Some Comments from Those Who Had Contracted Covid 19
I pulled some purposely unidentified comments from people on a website who have contracted COVID 19. At two months and alive, the virus or dead virus is still lingering, and they are hurting after having survived. My point? It is important you take the necessary precautions to prevent contracting Covid 19. Stay away from crowds and stay home.
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Hi all survivors, I am two months in . . feel much stronger than 2 weeks ago, even though not 100% myself yet but I am grateful to be able to get on with my daily tasks ( and home working). I still have many symptoms as many of you have : heart rate issues, pins and needles/numbness in the feet / fingers ( they got red and burning).. think my blood circulation is not as good as before. I remain positive and I noticed I smile more and more. One of the things really remind me every day that I have covid is my breathing-SOB.. I have tight chest some days, but most day I have this mild SOB, the feeling of needs to take deep breath ( like I forgot how to breath), when trying to take in deep satisfying breath I just cannot , lit’s like I cannot complete the action, and not get enough air in my lung yet I cannot expand my lungs anymore.. it often helps if I yawn in order to get the air in.. ( I hope you get what I mean) I also noticed on the days I have bad reflux, the breathing seems to get worse . . Do you have similar experience? Can you share hope you cope with it? Or any dr advice from your Experience. Ps . My x ray was clear, blood oxygen level perfect . .
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Hi I’m from India. 27 yo M I’m in the same situation as you are in. My symptoms (SOB and fainted once) started in March 13th. Worsened by the end of March. Visited multiple doctors. Got checked by pulmonologists and cardiologists. Reports were normal. Breathing symptoms eased around mid of April. Then the chest pains set in. Had a weird chest pain for 2 weeks. Had an echocardiogram and reports were normal. Now two months in. The SOB still exists. But I am able to lie down flat on the bed from past week. But the chest aches though. I walk slowly everyday for 30-60 mins. My arms become numb sometimes. I find my chest and back (area near my heart) sore. I have severe stomach bloating sometimes. My testicles hurt. All this while i never had fever or cough. And my oxygen remained above 95 throughout this time. I noticed one thing, my resting heart rate dropped from 70 to 60. When i was lying flat it someone’s reached 45 at nights. Maybe my heart rate was always like that. Who knows.
Was on a 5 day dose of azithromycin around mid April. Now I’m only on vitamins.
I hope i can get back to normal soon. Like the way i was before march 13.
I’m glad that you have improved. I wish you a faster recovery and good health.
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Reacting to dead virus particles is an interesting theory given that the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome has existed for many years already. 27% of SARS-1 patients and 75% of MERS patients ended up with CFS. Quite likely, in my view, that a proportion of COVID-19 also ended up with CFS. We don’t know what causes CFS exactly, but it seems like a chronic immune system overreaction more than a continued reaction to dead virus particles.
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CFS is now known as ME in the medical community. It’s a persistent, never-ending fatigue with other symptoms such as light sensitivity and pain.
Imagine being tired, being so tired you can hardly do anything. Now imagine if sleeping didn’t help. That’s what ME is.
Doctors don’t know what causes it, other than that it’s usually caused following a viral infection of some kind. They don’t know what viruses can cause it, or why it happens. They don’t even know how to treat it. Some people have found that living in a dry climate helped, but the research is severely lacking in it. There are some places in the world where it’s considered a mental illness.
The only things really known for sure are: 1 – there’s a catalyst of some kind, last I heard the most recent studies found a viral infection of any kind to be a potential cause 2 – there are in fact physical effects of this and it extends beyond just being tired 3 – it won’t go away on its own
If you want to know more there’s a documentary called Unrest and Millions Missing is a charity and advocacy group for ME patients.
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I truly hope your doctor is correct but unfortunately know that some survivors will end up chronically ill. (relates to first comment)
I’m not a Covid survivor. I’m a viral infection survivor from 2013, who went through multiple organ failure (full renal), septic shock & pneumonia. I was assured a three month full recovery period.
