I caught Covid a few weeks ago and the whole time I was experiencing symptoms, I also experienced soreness in my arm in the same spot I had all my previous Covid shots. It felt different from regular body aches, and it felt like I had just gotten a Covid shot for about a week, but I had instead caught the actual virus (which was on me for not getting a booster in time this year).

I’m really just wondering if this is a common occurrence, or if anyone else has experienced this, or might know why it happened? All my shots have been Pfizer.

I have no severe symptoms except mild cough and runny nose now. I returned to office today after finishing separation.

But during a meeting today, I felt shortness of breath when I talk a lot. I never felt things like this before. I don't feel any fatigue or tiredness so far, but this is the first day after I return to office, I need to check my self.

Then... what can I do with this?

I've been played tennis golf pickleball for years. And right now, I'm in my local pickleball league, and I need to return to league from this Wednesday.

I will see and check myself how my body behaves during exercise. But I also hope to know how to monitor myself and what should I need to do with breath shortness in the middle of the sports games.

Shall I buy O2 monitor for finger?

In addition, from Amazon search, I found O2 boost portable can with breathing mask. And I also found breather. Would it be good idea to use them to mitigate breathing shortness during sports?

I know shortness of breath is typical long Covid symptoms, but I feel devastating that comes to me. I really hope this thing goes away for me and for everyone else as soon as possible.

Did anyone have blurry vision, eye pain with eye movement and a bit of redness and light sensitivity when they got covid? I’m afraid it might be uveitis but no eye Dr will see me cause I have covid.

I've been sick for almost a week now. It feels like no end in sight. I at least don't have the extreme exhaustion from when I was sick in 2022 with COVID. The headache and congestion are brutal though. I don't think the stress about having the right paperwork and sick time for work help. I've felt so confused about when I need to go back to work. Confirmed I can be gone until Wednesday before I default to short term disability and I had my doctor extended my note for being gone in case I need it but lord stressing about all of this sucks so much. COVID policies being non-existent at the work place is just so, so shit. Even if I felt well enough to work I doubt I'm no longer contagious. I can't even handle the guilt of potentially getting someone else ill let alone actually giving this to someone 😭

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I'm SO FRUSTRATED I don't know what to do anymore. I've never met anyone who's had it this many times. I get it every 6 months like fucking clockwork since the pandemic started. When I have it, it's usually a fever thing, then coughing for 2-3 weeks, and very luckily have never lost my taste or smell.

But. I'm tired. How awful is this for my body? I'm very careful about hand washing and touching public surfaces, though I don't wear a mask.

I get my shots.

I went to an immunologist this summer and they did bloodwork but the doc said my immune system was great/I have no problems there. I had an EKG last Januart and my heart is fine so luckily it appears the 8 covids before this haven't affected it.

What the fuck is going on. Could it be in my system permanently now every time I get a cold/fever it registers as Covid on the test?

No one else around me has covid. It's just me. I don't even go anywhere! I work from home! ughhh

The questions are rhetorical I'm just here to rant. I'm so upset.

I had symptoms start Monday (sore throat) and I had my first positive test Tuesday. Tuesday and Wednesday were severe sore throat and muscle aches, then it started to slowly improve until today when my throat is very much better feeling. It's still sore but I'm definitely nearing the end of the virus.

I still tested positive today though, and I've noticed a few times on Thursday and today that I've had diarrhea. I also have a general lack of appetite. I'm someone who already has IBS as it is, but this is noticeably different and I'm 95% sure it is being caused by the Covid.

Does this mean I am developing post-infectious GI issues from the virus? I'm terrified this will worsen my IBS for months now, since the GI stuff only started 4-5 days into the sickness when the other stuff had already started improving.

2nd covid infection, first was a year ago.

Nov 27 - Positive and started Paxlovid

Since then I've only had mild fatigue and a sore throat. I still took it easy and have been resting as much as I can, only getting up to make food/shower for no longer than 10-15 min at a time.

