It's Happened - The Crow Got Me!

[julianthegypsy]

Had both jabs last Saturday. Fingers crossed because I had both last year and they were both utter persons who dispense drinks and knocked me for six.

 

[Pond frog]

Sorry to burst your bubble mate, but flu has not been “eradicated”…. A vast number of supposed covid infections are flu , but it’s trendy to jump on the covid bandwagon, as suggested by our media…

Well of course it hasn’t actually been eradicated but cases were incredibly low due to Covid measures , now the measures are gone it has come back, as to how many cases of coronavirus are about no one really knows as there is no longer a working test program

 

[Seadog]

Bugger

 

[Onoff]

Bugger

That's one way of catching it, yes.

 

[Seadog]

How do you know?

 

[Onoff]

I'm noting more people back wearing masks on the train, eclipsed by the numbers sniffling and sneezing with no regards for others.

Taking my chances having had two jabs and the booster. Booster messed up my heart rhythm for a month. It's weird, having been married for so long I used to pray for a massive clutcher. When your heart literally starts skipping a beat, pausing or racing to the point of severe headaches it's not so funny. It was that bad I very nearly went to the doctor.

 

[arther dailey]

ive had 2 jabs . not having any more and never had a flue jab makes me laugh when people say ive had the flue 90 percent havent just had a bad cold you wouldnt be standing if you had the flue . only ever had it once

so true.

 

[Turbo]

Considering the severity of this virus on the elderly you would have thought tour operators would have safe guards in place,as in
train their staff to exclude a passenger that’s coughing their guts out.

Bob

That particular day the co-ordinator went by car because she had another appointment that day & had to leave early. Had she seen the state of the infector she would have stopped her from getting on the bus.

The co-ordinator is not known for mincing her words & she is going to give them all a stern warning before the next trip that if they have any corvid symptoms they must have a clear test before going on the bus.

 

[Turbo]

They must have run out of bricks as the whole body pain has eased today.

Instead I have more specific pain. Basically anywhere I have previously suffered severe pain/trauma is sore again, only this time the pain level is turned up to 11!
So we have kidney pain (had kidney stones), neck pain (RTA), left knee (same RTA), left wrist (broken) plus random bouts of neuralgia.

I've had flu before but this is on another level, so anyone comparing it to flu is talking rubbish.

 

[BarrieJ]

Well I've not had Covid but the first Astra Zeneca jab, nearly killed me; I had a seizure and was unconscious for four days with a DNR on my notes. Had umpteen scans and a lumber puncture, none of which I can remember. The hospital couldn't find any cause for the seizure, other than a reaction to the jab. A six month driving ban followed - which due to administrative incompetence at the hospital and the DVLA, became ten months. During this time my wife was diagnosed with a Stage 3 cancer, bravely fought it but lost the battle.
I had the subsequent Pfizer jabs because I couldn't risk catching it and passing it onto her, who, having had her spleen removed had very little resistance to infection.
Had she not been alive when I had the first jab, I'd have likely died from the seizure.
I live alone now, do I have another jab...? After 49 years married being without her is a pretty miserable existence, so just how bothered am I about the potential outcome of not having it?

 

[charlysays]

If you didn't have a test for it, you'd just call it...


... The flu

I don't think so mate.
First time I had it I was absolutely fine bar some snot and a vaguely tickly throat... until I tried to do anything strenuous, then I'd feel like I was dying of something cardiac related - heart rate up to 200bpm, palpitations, dizzy, lightheaded, would take an hour to go back to normal. That symptom lasted almost a month. Never had anything like that before with any kinda of illness. Alarming.

I did then catch it again 4 months later (in march this year) and just had snot- had a week off work and spent half of it working on my cars and half of it surfing.

 

[Munkul]

The first time i had it it was like the flu. Exactly like flu.
The 2nd time i had it (this spring) i only knew i had it because i felt a bit funny and decided to test... After that I threw the rest of the test kits away. Why bother knowing something that isn't going to change a single action that I took?

I've had 3 jabs, the 2nd one was worst of all, ended up fainting at work and had 24 hours of violent shivering. Still, very glad of the vaccine, no doubt it's turned a very lethal virus into a mostly benign one, although obviously unfortunately some people still react badly to it.

Sorry guys, i know it's still a tough ride for some people, but again, so is the flu, it's savage on weakened immune systems and killed many more people than covid has yet.

 

[steveo3002]

They must have run out of bricks as the whole body pain has eased today.

Instead I have more specific pain. Basically anywhere I have previously suffered severe pain/trauma is sore again, only this time the pain level is turned up to 11!
So we have kidney pain (had kidney stones), neck pain (RTA), left knee (same RTA), left wrist (broken) plus random bouts of neuralgia.

