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rogevibe — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:32:26 GMT

Just wondering if any other people here has suffered Covid-19 and what were your experiences

As for me i tested positive recently via pcr and RAT

I was self testing for the previous 3 or 4 days prior with neg results as i suffered painful flu like symptoms minus joint pain so tested for Covid daily , while mitigating against the unknown illness by changing diet and isolating

Morning of day 4 tested neg using RAT then later tested pcr which was reported pos next day . Tested by RAT which showed pos , so awaited my fate .....

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janeababe — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:42:53 GMT

Back in March, I woke up one morning with razor-blades feeling in my throat. Tested neg by RAT before going to work. (Compulsory for us to RAT everyday before shift)

By 9pm that night, I wasn’t feeling any better, tested With RAT again, and it was positive.
I was very unwell. My whole body ached like I was crippled with arthritis. I had a headache for 6 days straight. I slept and slept and slept. I hardly ate because I didn’t have an appetite. But I still had smell and taste.
I was coughing ALL the time, and coughing up phlegm 🤢 but I’d have coughing fits almost like whooping cough, it would make me retch.

At day 7, went and had a PCR because I needed a neg to go back to work, even though I felt like krap. Still positive.
At day 10, RAT still positive and at day 12, RAT AND PCR was still positive.
I wasn’t getting any better. Work asked me to get a GP review, which I had to do by Telehealth. They sent me for blood work and chest X-ray. Our local hospital had never had a covid positive person for bloods or X-ray before so they had to have a meeting to figure out how they were going to get this done. Anyway, the next day I had them done, my bloods showed I was still showing covid-19 load and my X-ray showed a lung infection.
I ended up still testing positive for 16 days and I had a total of 4 weeks of work.

I now have long covid. I look ok on the outside but on the inside I feel like I’m 120yrs old. My bones hurt something awful. I’m still coughing, even after 4 weeks of ABs. I don’t sleep well at all, I’m exhausted all the time.

I’ve had more time off work this year, than I have in any other of the 36yrs of employment.

I only have one good lung, so I think if I hadn’t have been vaccinated , I may not still be here.

Covid affects us all differently. My husband had it bad for 4 days. By day 7, he was symptom free and out of isolation. He has absolutely no side effects or residual after effects either.

Luck of the draw I guess.

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countessalmirena — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:26:14 GMT

Nephew of my best friend had it quite badly this year. Her mother had it mildly, no residual effect. Her uncle had it very badly and has long COVID.

Another friend had it so badly that she feels lucky to have survived.

One set of neighbours had it - she had it mildly, he had it badly. They’re okay now. Her parents also got it, very badly. Long COVID.

Another neighbour got it mildly. Has long COVID.

Friend/colleague got it very badly. He’s denying that he has long COVID but I am aware that he has symptoms that I would class as long COVID. He is one of quite a few who were infected at a group bbq during lockdown, and of that group 9 or 10 died as a result.

Mother of another friend got it and died of it in 2020.

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rogevibe — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:30:11 GMT

"9 or 10 died as a result "

that is horrific

Was that bbq incident ever publicised - i do not recall reading of that

makes me wonder

Airborne transmission - riding on bbq smoke particulates ? Guys tend to gravitate around the bbq grille

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rogevibe — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:54:19 GMT

Yes the aging - is what I experienced half way through infection , woke up suddenly looking 30 years older in my face and back of hands - like leathery skin and unhealthily gaunt

But fortunately was passing and by the end of that day i was restored to normal , taking into account loosing 5kg in less than 1 week ( including pre-covid illness ) which means only 15 years older ...

Since recovering I am slowing regaining form - but weight reduction is stable at 5 kg under

( which i am grateful of as is deep tissue , but preferred under less menacing circumstances )

I noticed a tendency to dehydrate

Also insomnia

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viewmont1071 — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:05:49 GMT

Last day of isolation today for me. I started randomly sneezing last Thursday arvo like I had hay fever after a long" business" lunch at the pub. On Friday morning a bloke contacted me that I had done a rego check for the day before (which obviously involves driving their car) and told me he had tested positive. By the time I got home Friday arvo I had Flu symptoms and a sore throat. Within 2 minutes of putting the drops onto the RAT there were 2 thick red lines. I had a couple of pretty rough days and have been getting better since to being symptomless today. I have had 3 shots and a Flu shot recently. I have underling asbestosis and COPD and take trelegy daily. In the first days of COVID I was alcohol wiping the common contact areas in all vehicles I test drove ie Steering wheel, gear sticks, keys belt buckles etc. I will have to go back to those protocols given the current outbreak. Can't be sure that old mate gave it to me.... maybe I gave it to him or another asymptomatic customer gave it to both of us. I have done oodles of regos over the past week or so as vehicles are often purchased around eofy or pre as a tax write off. Apparently symptoms appear 1 to 6 days after infection.

