[Leica] All shot up

[Nathan Wajsman]

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

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> 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)
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