I've had flu before but this is on another level, so anyone comparing it to flu is talking rubbish.

strange you say that ...both my elbows are in pain for no apparent reason

its a wierd one alright

 

[minimutly]

Well I've not had Covid but the first Astra Zeneca jab, nearly killed me; I had a seizure and was unconscious for four days with a DNR on my notes. Had umpteen scans and a lumber puncture, none of which I can remember. The hospital couldn't find any cause for the seizure, other than a reaction to the jab. A six month driving ban followed - which due to administrative incompetence at the hospital and the DVLA, became ten months. During this time my wife was diagnosed with a Stage 3 cancer, bravely fought it but lost the battle.
I had the subsequent Pfizer jabs because I couldn't risk catching it and passing it onto her, who, having had her spleen removed had very little resistance to infection.
Had she not been alive when I had the first jab, I'd have likely died from the seizure.
I live alone now, do I have another jab...? After 49 years married being without her is a pretty miserable existence, so just how bothered am I about the potential outcome of not having it?

Damn that was a short but hard read mate, I really feel for you. I don’t think I will be having another jab. Had two dvt (blood clots) since covid. Is it covid or the jab that brought them on, or just getting older and wfh? Who knows?
Keep plugging away mate

 

[Turbo]

Today I woke up feeling a lot better, pain mostly gone apart from my neck, it has a really tender spot that feels like someone thumped me with a hammer! Even managed to get outside today & clear out the van into the workshop. My Mum felt a lot better yesterday but is back to feeling bad today, so this improvement might only be temporary.

On the other hand last night was the weirdest yet. I had severe cramps in both my lower legs, same as I get if I take statins. No amount of stretching or massage could get rid of it. After a few hours of rolling around I fell into a sort of semi-sleep state. I dreamed/imagined that the cramps were caused by a virus infection within the program that controls my legs. I need to tell you now that I have perfectly normal legs controlled by my brain, not a computer (I told you it was weird).

I managed to narrow the search down to a few folders but I was afraid that if I deleted the wrong folder my legs would no longer work! After a lot of deliberation I picked a folder & deleted it & then tentatively got out of bed & stood up to see if my legs were still working!

At this stage I woke up & found myself standing beside the bed. After a few seconds I realised why I was standing there, called myself an idiot (ok, the actual words were 'you stupid fecker') and got back into bed. Fell asleep quickly only to start dreaming the same crap again! Don't think I went as far as 'testing' my legs again, I can't really remember!

 

[Brad93]

Today I woke up feeling a lot better, pain mostly gone apart from my neck, it has a really tender spot that feels like someone thumped me with a hammer! Even managed to get outside today & clear out the van into the workshop. My Mum felt a lot better yesterday but is back to feeling bad today, so this improvement might only be temporary.

On the other hand last night was the weirdest yet. I had severe cramps in both my lower legs, same as I get if I take statins. No amount of stretching or massage could get rid of it. After a few hours of rolling around I fell into a sort of semi-sleep state. I dreamed/imagined that the cramps were caused by a virus infection within the program that controls my legs. I need to tell you now that I have perfectly normal legs controlled by my brain, not a computer (I told you it was weird).

I managed to narrow the search down to a few folders but I was afraid that if I deleted the wrong folder my legs would no longer work! After a lot of deliberation I picked a folder & deleted it & then tentatively got out of bed & stood up to see if my legs were still working!

At this stage I woke up & found myself standing beside the bed. After a few seconds I realised why I was standing there, called myself an idiot (ok, the actual words were 'you stupid fecker') and got back into bed. Fell asleep quickly only to start dreaming the same crap again! Don't think I went as far as 'testing' my legs again, I can't really remember!

I've been having all sorts of nightmares and recurring dreams this week. Very odd.

Thankfully i can usually realise i'm in a dream pretty quick and wake myself up, then proceed to lay there trying to get back to sleep!

 

[mtt.tr]

First time I had to I knew it wasn't the flu. I might aswell have gone through an industrial shredder.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I'm scheduled to have both jabs next Friday - it's the 13th of course, so....

 

[Onoff]

Instead I have more specific pain. Basically anywhere I have previously suffered severe pain/trauma is sore again, only this time the pain level is turned up to 11!

Both I and the BiL said exactly the same. Had Covid and all our old injury sites played up. For me, it was two slipped discs, dodgy left lung (not what you want with Covid) and teeth, root fillings and apicoectomy site. With the BiL his back, rib he broke and hand where he lost a finger in a table saw.

Our old GP reckons it's a thing, something to do with your immune response.

 

[Erie Fred]

Might want to get a cheap ($15 at Aldi's) finger clip pulse oximeter.
I drove myself to the ER when I couldn't get above 85%
They told me (while spending 5 days in the hospital) that covid attacks the lungs and heart with clotting.