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countessalmirena — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:56:57 GMT

@rogevibe wrote:
"9 or 10 died as a result "

that is horrific

Was that bbq incident ever publicised - i do not recall reading of that

makes me wonder
Airborne transmission - riding on bbq smoke particulates ? Guys tend to gravitate around the bbq grille

It took place over the Grand Final weekend last year, in the south-eastern suburbs (Melbourne). It was not specifically referred to apart from “an event”.

The attendees gathered in defiance of public health orders and were sceptical about vaccination and even about COVID.

I don’t know for sure how many people attended, but I think around 50. This was during Delta.

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 02:21:00 GMT

I have never tested positive, but I basically live with constant COVID symptoms (asthma, fatigue, insomnia, pain etc.). This has been normal for me even before COVID. When I feel particularly unwell (worse than usual) I take a RAT test - all clearly negative so far. which is not surprising because I am hardly in contact with anybody, but you never know...

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tasfleur — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:56:45 GMT

So sorry this has happened to you janeababe; awful that you have ended up with long covid; here's hoping that it doesn't last too much longer and that you regain your health and strength again really soon xxx

You too rogespeed, wishing you all the best x

To others here who are suffering with it, and/or have lost friends/relatives, I am so sorry.

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janeababe — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:12:02 GMT

Awee….. thank you Tasfluer.
Very kind of you to say that. 🙏

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*sons_and_daughters* — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:22:54 GMT

We had Covid in March. My biggest issue was the horrendous cough. Thankfully, I didn't get the razor sore throat. Even though we were sick, we didn't get it anywhere near as bad as others. After I was recovered, I would get random episodes of shortness of breath. Where I'd be gasping for a minute or 2, then it would pass.

That was finally starting to improve, when lo and behold, we got sick again last month. I was convinced it was Covid making round 2, but RATs kept saying negative. In the end, I went and had a PCR and tested negative for Covid. I did however test positive for Influenza A. Basically I got the same symptoms as Covid, just a higher temperature and a bit more tired.

My lungs are back to square one when it comes to the random breathlessness. Getting in and out of bed can cause a breathless attack. I can't walk up stairs. Walking down stairs can also be an issue sometimes. Getting in and out of the car can sometimes be an issue too. Even putting socks on can be a problem at times. I've had multiple chest xrays which show everything as being normal.

Interestingly, my husband was told if he caught Covid it would kill him (underlying health issues). He managed to get through it all unscathed! Even with the Flu he did better than me!

I hope you feel better soon.

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myoclon1cjerk — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:50:09 GMT

Well done, Straya.

Ninety-five per cent of reported cases have been reported this year, 2022. In the past seven days, Australia has ranked number three in cases per million population. We [also] ranked number three for deaths per capita, so much higher than the US, UK, France, Germany.

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countessalmirena — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 02:36:05 GMT

The messaging from the government is not consistent with the public health situation, and unfortunately too many people are not taking COVID seriously.

Is anyone else on this board able to comment on their own post-COVID experience?

(I’ve still only tested negative since the beginning of the pandemic.)

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4channel — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 06:50:05 GMT

I may haver had it a long time ago. I isolated. Could have had it recemntly. Isolated too.

Some friends have had it. Not vaxxed they recovered in quick time. Healthy eating and all that is the trick.

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repentatleisure1952 — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 07:17:08 GMT

Praise the Lord & pass the ammunition.

Pleased to see you are ok... I was concerned.

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springyzone — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:33:53 GMT

I think I probably had it a few weeks back but at the time, I just thought I had picked up a cold or virus from my son as I had been over to help them out a few days earlier and I knew they had tested several times and were neg.

I woke up one Sunday feeling dreadful. Splitting headache, a migraine really I suspect. Fever then chills. Runny nose and slight cough. Thank god not congested though. I went to bed in the afternoon, even though my daughter was dropping my grandson off for the week (he had a bad accident/hospitalisation, couldn't go to school). My daughter suggested I might have covid but I said it was just an infection. Didn't have a RAT kit anyway.

I still felt pretty poorly on Monday. Grandson was poorly too and I now suspect he had covid too. Probably where I got it from.

By Wednesday I was pretty much okay and by Thursday I was full of energy. I had been running here and there with minding grandkids and when i got home Thursday, my husband felt poorly. We had a RAT kit by this stage, he tested positive, I tested negative.

He says he still feels a bit weak and tires easily. I'll never know for sure if I had it or not but I think probably.

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countessalmirena — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:14:27 GMT

The worrying thing is that with each reinfection, the individual has an increased chance of a severe health outcome. It's cumulative.

For example, developing a cardiovascular disease is a measurable risk outcome in patients with COVID-19. It occurs in about 2% of infected people. But the cumulative risk increases with reinfection: double in people who've had 2 infections, triple in people who've had 3 infections, and so on.

Ditto for the following:

pulmonary disease
neurological disease
kidney disease
musculoskeletal disease
clotting/blood disorders
mental health disorders
long-term/chronic fatigue
diabetes

The risk is irrespective of how mild the infection was. That's frightening. It's one reason why I urge people to be tested if they suspect they might have COVID-19. It's tiresome and bothersome and all of that... I know. But please, please, if anyone suspects they might have COVID, get tested.

