[Waylander]

I was tested positive for COVID on the 29th December, the ride since has not been much fun


I believe I caught it from my daughter who is a nurse, and has been working in the vaccination clinic


I started off just feeling really tired no temp or fever, it would seem to hat the virus then decided that my digestive system needed assaulting, spent the first 10 days doubled up with cramps


For the last week breathing has become a bit more of an issue, I spent the whole day at covid emergency clinic and have discovered that the virus also attacked my lungs, with tests I have 1,000,000s of microscopic blood clots which are marauding around my body, on their own no real danger, but if the decide to get a bit like Trump supporters I could be in big trouble


So I am currently on a fairly large assortment of drugs, blood thinners and 3 different inhalers to reduce the inflammation in the lungs

I get very breathless extremely quickly and the tiredness continues, so with a bit of luck and good fortune I should start to recover by March, words of the consultant


I am classed as clinically extremely vulnerable and should get my vaccine next month


Thanks for reading

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[ds968]

Very sorry to learn of your affliction.  Wondering if it’s the mutated  “UK version“  which is supposedly more contagious but also is weaker in terms of its impact ( hopefully ) .  If thoughts travel across the “pond“ and have an effect, mine are with you, along with best wishes for a speedy recovery.   As of today I  know three people , personally , who have had this, ranging in age from mid 50s to mid 60s.   Two were bedridden for 10-14 days with complete exhaustion, fever off and on , and headaches,  loss of taste and smell , and one of them with breathing difficulty .  The third recovered without severe symptoms, but the doctors told her she needs to closely monitor her condition because she has a heart ailment and problems could resurface.  Sounds like you have your hands full with this one so I do hope you get the best care possible !  

 

BTW, most doctors here are indicating a vaccine should only be administered 2-3 weeks after you have recovered from all symptoms ..   

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[Roboman]

Very sorry to read this Martin, I wish you good luck and a good recovery. I think you have family around you, but if you need anything that deliveroo can bring to you in a hurry then send me a PM. Don't hesitate, I do the same for by brother who is also "at risk", it's a terrific service.

I'm waiting this morning for news from our council. The daughter of one of the secretaries has just tested positive, so the secretary now has to be tested. If she turns out to be positive then we all have to be tested. We try very hard not to let it in, but cross contamination in our interconnected world is very difficult to combat.

Again Martin, I wish you a complete and speedy recovery.

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[Waylander]

Thanks guys, Im a fighter so I should be ok, I did loose taste and smell, but that went with a loss of appetite


I should be asked to attend the vaccine clinic in the next 2 weeks, the rest of the family will have to wait

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[Rap]

I’m sorry to hear of your Covid complications. It seems as time progresses where we didn’t know anyone with it now many of us do. Even doing everything you’re supposed to doesn’t keep you safe which is disheartening. Keep a stiff upper lip and all that as we all send our prayers for your complete recovery!

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[94SilverCab]

So sorry to hear of your illness, hope that you make a fast and full recovery.

 

Sending best wishes,

 

Jay

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[pdxmike]

I am very sorry to hear this. I am hopeful the therapeutics your team has you taking will continue to help your recovery. I've been involved professionally in the care of many individuals with COVID but the most remarkable recovery I have seen involved my 90-year-old grandmother-in-law, who was placed on comfort care with bilateral pulmonary embolisms and pleural effusions, yet turned the corner and made a full recovery with no residual effects.

 

There is very good reason to hope for a full recovery regardless of how intense your symptom are at the moment. Severe COVID is an intense and frightening experience and I'm sure it's been very difficult and stressful for you and your family. Keep taking your anticoagulants and keep us updated. 

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[Waylander]

Thanks Mike


On a personal level I was far more scared than when I had to take myself in for open heart surgery

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[Velocity]

Waylander - sorry to hear of the difficulties and best wishes on a speedy recovery!  

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[ds968]

First and foremost ..Waylander :  are you back to almost 100% health / pre-infection status or still dealing with a few lingering symptoms ?   Hoping you’ve made a full recovery, or at least will get there quickly !!  

 

Just  received this meme from my friend in England and thought I’d share .. 

 

   

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[Waylander]

Hi 

 

yes in pretty much back to normal still coughing a bit, but that is due to the damage the virus has done to my lungs, I am still having treatment for the multiple blood clots the virus has left behind, my doctor suggested intravenous super glue to stop them moving as I  could be at risk if they get mobile

 

still breathless if I try to exert myself, but at least I’m still here, and my heart felt thoughts go to all the families that have lost someone, I am one of the lucky ones

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[Roboman]

Good to read you are improving Martin, but I think the message is "take it easy", oh, except for having a look at my brake MC compatibility post  

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[Rap]

In my prayers for a safe and speedier recovery. "Super Glue" works on hair too!

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[J.Elenbaas]

Hi Martin,

 

Good to hear you're getting over it step by step.

 

I've had it somewhere around the 13th of december, fortunately not affecting me too much.

But unfortunately it has a diferent affect on everybody.

 

I probably got it when returning from Finland by plane.

So nice these covid rules, while on the airport you all have to be seperate from each other.