I’m still stuck in bed 22hrs a day and no doctor can find any reason in testing. I have ME/CFS. A diagnosis of exclusion with no treatment.
The first six months post infection are so important. Be safe, be kind to your bodies and I wish you great health x
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It’s like you completely described my situation – especially the last three weeks prior to this one. I’m now at 7 weeks and I’m feeling about 85% normal. I have a strong feeling that what I eat affects the shortness of breath symptoms.
Here are the things I’ve changed (a lot of this was from reading Healthline articles on diets for post-viral fatigue/chronic fatigue):
– Only half a cup of coffee each day.
– Absolutely no processed sugar and limited processed foods (every time I’ve had sugar – like a few bites of ice cream – I’ve had a bad day afterwards)
– Only brown rice in terms of grains (no white bread or whole wheat grains)
– No nightshades (tomatoes, eggplant)
– No dairy
– Light on the legumesWhat do I eat, then ?
– Breakfast – Granola and banana with oat milk
– Lunch – Green salad with tahini/lemon dressing
– Snacks – Eating carrots and apples. Sometimes pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds.
– Dinner – Vegetables (squash, kale, mushrooms, beats etc) with a protein (plant-based meat), sometimes brown rice or brown rice pasta. (I was also already vegan before all this, by the way)I’d like to believe this is helping but completely honest that my rules aren’t based on any scientific research or true evidence other than some suggestions online. The other thing I’ve noticed at this stage (not true 3-4 weeks in) is that yoga is the perfect level of physical activity and it’s helping me immensely. Even when I am having a flare-up at this point it helps to level me out.
Get lots of sleep and rest, too. I guess its about finding the balance of diet, rest, and activity now.
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Hiiii to everyone who just read this, don’t panic! When I had covid (I was sick for 39 days), after week 3 when I was still VERY sick and struggling to breathe, or do anything, I came onto this “web” thread to read about other people’s experiences. My intention was to learn about what I could do to recover faster, and minimize long term damage to my body and lungs. Sometimes it calmed me down, but a lot of the time, people were posting things that made me really upset and worried for the health of myself and my family members. It is so so so so so highly unlikely that you will be a worse case scenario case. I have now been covid free for a little over 2 weeks, and I promise you that even if you feel terrible, and you are terrified for your health, the most likely outcome is that you will end up like me — entirely back to normal a few weeks after your recover.
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(Answer to Hiii above) It’s not my intention to scare but just to inform patients that sometimes there is a third outcome between death and fully recovered. Doctors don’t like to talk about it.
Some members of the community are going to end up chronically ill, this will impact them for the rest of their lives. Many will be absolutely fine!!
This community has something ME/CFS sufferers don’t have though, a voice that people are listening to. So when inevitably it is six months from now and some are still unwell, they will need allies to advocate for science and medicine to keep working, keep fighting and finally make that link as to why some of us who suffer a viral infection never recover. Your community may be the key to curing us all.
So as thrilled as I am that you are feeling better. Don’t forget about those of us who aren’t. And the Covid sufferers who may not. We will need your voice too.
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Me: This does not look like it goes away quickly, quietly, or even if it goes away.
One of the things I learned about comments on medical conditions on the internet was that those with bad results will post about those bad results. Those with good results will not post and go on with their lives as normal. Selection bias. I learned this during my pre and post back surgery. The comments were almost totally heart breaking. At least for me the surgery took away the back pain but put it in my feet. I could ignore that where I could not ignore the back pain. Now 20 some years on the pain in the feet is increasing. Can’t ignore.
dd:
Did the back thing 10 inches up it, starting at L2. I could barely walk as the nerves were being pinched off at the spine. If you look at the Michigan numbers. Those who contract Covid 19 have a 1 in 10 chance of dying. I have come to believe dying is the better part of contracting Covid. Much of these comments are about people who have been cured. The rest have either died or have other complications.
Thanks for your comment.
It’s not unlike polio. It killed some people. Most people recovered. Many were paralyzed. Many who were paralyzed but then recovered use of their limbs started to have trouble again 30-40 years later.