Testing is vital for a number of reasons:

If you don't know that you have been infected, you will be less likely to be cautious in future in an inside environment, with other people not wearing masks and being unable to keep social distance of at least 1.5 metres between you. Your behaviour is likely therefore to put you more at risk of reinfection, thus increasing your cumulative risk of developing a serious disease.
If you don't know that you've been infected, you will be less likely to take great care in the presence of people who are particularly vulnerable. Your behaviour will be more likely to be of risk to society.
If you don't take COVID-19 seriously by getting tested, your behaviour will signal to people who might take their cue from you that ... meh, it's not serious, don't bother getting tested... It sets a standard and example.
If epidemiologists don't get good quality data reflecting the real life situation - i.e., how many people are infected, how many develop symptoms out of the total, how many end up in hospital out of the total, how many die out of the total, how many infected have been vaccinated out of the total - then their ability to do modelling on outcomes and ways to reduce infection and ways to measure vaccine efficacy and efficiency will be impacted. Public health measures may not be adequate or focused on what is necessary if the data is poor. Getting tested if one suspects one might have COVID-19 is a civic duty as well as important for one's own health (and the health of family/friends/colleagues).

COVID-19 is not 'flu; it's not a cold; it's not a case of "let's get it over with, get the infection, survive it, relax". Each incursion increases risk - every single one. The long-term effects on health are very concerning.

I don't think the current government response is sufficient - not nearly. They've decided to ignore the medical/scientific advice. This generation will experience severe health crises as a result - in my opinion.

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springyzone — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 02:34:07 GMT

@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
Well done, Straya.
Ninety-five per cent of reported cases have been reported this year, 2022. In the past seven days, Australia has ranked number three in cases per million population. We [also] ranked number three for deaths per capita, so much higher than the US, UK, France, Germany.

I was reading an article about that and apparently how we assess a death as a covid death isn't necessarily the same as how a lot of overseas countries assess it.

Over the entire course of covid, Australia has had only 12,274 deaths. I'm not trying to minimise the effect of that. But very few of those deaths have been of anyone under 50.

And yes, we have had more deaths this year than over the previous 2 years, but then again, we had very few cases of covid at all up till late last year. We had more lockdowns than most other countries so it makes logical sense that most cases have come this year as we emerged from lockdown.

Since then, we have had millions of cases. Mainly omicron variants.

To say our per capita death rate is higher over just one week is misleading. We should be looking at the broader picture.

For example, the US has had over a million deaths, which (if you take their population as about 331 million), makes their overall death rate 0.3%

We have had over 12,000 deaths and with a population of about 26 million, our death rate is about 0.04%, which is much lower.

UK-185,245 deaths, pop 68,586,143- death rate 0.2%

France-152,439 deaths, pop 65,273,000-death rate 0.2%

Germany-144,717 deaths, pop 83, 700,000-death rate 0.17%

I am not claiming the population numbers are correct to the last person, but they are close enough to get a ball park idea.

The thing is, our vaccination rate is one of the highest in the world. We have over 96% of over 16's who have received at least 2 doses and 68.5% who have received a 3rd dose. The majority of those dying in hospital now have had 3 or 4 doses. The unvaxxed are still over represented though in the stats.

Remembering that less than 4% remain totally unvaxxed, they make up over 10% of the deaths.

If you add in the unvaxxed with the partially vaxxed, they make up over 28% of the deaths.

But 68% of those who died in the July figures were fully vaxxed. I think what is going on here is a lot of them were probably older people with other underlying conditions. Covid pushed them over the edge.

Our government virtually mandated vaccination and promised a measure of freedom once we reached our goals, which we did.

Most of those other nations mentioned are fully open, as are we now.

I think the boosters need to be tweaked, just as they do with flu vax. They need to be tweaked for omicron because at the moment they are great at stopping delta (which is still out there and which is pretty deadly) but not so great at preventing omicron, especially the new variants.

Until that happens, we can expect it to flood through the population.

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4channel — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:24:25 GMT

@rogevibe wrote:
Just wondering if any other people here has suffered Covid-19 and what were your experiences

As for me i tested positive recently via pcr and RAT
I was self testing for the previous 3 or 4 days prior with neg results as i suffered painful flu like symptoms minus joint pain so tested for Covid daily , while mitigating against the unknown illness by changing diet and isolating
Morning of day 4 tested neg using RAT then later tested pcr which was reported pos next day . Tested by RAT which showed pos , so awaited my fate .....

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Most people I know have breezed through it. Most of them are unjabbed too. Just good eating, plenty vitamins, pineapple, qpple cider vinegar, pure water, staying away from GM foods etc.

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domino-710 — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 07:52:11 GMT

@4channel wrote:
Most - so not all people I know have breezed through it. Most of them are unjabbed too. Just good eating, plenty vitamins - don't need synthetics if eating well, pineapple, qpple cider vinegar, pure water, staying away from GM foods etc.

What's - qpple??

Haven't seen it on the shelf. lol