Today I feel very tired and achy and have developed a cough, much closer to how I felt at the beginning of my first infection last year. Has anyone experienced this? Should I just wait it out or is there something I need to do

I'm two weeks post positive test and my worst symptoms were body aches, fatigue and dizziness. I still have a lingering cough that's improving and what I think is brain fog. The thing is, it doesn't sound like the brain fog everyone is describing.

My memory is in tact, speech patterns are fine, critical thinking etc etc but it feels like all my senses are dulled. My vision is slightly off, like my peripheral vision almost gets in the way of my focus. Loud noises seem even more overwhelming and distracting, tinnitus, smell and taste gone. I also barely feel the cold. It's currently 1 degree C and I could hang out with just a long sleeve shirt on and not really feel it.

This sensation is also periodic, I wake up feeling pretty normal and then have a bout or two in the afternoon/ evening. It seemed to be improving the past few days but today was worse.

Anyone have any tips or a timeline? Docs have just said fluids, fluids and more fluids

First of all, I want to say thank you for everyone who’s supported me on this sub. I posted a bit on here while being sick, and I really appreciate the support. I’m feeling hopeful now and I’m glad this sub exists.

I’ve been doing better today and the previous days. (I was able to go grocery shopping on my own yesterday! And didn’t suffer consequences today by being bed bound again!) I have the feeling I’m surely recovering, with taking enough naps in between. I feel like I’m slowly getting back to my old energy levels, but I also think it’s still needing some time.

I’m grateful that I am, though there are setbacks. (Example: Some days ago, I was outside for too long and then was bed bound the next day. 🙁😒😞) I’m almost in week 4 with Covid - I’ve tested positive 2 1/2 weeks ago but I assume I had it since 3 1/2 weeks. I also have a history of trauma and mental health issues, which has not made this easy.

I think I haven’t felt this sick as I was in 2 years probably. The most significant thing was the fatigue. I’ve been having a tough time truly resting and I’ve cried a bunch while being sick. I realized I didn’t learn how to rest properly, and I think I learned this lesson through Covid now. Though I feel embarrassed to say this 🫣😓

But yeah. I’m doing better now and I really feel like I can return to daily tasks soon. I think I will approach resting from a certain angle now, and I’m also learning how to listen to my body more.

Also, I noticed each time I had a cry and it was relieving, I felt truly better and suddenly had a leap of energy. Uh, to anyone recovering: I recommend crying, it helps 🫣 I want to note that it also felt like it decreased inflammation in my body, and I’m kind of interested if there are any studies about this? 😮

Thanks again everyone

Hello folks. I’ve had c19 a few times and I want to enquire if anyone else had the same experience of the days before falling ill.

Specifically a few days before succumbing to illness I would feel insatiably horny.
I’ve noticed that whenever I get that particular feeling of horniness if I gratified it ( by myself or with my partner ) I would definitely fall ill, yet if I held off I had a better chance of warding off the illness.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

So gross, but I noticed when I had Covid, the bottom of my feet would get so sweaty! I’m totally better now, but the bottom of my feet still sweat sp much.

Did this happen to anyone else? How long did it take for it to go away?

For some more context I had my first two base vaccinations back in late July and late September 2021. But haven't had any booster vaccines. Last Saturday I went to a group and came home feeling a bit off physically and a bit of an irritated throat but not really any other drastic symptoms. Then between last Sunday to now, I've had a very runny/blocked nose(literally woke up this morning to find my nose full of dried yellow snot) and quite an intense cough which is a mixture of dry coughing and also wet/slight phlegm cough. It would have been 7 days since I fully started developing symptoms. Last year something similar happened in the summer and I was knocked off for around two weeks with a bad cold/phlegm/flu thingy. The thing that worries me is that my mum and brother have asthma, so I feel like the odds are that I also have asthma and during this week I have occasionally found that some nights when I have coughed a lot, ive also kind of wheezed a bit afterwards. I'm just panicking tbh and i always feel like I'm going to end up needing hospital treatment for coughing/potential asthma. I don't have my own inhaler as I haven't been to the GP yet and we also don't have an oximeter at home

I had Covid last year during the holidays and it seems like I have it now again. I stay inside most of the time. I (24F) went to visit my mom in Pennsylvania for thanksgiving - it was just me, my mom, her boyfriend and my brother. We kept it very small and we stayed inside the house or in a car. I genuinely didn’t think I would get it, but I’m fairly confident I have.

I mentally can’t handle losing my sense of smell and taste because it makes me extremely depressed. But keeping a diary helped last time and reading it back gives me hope. Here’s my diary.

Day 1: Could smell and taste perfectly fine. Just a bit of sniffles, I figured it was allergies.

Day 2: Thanksgiving - more of the same. I could taste my food fine and still a bit of sniffles, but nothing bad. I assumed it was allergies since we were in the mountains.

Day 3: Really bad sore throat, yellow mucus, bad congestion and a headache. Took a covid test and it was negative. Usually during these times when my symptoms were at its peak it comes back positive immediately… so I’m a bit confused. Smell and taste are okay.

Day 4: Noticing more loss of smell and taste, even when my nose is clear. I’m pretty positive I have covid now despite taking a test today and it coming back negative. I get whiffs of stuff, but not strong. This is really messing with my brain. I almost wish I could get a positive covid test just so I know for sure what it is.

Day 5: Loss of smell and taste is still on and off. Mostly off. I’m very depressed and sad. But not as sad as last time. I’ve been through this before and I know it’ll come back eventually with time. It does suck though. At home test is negative. Making an appointment to get one done at the hospital to be completely sure. Good news is my sore throat is completely gone and the mucus is much less. It seems like my body is handling it better than last time.

I’ll update tomorrow.

I (24F) had Covid last year on Christmas, and I was mostly okay until I lost my sense of smell and taste. It’s not something I ever experienced before and it made me lose my mind. After I got it back after a few days, I cherished every time I was able to smell and taste every time I remembered. I never took it for granted.

I’ve been sick for the past few days and I just lost my sense of smell and taste. Yesterday it was faint but now it’s mostly gone. I wasn’t nearly as sick as last time, but with my smell and taste gone, I know it’s Covid. I keep taking at home tests and they keep coming up negative but I don’t trust them. I’m on day 5 of being sick, mostly better, negatives across the board. I’m about to schedule a test at a hospital now.

I can’t mentally take this. I get whiffs here and there but it’s mostly nothing. Even though I know I’ve been through it before, and it’ll probably come back in a few days, my mind just won’t allow me to believe it. Im getting panic attacks every time I know I should smell something but I don’t. I burst out crying when I can’t taste food or smell cooking.

I feel like such a baby. But I cannot do this. What if it never comes back this time? I’m so frustrated.

I wrote this https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19positive/comments/1gywtn6/first_time_covid_positive_some_questions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

about a week ago.

I think I'm 90% recovered and will return to office and normal routine from Monday, tomorrow. This is just my record for my own purposes, but also to share what happened to a person who got the Covid for the first time. Early 40s male, vaccinated early this year, our family got the vaccine once a year every year (twice for flu).

Nov 21 Thu close to midnight:

• Feeling chill and bodyache, I thought it is just flu, had a Tylenol and fall a sleep

Nov 22 Fri morning

• Thanks to Tyleonol, flu-alike symptoms were weakened, but I couldn't taste almost anything at all. This is the moment I realize this might be Covid. I tested, got positive. Fortunately, my family were all OK and negative.
• I immediately began to separate myself to my room.
• I contacted my boss to request sick leave until the end of holiday, and contact everyone I met on Thursday about my Covid and asked them to check Covid if you have any symptom.

Nov 22 Fri afternoon

• Bodyache, chill, fever were severe. I remember, at one point, temperature reached 105 and was panic. The wave of Bodyache, chill, fever visits every 4~6 hour cycle, as far as I remember.
• Headache, cough, runny nose, nose congestion, and sore throat were severe.
• I contacted my family doctor, he prescribed me Paxlovid. But local pharmarcy was too busy and Dr's office send prescription too late, I was unable to get Paxlovid on Friday.
• I only had soups. My digestion capability was really low, I was able to feel it. But since I can't have Tylenol/Advil in empty stomach, I try to eat something.
• I only drink tea, water, and Getorade.
• I had max. strength Mucinex every 10~12 hours + swapped Tylenol/Advil every 4 hours.
• Looking back now, I guess headache is probably because of caffeine deficit. We decided to change from coffee to tea (without caffeine). But I think that was good decision. Because I was having strange green stool + diarrhea, which is also typical for Covid.

Nov 23 Sat

• Similar with Friday. Fever was still 99~102, at one point reached 104.
• Begin Paxlovid, twice a day. That metallic after taste wasn't good.
• I'm not sure if I'm the only person who feel this, but Paxlovid makes me feel drowsy and sleepy. But Paxlovid doesn't have such side effect. I don't know what happened. Maybe because of Advil/Tylenol? Anyway, I always sleep around lunch time, after I have Paxlovid around 10AM.
• I had max. strength Mucinex every 10~12 hours + swapped Tylenol/Advil every 4 hours.
• I only had soup and Gatorade.

Nov 24 Sun

• Similar with Saturday, but Fever goes down, 99~100 level.
• But sore throat become so severe, I couldn't drink or talk properly.
• All others are the same.
• I must say, Wegmans Italian Wedding soup and my wife's Chicken Noodle soup saved my life during this weekend. Despite sore throat, I was able to eat these. I sensed a bit of taste came back, but not full.

Nov 25 Mon

• I feel Paxlovid was working, from Monday my chill, bodyache, and fever goes to decline.
• But sore throat was still severe, headache, cough, runny nose, nose congestion as well.
• More taste came back.

Nov 26 Tue

• From this point fever, chill, bodyache was almost gone, max was 99 at morning. But I continued to monitor. I stopped Tylenol/Advil.
• Sore throat become eased a bit, but cough, runny nose, nose congestion become more severe despite Mucinex. Because of this, I decided to not to go any party or anywhere during holiday season. Fortunately, for this year our family decided to skip the gathering. We got some invitations from family friends, but I skipped all of those.
• Digestion function and stomach feels much better, began to eat normal foods. Diarrhea become less severe.

Nov 27 Wed

• Body temperature was normal after 24 hour after cease of Tylenol/Advil. But cough, runny nose, nose congestion was still there.
• I was able to feel sore throat but much less than Monday level.
• Last day of Paxlovid. It worked on me. Fortunately, Covid re-spike didn't occur to me so far, after I finished my Paxlovid.

Nov 28 Thu ~ Dec 1 Sun (today)

• Change to semi-separation from Nov 28 Thu. I mostly stayed in my room, but came out of my room to do something with mask on.
• We have 8 years old kid, I don't want to spread my Covid to him, so we took extra care, I tried to stay at my room as much as possible, went outside of my room only when it is needed.
• Cough, runny nose, nose congestion slowly dwindled. I still have occasional runny nose and cough though.
• Right now I'm doing big laundry and cleaning.

I will return to office and normal routine from tomorrow, but I think I may need to use my mask for a week, because of my cough.

I forget to mention, but I didn't skip multivitamin every day, and I also had Emergen-C powder with water a cup a day. Maybe these helped a bit.

But I have very important sports league match incoming, I don't know what to do. I already skipped a week, it is kinda not good for my team if I skip incoming week as well.

I still have mild cough and runny nose. But these days, weather is cold and dry, it is not possible to live without cough and runny nose for most of population. So, I wonder if I can join the league game mid of incoming week...

I hope not to get Covid again. Hopefully the next vaccine works well to prevent as many variants as possible.

I wish everyone in here recovers and gets back to the normal as soon as possible.

unfortunately i’ve gotten covid from working retail at christmas (what can u do) and i was wondering what medicines/vitamins/home remedies i can try that help prevent long covid or ones that are good for managing symptoms? i’ve been trying to research but i’m dealing with some brain fog and fatigue and it’s exhausting me! thank u sm in advance and sorry if i’ve used the wrong flair

Shared a more detailed version of this story in another space, but here’s a quick overview:

A family member (B) has been coughing for days and refused to take a COVID test, even while continuing to go out and possibly expose others. I eventually went to get checked and tested positive for COVID. When I got home, B yelled, “If I’m sick, you should be sick too!”

B can be violent, which makes isolation even more overwhelming.

Questions:

1. Is nausea a normal symptom of COVID?
2. Can coughs worsen even after several days?
3. Are there any recent laws or guidelines regarding people who refuse to take a COVID-19 test (or may have taken one) but continue to go out and potentially expose others?
4. Is isolating at home the only option? What can you do if resting at home isn’t feasible?

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I was vaccinated and boosted (3 times?) and surprisingly it wasn’t that bad for me. My household caught covid from my brother who works retail, and I started to have symptoms after kissing our dogs. My sister had it the worst.

It’s day 3 of sickness for me, It was weird, I started with a dry sore throat and chills, which was pretty mild but that went away, and then I had BAD congested nose. It was hard to breathe through it. That was the worst of it tbh. Then a cough which I have currently. Not as much mucus. I also woke up in the pool of sweat and my shirt was soaked.

Right now I can’t smell anything which sucks, and I have a mild cough, I tested twice with the at home test and both said positive. Surprisingly it was pretty mild for me, but is it true that the next time you get it it could be worse? I think the vaccinations helped. Is this the new variant I caught? Anyone else felt the same mild symptoms?

Please watch out for Covid-19 Omnicron symptoms in the following days if you have been to this (mentioned at the bottom) location during the hours of 14:00 EST to 16:00 EST.

Edit: Date of incidence was Friday, November 29

Incident: A 60s year old male (Non-boosted as of 2024-2025) was not following any recommended protocol procedures of Covid-19 to prevent spread. He walked on the 1st and 2nd floors of the mall through crowds of people without a mask, and after still testing positive for Covid-19 one week after day 1.

Disregard this if you like, I posted this on the off chance that anyone on reddit site has also been to this location at the specific times, or maybe if anyone has/has had close contact with anyone who was present.

Location:

Staten Island Mall

2655 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314

Hi everyone,

I've posted twice in this subreddit about my experiences with COVID and how the loss of taste and smell was the worst of it. I only experienced respiratory-related problems related to COVID for a couple weeks, but the lack of two vital senses was dragging on for over two months. I have some good news though -- I'm almost completely back to normal. Over the past few days, I've been trying new foods and revisiting some old favorites (partially in thanks to Thanksgiving), and noticed my smell and taste were gradually coming back. Then, three days ago, I tried Thai milk tea for the first time in a while, and could taste it almost perfectly. Since then, it's all been uphill -- a candy I haven't had in a while was exactly how I remembered it, foods I've eaten semi-recently were more flavorful than before, and I'm starting to smell things from far away again. I'm ecstatic, as I really struggled to cope with losing those two senses, and so I wanted to spread some positivity :) To any/all of you who are struggling with COVID, especially when it comes to losing your sense of smell and taste, keep pushing! Even if it takes a while, the odds are on your side. <3

Let me start by saying that we are very cautious about COVID. We still test whenever we have cold symptoms and test at least daily if we’ve caught COVID. This is the fifth time for our family of four, so we’re experienced with testing and interpreting results.

Our 10-year-old daughter had minor cold symptoms—just a couple of sneezes—so we tested her since we were planning a vacation with another family. The test came back positive with a faint line, similar to what it looks like when the infection is just starting (or subsiding).

She received the COVID vaccine 2.5 weeks before this.

Then, something strange happened. We tested her again later that same day (day 0), and the result was negative.

