Has anyone here had or have the Corona Virus?

VegjoyP
VegjoyP Posts: 2,771 Member
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I have several friends and a relative that have the Corona virus? A few in another state and 2 near me that I have not seen in months. So far all of them came out of it.

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  • dashagrr
    dashagrr Posts: 43 Member
    lgfrie wrote: »
    That is the big mystery question in my house. In late December I ended up in the ER with a fever of 103.8 and pulse of 135. Those numbers, though very high, do not begin to describe how sick I was. The ER doc said I had a mystery virus and had no idea what it was, but just to go home, take Tamiflu, and wait for it to pass, as there was nothing much they could do about a virus. So I went home. A week later I was fine. I never had anything like that before or since. It was all quite weird, and then the covid-19 news struck soon after. I live close to Dulles Airport in Virginia, where thousands of travelers from China and other points in Asia and Europe transit every day.

    I had the same experience back in January. Fever was 103F when taken at an urgent care clinic. I don't think I ever had a fever that high. Negative flu test. I was told it's probably viral and prescribed both Tamiflu and antibiotics. Didn't take either and got better in a few days, although I coughed for a few weeks after that. Only cough and fever, nothing else. That was so weird and unusual for me.
  • lgfrie
    lgfrie Posts: 1,449 Member
    dashagrr wrote: »
    lgfrie wrote: »
    That is the big mystery question in my house. In late December I ended up in the ER with a fever of 103.8 and pulse of 135. Those numbers, though very high, do not begin to describe how sick I was. The ER doc said I had a mystery virus and had no idea what it was, but just to go home, take Tamiflu, and wait for it to pass, as there was nothing much they could do about a virus. So I went home. A week later I was fine. I never had anything like that before or since. It was all quite weird, and then the covid-19 news struck soon after. I live close to Dulles Airport in Virginia, where thousands of travelers from China and other points in Asia and Europe transit every day.

    I had the same experience back in January. Fever was 103F when taken at an urgent care clinic. I don't think I ever had a fever that high. Negative flu test. I was told it's probably viral and prescribed both Tamiflu and antibiotics. Didn't take either and got better in a few days, although I coughed for a few weeks after that. Only cough and fever, nothing else. That was so weird and unusual for me.

    Very interesting. So our fever was about the same level. Now I remember I was, like you, given both Tamiflu and antibiotics. They ran two flu tests on me because that's what they thought it was; both were negative. I was 90 % better in 2-3 days, and completely over it in a week. I don't recall having a cough. I did have a racing pulse that got progressively worse in the 4-5 days before I finally went to the ER. Normally around 60-70, it was in the high 80's when I first noticed, went up about 10 BPM per day, and was in the 130's when I checked into the ER. Within days, it was like it all never happened. Weird. I rarely get colds and might've had the flu once twenty years ago - it was unusual, to say the least, to be sick like that. There's no convenient place to get a covid test but I'm thinking that's what it was. Doesn't matter much one way or the other to me; I'm doing my best to avoid covid and will continue to. They still don't know if getting it grants immunity, or for how long.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    Back in January I had something, don’t know what. Had fever, felt like a weight on my chest kept me from deep breathing. Very tired. When I tried to do something, I would start coughing, have to stop and lie down so I could breathe. Never sick except when I would get so out of breath I got dizzy and a little nauseous, but it stopped immediately when I rested. I completely lost my appetite because I couldn’t smell or taste food. ???
  • Shortgirlrunning
    Shortgirlrunning Posts: 1,020 Member
    My husband and I both had something back in late January that closely matches the symptoms but no one was looking for it then. The urgent care doctors just gave me antibiotics (which I didn’t take because he didn’t check to see if I actually had a bacteria infection 🙄) and codine. It was awful but if it was coronavirus then definitely was a mild version of it compared to what others have had. My husband was in an NIH study for an antibody test but the earliest we would know those results is November.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I believe there were additional people in https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10787509/coronavirus-prep/p1 who had cornonavirus-like symptoms before anyone was looking for it, plus a few who were officially diagnosed with it.
  • thelastnightingale
    thelastnightingale Posts: 725 Member
    edited July 2020
    I only know a few people who have had coronavirus. One is really struggling with his breathing after the fact, and getting quite depressed.

    Most of the people I know who have died, have died because their (non-Covid related) treatment was disrupted by coronavirus. So it's been an indirect cause only.

