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The joys of viruses - especially Covid

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Andy Kev.

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I've never know so many cold-type viruses to be in circulation at one time as they were in the winter just gone. I had three conventional colds in the period Nov-Dec and then to top it all I started with Covid just as the Christmas hols began. I had forgotten to get the jab. Never again. As soon as I had recovered, I had to travel the length of Germany to spend the first working week of the year in Hamburg. I reckon that I managed to function at less than 50% of normal.

We've all heard of long covid but I don't think that applied to me. The problem was that the recovery time was so very long. It mainly manifested itself as apathy, low energy and stamina levels and a tendency to forget things. It's only in the last 4 - 6 weeks that I have felt fully normal again. The actual illness itself wasn't that bad e.g. nowhere near as bad as the one time I had real flu.

The reason I mention all this is that for me personally the jab will now become an annual ritual. I realise that this has been a controversial topic in some quarters and I suppose that it is a matter for each individual to decide. The bottom line is that I hope that none of you get it because one simply cannot predict how severe it will be.
 
I've had it twice for sure, with a distinct possibility of a third time (I only had one out-of-date test, and used it too late). In each of the verified cases, it took 12 weeks to get back to approximately normal, and the medics who treated me said this was now their yardstick in discussions with patients.
Of more significance was 'the Covid hangover'. I don't have "Long Covid", as medically recognised, but rather a syndrome of smaller, less quantifiable, 'just not quite right' kind of symptoms that the medics recognise is gaining traction, but is as yet unspecified and (officially) unrecognised. One doctor agreed "Covid leaves its mark". As a lifetime asthmatic, I fully back your commentary Andy Kev; your advice is seconded.
Sam
 
I'm a bit under the age for a COVID vaccine (40s!) but agree wholeheartedly with both of you.

I've had COVID at least 3 times, first during the original lockdown without any vaccines, I had a "hangover" of systems but not long COVID. I couldn't taste food properly for about 6 months! My last known COVID was October 2023 swiftly followed by what I suspect to be the 100 day cough which was in the news. I'm asthmatic but managed without daily medication for nearly 20 years but now am back on medication daily as a result of those two illnesses together.

I had lapsed on flu jabs for a long time but since COVID get that yearly as a result.
 
Blackswanwood said:
I’ve got quite a simple approach to vaccines … if offered or recommended one by a medically qualified person have it.
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+1. I also augment them when I can by taking part in a clinical trial of new variants of the vaccine or, in the case of Norovirus, new vaccines. No guarantee you get the placebo or the vaccine though although I reckon that I did get the Noro vaccine.
 
I lost of my sense of smell in the last time I had Covid, a bonus when unblocking the drain a couple of weeks ago but a pain most of the time. I do still get periods of tiredness which I think are long Covid along with more colds.

Pete
 
Mmmm.... I must be one off the few who has not had Covid. I have contact with children and adults throughout the day. Is it the vaccine or was it being born on Krypton?

Regards from Perth

Derek
 
While away at work my wife had Covid for at least a week before telling me. She needed me back home to help her.
She had the flue symptoms for three weeks. I tested positive days later, only thought I had a mild cold. We were up to date on the jabs and continue to do so.
 
derekcohen said:
Mmmm.... I must be one off the few who has not had Covid. I have contact with children and adults throughout the day. Is it the vaccine or was it being born on Krypton?

Regards from Perth

Derek
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A psychologist who wears underwear on the outside...who'd thought?....gets hat, coat, exits stage left!
 
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