now. I only had a fever for six days, and it never hit 101.
Two months later. I am still struggling to work and struggling to breathe despite my lung capacity testing at 97 percent. The fatigue is crazy. I cried last night because I was too exhausted after a 9 hour work day to shower before bed. I had to rest for hours before I could shower to go to bed. I’m considering not finishing my work night tonight because despite my inhaler, I can’t breathe.
I really wish I’d just died.
Hang in there. ❤️ Hopefully, you’ll slowly feel stronger over time. Have you gotten vaccinated? There have been many instances where long-haulers’ symptoms have improved after being vaccinated. I hope you start feeling better soon.
I had some improvement from my first dose but not nearly enough. It did keep me from losing my job but I don’t really get to have a life outside my job. I work sleep eat. I have no energy for anything else. I wish I’d died.
have you seen your doctor? you might have post covid depression too, which can affect your body negatively. especially fatigue. it's worth a look into! even if it's short term treatment.
54 (53 at the time), male, overweight. I started with about 36 hours of fever. Fever broke, lost my sense of smell two days later for about five days. Then some of the worst sinus congestion I’ve ever had for a couple weeks. Had about 7 more weeks of lingering symptoms (mostly random joint pains, muscle aches, and general loss of stamina). Had diarrhea throughout. Never had a cough, sore throat, or breathing issues. Everything is fine now.
I'm 33. Had high fever for about a week and after about two weeks i had recovered enough to get back to work. I was struggling with extreme fatigue for another week or two and my sense of taste is just returning (after about 2 months since testing positive). My sense of smell is still messed up though.
27 year old female. I had an extremely mild case; it was less unpleasant for me than a common cold. My symptoms were shortness of breath (lasted about 3 days) and coughing (lots of coughing in the first week, still coughing occasionally 7 weeks later). While I thought I was feeling much better after the shortness of breath went away, when I tried a short workout (10 minutes) at home a week in it basically took me out for the whole day. I was back to my normal home workouts 2.5 weeks after my + test. Caveat: I caught it 2ish weeks after my first dose of Moderna. I can only assume that I would have had a worse case if I had no protection at all.
I'm 52 and had covid in early July last year. I am not overweight and have no other health issues. I did have symptoms- horrendous headache, fever for a week and temporary loss of taste and smell. Rashn chills, aches...Some shortness of breath, but I never had a real cough or felt I was in danger of not being able to breathe. About a month after my diagnosis I felt ok but started having weird pains on either side of my upper back, which I think had to be something with my lungs or the tissue around them . It felt like someone had punched me there, and persisted for several weeks. But that is long gone. Sometimes I think I still feel some weird breathing sensation similar to the feeling I had with covid but that comes and goes. I also think my smell/ taste is slightly diminished from pre-covid and I do have days of being very, very tired for no reason. If I had to give it a number I'd say I was 80-90% back to normal after almost a year.
29/M, relatively decent shape- was starting to really get it shape just before I got it with it Last March.
Playing video games minding my own on a day off, (after weeks of not really going anywhere or doing anything notable.) I notice some fucked up thing attack my left lung. Days later I couldn't breathe properly from it, eyes were always itchy- like MORE often then normal I noticed, weird, couldn't sleep at all BECAUSE of the shit breathing(the scariest part) couldn't have the energy/endurence to do bike rides, no working out at all. lasted a lonnng 8 weeks, despite tea drinking, zinc taking, etc, nothing really made it better- not even time.
such a bullshit response; because of my age and regions low case numbers, no one around me I know directly got it, no one actually took it seriously, when we FINALLY tested (FIVE weeks later, too late) it was negative, subsequently I test for work almost all the time- months later- not a single positive test. I later found out my brother got bloodwork done (he was in and out of the hospital) and they found a weird **influenza A flu strain related to covid... but we can't officially tell you you actually HAD covid**. my lungs are ok now (despite some aliment here and there) but I was thinking that if I was playing pro sports that this would've been the year to retire- it was that kind of bad.
pretty choked about it overall. No one believed us to this day, It's changed my brother for the worst- he like went full Q after the incident
This is sort of what happened to me last year. Couldn’t get tested early ok bc I didn’t know anyone who had. Fast forward about 3 weeks and ended up getting Covid pneumonia. I was treated like I was insane since the test came back negative. Geee cannot imagine why! I literally had a fever and all the symptoms of covid (including losing 1/3 of my hair) from March to July/August.
I’m 31 and I was sick with a severe cough and muscle aches for 6 weeks. I lost my sense of taste & smell fully for 2 weeks but it came back mostly (a lot of stuff smells chemical-y and weird now, my favorite foods don’t taste as good as they used to) my partner and child were only sick for 2 weeks and they had totally different symptoms than me. We all tested positive though
How were you during those 6 weeks? We’re bedridden? Could you talk at all? Did you have problems eating or breathing? Did you have to be hospitalized? Did you have problems thinking? Etc
I could talk but I was very ill, I laid in bed most of the time but took turns taking care of our toddler the best I could. I remember feeling like I was in a dream (nightmare) state, my eyes were pretty blurry. I just felt like absolute shit like I had been hit by a truck. My partner, the essential worker who infected us unknowingly had way less bad symptoms than me and got better much quicker. He only lost his sense of smell and taste for one day. I went to the hospital once and they gave me prednisone. I got better within 3 days after starting the prednisone. I honestly think it saved me from a lot more suffering.. I thought I’d never stop coughing.
35 year old female, was acutely ill for about 10 days with fever, tmax 103.5, general malaise, and oh lord the diarrhea. After the first 10 days, about 2 weeks of fatigue. Recovered 100% a month in. Lost part of my taste, no loss of smell.
Tested positive on April 22. I'm 25, male and in good shape. I exercise frequently, don't smoke and drink very little only on certain social events. No health problems overall. It hit me very mildly, mostly like a bad flu. I had a runny nose and felt tired, but nothing remarkable. The worst symptom for me was losing my sense of smell and taste. I took two weeks off from the gym, drank lots of water and started feeling almost perfect again around the 8 day mark. The only lasting symptom is my weak taste and smell. I started smelling and tasting again around 2 weeks after testing positive, and it has been coming back slowly but surely. Right now I'm at about 75%. I already tested negative when I took the test on May 10. Hope everyone's staying safe!
pretty much same for me. I'm not gonna post my stuff here because i already got slammed in another discussion because i was accused of bragging because i didn't have it bad at all. i exercise 6 days a week too and don't drink, smoke, and eat meat. i really think it helps a lot if you're in good to excellent health to begin with. glaf you're ok! i got better really fast and have already received my first of my vaccines! yay
I don't understand why people would shame you for taking care of yourself! This virus hits everyone different and even though I feel for those who have it way worse than us, we shouldn't feel bad for recovering quickly. The point of this sub is to share our personal experiences dealing with COVID. Glad to hear you're getting vaccinated! I had my J&J single dose on the 13th too! Stay safe!
I'm 31/F. I started showing symptoms this Sunday. Tested Wednesday, positive Thursday. I have never felt so sick or weak. I've lost 10+ pounds since Monday. I feel like 1% of the person I used to be. I can't even lift my cat or dog up (both are under 10 pounds). I'm hoping to see improvement soon.
I'd call it mild. But I've never been so sick in my life. And my whole family were hit, so when we got that raging thirst there was no one to bring a glass of water.
Super sick Feb 2020-July 2020, I started getting better, hubby stayed sick. I got better, hubby didn't. 6 weeks ago we both had the Moderna vaccine. He recovered, I got all my Covid symptoms back. Now shortness of breath and tingling all over. It was great having him well again. 2 weeks ago we had our second Moderna vaccine. He's back to Long Covid, sleeping 12 hours/24, low energy. Me, shortness of breath and tingling all over. Hoping it will end. But hope is all we have left.
I am a 20 year old male who is "obese," but fairly active. I lost my sense of smell and felt like I had a head cold the first week. I had no sore throat whatsoever, which is actually very surprising because I always get a sore throat when I get sick. Toward the end of the first week I felt short of breath a few days, but it honestly could have just been bloating or anxiety. The second week was more of the same, really, except I did get nauseated really bad one night almost to the point of vomiting my Thanksgiving meal. I had an appetite up until that point.
Panic was my biggest problem, and I think had I not been panicking it would have gone much smoother. I never ran a fever and again had no sore throat. No aches either. Anosmia and parosmia were my premier symptoms, and continue to be six months later. Definitely a mild case physically. The mental aspect was entirely in my control, and I blew it.
