Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is indeed a sneaky virus with quite unpredictable consequences. I followed doctor?s orders and stayed off the bike for 2 weeks in January but now I am back to normal. I bought an oximeter as soon as I was diagnosed, as I was advised that this was the best way to check for the effects. My readings have been normal throughout. I still use it daily precisely because of cases like yours, Douglas. The one annoying longer term effect is the loss of smell and taste. Good thing I don?t work as a sommelier! My taste has more or less come back, but smell is still very weak. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 28 Feb 2021, at 00:10, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Thanks Peter et al. > Just to clarify I would mention that in fact my case of CoVid - 10th April > was the start of my isolation - was mild, extremely mild. So much so I > found it hard to believe I had the thing at all, but my doc insisted. I > had only two issues at the time, a sore throat and problems with my > breathing. My taste and smell were not affected, I had no fever, or indeed > anything else I can remember. > > I felt much better after a few days, despite two really worrying nights > with my breathing. I continued to isolate from my wife and others, and, as > there were no PCR tests available due to lack of re-agents to give me a > yea or nay, I even went out on solitary photo walks masked and glassed > while staying well away from other pedestrians. However, the sore throat > never really went away. It waxed and waned, but my breathing improved over > time even though it never seemed to be quite the way it had been. > > However, after a couple of relapses in late May and July, I got a really > bad protracted belt in September with other issues including vestibular > problems and deafness as well. So much so, I thought maybe I had been > reinfected, and maybe I was (Do they know yet? Are Long CoVid people just > hyper infectable?). After a further escalation in January, my doc referred > me to one to the top men in Ireland. He had a battery of tests done on me, > and got previous MRIs and CT scans from my cardiologist and ENT guy and as > I mentioned, I'm starting rehab shortly. > > Apparently, this thing, in addition to any of a selection of 170 different > symptoms, can kick off previous health issues once again, so the key thing > is to baby yourself in recovery, and don't put yourself under pressure. A > study in Germany found that 78% of milder cases of CoVid had ongoing heart > problems triggered. My own cardiologist is also seeing a lot of similar > problems among his patients, including my own. So the last thing you need > to do is give yourself a heart attack! In fact, any of you who have had > CoVid on this list should really get a cardiac MRI based on that sort of > figure. Howard R may disagree with me :-) > > When we get our chance of vaccination, I'm grabbing it with both arms! > > Douglas > PS my youngest (in his 20s) got CoVid (UK mutant) with all the typical > bells and whistles - fever, cough, loss of taste and smell, breathing > issues, etc. in January and is still not quite right. His oximeter > readings are still low. Of course being young he's trying to get back > running and cycling which is mad. Hopefully, he'll listen to sense. > > On 26/02/2021 20:46, Peter Klein via LUG wrote: >> Brian, I?m horrified to hear what happened to you and Victoria. This is >> the first time I?ve heard of someone catching COVID at a vaccination. >> Heal well! Ditto to you, Douglas. And I'm so glad that those of you who >> got mild cases are OK. >> >> We received our second shot (Pfizer) on Wednesday. Swedish Hospital set >> up a clinic in a big ballroom at a local university. We wore double >> masks. There were armies of volunteers checking everyone in, taking >> temperatures, directing us to hand sanitizer stations, doing paperwork, >> etc. The 15 minute waiting area after the shot had chairs spaced 6 feet >> apart. Everyone was masked, some of the workers also had face shields or >> safety goggles. They seemed to be doing it right, and we were very >> impressed. >> >> After the first dose, both of us were very tired for a day, and had >> low-grade headaches. Second dose after effects were stronger. By the >> evening, we both got progressively more tired and achy. The next day we >> both had strong, flu-like muscle aches everywhere, and didn?t want to do >> nothing, nohow. That began to diminish by bedtime. Today we feel much >> better, but still very tired. >> >> --Peter, dictating to my iPad >> (If it misconstrues, please excuse) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information