    I was quite ill in January with a really long recovery time, and I do wonder. A colleague brought down the whole office with a bug he picked up when coming back on an international flight. But as has been said, even if I had it then, an antibodies test might not show anything now. I'll never know...
  • Hanibanani2020
    Hanibanani2020 Posts: 523 Member
    My friend was a first responder and got it. He’s recovered now but is still very week so has been put on extended leave.
  • holly8312
    holly8312 Posts: 38 Member
    I know two people who had it. One recovered relatively quickly, in about 3 weeks, and the other had symptoms for several weeks and is still suffering from something that sounds like chronic fatigue syndrome, which her doctors think is an after-effect of the virus.
  • miriams76
    miriams76 Posts: 138 Member
    I had a virus that I contracted in India in late January. I was in bed for three days and then flew back to Australia whilst still sick but not feverish. A lot of the symptoms were similar - cough, dizzy, fever, weird rashes. The cough persisted for about a month!
  • AliNouveau
    AliNouveau Posts: 36,287 Member
    First off the antibodies tests aren't reliable yet....I've a friend whose family is working on developing the tests

    My mother in law has a friend who died from covid 19. We have a friend who was exposed and had evey symptom but wouldn't get himself a test...stupid. then again with this friend I'm not at all surprised he wouldn't.

    I've had the test so I can see my mom. I'll have to have another next week. They're really not that bad
  • gradchica27
    gradchica27 Posts: 777 Member
    One of my son’s soccer teammates looked like death warmed over the weekend before our state shut down. His parents said he had strep, but considering they were having their son play in a tournament while sick and his father is a pilot...I’m not sure about that. Three days later my friend’s son (aso on team, who was always on the field and bench w that kid) got sick w high fever and bad cough. Then she and her husband got it—shortness of breath, fever, fatigue, cough. There wasn’t testing available yet. Three days after tournament my son on the team had slight fever, headache, fatigue for a day or so, but nothing else. So maybe? Who knows. That son tested positive for flu A and B this winter, and we had another who had fever and fatigue but tested negative...again, who knows.

    Husband has a partner who tested positive—10 days of high fever, fatigue, cough, nausea. He was probably exposed working in the hospital, despite wearing double mask, etc. One of his good friends’ college age daughter has it now, friend and wife awaiting test results, both have mild symptoms.
  • ChelzFit
    ChelzFit Posts: 292 Member
    My brother had it (works in a factory plant) and he had a fever for one day and that was it. He lives with my mom and dad so they stayed home for two weeks. My dad tested negative and they would not test my mom because she only had one symptom. My mom and dad are 68 so I was very worried for them, but it seemed to have been a very mild case for my brother. Besides high blood pressure they all have no underlying health conditions.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited July 2020
    I'm from Northern Ireland and I don't know of anyone who had it or who has died from it.
  • Clive_1963
    Clive_1963 Posts: 52 Member
    No idea, I have had cold symptoms but they went away and to be honest I do not worry about it. They have just started carrying out tests here now but again I have more chance of being killed in a RTA or by smoke related illness as all my colleagues smoke near me than covid. Worrying about something I have little control over is pointless. I try to avoid standing close to others but thats about it.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,779 Member
    When flouring a mold for a quiche, make sure you're using flour and not icing sugar (thank you BF, for the 'special' taste experience :tongue: )
  • JenObRN
    JenObRN Posts: 102 Member
    I live in Oklahoma and am a nurse. (I now just review charts and send info to insurance companies and sometimes set up home care for newborns so I’m not around patients right now- and most of the time I work from home ever since March). I only know one person who had Covid and she’s someone I knew in Michigan. She had it back in March but has a lot of lingering issues since. Weakness, palpitations, she sees a functional physician next week to see if the virus has unlocked something else, (Hashimoto's?)
  • joannegustyn1971
    joannegustyn1971 Posts: 50 Member
    lgfrie wrote: »
    That is the big mystery question in my house. In late December I ended up in the ER with a fever of 103.8 and pulse of 135. Those numbers, though very high, do not begin to describe how sick I was. The ER doc said I had a mystery virus and had no idea what it was, but just to go home, take Tamiflu, and wait for it to pass, as there was nothing much they could do about a virus. So I went home. A week later I was fine. I never had anything like that before or since. It was all quite weird, and then the covid-19 news struck soon after. I live close to Dulles Airport in Virginia, where thousands of travelers from China and other points in Asia and Europe transit every day.

