[Leica] All shot up

[Douglas Barry]

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)
>
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