FigmentSpark
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
One of DS's teachers has it in their household. Says they wouldn't wish it on anyone. They're recovering now, but it was horrible at the time.
Some happy news to report- besides a bit of lingering cough (which is normal for me after an illness), I am symptom free! I still feel very weak, but the aches and pains have gone, the chills too, and I haven't had a fever in days. My doctor says I can start the 7-Day-Symptom-Free tomorrow and rejoin my family for good next Saturday, and I can go downstairs now for short periods if I wear a mask.
I am very sorry to those of you going through COVID-19; it's awful. I hope you all are able to get better at home with your loved ones. For those who've lost someone you have my sincere prayers for your grief. I know how helpless this whole thing can make one feel, and to lose someone to this must be the worst.
So glad to hear you're on the mend. Did you lose your sense of taste and/or smell? I know you suffered so much with the fever and other symptoms.Some happy news to report- besides a bit of lingering cough (which is normal for me after an illness), I am symptom free! I still feel very weak, but the aches and pains have gone, the chills too, and I haven't had a fever in days. My doctor says I can start the 7-Day-Symptom-Free tomorrow and rejoin my family for good next Saturday, and I can go downstairs now for short periods if I wear a mask.
I am very sorry to those of you going through COVID-19; it's awful. I hope you all are able to get better at home with your loved ones. For those who've lost someone you have my sincere prayers for your grief. I know how helpless this whole thing can make one feel, and to lose someone to this must be the worst.
So glad to hear you're on the mend. Did you lose your sense of taste and/or smell? I know you suffered so much with the fever and other symptoms.
Was it like when you're all stuffed up and there was no taste/smell? Or was it more that things didn't taste the way they're supposed to taste?Yes, I did-both taste and smell went. I've lost track of the days, without reading my older posts I want to say smell came back first, and then taste a few days later.
Was it like when you're all stuffed up and there was no taste/smell? Or was it more that things didn't taste the way they're supposed to taste?
I’m so glad you came back to this thread to post again. I was following along to check on your progression through the illness and so happy when you started to feel better! I’m sorry that you had to suffer for so long. I wish you well, BlueStarryHat!It was just...nothing, in my case. I was never congested other than my allergies once in a while. Everything tasted like nothing and smelled like nothing. I remember sipping some chicken broth and my brain was telling me what it should taste like, but I might as well have been drinking hot water.
How did he catch it in the hospital was he a patient My cousin has to go for lab work today and an Xray and is nervous about any exposure.I know my first person. A man in his upper 80’s. Caught it in the hospital. Don’t think he’ll make it.