maglil55
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- Type of diabetes
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It's very, very long. @Annb is the same. I fell ill at the beginning of March weeks before lockdown. At first I didn't suspect Covid as we'd been told there was only 1 case in Tayside who was someone who had returned from Italy. Of course we later found out that was not true when Disclosure revealed that 25 people were tested positive in Edinburgh in February and no one was told about them. I think I said before that GP suspected Hubby got it first as he was going to football, on public transport etc in Edinburgh. He just had a persistent cough and felt off for a few days. Mine ran for 23/24 weeks with odd days of reprieve inbetween. I can honestly say though that I have never felt 100% since March.It really is ‘long’ isn’t it? It’s been many months now and to still be wiped out by it is quite a worry.
I wonder if it’s exacerbated by stress/ anxiety like so many other things are? You certainly have an awful lot to deal with at the moment so it must be even harder when this bug resurfaces and lays you low.
I agree about stress. I do use relaxation techniques (old habit from work days. Presenting to 100's of people sometime needs it!) but as you say I'm feeling a bit battered with everything life is throwing my way. I was stressing about frequent palpitations but I thought "stress" was making them worse (which it was). However, I later discovered from that long covid group that it was very common and again no reason could be traced. My long lasting one is the nasal cavity. It drives me nuts. It ends up freezing cold and causes earache in my right ear. Oddest thing though is that you smell things that are not there. For example, I smell pipe tobacco. Specifically, Condor (I know the smell as my Dad smoked it). You can't get rid of it because it isn't there. They have at least discovered there is a reason for this as covid damages the receptors in the nose. It's not constant but it is weird when it happens. Again there are loads of long term cases with this problem. Sometimes it's a nice floral scent which is better! I am feeling a bit better again today though and I'm hungry which is good