No. It is not like the flu.
Kalberg:
It is really hard to get people to understand COVID is not something you want to take lightly. If you contact Covid and in Michigan, ~ one of ten who have contracted it, have died. As you can read for yourself, 60 days out and many people still do not feel normal. Some face more serious issues. Once you contract, it iis difficult to get rid of it.
That was my entire point and these victims bring that point across clearly. The mask, social distancing, and stay at home really do work. I keep hoping our president or vp contract Covid. Then the squealing will be loud.
Those who “recover” are estimating that it takes a week for each day you are sick. Eight days sick = two months recovery. Even (perhaps especially) if you were in peak shape before.
And the Chronic aspect–not to mention increased vulnerability (“comorbidities” is such a charming term) to other issues–appears to be very prevalent in those children we keep being told are “not affected.”
Ken:
This is some of the points I keep trying to bring across in Michigan. Covid does not go quietly into the night. People who go mask less, do not social distance, and do not stay home will contract Covid more readily and then expect sympathy for flaunting the rules of safety. I hope our fearless leader and his sidekick “Gabby Hayes” contratc it.
comorbidities sounds reptilian of dinosaurish.
Run, my wife, aka the world’s greatest nurse, now retired, has once again come to the conclusion that people are really stupid.
In traveling to Columbus Ohio and back (family medical issues) we estimate that of the people we came in contact with, mostly during quick stops at rest areas, 90% of them were without masks.
She has seen just about every possible way people can injure themselves and expose themselves to illness, and this takes the prize.
Rusty:
My wife and I see them also when we venture out. It is akin to a death wish or a wish to have health hampered for the rest of your life. The death rate is 1 in 10 once people contract Covid in Michigan much of which is being fueled by the protests. Decimation.
Rusty,
I am surprised at that. I traveled through Ohio going to Phila for a graveside funeral a month ago. Didn’t seen a single person at the rest areas without a a mask.
Guess things have changed, sadly.
EM:
Another protest this week and another spike o be experienced 10 to 24 days out in Michigan. Ohio is just as silly as Michigan.
Well, this is about as early as you can start taking this thing.
‘How Can I Be Sick?’ Woman Who Took Hydroxychloroquine For 19 Years To Treat Lupus Still Got COVID-19
https://newyork.cbslocal.co..
EM:
HCl plus what? Zinc, AZT or a ZPak? In the treatment for Covid, HCl is used as an ionophore, the chasers inhibit virus replication enough so the body’s immune system can overcome the virus. It is apparent no one gets beyond what is being said.
Run75
You have been there and done that!!! The back surgery that is. In my case the doc said I would be up and going in 6 weeks. HaHaHaHaHa. I could not walk after surgery. No feelings below the hips. I was sent home in a walker that I could use if I locked my knees. I was thinking that the surgery was the worst decision I have ever made in my life. I was questioning if this life was worth living. Slowly feelings returned after a couple of months. I stopped the walker after a month or so. Then I walked with a cane or staff. I had to keep the knees locked. Even a slight bend would send me crashing to the floor. Two years in I was doing pretty good. Only occasional discomfort. I got back to riding horses, bikes and skiing. I never could go faster than a fast shuffle when I tried to run. The surgery did fix the back pain thank goodness.
dd:
I was up and walking even when I should not have been. The nurse had me up, did not read the chart, that I was confined to my bed because the surgeon nicked the spinal sheath. I had a tube in my back for drainage. It was supposed to be a one inch slit in surgery and out that day or the next day. It turned into 7 days with 5 days on my back and 10 inches up my back. The PA lied to me and kept lying for months afterwards, I was operated on in November and did not get back to work till end of month January. And the SOB surgeon gets mad at me.
run, re “I keep hoping our president or vp contract Covid. Then the squealing will be loud.”
don’t get your hopes up…Britain’s Boris Johnson got it, even spent time in Intensive Care with it, and he’s still acting like a jerk..