Hopefully it's just a simple cold you're getting & not coronavirus
I believe I had coronavirus mid March, I was never tested for it but I think I had mild symptoms of darn near everything there was going!
I started with a sore throat on the Friday evening, joined by a tickley cough the day after.
I was exhausted, I would do pretty much diddly squat & need to have a snooze at intervals throughout the day.
I was in bed asleep by 8pm (usually midnight) & was getting up about 8am (usually 6-7am).
I woke in the night (3 or 4nights) wet with perspiration, even my legs were perspiring, I was cold quite a bit during the day (but not once did my thermometer go above 37.2'c ) so I didn't officially have a temperature.
I was sitting in the sun in my enclosed garden (in a jumper - yes in that sun) for about 30 mins a day, I'd sit having a hot cuppa, then I would have to come in to warm up & doze off.
I would cook my food, wear myself out & then not really taste my meals anyway
My head had a dull ache for about 10days.
When the pathetic tickley cough I had seemed to improve, I then felt breathless, then the cough came back & I felt like someone was pushing on my chest all the time. That went on for about 2wks.
I've never had any breathing difficulties generally, but was prescribed an inhaler & I got to the stage of willing on the 4th hour, as after the 3rd hour I needed a couple of puffs of the inhaler & up to the maximum 8puffs a day.
I was left after 3wks still exhausted, little appetite, little taste, heavy chested, the occasional cough & the feeling I needed to clear my throat all the time.
I went back to work just after 3wks off ,as the Drs said I'd done my 2wks isolation, but I had an extra week off booked from last year, so I just rolled my time off into that.
I don't think I felt well enough to have gone back after my second week off.
I struggled after 3wks still exhausted!
A few days after I'd been back to work I had very hot, itchy, dry hands & put it down to overdoing the hand sanitisers. Only to wake up with a rash down the side of my face, neck & arms (looked like nettle rash).
The pharmacy gave me some antihistamine tablets & hydrocortisone cream, so settled down after a week.
On the plus side I lost over a stone of my 'heft'!
Does the US have a central website similar to our NHS 111 site?
I'm not sure how the US is dealing with the lock down easing & testing kits, treatments?
Although I had a pretty full range of symptoms, they were mild & I'm still here 3months later, so try not to frighten yourself ill!
Can you try an Internet search on testing kits & guidance for medical intervention?
Please stay isolated until you know if you have c19 or not though.
Stay safe & get well soon
Xx
thank you anyway I appreciate it