While on the plane you're sitting close to each other and as soon as the food is coming around everybody lowers their facemask  :ninja: 

 

Hope you recover quickly again.

 

Regards,

Jack 

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[ds968]

Remarkable story about a remarkable woman … I can just hear her say , “  eh , covid, schmovid…I can’t be bothered with that at my age .. “ 

 

BERGEN, N.J. — Sylvia Goldsholl lived through the Spanish Flu, two world wars and the Great Depression, then beat coronavirus at age 108 to become one of the world's oldest COVID survivors.

<p style="font-size:1.385em;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:'Yahoo Sans', YahooSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Early Wednesday, just hours after turning 110, the resident of the Allendale Community for Senior Living in Allendale, New Jersey, succumbed to old age, dying peacefully before she could be properly feted by the mayor and the nursing facility staff, said David Gillies, director of activities.

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[Rap]

You old sentimental fool. Another New Jersey nursing home death!

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[ds968]

Hoping Betty White ( a national treasure )  makes it to Sylvia’s age … Betty will be 100 years young next month .  

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Being married to a physician, I have a unique perspective on this pandemic.

 

I have to say I am just gobsmacked at people's reaction to this disease and the politicizing of it. People who don't think it's real, need to google "Covid Lungs" and see just what the damage it does looks like. Some people may NEVER get over all the damage and will only manage to return to a semblance of their former pre-covid lives.


I own an antique store in central Florida and the reactions I get in regards to having a mask mandate on my door just stun me. I have had people tell me, "Once the election is over, the "virus" will be gone." - I have had them yell at me saying they won't ever return (OK that's fine, you do you.) and others read my sign and turn away. Or they come inside (thinking my sign is not serious) and when told they have to put a mask on, they leave.

 

I know people who were on a vent for 3 weeks, then physical therapy for weeks and then still weren't "right" for many moons after that. While they were in an induced coma, three others in their family died from it. I also know people, one whom I dated years ago and was younger than I (she was 53 years old.) who are now dead. I have also seen long married couples die within days of each other, leaving young children behind.

 

We had a daily record of 53K new cases in one day Wednesday, yet people give me crap about having to put a mask on their face for 10 minutes while they shop in my store. Many of them spend far less time than that with an average lap around my store of 120 seconds. (It's a huge thrift store town and when they find out I am not a thrift store, they can't get out fast enough). The testing lines are hundreds of yards long. Maybe get a shot instead of being tested every two days?

 

With my wife having serious past medical issues (think meningitis), and respiratory issues, coupled with her risk as a Dr., and my owning a store and having to do all the other "out and about" social interactions around town to keep our household running, and in addition to having elderly parents living in town, I don't need any more risk factors that that. Hence the mask mandate in my store. When the local hospital puts a mask requirement on entry, so do I. If it's good enough for them, well, you get the idea. The CDC has now said, "Don't get on a cruise ship" Period.

 

I am afraid that if my wife contracts covid, I will lose her (or me if I get it). These people aren't going to protect her of their own volition, so I must & I will be militant about it if needed.

 

I have an uncle whom I worry about as he is a "Long Hauler" with covid and has been fighting it for nearly 2 years now. So yea, I get a bit pissed at people who have the gall to tell me they don't need to wear a mask around me or in my store. I haven't stopped wearing a mask since this started and even when I relaxed my mask mandate in my store, I wore my mask & I wear it into every store I go into. No exceptions.

 

I have a pastor friend who had a mild case and he tells me I am wrong and I shouldn't be in favor of vaccination mandates and such because it wasn't that bad and I should just "get it and get it over with". The point I tell him and that he won't or can't understand is not everyone gets over it. He might be ready to meet Jesus, but I still have some stuff to do. His is truly in the this is "Murica" camp and if I don't want a shot you can't make me. He got his, but he is in the gov't can't tell me what to do frame of mind. Irritating because it defies logic in what is otherwise a very intelligent man and a good friend.

 

It will be quite some time until this is over. We are ripe for more strains and variants, and the longer people keep mucking about not wearing masks and getting vaccinations, the longer it will take to get rid of it. No one knows the long term effects, or what it does to the human body and what it does with, and how it complicates other long term illnesses. It's amazing that we were able to come up with a vaccination so quickly & that works so well, yet people won't get it.

 

I wish you well on your recovery. Stay safe, have a good New Year's knowing that you are still fighting.

I know what that's like, I had stage IV cancer in my neck nearly 17 years ago.

 

Best wishes.

Ed

 

 

If you read this and haven't been vaccinated, or haven't gotten your boosters, I implore you to get your shots and wear a mask. Don't let yourself contract this deadly disease.

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[Waylander]

I have a friend with two young kids, she wont have them vaccinated for anything,

Measles

Mumps

Rubella

Polio

Anything

Wont vaccinate themselves for reasons that just defy logic



But they have bought a dog, an expensive dog, but would not walk it out side till it had all its jabs



I have now told them straight that they are no longer considered friends, as they are willing to risk their children but not the dog



In fact I even reported them to the child agency to be kept watch on



Bloody anti vaxers are beyond stupid and illogical

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