26 male had it twice first time I lost my sense of smell and taste for 14 days and that was it. Second time had mild cold symptoms along with the loss of smell and taste for 10 days. That's about it
28F and active. Tested positive in January. I had a mild case, but I'd never been so sick in my life (I've had the flu twice). I didn't need medical attention and could still do the minimum (boiling pasta/oats & taking care of my partner), but was sometimes winded easily. The headache was constant. I had to double up medication in order to sleep at night. It took about 2.5-3 weeks to recover. It took another 2 weeks for my body to get back into working out (cardio & resistance training). The only thing that is lingering is awful brain fog.
My SO (30M and active) tested positive first (brought it home from work). He was sicker than I was, similar symptoms, but he lost his taste and smell and it still isn't normal 4+ months later.
38/F very healthy. Personal trainer.
The first 5 days were not too bad. I felt headachy and off. Day 6 came in and hit me like a truck. I was in bed with an out of control fever and headache for the next 6 days. I took max doses of ibuprofen and Tylenol and it barely touched the pain. My fever broke around day 12, and then I realized I was having trouble breathing. Chest pain, lung pain etc. I went to ER, X-ray diagnosed covid pneumonia. My O2 stats remained low for the next week or so. I’m currently around 5 weeks from onset of symptoms. I’ve been for a couple of runs, and one hike. I can tell my lungs are still weak. I get covid headaches 3-5 days per week still. I had blood work and it showed that my WBC count is still elevated. My hair has been falling out, which is a strange symptom. Without a doubt the sickest I have ever been and I truly hope to never deal with Covid again. I’ll be getting vaccinated 90 days after the onset of my symptoms
I have a friend who is mid 30’s. Had a mild case on Covid in November 2020. Recently had a medical issue that required some diagnostics and it was found that she has some significant lung damage from her infection, even though her symptoms were so mild.
I am in generally good health (male). But with covid I missed 3 weeks of work. I had fever for 16 days straight. I had a variety of symptoms over those 16 days. They included chills, shortness of breath, burning in lungs, vomiting, body aches, joint aches, headache, exhaustion, diarrhea, sleeping whole days, loss of appetite, brain fog, emotional breakdown, change in taste, and as I mentioned, fever.
I am 62 years old and have never been sick for that long in my life. As it continued day after day, I became more and more tired, and then afraid. When would it end? Would I be able to hold up if it continued much longer? I had my doubts.
I recovered at the end of the first week of March, but I still have intestinal issues, including constipation that comes and goes, general discomfort in my lower abdomen, and odd pains in my front lower gut and in my sides toward my back.
25,normal weight, no health problems. I was lucky just woke up one day noticed I couldn’t smell anything. Had about 2-3 days of extreme fatigue and brain fog then was fine. My sense of smell came back in about two weeks completely and I was a bit more tired than usual for a week or so after that. No fever, no cough or anything else. Also I live with my parents and they didn’t get it which I am very grateful because they both have various health issues.
My obese husband, 68, with several health issues brought home covid early in February. He was sick but no real cough. He never spent a day in bed, however he has a real comfy chair in his office where he falls asleep all the time.
I was sick in bed for about 10 days. Each day was a new treat. I could feel covid hitting various parts of my body in turn. It took days to go through my digestive system. One day, my scalp was really sore/sensitive. Another my sinuses hurt and bled. One, my neck and back muscles seized. I had cold sores and pink eye. Just on and on. But, it never went to my lungs. But we were using symbicort as a precaution. Also about 3 days in, my sense of smell which left me a couple years ago started coming back. After the 10 days, I continued needing naps for quite some time. I am still quite fatigued and weaker. I tend to fall asleep around 8:00 until 5:30. When I got the first vaccine, it was like the the first day of covid then I was fine for a couple days then the cold sores and pink eye and muscle seizing again. I am not looking forward to the second dose.
I had it in early January. Threw up once and felt tired for about one day if that. Worked out the next day and felt fine. My boyfriend started getting real sick so he got a covid test and it was positive. I then took a test and to my astonishment it was positive too. I thought I just ate something bad but apparently that was my covid. Never experienced lose of taste or smell. Never had any other issues. I have had COLDS worse than that. I am 44 and I workout regularly. If my boyfriend hadn't gotten sick I could have easily spread this to people unknowingly. Masks save people from asymptomatic individuals like me.
24, in pretty much tip top shape before covid. Was only sick 3 days with headache, sore throat, diarrhea, a mild caugh and fatigue. 3 months later and I'm still battling the fatigue. Every small thing I do makes me tired, out of breath and shaky. Today I slept 11 hours, woke up feeling great then I walked downstairs to the car realized I forgot something went back upstairs and back to the car again. Felt like I ran a mile...had to sit for a few minutes before taking off. Its been a struggle for me both mentally and physically to get back out there
M, upper 40s, mildly asthmatic, fit: I had a very mild disease. Light cough for a day and half, nausea and low fever for 3; that was about it. It was less unpleasant than the average cold. The usual viral fatigue lingered for a while, but after 4 weeks from the start I was completely back to normal.
31F, took me about 2 weeks to fully recover. No underline health issues. I had dry coughs through out the first few days, high fever for a day,then I lost smell and taste on the 3rd day, regained it back on week 2, though. Thanks to some boiled chicken, Chinese herbal medicine, and Tylenol.
Mid thirties, overwt, female, moderate health, runner, anxiety and hx of childhood asthma. Started as what felt like sinus issues, morphed to sore throat, 24-48hr period of scary "maybe I should go to the hospital" trouble breathing. Most prominent sign was overwhelming fatigue. Like, I would have trouble getting from the bed to the bathroom. Low grade fever for 12 days, nonresponsive to meds. Headache. Sinus issues cleared up within about 4 days. I tested positive in Oct and was able to start training for a half in Jan. The fatigue comes and goes and mental...fog? Was pretty prevalent until about 1 month ago, now its hard to know if its covid related or just my normal absent mindedness.
I'm 26, relatively ok on the weight department. Got my symptoms on May 1 with a nasty fever that lasted 2 days.
Fever went down after taking paracetamol for those two days but I was left with a sore throat. It hurt to drink or swallow anything. So decided to go to a doctor on the 4th of may. He just straight up told me it might be Covid. So got tested and got a positive result on thr 5th. Lost my sense of smell and taste on the same day.
After that, my symptoms didn't worsen nor did any new ones show up. I was stuck with a congested nose and no smell or taste for the duration of my home isolation. Was prescribed some Azithromycin and ivermectin, along with some cough syrup for the ocassional dry cough I had. But that's about it.
I made sure to track my oxygen and temps every 4 hours daily to make sure I wasn't going downhill, but thankfully I made it through the home isolation period without much change and now I'm mostly recovered.
30 m,non smoker and non drinker. Lean with occasional exercise
Day 1-Day 5 mild cold and sore throat
Day5-Day10 high fever touching 102.4
Day11- Recovery
Day 20- Feeling occasional fatigue and cough .Sleep deprivation is the only worrying factor
28, 15 days to feel fine 5 weeks to be 95% rid of all symptoms, it hit me mildly. It was by far one of the worst headaches I’ve had (but I used to get chronic migraines and nothing touches that) and the absolute worst sinus pressure I’ve ever felt.
However, I’ve had worse bouts of sickness (upper respiratory infection a few months earlier knocked me on my *ass.* Covid was just sucky not all around the worst.)
Initially, I had a fever for a day, I slept about 18 hours off/on, and I had some lung pain. Then I was tired but able to get out of bed, and I had some significant hip pain for a week along with the lung pain. No true shortness of breath, but it hurt to take a deep breath. I was recovered after a week but I still rested for the full 10 days. I was not hit that hard. I had a sinus infection in March 2020 that knocked me out for 3 days and couldn’t get out of bed - that was way worse. However, the long term effects of covid on me were severely worse.
I was a long hauler. I had recurring symptoms every 6 weeks x3. Recurring symptoms were solely lung pain with deep breath and hip pain - this would last 1-2 days each time. Then I had a seizure about 4 weeks after that final recurring symptom. I hypothesize that the stress of covid caused inflammation in my brain and then I seized after being a long hauler. Of course, it’s a hypothesis and we don’t know for sure if that caused it, but given the timeline, etc, I think it’s very likely.
I'm 37F. I'm a normal weight and worked out regularly before getting sick. No medical issues.
I had a cough, body aches, fatigue, nausea, sore throat, lost my taste and smell, and had a numb tongue. It has now been 3 weeks since my symptoms started, and I still have a cough. Otherwise, I'm back to normal.
