Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And with all that good food you show, taste and smell would be very important to enjoy them. Otherwise, it is like us..... Looking at a nice picture of your food while munching on some Saltines. Stay Well Aram On 2/27/2021 9:30 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > 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 > -- Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson