...Dan

Glad to hear it. Yeah, I'm ok. Still a bit of lung pain, but nothing that's gonna slow me down.

@Harvsky your mum showing any signs of recovery yet?

The last woman telling a doctor to go back to school and get educated because she doesn't think she's worthy of her credentials

Yeah, exactly. There were times when I was asking myself is this my life now? Am I gonna struggle to walk for more than ten minutes for the rest of my life? And there seems (or seemed) to be no no research or guidance for this, so you feel like you're forgotten because you're not in intensive care. Trying to do too much before you're really ready can set you back, so I'd recommend for her to rest as much as possible. Build up very slowly and cautiously. As I said my first walk lasted 5 minutes, I got to the top of my road and was worried that if I carried on I wouldn't make it home again.

Well, I don't trust what the paramedics said at all. I'm 99% sure I had covid. The only reason I say 99 is because I didn't have a test. When I went to hospital it wasn't as a covid patient, so I don't blame them too much. I went to see if I had a serious heart problem, and they ruled that out and sent me home. The doctor saying "yeah you're probably right" is weird, yeah I think if they didn't have so much on their plates right now they'd say come in and we'll check you out. (No one else has said they don't think I had covid btw, only the paramedic) My biggest worry right now is my lung. Hopefully it's not permanently damaged. I'll definitely go and get it checked out if it still hurts in a month or two.

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.

Were you as classy about it as Michael Owen?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52124004 In a series of widely-reported social media posts following her death, Ms Middleton's family said she "had passed away from Covid-19" and urged others to "do your bit" to stop the spread.

Looks like Zubi and AVB will both leave OM @Batard

Wasn't this a Black Mirror episode?

Wow.

Yeah, that's him.

There was a Scottish Arsenal fan on the old forum, I can't remember his name, but he was a good member.

I went out for a walk yesterday and didn't last 5 minutes because my heart felt weak... Hopefully that's only temporary.

Just woke up from a good 8 hours of sleep and it feels a lot better. Still hurts a bit, but nothing like yesterday. Hopefully it doesn't get worse as the day goes on.

No, England.

Also how is it fair the some people get 90% pay to stay at home and protect themselves from the virus while other people have to go to work UNTIL the get it, risking their health, and then they get £90 a week? I'm sure a lot of people will have symptoms and continue to go to work because they can't afford to lose the money.

I feel like I'm recovering from it now. My breathing is getting better, but the lung pain has gotten worse. I have a horrible back pain right now, in line with my left lung, I can barely move without it hurting. I looked up the symptoms of lung inflammation and it seems like that's what I have. As I mentioned in the are you worried thread, one of my lungs is smaller than the other because of a condition I had when i was born. Hopefully it'll get better after a few more days of rest, otherwise I'm gonna have to go and get checked up. I'm not even sure where I would go for that and if they'd even agree to see me? Also @Harvsky did you have lung pain after your breathing got better?

No.

This is day 3 of breathing problems I think. And day 6 since the sore throat. Let's hope I start to feel better in the next few days. Yeah I was thinking of going for a walk, but I'm a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to handle it. We have a small garden and I walked out there yesterday for a few minutes and was ok.

I don't have an inhaler, but earlier I ran a hot shower and sat in the bathroom with the door closed for a few minutes and I could breathe better after. How long ago were you feeling like this? And how do you feel now?

I definitely have it. Throughout the day it's not too bad (i've been spending all day in bed playing Football Manager), but at night when I start to get tired it gets bad. Last night I struggled to brush my teeth and breathe at the same time, had chest pains too. It's difficult to find a position to sleep in where I can breathe properly. I'd describe what I feel in my lungs as discomfort rather than pain, but I feel it a lot, throughout the day. I haven't had fever and don't have a cough. So guys, don't tell yourselves "I don't have a fever/cough so I don't have it". If you have any symptom, no matter how small, you need to self-isolate.