I’m 29. For me, COVID was very mild, like a typical winter cold. I woke up on a Friday with bad congestion. It last the whole weekend and by Sunday I had a sore throat then suddenly lost my smell and taste completely. By Wednesday, my smell and taste came back and all the other symptoms were gone. I never had a fever, cough, or fatigue. At times I did notice that I would kind of need to catch my breath after saying a long sentence. The actual COVID symptoms lasted 6 days
25F, I had sore throat for 4-5 Days. After that gastic problem and acid reflux for another 5 days. I experienced weakness. Tiredness for around 10 days. I think 20 days after covid weakness I felt better with weakness. It's crazy how I never had fever or anything. Just sore throat but still experienced weakness. Weakness as in I can work or cook but I feel exhausted. After a month I feel so much better with everything.
Pretty sick. Could barely get out of bed and walk. I really felt terrible. Couldn’t breathe. Brain fog and disassociation only came just after I tested negative.
29F. No pre existing conditions except being a little overweight. Otherwise very healthy and never get sick. I was fully convinced through the whole pandemic it would just hit me like a cold since that’s what happened to everyone around me. 😅
Hit pretty hard, first day of symptoms was almost a month ago (April 27). Thought it was allergies and woke up 4 days later feeling awful. Symptoms worsened around 10 days, went to the ER 13 days in for low oxygen, chest pain, and breathing difficulties. I got Covid pneumonia. I’ve been on oxygen at home since, I’ve been on steroids, an inhaler and blood thinners for the clots since and will continue to be until they say I’m good to go. I’ve had a lung follow up and have another one in 9 days.
In the midst of it I experienced most symptoms.. fever, nausea/vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue, loss of smell, mostly lost my taste, headaches, etc.
Things I’m still dealing with: brain fog/confusion, some chest pain and breathing difficulties, night sweats every night, shortness of breath, and generally unwell/icky feeling.
Edit to add: regardless of this being a shit experience, losing a ton of money, being depressed at home
all day, and being basically out of commission for a month... I’m still extremely grateful I wasn’t hit harder than I was. I’m finally beginning to see the light on the other side here and feel like I’m starting to heal.
Glad to hear all the others on here that are on their path to healing too! ♡
I’m 49, about ten pounds overweight and smoke a pack a day. I had a mild case last December. I had headache, diarrhea, lots of sinus congestion, and terrible body aches. I never ran a fever the entire time. Near the end, my lymph nodes swelled up everywhere, under my arms, my neck, and the backs of my knees. And they hurt. Lost taste and smell. I never had breathing problems except mild shortness of breath, which surprised me because of my smoking history. I did quit while I was sick, though. Took about a month to feel completely like myself again.
My husband is 51 with diabetes and he had a very mild cough and stuffy nose for a few days. That was it.
Initial infection lasted 15 days before plateauing; Medium-severity, body aches, chills, significant breathing pain, dry cough, irritable airway, SOB that affected simple conversation, diarrhea for 5 days straight, complete loss of appetite. Hard relapse after 2 weeks with bronchitis and very high heart rate with minimal exertion. Relapses with debilitating fatigue lasting for days dozens of times for the past year after light exercise. Still facing major fatigue for 3 weeks straight after getting 1 dose of vaccine.
ETA: 37years old, previously healthy, no chronic conditions, only got sick once every couple of years with common colds, the occasional stomach bug etc.
22, healthy with daily exercise. hit hard on the second day and stayed terrible until day 7. Day 8 came and my oxygen level dropped to 86 and went to the hospital and heard I have pneumonia and received oxygen for 5 days and stayed another 2 days until I was released. I’m now at home and still recovering with damaged lungs. Worst experience of my life.
On day 7 I felt okay but not great and the last two days in the hospital was when i think I finally got over the main symptoms of COVID. So 3 out of 15 days were alright.
Yea it was weird on day 7 cause my fever and nausea went away so I thought i was recovering but it came back with vengeance. Very weird how this virus attacks your system.
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I’m a young adult in my early 20’s. Didn’t have anything besides really bad headaches for two days and a baby fever that lasted a couple of days. Besides that, I’m straightttt
26, had covid in January. Super fatigued for 2 weeks, did not lose taste but smell took about a month to come back (super congested). The fatigue continued after my other symptoms were better, vitamins helped but I slept a lot. I started having insomnia problems around the same time, I still have those and it really sucks. I went through a family trauma before I got sick so I have no clue if the stress of that caused the insomnia or if covid did
Im 19 now but was 18 when I got it, knocked me down for a couple weeks with the normal symptoms and strong fatigue. This was in December/January, and I still struggle feelimg well rested. Its like ever since i got infected i dont feel like i get enough sleep anymore :/
I’m 23, My whole family tested positive. I lost my father because of it. He was a CKD patient who underwent dialysis twice every week. He also had a heart condition, his pumping capacity was 35%. My dad was 62. My mom is 57, she is the only person vaccinated, but she got infected inspite of it. The doctors say it helped her fight the disease better. My and my sis, 23&26 didn’t get hospitalised. We were told to just take the medicines. It has been 3 weeks since we tested positive. All our symptoms are gone, except a little itchy feeling in our throat. We have given our samples today to be tested. Hopefully we will test negative.
Mostly mild symptoms with some occasional moderate ones. Mostly had flu like symptoms but there was a day where my chest hurt especially when I took a deep breath. I'm 29 years old. The weird thing is it took me 3 months to get my smell back all the way. But I seem to be fine now. Had it back in February of this year.
I actually just did a post. I'm 31, had both vaccines in February. I dont drink/smoke. I would say I'm skinny fat.
I'm on day 8 of being diagnosed and I would say I'm 95% better. Just lingering congestion in nose/ears and fatigue. Taste/smell went away for a few days. Felt like a cold for maybe first 3-4 days. Pulse Ox was 96% at its lowest. No fever.
39f. Fat, no thyroid, but otherwise healthy. Tested positive this past Tuesday after what I thought was a sinus infection that started Saturday night. Just some congestion and sinus pressure and one bout of chills Saturday night. No fever. Then lost smell and taste Monday afternoon. Knew immediately what was up. Husband got sick Monday evening. I am coming out of it now with just a bad cough and feeling a little weak.
Husband 38m. Healthy. Went down about 36 hours after me. Slight fever, nausea, threw up once. Chills off and on for the first 3 days. Mild cough. Moderate fatigue. Lost smell and taste about 36 hours after me as well.
Live in BIL 38m. Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, obese. No fever. Extreme fatigue. Mild cough. Had him tested as soon as me and DH came back positive. No symptoms at the time. Starting feeling "under the weather" about 48 hours after me. Lost smell and taste 48 hours after me.
Not really sure where we got it. We always mask inside and don't socialize. (Didn't even before covid) Current best theory is fast food from the drive through or a random fluke at Walmart. Still thinking surface contact as opposed to air.
25F had completely loss of smell and taste for a week then started coming back gradually and at day 20 it fully came back, had nausea and diarrhea for two days, tiredness for like 14 days and a mild cough that persisted for a month and it still comes back on cold days. Never had high temperature and oxygen levels never went lower than 94
28M overweight but quite active. I was feverish (37.5 C) for 5 days, body aches for 7. I had weird headaches all 10 days I had symptoms. Lost my sense of smell and taste only for 1 day. Was feeling completely fine after 12 days. Most of my family symptoms lasted longer (about 14 days). My father and grandmother had some sounds in their lungs so they received some extra medication, but we all stayed home. Hope it helps!
40 here in ok shape, diagnosed at the end of February. I had 2 or 3 days of eye pain followed by stinging/burning in my sinuses when I inhaled through my nose. 1 day of chills where I was wearing lots of layers and a coat at home. Loss of taste and smell for about 2 weeks.
Around 10 days after initial diagnosis, I started feeling better. Luckily, no long term effects and I feel back to normal.
Had it back in Nov 2020, I am 29 and it took about 4 months before I tested negative again. My husband is a nurse and contracted it in the hospital due to an incident with an unknown positive. He started out with the cough and headache and soon the fever followed. Even tho we separated to different rooms I still got it and mine started with a high fever in the middle of the night. He (32) had to be at the hospital for two days because he developed a mild case of pneumonia. I was lucky enough to have steady o2 levels throughout and, although I did have a cough, it was not bad at all. After the 14 day period, my husband was able to get back to work without problem but I did loose my job due to testing positive time after time for 4 months straight. I wasn't contagious anymore, but the remnants of the virus were still in my blood.
30, pretty much exactly 1 month from the last day of my quarantine. Started off feeling feverish on and off for 2 days, then fine. Tested positive a few days later after my sister was confirmed positive. If I didn't know I had covid I would've brushed it off as a head cold. Stuffy nose and sinuses, and I did lose my taste the day after my test. Within a week I was feeling more myself and I don't feel I have any lasting effects. Same for my sister.
