Interesting article here which mirrors what I experienced. My first symptom was on the 28th March. I didn't have a cough at any point. I had trouble breathing for around 5 days, I spent every day in bed until my breathing got better, then I tried to go for a walk and only lasted 5 minutes because I had chest pains and heart palpitations, felt like I was gonna have a heart attack. That feeling, along with a swelling on my chest, lasted a long time. I went back to work on the 20th April, 23 days after my first symptom, despite not really feeling ready, because my doctor didn't seem too concerned about my condition and I felt guilty about not going to work when my condition wasn't serious enough for me to be in hospital. I had minor chest pains at work, but I was ok. The next day I watched Netflix in bed all day. When I finally left my room for more than 10 minutes for the first time to make dinner, I started shaking, sweating, and had chest pains and heart palpitations again. I called 111 and they sent an ambulance. By the time they arrived I felt ok because I was resting. My EKG results were ok, the paramedics recommended that I stay at home rather than going to the hospital, and see a doctor in the morning. They said maybe it's an anxiety attack. I said I've been fine all day, making dinner doesn't make me anxious. They said they don't believe I had coronavirus because I didn't have a cough. I told them that my lungs hurt and I couldn't breathe, and they said well in coronavirus, the trouble breathing is a result of the coughing. They tried to tell me that my chest pain and my lung pain/trouble breathing were most likely unrelated. I insisted on going to the hospital. I was there from midnight until 6am, had several tests done and they found nothing. I feel like weren't trying to find out what was wrong with me, only trying to rule out something serious, since I went in with chest pains. I mentioned the swelling on my chest and they didn't even examine it.
For the next month I slowly got better. I started going for walks every other day, then every day. I went to the doctor once for another blood test, mentioned the swelling again and they didn't examine it again. I discovered a condition called costochodritis on Google, which can happen after an infection and can be mistaken for a heart attack. I mentioned it to the doctor on the phone and she said yeah you're probably right. She recommended taking ibuprofen for it. I took it for around 2 weeks and it helped a bit. I stopped taking it because I was feeling sick quite often and figured it could've been because of the ibuprofen.
I finally returned to work again on the 20th May, 53 days after my first symptom, feeling a lot more ready this time. The lung pain is still there, I feel it every day, my chest feels a lot better, but it still feels weird occasionally, and I feel exhausted after a day at work (though it's improving over time), but I don't know if that's post covid fatigue or just because I spent almost 2 months in bed.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/?utm_term=2020-06-04T15%3A46%3A38&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo
COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months
The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.