Anyone on ECF recovered from Covid19?

[dreamvaper]

Hello everyone,

did any of you (or your close relatives) recovered from Covid19 (confirmed with tests)?

Can you pls describe how was it, symptoms, temp. and so on, how long was it and how do you feel after recovering (any problems with breathing etc).

Stay Safe ECF!

 

[dreamvaper]

Looks like this pandemic is a "Fake News" or vapers are constantly protecting themselves and their families with PG vapor

 

[Blitzdonlife]

Not infected here, hope to stay that way. Family is fine so far.

 

[stols001]

Not officially had similar symptoms though a bit ago. Coulda been in the time window.
I would love an antigen tests, but only after they make and distribute enough ACTUAL tests.

Anna

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Looks like this pandemic is a "Fake News" or vapers are constantly protecting themselves and their families with PG vapor

What about your country? Do you think its fake news there also?

 

[dreamvaper]

Do you think its fake news there also?

it was a sarcasm.
I actually think there should be at least couple of people on ECF who did recover from it(officially). They might not have seen this thread or don't want to share.

 

[Opinionated]

No virus here, nor do I know anyone with it but there is now 1 actually confirmed case in my county (in Virginia here) and a couple other presumed positive cases waiting on test results... we know who they are, but dont personally know them.

If we catch it though I'll be sure to mention... if we do catch it then it was from grocery shopping, as that's the only place we've attended in a while other than my doctors and everyone in town shops there.

 

[sonicbomb]

I might have reCovided, but Im not a Covidiot

 

[jjcordone]

Not officially had similar symptoms though a bit ago. Coulda been in the time window.
I would love an antigen tests, but only after they make and distribute enough ACTUAL tests.

Anna

Like Anna, I know a few people that were pretty sick for a week to ten days with symptoms that would now be flagged as coronavirus. I read yesterday that Spain has home test kit available in their drug stores to test for the antibodies. They were described as looking like a pregnancy test device that you place a drop of your blood on and it will discolor if the antibodies are in your blood. I have no idea why we don't have these kits here, if the design is available in an allied country. It seems knowing who is now immune would make it easier to determine who to allow to return to work.

 

[dreamvaper]

it should be able to show both IGm and IGg to check if you already had it and recovered (or you're having it right now).

 

[bombastinator]

Hard to know. For most people it’s guesswork. Tests are hard to arrange for. There aren’t enough of them.

 

[dreamvaper]

Tests which are used now (like 99.9% of them) are only showing if you currently have Covid from the saliva/nasal samples. The ones for antigens will be available a bit later and they will require blood for testing.

 

[DaveP]

Like Anna, I know a few people that were pretty sick for a week to ten days with symptoms that would now be flagged as coronavirus. I read yesterday that Spain has home test kit available in their drug stores to test for the antibodies. They were described as looking like a pregnancy test device that you place a drop of your blood on and it will discolor if the antibodies are in your blood. I have no idea why we don't have these kits here, if the design is available in an allied country. It seems knowing who is now immune would make it easier to determine who to allow to return to work.

I had a sinus/chest cold about 3 weeks ago and my wife made me go to the med stop. Xray showed a hazy area high in one lung and said it was a mild infection. They gave me an antibiotic and cough syrup. I got almost better and it came back after the antibiotics wore off. I went back again, got a different doctor who xray'ed me again. The haze had moved to the bottom of the lung. Hegave me a different antibiotic and an Albuterol inhaler. That did the trick, but it took about 10 days to feel normal again. Who knows, they didn't test for CoronaVirus.

 

[bombastinator]

Tests are rare and very hard to get in the US. Not so much in other countries. All I’ve got is a thermometer with no protection baggies, I’m having to reuse em, and I was really lucky to get that the stores have been sold out for ages. The problem with the question is it requires an official diagnosis which frequently cannot be gotten.

 

[fitchy]

Hi guys and gals, I’m from uk...I know of a couple cases of illnesses during last few weeks, but not diagnosed as COVID , as not anywhere near enough tests here.... you literally have to be admitted to hospital to get tested... also me and my partner had bad colds and coughs that wouldn’t shift earlier this year... still slightly breathless from it now....

 

[Beamslider]

Tests aren't readily available here. They will only test people with lots of symptoms for the most part.

Since it seems many people have the infection and never get symptoms, most people don't know if they have had it and recovered unless they get sick enough to have been treated for it.

 

[RuiG]

Been home working since mid March. Went outside home limits very few times.

For now, everyone safe and bored.

 

[JimmyDB]

No one I know IRL has been diagnosed, because none of them have even been tested. Hunkering down with my several liters of base and gallons of flavoring

 

[stols001]

I am (unconfirmed but suspected it's hard to get tested in my current location) COVID-19 atm.

I thought I had it earlier but it think I had it totally wrong. I was expecting to get it, I was working in a pediatric clinic and since I was "high risk" they sent me over there.

Even though we all HAD N95 masks, we were not allowed to use them (although they were reusable) so as "not to scare the patients." It made 0 sense to me but like, instead we used paper masks and not only that they were RATIONED to one a day. If we took it off we were to put it inside a brown paper bag to reuse it. I would darkly pull that thing out and go, "That is a germ collection factory and its gross." Also gloves were rationed and YOU DO NOT go from room to room etc., so it sucked there too.

Rural medicine gotta love it. I began with a fever a few days ago. I was off work anyway for something else but woke one morning with a nasty cough lasting 5 or so minutes. It took two inhaler puffs, 5 minutes apart to tame it.

I actually felt vile enough to teledoc "immediately" through my work insurance and the provider said I was, ah "Textbook" whatever that means and she was wanting me to get tested but I explained I would have to go to a hospital around here due to my rural location and she was like. "Okay. Go there if you think you are dying."

I didn't expect a test at my symptom level because there are not enough, and I sincerely hope I never need one as that would mean I'd be somewhere on oxygen etc.

It's a lot like the flu if you ask me honestly, in the sense you 100% feel like you are dying, but you are 95% probably not. There are more respiratory system effects, I haven't had a coughing fit like that in a long time. I still get them but I'm using inhalers etc., all things prescribed religiously.

My temp is hovering around 99.5 with the highest dose of Tylenol.

Yesterday my entire respiratory system hurt like hell. Taking a deep breath was hard. After taming the coughing a bit the above two are more mild. Yesterday I had some slight (possible) signs of like poor 02 sats like, well swollen toes and numb fingers. That is also getting slightly better.

I would call it super unpleasant and I'm exhausted and don't want to do nothing nor go anywhere. Luckily that is not in the cards anyway.

I don't feel great certainly but I am also not dead yet etc.

Anna

 

[dreamvaper]

Anna, you keep shocking me with your stories

"Okay. Go there if you think you are dying."

Ain't all that situation so frkn wrong?
Frontline medics without a proper protection - even N95 mask is not enough, what about the protection glasses and the robe?
Also, when a medic probably got infected you can't even get tested and are suggested to treat yourself with tylenol at home, like WTF and it's not even Uganda but USA in 21st century?
That is SO wrong I don't have censure words for it to describe.

Anna, wish you to get healthy ASAP.