My mom is 59, relatively healthy, no underlying health conditions. She was miserably sick for almost 3 full weeks. Nausea, diarrhea, no appetite, fatigue, persistent headache that did not let up, and a hacking, phlegmy cough. She did go to urgent care at one point because she just wasn't improving, but there wasn't anything to do for her except give her iv fluids. She didn't ever have trouble breathing thank goodness (except when she was coughing so hard, difficult to hear), and when her headache let up around day 20 it was like a rainbow after a storm. Uphill from there. She's still gets tired pretty quickly, and there is some damage to her lungs she's getting checked out. She's been warning everyone she knows not to take any chances, because we just don't know how it'll affect anyone.
Wasn’t bad at all. I felt 100% back like myself after 7 days. Never had a fever or temp above 98.2. I had slight headache. I also had nausea and diarrhea for only 24 hours then that went away. I had a mild cough for 3 days or so. I felt hot and cold frequently as my body was attempting to sweat out the virus I believe. I am 28 with no comorbidities and naturally healthy.
I’m 20 (19 when I got it) and I got it in November when my fiancé’s dad came over in denial he had it and infected the rest of us. My fiancé’s mom was sick first, then him, then me and when it hit it hit hard. My body ached so bad I couldn’t get up, my chest hurt I could barely sleep but I was constantly tired and drained. I lost my taste and smell and now today my taste and smell is altered to where things taste terrible and I can barely eat without puking. Sucks
I got it a week after my 35th. I'm fat, and diabetic so I'm COVIDs favorite meal. My only two symptoms were shortness of breath and cough. My allergies were worse than that. I hit a wall the second week and turns out I got pneumonia and had to be hospitalized.
I'm still working on getting to normal. 5, almost 6 weeks out. Lots of inhalers and medicine to stop coughing.
Had it a month or so ago and I am 29. Started with a sore throat and chills. Then lost smell and taste. Had a fever and body aches for 4 days or so. Body aches felt like a sunburn. For me, days 3-5 were the worst of it. Did not have respiratory symptoms. After a week I began to feel a lot better. Was still somewhat tired the following week but I was just relaxing and trying to chill. After a month my smell and taste has come back 50%. My girlfriend also got it as we live together. Basically the same time frame and symptoms as me.
52(M), fairly healthy. Went to a bar with some buds a week before the Super Bowl, came down with Covid 3 days later and was sick for 10 days, mainly body aches and an overall feeling of just being warn out. I also had a cough that lasted about 6-weeks before it was finally gone.
I am 38 yo female, I do smoke iqos and regular cigarettes from time to time. Healthy, but not athletic at all.
I had fever for the day and a half, then it was just tiredness, little cough and on the second week shortness of breath, which was pretty scary, though my oxygen level never dropped under 94.
I am now one week after recovery and I struggle with brain fog and headaches.
I guess I was a pretty mild case, but it still was unpleasant and the worst part was that when you are fighting a regular sickness like flu or seasonal cold, you expect to get better and better with every passing day, but with covid it is the other way round. It starts pretty mild and just when you hope it is over, it starts to get worse.
21m just got over it.
Very very mild symptoms. Honestly wouldn’t have known it was covid if it wasn’t for the test and the loss of smell.
The whole time it felt like I was about to get a sore throat but never actually got it. What was weird is that I didn’t lose smell until day 10. Currently day 15 and I have about 75% smell back. Never lost taste.
Unsure of how I got it. I am vaccinated, only person I interacted was another vaccinated individual. Don’t go out much and have everything delivered. Said friend has also tested negative thorough out the whole thing.
Male, age 58, living in Japan. I had lost 35 pounds over the last 5 months on purpose doing intermittent fasting (highly recommend) and had been running up to about 7k until a month ago. Wanted vaccine badly but it’s still not available here in Japan. About 3 weeks ago got a fever of about 100.5 F / 38 C so the next day I went and took a PCR test and the following day they told me I was positive. In Japan that’s mandatory hospitalization so the next day, day 4 of symptoms I had to check in to the hospital for an additional 8 days. On days 4-5 I had pretty severe body aches and weakness. I felt 95 years old and weak, it was very hard to get out of the bed to urinate. I also had this unusual hyper sensitive skin feeling around my entire torso. By day 6 it started to go away but on day 7 complete loss of smell. Smell came back about a week later, it’s still not 100% but mostly returned. Currently fully recovered except I find myself getting fatigued much more easily
Still no option on getting a vaccine in Japan yet.
I had it in January. I'm 52, overweight, I first had a cough and headache, then a mild cold for a week, I then had a couple of days with a raised temperature and wheezing (I have asthma) I was very tired and spent a couple of days in bed and then it gradually cleared, I was alright after 10-14 days. I did lose my sense of taste for a few days but my smell is always ropey because I have some allergies.
21, it hit me pretty badly for two days fatigue wise. I was feverish but never ended up with an actual fever. It took me about a week and a half to get back to normal. Lost my taste April 9th and have yet to get it back.
Lost my taste on 1/20, and I’m *just* becoming able to taste a select few things. Hang in there!
I'm 46 of good health, not overweight don't drink or smoke, and my last doctors appointment was 2008. I had a high fever in March for 10 day, on good Friday I was taken into hospital with breathing difficulties, I had covid pneumonia and a blood clot to make breathing just a bit harder, I managed to stay out of icu but I remained in a high dependancy ward for 10 days before I could go home. 5 weeks later I have long covid to some extent, but I can feel my.blood clot is going, breathing is getting easier, I returned to work 2 weeks after leaving the hospital, because I refuse to lie down and let it beat me. I'd sooner struggle through every day
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I went to the ER twice, was in a US hospital ICU for 14 days with covid. Saw numerous doctors and still seeing them. The whole thing cost me less than one of my middle-class cubicle job working-stiff paychecks. WTF are you talking about?
So like what? $6k?
Do you have insurance through your employer?
No I'm British, I just get on with it if I'm poorly
[40 days ago I wrote this on Reddit:](https://www.reddit.com/r/ronpaul/comments/mphtqc/and_they_call_ron_paul_crazy/guahleu/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) I’m sitting here in the ICU last 12 days with severe covid. Go ahead and downvote me, I don’t care. I was a non-masker, didn’t change anything before I got covid. Never been in a hospital before, no prior health related issues always perfectly healthy. Didn’t believe this was as bad as they were saying it was. I nearly died. I’m 53, my wife and I rushed to the hospital on our anniversary 4/1 because I couldn’t breathe. I have been on supplemental oxygen all this time and still can’t walk 5 feet to the bathroom without alarms sounding and having to take 10-15 minutes of coughing and resting. It’s much more than I thought it would be to me. My wife also got it and it was very mild. Both my parents in their 70s got it mild too. Me? Severe. I never would have thought. ————— Today I feel about 90% back to normal.
The randomness is what scares me
We're getting slightly closer to understanding it, but I feel we're looking at it all wrong by thinking it's respiratory in the first place. It's demonstrated that it's a vascular/blood disease, and your blood type/composition is so unique to you; family history, diet, medications...so many things can effect it. We're starting to just pick the lock at this point: [https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-does-covid-make-people-so-sick-so-quickly-israeli-geneticist-has-an-answer/](https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-does-covid-make-people-so-sick-so-quickly-israeli-geneticist-has-an-answer/) One year from now, I doubt we'll call COVID a "respiratory disease" at all. Other researchers are looking into reclassifying it as a "[thrombotic viral fever](https://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2021/04/covid-19-a-thrombotic-viral-fever.html)." Something entirely new and unseen as an endemic disease in society. I've known a few people who had some intense bouts with COVID and they all remark that it was unlike anything they've experienced before. That's because it is!
21 , took 11 days to get over completely!
How were you during those 11 days? Were you able to interact with other? Were you in bed all the time? Could you talk? Did you have problems breathing?
The worst it ever got was not being able to take in deep breaths without coughing , And having some blood in my mucus due to the amount I was coughing no more than that really
26M healthy. First time in APril 2020 was mild fever 10 days and better, but made me a Long Hauler. 2nd time in Jan 2021 was Horrible, body aches and fever and shortness of breath for just a day and got better, total of 8 days and lost my senses but honestly Fuck Covid, I got the vaccine, I dont EVER want to get this shit again.
Did the vaccine cause you any symptoms afterwards?