    I can not wait for the antibody test to come out. In December my husband and I were both quite sick. We both had some similar issues but some different ones as well. I was having a fluttery feeling in my chest that I was worried about my heart, my breathing was bad and my asthma inhaler just wouldn’t work. We finally went out and bought an air cleaner and was going to have the house checked for mould! My doctor said it was viral. We went to my mom’s for Christmas and my husband was so sick that he spent Boxing Day fast asleep in the hotel room.
    We both kept saying what a weird illness we each had. And then this showed up!!

  • busyPK
    busyPK Posts: 3,788 Member
    My kid's summer nanny had COVID (21 years old). She thinks she got it from a friend she saw, who wasn't feeling quite right and got tested and it came back positive therefore my kids nanny got tested and it came back positive as well. My kids nanny didn't have a fever or show symptoms beyond what she thought were seasonal allergies. That was 4 weeks ago and she never showed any more signs and came back to work after 3 weeks.
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    joannegustyn1971 wrote: »
    lgfrie wrote: »
    That is the big mystery question in my house. In late December I ended up in the ER with a fever of 103.8 and pulse of 135. Those numbers, though very high, do not begin to describe how sick I was. The ER doc said I had a mystery virus and had no idea what it was, but just to go home, take Tamiflu, and wait for it to pass, as there was nothing much they could do about a virus. So I went home. A week later I was fine. I never had anything like that before or since. It was all quite weird, and then the covid-19 news struck soon after. I live close to Dulles Airport in Virginia, where thousands of travelers from China and other points in Asia and Europe transit every day.

    I can not wait for the antibody test to come out. In December my husband and I were both quite sick. We both had some similar issues but some different ones as well. I was having a fluttery feeling in my chest that I was worried about my heart, my breathing was bad and my asthma inhaler just wouldn’t work. We finally went out and bought an air cleaner and was going to have the house checked for mould! My doctor said it was viral. We went to my mom’s for Christmas and my husband was so sick that he spent Boxing Day fast asleep in the hotel room.
    We both kept saying what a weird illness we each had. And then this showed up!!

    The antibody test is pretty useless right now. Basically, it will show you if you had enough exposure to the virus to produce antibodies...but it will not tell you the concentration of the antibodies. A few antibodies likely does not make you immune, nor will it tell you if it caused your illness back in December.

    A titer test is needed to determine the actual level, or concentration of antibodies you have, not just whether or not you have them. Even then, no one is sure what level of antibodies you need to be immune from this particular virus. Or how long the immunity will last. Or if you could still transmit the virus.

    I'm afraid people are going to start getting the antibody tests, and then run around being reckless because they think they're immune.
  • H2596
    H2596 Posts: 286 Member
    I work in health care and a significant number of colleagues have had it, some requiring admission to hospital and one requiring ventilation.

    A friend’s elderly father spent a month in Intensive Care on ventilation but eventually recovered.

    I’ve tested negative for antibodies as part of routine screening but a few friends have tested positive despite not believing they’d been ill.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,110 Member
    VegjoyP wrote: »
    I have several friends and a relative that have the Corona virus? A few in another state and 2 near me that I have not seen in months. So far all of them came out of it.

    My brother and the mom of my sons best friend who lives down the road both had it. She has asthma and was sick a full month and is still dealing with lasting breathing issues. My brother is a healthy 30yr old and he was sick 1 week then recovered.

    I’m not sure if I had it. In March I was sick for 10 days. My flu swab cape back “inconclusive” but I had two known exposures to conformed flu cases so that’s what they diagnosed me with. I returned to work 3/11 still not fully recovered but mostly better only to be laid off for a restructuring. The following week our shelter in place started so given the timing I suspect it was actually COVID that I had. No one else in my house got sick. I struggled with fatigue and some digestive issues that are not typically flu symptoms for most of March. I definitely want an antibody test if possible

    I’m in the Bay Area CA
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    edited July 2020
    No and I’m surprised considering I work in the ER and am constantly exposed to it. I had my antibodies tested and they were negative. I know a few coworkers who have had it and of course many patients.

    Honestly, the only people really sick and dying are older or younger with comorbidities like diabetes and bad asthma. I don’t know of any young and healthy that have died.

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