Reply to: Do you believe you'd survive Covid-19

[Whorty]

I think I may have worked out why Sas has been having breathing difficulties ....

[Whorty]

The main giveaway symptoms for me where tight lungs/shortness of breath, and a metallic taste in my mouth.

I have that too .... a symptom of my asthma

[Lost It]

Had it and beat it.

Cancer 0 Trevor 2
Covid 0 Trevor 1

[darmstadt]

We also will survive, we never get fully blown illnesses because as soon as anyone in the family feels a bit down, we miniaturise another member of the family, inject them into the blood stream and they search out the offending germs, virus, etc. and then blast them with a laser gun.

[amypang]

Yes. I believe I can survive. Because I rarely get ill and I tend to have more fruits usually and I use Vitamin C as a habit. So, I have faith. On the other hand, I believe positive thoughts can keep our body more strong. But, I don't have any idea to check the eleven of my immunity by doing odd things..Hope you wouldn't try it.

[Robinho]

I had a fever and a cough. Fever gone, but cough still there intermittently after a month. And fatigue. Need to sleep every afternoon, quite unlike me before.
So yes whatever it was it was NOT a normal flu.

Yeah my cough has dragged on for weeks but it's not a painful type of cough. Feels like the virus has gone and the lungs are slowly repairing.

The main giveaway symptoms for me where tight lungs/shortness of breath, and a metallic taste in my mouth.

[LondonManc]

No sh!t Sherlock!

That's constipation. HTH

[sasguru]

I don't think an autoimmune disease is a sign of strength.

IANAD

No sh!t Sherlock!

[ladymuck]

You may have hit on something scientific in that statement.
In some "stronger" people, the immune system goes mad trying to kill the virus and instead kills the patient.
Happy to be a "wimp" in that case.

Now all I need is the Covid passport to carry on with normal life and leave you lesser zero-antibody types behind

I don't think an autoimmune disease is a sign of strength.

IANAD

[sasguru]

Sounds more like old age than Coronavirus.

[LondonManc]

I had a fever and a cough. Fever gone, but cough still there intermittently after a month. And fatigue. Need to sleep every afternoon, quite unlike me before.
So yes whatever it was it was NOT a normal flu.

Sounds more like old age than Coronavirus.

[sasguru]

I think you'll find that you're a wimp.
.

You may have hit on something scientific in that statement.
In some "stronger" people, the immune system goes mad trying to kill the virus and instead kills the patient.
Happy to be a "wimp" in that case.

Now all I need is the Covid passport to carry on with normal life and leave you lesser zero-antibody types behind

[MarillionFan]

I had a fever and a cough. Fever gone, but cough still there intermittently after a month. And fatigue. Need to sleep every afternoon, quite unlike me before.
So yes whatever it was it was NOT a normal flu.

I think you'll find that you're a wimp.

So let me see. I dont have any real underlying health issues. I'm overweight, I drink, I exercise a little but not enough.
I don't really get ill, as the alcohol kills everything. I never had childhood illnesses until my late 20's even though my mother kept taking me to peoples houses who had measles/chicken pox etc and they were mild.
I'm not poor, black, ethnic and live in spacious house.
I've had a BCG and used to take malarial drugs.
I don't go to football matches, use public transport and didn't go to Cheltenham.
I don't believe in God, I don't believe in life and think it's all one goddamn simulation, I'm more nihilistic than simplistic.
Did it occur naturally, did it escape from a lab, is it natures way, is it a biological weapon?

So would I survive it? ****s knows. Do I want to find out. No. Are we all ****ed. Yes.

MF over and out.

[sasguru]

...felt like nothing i've ever had before, so it would be a coincidence if it was something else.

I had a fever and a cough. Fever gone, but cough still there intermittently after a month. And fatigue. Need to sleep every afternoon, quite unlike me before.
So yes whatever it was it was NOT a normal flu.

[Robinho]

It was at least 10 days after getting it until i seriously considered that i might have it. I never got a fever at any point.

Until then i was going to the supermarket every other day or so.

I should note that i was never tested so i can't be 100% certain that was it, but it did match the symptoms other than the fever and felt like nothing i've ever had before, so it would be a coincidence if it was something else.