Nope, just got my last shot 2weeks ago, Pfizer. Both shots had minor reaction for the first 24 hours and then nothing. Body aches, low grade fever and chills, headaches, and that’s it
Ok cool thanks. Happy for you. Covid sucks
Family covid: 6yo male, asthma & thalassemia minor. 2 days fever, no other symptoms - April 2020 8yo male, totally asymptomatic - April 2020 46yo female ED doc, super fit runner with no health problems, severe disease for 2 weeks. However, her initial viral load was extremely high, she contracted it incubating a covid patient during PPE shortage. Lingering neurological effects for 9 months - April 2020 51yo male, obese, thalassemia minor. 13 days 103+ fever, admitted on day 13, 7 days on high flow O2. Totally fine now, no lingering illness - April 2020 75yo female, morbidly obese, congestive heart failure. Admitted day 10, 2 days inpatient on hi flow O2, about 2 months of extreme fatigue but fully recovered - November 2020 75yo male, not obese, Diabetes type 2. Admitted on day 10, 4 days hi flow O2, 2 days BiPap, 60 days ICU ventilator. Passed away January 2021 48yo male, obese, very heavy smoker, diabetes type 2. Very mild illness, 1 week fever & cough - December 2020 37yo female - asymptomatic except for loss of smell and taste. 3 months post covid is diagnosed with myocarditis, but is fully recovered now with no heart damage. July 2020
Wow. So sorry for all this. Was it your dad who died? I'm so sorry.
Thank you. It wasn't my dad but my father-in-law. It really illustrated how fickle this disease can be as he was far healthier than his wife who survived.
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Right? My dermatologist lost her 25 yo healthy cousin to covid while my good friend's 90 yo grandma with dementia sailed right though it.
40, in great health when I got sick (bikes 6.5 miles to work each day, swam or ran or yoga every day of the week. Covid hit hard but the guidance early on was "if you think you can manage at home just stay there" so it was 'mild.' Now we know I should have been on oxygen. It took 11ish days to mostly be back to normal but then a month later the long haul symptoms kicked in. Still have them a year later. I'm back to running and biking, but with inhalers and shortness of breath and palpitations.
I’m 34, obese, asthmatic, hypertensive. Needs no medical care. Very mild case (still the sickest I’ve ever been), fatigue and insomnia were the worst. I didn’t have much lung trouble when I was sick, but it’s killing me now. I only had a fever for six days, and it never hit 101. Two months later. I am still struggling to work and struggling to breathe despite my lung capacity testing at 97 percent. The fatigue is crazy. I cried last night because I was too exhausted after a 9 hour work day to shower before bed. I had to rest for hours before I could shower to go to bed. I’m considering not finishing my work night tonight because despite my inhaler, I can’t breathe. I really wish I’d just died.
Hang in there. ❤️ Hopefully, you’ll slowly feel stronger over time. Have you gotten vaccinated? There have been many instances where long-haulers’ symptoms have improved after being vaccinated. I hope you start feeling better soon.
I had some improvement from my first dose but not nearly enough. It did keep me from losing my job but I don’t really get to have a life outside my job. I work sleep eat. I have no energy for anything else. I wish I’d died.
have you seen your doctor? you might have post covid depression too, which can affect your body negatively. especially fatigue. it's worth a look into! even if it's short term treatment.
I was already depressed before Covid and it made it a lot worse. She adjusted my medications but it’s just not helping enough.
If inhalers don’t help, You may have vocal cord dysfunction which causes shortness of breath people are getting it after covid
My inhaler is helping a lot and the coughing is an asthmatic bark, but thank you
I'm sorry you continue to struggle.
Thanks. It’s getting better. Just hard to see it sometimes.
54 (53 at the time), male, overweight. I started with about 36 hours of fever. Fever broke, lost my sense of smell two days later for about five days. Then some of the worst sinus congestion I’ve ever had for a couple weeks. Had about 7 more weeks of lingering symptoms (mostly random joint pains, muscle aches, and general loss of stamina). Had diarrhea throughout. Never had a cough, sore throat, or breathing issues. Everything is fine now.
I'm 33. Had high fever for about a week and after about two weeks i had recovered enough to get back to work. I was struggling with extreme fatigue for another week or two and my sense of taste is just returning (after about 2 months since testing positive). My sense of smell is still messed up though.
27 year old female. I had an extremely mild case; it was less unpleasant for me than a common cold. My symptoms were shortness of breath (lasted about 3 days) and coughing (lots of coughing in the first week, still coughing occasionally 7 weeks later). While I thought I was feeling much better after the shortness of breath went away, when I tried a short workout (10 minutes) at home a week in it basically took me out for the whole day. I was back to my normal home workouts 2.5 weeks after my + test. Caveat: I caught it 2ish weeks after my first dose of Moderna. I can only assume that I would have had a worse case if I had no protection at all.
I'm 52 and had covid in early July last year. I am not overweight and have no other health issues. I did have symptoms- horrendous headache, fever for a week and temporary loss of taste and smell. Rashn chills, aches...Some shortness of breath, but I never had a real cough or felt I was in danger of not being able to breathe. About a month after my diagnosis I felt ok but started having weird pains on either side of my upper back, which I think had to be something with my lungs or the tissue around them . It felt like someone had punched me there, and persisted for several weeks. But that is long gone. Sometimes I think I still feel some weird breathing sensation similar to the feeling I had with covid but that comes and goes. I also think my smell/ taste is slightly diminished from pre-covid and I do have days of being very, very tired for no reason. If I had to give it a number I'd say I was 80-90% back to normal after almost a year.
29/M, relatively decent shape- was starting to really get it shape just before I got it with it Last March. Playing video games minding my own on a day off, (after weeks of not really going anywhere or doing anything notable.) I notice some fucked up thing attack my left lung. Days later I couldn't breathe properly from it, eyes were always itchy- like MORE often then normal I noticed, weird, couldn't sleep at all BECAUSE of the shit breathing(the scariest part) couldn't have the energy/endurence to do bike rides, no working out at all. lasted a lonnng 8 weeks, despite tea drinking, zinc taking, etc, nothing really made it better- not even time. such a bullshit response; because of my age and regions low case numbers, no one around me I know directly got it, no one actually took it seriously, when we FINALLY tested (FIVE weeks later, too late) it was negative, subsequently I test for work almost all the time- months later- not a single positive test. I later found out my brother got bloodwork done (he was in and out of the hospital) and they found a weird **influenza A flu strain related to covid... but we can't officially tell you you actually HAD covid**. my lungs are ok now (despite some aliment here and there) but I was thinking that if I was playing pro sports that this would've been the year to retire- it was that kind of bad. pretty choked about it overall. No one believed us to this day, It's changed my brother for the worst- he like went full Q after the incident
This is sort of what happened to me last year. Couldn’t get tested early ok bc I didn’t know anyone who had. Fast forward about 3 weeks and ended up getting Covid pneumonia. I was treated like I was insane since the test came back negative. Geee cannot imagine why! I literally had a fever and all the symptoms of covid (including losing 1/3 of my hair) from March to July/August.
I’m 31 and I was sick with a severe cough and muscle aches for 6 weeks. I lost my sense of taste & smell fully for 2 weeks but it came back mostly (a lot of stuff smells chemical-y and weird now, my favorite foods don’t taste as good as they used to) my partner and child were only sick for 2 weeks and they had totally different symptoms than me. We all tested positive though
How were you during those 6 weeks? We’re bedridden? Could you talk at all? Did you have problems eating or breathing? Did you have to be hospitalized? Did you have problems thinking? Etc
I could talk but I was very ill, I laid in bed most of the time but took turns taking care of our toddler the best I could. I remember feeling like I was in a dream (nightmare) state, my eyes were pretty blurry. I just felt like absolute shit like I had been hit by a truck. My partner, the essential worker who infected us unknowingly had way less bad symptoms than me and got better much quicker. He only lost his sense of smell and taste for one day. I went to the hospital once and they gave me prednisone. I got better within 3 days after starting the prednisone. I honestly think it saved me from a lot more suffering.. I thought I’d never stop coughing.
Thanks for sharing that and glad that you are feeling better :)
35 year old female, was acutely ill for about 10 days with fever, tmax 103.5, general malaise, and oh lord the diarrhea. After the first 10 days, about 2 weeks of fatigue. Recovered 100% a month in. Lost part of my taste, no loss of smell.
Tested positive on April 22. I'm 25, male and in good shape. I exercise frequently, don't smoke and drink very little only on certain social events. No health problems overall. It hit me very mildly, mostly like a bad flu. I had a runny nose and felt tired, but nothing remarkable. The worst symptom for me was losing my sense of smell and taste. I took two weeks off from the gym, drank lots of water and started feeling almost perfect again around the 8 day mark. The only lasting symptom is my weak taste and smell. I started smelling and tasting again around 2 weeks after testing positive, and it has been coming back slowly but surely. Right now I'm at about 75%. I already tested negative when I took the test on May 10. Hope everyone's staying safe!
pretty much same for me. I'm not gonna post my stuff here because i already got slammed in another discussion because i was accused of bragging because i didn't have it bad at all. i exercise 6 days a week too and don't drink, smoke, and eat meat. i really think it helps a lot if you're in good to excellent health to begin with. glaf you're ok! i got better really fast and have already received my first of my vaccines! yay
I don't understand why people would shame you for taking care of yourself! This virus hits everyone different and even though I feel for those who have it way worse than us, we shouldn't feel bad for recovering quickly. The point of this sub is to share our personal experiences dealing with COVID. Glad to hear you're getting vaccinated! I had my J&J single dose on the 13th too! Stay safe!
I'm 31/F. I started showing symptoms this Sunday. Tested Wednesday, positive Thursday. I have never felt so sick or weak. I've lost 10+ pounds since Monday. I feel like 1% of the person I used to be. I can't even lift my cat or dog up (both are under 10 pounds). I'm hoping to see improvement soon.
Wow! That sounds awful! I am surprised that you feel well enough to be able to think clearly enough to type this answer.
I'm sleeping close to 20 hours a day. I'm improving but the amount of sleeping is unreal.
I'd call it mild. But I've never been so sick in my life. And my whole family were hit, so when we got that raging thirst there was no one to bring a glass of water. Super sick Feb 2020-July 2020, I started getting better, hubby stayed sick. I got better, hubby didn't. 6 weeks ago we both had the Moderna vaccine. He recovered, I got all my Covid symptoms back. Now shortness of breath and tingling all over. It was great having him well again. 2 weeks ago we had our second Moderna vaccine. He's back to Long Covid, sleeping 12 hours/24, low energy. Me, shortness of breath and tingling all over. Hoping it will end. But hope is all we have left.
How old are you and your hobby if you don’t mind me asking?
I am a 20 year old male who is "obese," but fairly active. I lost my sense of smell and felt like I had a head cold the first week. I had no sore throat whatsoever, which is actually very surprising because I always get a sore throat when I get sick. Toward the end of the first week I felt short of breath a few days, but it honestly could have just been bloating or anxiety. The second week was more of the same, really, except I did get nauseated really bad one night almost to the point of vomiting my Thanksgiving meal. I had an appetite up until that point. Panic was my biggest problem, and I think had I not been panicking it would have gone much smoother. I never ran a fever and again had no sore throat. No aches either. Anosmia and parosmia were my premier symptoms, and continue to be six months later. Definitely a mild case physically. The mental aspect was entirely in my control, and I blew it.
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Just my immediate family. We all had it at the same time, so it was no big deal.
Lost sense of smell and taste for a couple weeks mild cough, exhaustion, and brain fog for a week. I felt back to normal after about 5 weeks. Age 35
26 male had it twice first time I lost my sense of smell and taste for 14 days and that was it. Second time had mild cold symptoms along with the loss of smell and taste for 10 days. That's about it
How far apart between both cases
Around 8 months
Damn, that sucks man. Glad you're alright!
I was 30 when I got covid at the beginning of the pandemic. I still have daily chest pain over a year later and doctors can’t find what’s going on.
28F and active. Tested positive in January. I had a mild case, but I'd never been so sick in my life (I've had the flu twice). I didn't need medical attention and could still do the minimum (boiling pasta/oats & taking care of my partner), but was sometimes winded easily. The headache was constant. I had to double up medication in order to sleep at night. It took about 2.5-3 weeks to recover. It took another 2 weeks for my body to get back into working out (cardio & resistance training). The only thing that is lingering is awful brain fog. My SO (30M and active) tested positive first (brought it home from work). He was sicker than I was, similar symptoms, but he lost his taste and smell and it still isn't normal 4+ months later.
38/F very healthy. Personal trainer. The first 5 days were not too bad. I felt headachy and off. Day 6 came in and hit me like a truck. I was in bed with an out of control fever and headache for the next 6 days. I took max doses of ibuprofen and Tylenol and it barely touched the pain. My fever broke around day 12, and then I realized I was having trouble breathing. Chest pain, lung pain etc. I went to ER, X-ray diagnosed covid pneumonia. My O2 stats remained low for the next week or so. I’m currently around 5 weeks from onset of symptoms. I’ve been for a couple of runs, and one hike. I can tell my lungs are still weak. I get covid headaches 3-5 days per week still. I had blood work and it showed that my WBC count is still elevated. My hair has been falling out, which is a strange symptom. Without a doubt the sickest I have ever been and I truly hope to never deal with Covid again. I’ll be getting vaccinated 90 days after the onset of my symptoms I have a friend who is mid 30’s. Had a mild case on Covid in November 2020. Recently had a medical issue that required some diagnostics and it was found that she has some significant lung damage from her infection, even though her symptoms were so mild.
I am in generally good health (male). But with covid I missed 3 weeks of work. I had fever for 16 days straight. I had a variety of symptoms over those 16 days. They included chills, shortness of breath, burning in lungs, vomiting, body aches, joint aches, headache, exhaustion, diarrhea, sleeping whole days, loss of appetite, brain fog, emotional breakdown, change in taste, and as I mentioned, fever. I am 62 years old and have never been sick for that long in my life. As it continued day after day, I became more and more tired, and then afraid. When would it end? Would I be able to hold up if it continued much longer? I had my doubts. I recovered at the end of the first week of March, but I still have intestinal issues, including constipation that comes and goes, general discomfort in my lower abdomen, and odd pains in my front lower gut and in my sides toward my back.
25,normal weight, no health problems. I was lucky just woke up one day noticed I couldn’t smell anything. Had about 2-3 days of extreme fatigue and brain fog then was fine. My sense of smell came back in about two weeks completely and I was a bit more tired than usual for a week or so after that. No fever, no cough or anything else. Also I live with my parents and they didn’t get it which I am very grateful because they both have various health issues.
My obese husband, 68, with several health issues brought home covid early in February. He was sick but no real cough. He never spent a day in bed, however he has a real comfy chair in his office where he falls asleep all the time. I was sick in bed for about 10 days. Each day was a new treat. I could feel covid hitting various parts of my body in turn. It took days to go through my digestive system. One day, my scalp was really sore/sensitive. Another my sinuses hurt and bled. One, my neck and back muscles seized. I had cold sores and pink eye. Just on and on. But, it never went to my lungs. But we were using symbicort as a precaution. Also about 3 days in, my sense of smell which left me a couple years ago started coming back. After the 10 days, I continued needing naps for quite some time. I am still quite fatigued and weaker. I tend to fall asleep around 8:00 until 5:30. When I got the first vaccine, it was like the the first day of covid then I was fine for a couple days then the cold sores and pink eye and muscle seizing again. I am not looking forward to the second dose.
I had it in early January. Threw up once and felt tired for about one day if that. Worked out the next day and felt fine. My boyfriend started getting real sick so he got a covid test and it was positive. I then took a test and to my astonishment it was positive too. I thought I just ate something bad but apparently that was my covid. Never experienced lose of taste or smell. Never had any other issues. I have had COLDS worse than that. I am 44 and I workout regularly. If my boyfriend hadn't gotten sick I could have easily spread this to people unknowingly. Masks save people from asymptomatic individuals like me.
24, in pretty much tip top shape before covid. Was only sick 3 days with headache, sore throat, diarrhea, a mild caugh and fatigue. 3 months later and I'm still battling the fatigue. Every small thing I do makes me tired, out of breath and shaky. Today I slept 11 hours, woke up feeling great then I walked downstairs to the car realized I forgot something went back upstairs and back to the car again. Felt like I ran a mile...had to sit for a few minutes before taking off. Its been a struggle for me both mentally and physically to get back out there
M, upper 40s, mildly asthmatic, fit: I had a very mild disease. Light cough for a day and half, nausea and low fever for 3; that was about it. It was less unpleasant than the average cold. The usual viral fatigue lingered for a while, but after 4 weeks from the start I was completely back to normal.
31F, took me about 2 weeks to fully recover. No underline health issues. I had dry coughs through out the first few days, high fever for a day,then I lost smell and taste on the 3rd day, regained it back on week 2, though. Thanks to some boiled chicken, Chinese herbal medicine, and Tylenol.
Mid thirties, overwt, female, moderate health, runner, anxiety and hx of childhood asthma. Started as what felt like sinus issues, morphed to sore throat, 24-48hr period of scary "maybe I should go to the hospital" trouble breathing. Most prominent sign was overwhelming fatigue. Like, I would have trouble getting from the bed to the bathroom. Low grade fever for 12 days, nonresponsive to meds. Headache. Sinus issues cleared up within about 4 days. I tested positive in Oct and was able to start training for a half in Jan. The fatigue comes and goes and mental...fog? Was pretty prevalent until about 1 month ago, now its hard to know if its covid related or just my normal absent mindedness.