For the next five days (day 1 to day 5), we tested her 2–3 times daily with different test brands, and all the results were negative. These are the same brands that have given us accurate results in the past (e.g., positive when we had COVID).

Symptom-wise, she only had minor sneezing, and all symptoms were gone by day 2. This could be her third time catching COVID. During her previous two bouts, she had a low fever, sneezing, sore throat, fatigue (e.g., taking afternoon naps she wouldn’t normally take), and other symptoms.

This time, she had none of that. Her sneezing was gone by day 2, and she recovered faster than she typically does with a common cold (which usually takes around 3–5 days for her).

What could have happened? I usually smile when friends claim a “defective test” while checking all the COVID symptom boxes. But now I’m wondering—could this actually have been a defective test?

Or perhaps she was exposed, and her cold symptoms indicated that she was “fighting” it. With her heightened immunity from the recent vaccination, she may have fought it off before COVID fully took hold (and recovered faster than from a typical cold).

I guess the only way to know for sure would be a PCR test (her last known COVID infection was over a year ago), but I don’t feel the need to risk taking her to a pharmacy or clinic for a PCR test and exposing her again.

Hello all, I am a 24 year old healthy male who has tested positive for covid for the first time. I got the vaccine back in 2020 (J&J) and never got it until now. On Sunday (6 days ago) I woke up not feeling well. I felt achy and my head hurt, I thought it was a cold. Fast forward and it's worse on Monday, and peaked on Tuesday. I tested Thursday for covid 19 and was positive. I'm still positive today (saturday) and can't taste or smell anything. I still feel a little "off" and notice I'm a little out of breath when doing something strenuous. Any suggestions as to how long this will last? Thanks

I took a test and got positive results just this morning but even before then I've been dreading the night time ever since the symptoms started showing. Just last night I puked 3 times within 3 hours and by the 3rd my stomach was completely emptied so it was just bile. I've always been terrified of getting sick even now as an adult and even as I type this I feel nauseus and scared I'll puke again tonight.

It's getting to the point where I straight up can't sleep because I'm so scared of getting sick it almost drives me to the point of tears. Every cough feels like a time bomb.

Do the nausea symptoms go away after a couple days? Is there anything I can do to prevent the puking and nausea?

ive been sick for 5 days now , my symptoms are:

• first day threw up twice, at rhe time thought it was food poisoning
• constant, very painful phlemgy cough
• nose is either stuffy and runny or clear, every few minutes it varies
• total lost of appetite or thirst & no smell or taste
• a feeling like im barely awake but constantly, throughout the day
• severe night sweats
• pounding/stinging pain at the front of my face
• sometimes i get a bit of a sharp pain only in the centre of my chest

i thought i was getting better a couple of days ago and tried to do a light work out, but when i was done i had to spend the next 4 hours laying down

ive been taking plenty of vitamins, have been forcing myself to eat at least a meal a day and drink as much water as possible. also been sipping on some warm lemon and honey to help with the cough. nothing seems to be working and i just feel sicker and sicker.

i have also had covid before in 2021, i don't have any tests anymore but this feels very similar. the giveaway to me is just how long this has been going on as i usually recover from colds/flu in 1-3 days. im double vaccinated

i read somewhere that when being awake starts to become difficult it's a good time to see a doctor, but imnot sure and would like a second opinion before i do.

sorry if this reads poorly, i am so incredibly exhausted

Hello, I’m a disabled war veteran who spends most of my time at home when my care taker isn’t coming to get me for frequent activities but in most recent cases I’ve been ordering from food delivery services because it is convenient for me, as of recently it seems one of my delivery’s left me immensely ill with the COVID-19 virus & I just thought I’d spread awareness of the prominent dangers of using these apps and trusting strangers with your food.

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I’m so over this . I had covid 3.5 weeks ago and I am more tired than I was with the infection. I wake up and feel like I could sleep another day . I’m congested and I still feel awful. I have been on paxlovid and steroids I have lung disease and immunodeficiency decease. I’m so frustrated I’m not getting better