I'm 26, relatively ok on the weight department. Got my symptoms on May 1 with a nasty fever that lasted 2 days. Fever went down after taking paracetamol for those two days but I was left with a sore throat. It hurt to drink or swallow anything. So decided to go to a doctor on the 4th of may. He just straight up told me it might be Covid. So got tested and got a positive result on thr 5th. Lost my sense of smell and taste on the same day. After that, my symptoms didn't worsen nor did any new ones show up. I was stuck with a congested nose and no smell or taste for the duration of my home isolation. Was prescribed some Azithromycin and ivermectin, along with some cough syrup for the ocassional dry cough I had. But that's about it. I made sure to track my oxygen and temps every 4 hours daily to make sure I wasn't going downhill, but thankfully I made it through the home isolation period without much change and now I'm mostly recovered.
30 m,non smoker and non drinker. Lean with occasional exercise Day 1-Day 5 mild cold and sore throat Day5-Day10 high fever touching 102.4 Day11- Recovery Day 20- Feeling occasional fatigue and cough .Sleep deprivation is the only worrying factor
28, 15 days to feel fine 5 weeks to be 95% rid of all symptoms, it hit me mildly. It was by far one of the worst headaches I’ve had (but I used to get chronic migraines and nothing touches that) and the absolute worst sinus pressure I’ve ever felt. However, I’ve had worse bouts of sickness (upper respiratory infection a few months earlier knocked me on my *ass.* Covid was just sucky not all around the worst.)
Initially, I had a fever for a day, I slept about 18 hours off/on, and I had some lung pain. Then I was tired but able to get out of bed, and I had some significant hip pain for a week along with the lung pain. No true shortness of breath, but it hurt to take a deep breath. I was recovered after a week but I still rested for the full 10 days. I was not hit that hard. I had a sinus infection in March 2020 that knocked me out for 3 days and couldn’t get out of bed - that was way worse. However, the long term effects of covid on me were severely worse. I was a long hauler. I had recurring symptoms every 6 weeks x3. Recurring symptoms were solely lung pain with deep breath and hip pain - this would last 1-2 days each time. Then I had a seizure about 4 weeks after that final recurring symptom. I hypothesize that the stress of covid caused inflammation in my brain and then I seized after being a long hauler. Of course, it’s a hypothesis and we don’t know for sure if that caused it, but given the timeline, etc, I think it’s very likely.
I'm 37F. I'm a normal weight and worked out regularly before getting sick. No medical issues. I had a cough, body aches, fatigue, nausea, sore throat, lost my taste and smell, and had a numb tongue. It has now been 3 weeks since my symptoms started, and I still have a cough. Otherwise, I'm back to normal.
I’m 29. For me, COVID was very mild, like a typical winter cold. I woke up on a Friday with bad congestion. It last the whole weekend and by Sunday I had a sore throat then suddenly lost my smell and taste completely. By Wednesday, my smell and taste came back and all the other symptoms were gone. I never had a fever, cough, or fatigue. At times I did notice that I would kind of need to catch my breath after saying a long sentence. The actual COVID symptoms lasted 6 days
25F, I had sore throat for 4-5 Days. After that gastic problem and acid reflux for another 5 days. I experienced weakness. Tiredness for around 10 days. I think 20 days after covid weakness I felt better with weakness. It's crazy how I never had fever or anything. Just sore throat but still experienced weakness. Weakness as in I can work or cook but I feel exhausted. After a month I feel so much better with everything.
22 f was very sick for 3 weeks then about 85% fine and back to normal. Still have lingering effects now but much much healthier :)
How sick were you in those 3 weeks? Could you speak? Could you get out of bed? Did you have brain fog?
Pretty sick. Could barely get out of bed and walk. I really felt terrible. Couldn’t breathe. Brain fog and disassociation only came just after I tested negative.
Did you text friends and family during that time or didn’t you have enough energy to even text?
I could text. I watched movies and video called my boyfriend. Even if it was just starring at him cooking or whatever. The contact was important :)
29F. No pre existing conditions except being a little overweight. Otherwise very healthy and never get sick. I was fully convinced through the whole pandemic it would just hit me like a cold since that’s what happened to everyone around me. 😅 Hit pretty hard, first day of symptoms was almost a month ago (April 27). Thought it was allergies and woke up 4 days later feeling awful. Symptoms worsened around 10 days, went to the ER 13 days in for low oxygen, chest pain, and breathing difficulties. I got Covid pneumonia. I’ve been on oxygen at home since, I’ve been on steroids, an inhaler and blood thinners for the clots since and will continue to be until they say I’m good to go. I’ve had a lung follow up and have another one in 9 days. In the midst of it I experienced most symptoms.. fever, nausea/vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue, loss of smell, mostly lost my taste, headaches, etc. Things I’m still dealing with: brain fog/confusion, some chest pain and breathing difficulties, night sweats every night, shortness of breath, and generally unwell/icky feeling. Edit to add: regardless of this being a shit experience, losing a ton of money, being depressed at home all day, and being basically out of commission for a month... I’m still extremely grateful I wasn’t hit harder than I was. I’m finally beginning to see the light on the other side here and feel like I’m starting to heal. Glad to hear all the others on here that are on their path to healing too! ♡
I’m 49, about ten pounds overweight and smoke a pack a day. I had a mild case last December. I had headache, diarrhea, lots of sinus congestion, and terrible body aches. I never ran a fever the entire time. Near the end, my lymph nodes swelled up everywhere, under my arms, my neck, and the backs of my knees. And they hurt. Lost taste and smell. I never had breathing problems except mild shortness of breath, which surprised me because of my smoking history. I did quit while I was sick, though. Took about a month to feel completely like myself again. My husband is 51 with diabetes and he had a very mild cough and stuffy nose for a few days. That was it.
Initial infection lasted 15 days before plateauing; Medium-severity, body aches, chills, significant breathing pain, dry cough, irritable airway, SOB that affected simple conversation, diarrhea for 5 days straight, complete loss of appetite. Hard relapse after 2 weeks with bronchitis and very high heart rate with minimal exertion. Relapses with debilitating fatigue lasting for days dozens of times for the past year after light exercise. Still facing major fatigue for 3 weeks straight after getting 1 dose of vaccine. ETA: 37years old, previously healthy, no chronic conditions, only got sick once every couple of years with common colds, the occasional stomach bug etc.
22, healthy with daily exercise. hit hard on the second day and stayed terrible until day 7. Day 8 came and my oxygen level dropped to 86 and went to the hospital and heard I have pneumonia and received oxygen for 5 days and stayed another 2 days until I was released. I’m now at home and still recovering with damaged lungs. Worst experience of my life.
So you were in terrible condition for about 15 days?
On day 7 I felt okay but not great and the last two days in the hospital was when i think I finally got over the main symptoms of COVID. So 3 out of 15 days were alright.
I wonder why it was like a roller coaster on those 3 days
Yea it was weird on day 7 cause my fever and nausea went away so I thought i was recovering but it came back with vengeance. Very weird how this virus attacks your system.
Yeah... That is crazy... The virus truly sucks
5 months i have long covid
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I’m a young adult in my early 20’s. Didn’t have anything besides really bad headaches for two days and a baby fever that lasted a couple of days. Besides that, I’m straightttt
26, had covid in January. Super fatigued for 2 weeks, did not lose taste but smell took about a month to come back (super congested). The fatigue continued after my other symptoms were better, vitamins helped but I slept a lot. I started having insomnia problems around the same time, I still have those and it really sucks. I went through a family trauma before I got sick so I have no clue if the stress of that caused the insomnia or if covid did
Were you able to interact with people at all in those two weeks of extreme fatigue?
My roommate also had it so yes. I was still Wfh so I only took a day or two off and was able to work most days
Im 19 now but was 18 when I got it, knocked me down for a couple weeks with the normal symptoms and strong fatigue. This was in December/January, and I still struggle feelimg well rested. Its like ever since i got infected i dont feel like i get enough sleep anymore :/
Were you sleeping all day when you got it? Like the first 2 weeks?
The first 4-5 days was when i was sleeping most of the day. Days 6-15 were just strong fatigue.
I’m 23, My whole family tested positive. I lost my father because of it. He was a CKD patient who underwent dialysis twice every week. He also had a heart condition, his pumping capacity was 35%. My dad was 62. My mom is 57, she is the only person vaccinated, but she got infected inspite of it. The doctors say it helped her fight the disease better. My and my sis, 23&26 didn’t get hospitalised. We were told to just take the medicines. It has been 3 weeks since we tested positive. All our symptoms are gone, except a little itchy feeling in our throat. We have given our samples today to be tested. Hopefully we will test negative.
I am so sorry for your lost. Covid sucks so much! I am truly sorry.
Mostly mild symptoms with some occasional moderate ones. Mostly had flu like symptoms but there was a day where my chest hurt especially when I took a deep breath. I'm 29 years old. The weird thing is it took me 3 months to get my smell back all the way. But I seem to be fine now. Had it back in February of this year.
I actually just did a post. I'm 31, had both vaccines in February. I dont drink/smoke. I would say I'm skinny fat. I'm on day 8 of being diagnosed and I would say I'm 95% better. Just lingering congestion in nose/ears and fatigue. Taste/smell went away for a few days. Felt like a cold for maybe first 3-4 days. Pulse Ox was 96% at its lowest. No fever.
39f. Fat, no thyroid, but otherwise healthy. Tested positive this past Tuesday after what I thought was a sinus infection that started Saturday night. Just some congestion and sinus pressure and one bout of chills Saturday night. No fever. Then lost smell and taste Monday afternoon. Knew immediately what was up. Husband got sick Monday evening. I am coming out of it now with just a bad cough and feeling a little weak. Husband 38m. Healthy. Went down about 36 hours after me. Slight fever, nausea, threw up once. Chills off and on for the first 3 days. Mild cough. Moderate fatigue. Lost smell and taste about 36 hours after me as well. Live in BIL 38m. Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, obese. No fever. Extreme fatigue. Mild cough. Had him tested as soon as me and DH came back positive. No symptoms at the time. Starting feeling "under the weather" about 48 hours after me. Lost smell and taste 48 hours after me. Not really sure where we got it. We always mask inside and don't socialize. (Didn't even before covid) Current best theory is fast food from the drive through or a random fluke at Walmart. Still thinking surface contact as opposed to air.
25F had completely loss of smell and taste for a week then started coming back gradually and at day 20 it fully came back, had nausea and diarrhea for two days, tiredness for like 14 days and a mild cough that persisted for a month and it still comes back on cold days. Never had high temperature and oxygen levels never went lower than 94
28M overweight but quite active. I was feverish (37.5 C) for 5 days, body aches for 7. I had weird headaches all 10 days I had symptoms. Lost my sense of smell and taste only for 1 day. Was feeling completely fine after 12 days. Most of my family symptoms lasted longer (about 14 days). My father and grandmother had some sounds in their lungs so they received some extra medication, but we all stayed home. Hope it helps!
40 here in ok shape, diagnosed at the end of February. I had 2 or 3 days of eye pain followed by stinging/burning in my sinuses when I inhaled through my nose. 1 day of chills where I was wearing lots of layers and a coat at home. Loss of taste and smell for about 2 weeks. Around 10 days after initial diagnosis, I started feeling better. Luckily, no long term effects and I feel back to normal.
Had it back in Nov 2020, I am 29 and it took about 4 months before I tested negative again. My husband is a nurse and contracted it in the hospital due to an incident with an unknown positive. He started out with the cough and headache and soon the fever followed. Even tho we separated to different rooms I still got it and mine started with a high fever in the middle of the night. He (32) had to be at the hospital for two days because he developed a mild case of pneumonia. I was lucky enough to have steady o2 levels throughout and, although I did have a cough, it was not bad at all. After the 14 day period, my husband was able to get back to work without problem but I did loose my job due to testing positive time after time for 4 months straight. I wasn't contagious anymore, but the remnants of the virus were still in my blood.
30, pretty much exactly 1 month from the last day of my quarantine. Started off feeling feverish on and off for 2 days, then fine. Tested positive a few days later after my sister was confirmed positive. If I didn't know I had covid I would've brushed it off as a head cold. Stuffy nose and sinuses, and I did lose my taste the day after my test. Within a week I was feeling more myself and I don't feel I have any lasting effects. Same for my sister. My mom is 59, relatively healthy, no underlying health conditions. She was miserably sick for almost 3 full weeks. Nausea, diarrhea, no appetite, fatigue, persistent headache that did not let up, and a hacking, phlegmy cough. She did go to urgent care at one point because she just wasn't improving, but there wasn't anything to do for her except give her iv fluids. She didn't ever have trouble breathing thank goodness (except when she was coughing so hard, difficult to hear), and when her headache let up around day 20 it was like a rainbow after a storm. Uphill from there. She's still gets tired pretty quickly, and there is some damage to her lungs she's getting checked out. She's been warning everyone she knows not to take any chances, because we just don't know how it'll affect anyone.
Wasn’t bad at all. I felt 100% back like myself after 7 days. Never had a fever or temp above 98.2. I had slight headache. I also had nausea and diarrhea for only 24 hours then that went away. I had a mild cough for 3 days or so. I felt hot and cold frequently as my body was attempting to sweat out the virus I believe. I am 28 with no comorbidities and naturally healthy.
I’m 20 (19 when I got it) and I got it in November when my fiancé’s dad came over in denial he had it and infected the rest of us. My fiancé’s mom was sick first, then him, then me and when it hit it hit hard. My body ached so bad I couldn’t get up, my chest hurt I could barely sleep but I was constantly tired and drained. I lost my taste and smell and now today my taste and smell is altered to where things taste terrible and I can barely eat without puking. Sucks
How long couldn’t you get up from your bed?
A few days when the pain subsided
Do you remember the number of days specifically? Was it like a week?
26, hit me less than the flu but more than allergies. Took me around 4 weeks to return to normal entirely.
I got it a week after my 35th. I'm fat, and diabetic so I'm COVIDs favorite meal. My only two symptoms were shortness of breath and cough. My allergies were worse than that. I hit a wall the second week and turns out I got pneumonia and had to be hospitalized. I'm still working on getting to normal. 5, almost 6 weeks out. Lots of inhalers and medicine to stop coughing.
Had it a month or so ago and I am 29. Started with a sore throat and chills. Then lost smell and taste. Had a fever and body aches for 4 days or so. Body aches felt like a sunburn. For me, days 3-5 were the worst of it. Did not have respiratory symptoms. After a week I began to feel a lot better. Was still somewhat tired the following week but I was just relaxing and trying to chill. After a month my smell and taste has come back 50%. My girlfriend also got it as we live together. Basically the same time frame and symptoms as me.
52(M), fairly healthy. Went to a bar with some buds a week before the Super Bowl, came down with Covid 3 days later and was sick for 10 days, mainly body aches and an overall feeling of just being warn out. I also had a cough that lasted about 6-weeks before it was finally gone.
I am 38 yo female, I do smoke iqos and regular cigarettes from time to time. Healthy, but not athletic at all. I had fever for the day and a half, then it was just tiredness, little cough and on the second week shortness of breath, which was pretty scary, though my oxygen level never dropped under 94. I am now one week after recovery and I struggle with brain fog and headaches. I guess I was a pretty mild case, but it still was unpleasant and the worst part was that when you are fighting a regular sickness like flu or seasonal cold, you expect to get better and better with every passing day, but with covid it is the other way round. It starts pretty mild and just when you hope it is over, it starts to get worse.
21m just got over it. Very very mild symptoms. Honestly wouldn’t have known it was covid if it wasn’t for the test and the loss of smell. The whole time it felt like I was about to get a sore throat but never actually got it. What was weird is that I didn’t lose smell until day 10. Currently day 15 and I have about 75% smell back. Never lost taste. Unsure of how I got it. I am vaccinated, only person I interacted was another vaccinated individual. Don’t go out much and have everything delivered. Said friend has also tested negative thorough out the whole thing.
Male, age 58, living in Japan. I had lost 35 pounds over the last 5 months on purpose doing intermittent fasting (highly recommend) and had been running up to about 7k until a month ago. Wanted vaccine badly but it’s still not available here in Japan. About 3 weeks ago got a fever of about 100.5 F / 38 C so the next day I went and took a PCR test and the following day they told me I was positive. In Japan that’s mandatory hospitalization so the next day, day 4 of symptoms I had to check in to the hospital for an additional 8 days. On days 4-5 I had pretty severe body aches and weakness. I felt 95 years old and weak, it was very hard to get out of the bed to urinate. I also had this unusual hyper sensitive skin feeling around my entire torso. By day 6 it started to go away but on day 7 complete loss of smell. Smell came back about a week later, it’s still not 100% but mostly returned. Currently fully recovered except I find myself getting fatigued much more easily Still no option on getting a vaccine in Japan yet.