discussion Second bite of Covid

[Tim Marlow]

Just tested positive for Covid…..it’s the second time I’ve had it :angry: I had it pretty bad about two years ago. This time I just feel like I’ve got a head cold, which is completely different from the first bite it took out of me. At least you guys can’t catch it from electronic communications so while I’m isolating I will still have someone to talk to. Lucky you lot!

 

[boatman]

VERY SORRY to hear that Tim an hope you get better soon
chrisb

 

[Jim R]

Hi Tim
That's a real b****r for sure. Glad it isn't making you feel too rough. Take care and be kind to yourself.
Jim

 

[adt70hk]

Not good but from what I've heard the newest variant does usually manifest much like a normal cold - it was certainly Junior's case when he had it.

Hope ir doesn't get worse!

ATB

Andrew

 

[Tim Marlow]

VERY SORRY to hear that Tim an hope you get better soon
chrisb

You and me both Chris.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Tim
That's a real b****r for sure. Glad it isn't making you feel too rough. Take care and be kind to yourself.
Jim

Thanks Jim. Yes it is, so am I, I will, and I will be

 

[Roadie]

Sorry to here that, just getting over it my self. Take care.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Not good but from what I've heard the newest variant does usually manifest much like a normal cold - it was certainly Junior's case when he had it.

Hope ir doesn't get worse!

ATB

Andrew

Cheers Andrew. Cold viruses are usually another type of coronavirus anyway, so it not surprising that it manifests like this. If the test hadn’t come up positive I would be absolutely convinced that I didn’t have it….Glad i had all my jabs now though…..

 

[Tim Marlow]

Sorry to here that, just getting over it my self. Take care.

Cheers Steve. Hope you continue improving :thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Poor you Tim, likewise I've been stuck down with a deep chest infection. Did a Covid test, thank goodness that was negative.
Luckily my Doctor's have agreed to me having a rescue pack of steroids and amoxicillin at home due to my asthma .Came in very handy to start on them as soon as I had that feeling .
Spent 2 days in bed just asleep . Fed up as can't go into the garden as it's cold .
Hopefully we will both recover soon .:smiling3:
Take care .

 

[Airborne01]

Sorry to hear this mate - until recently I never knew 'Covid' people - having heard you're recycled does that mean you're pushing for an invitation? Anyway, and seriously, I wish you and yours all the best; hope you and yours come out of this complete and unaffected. Good luck mate
Steve

 

[Tim Marlow]

Poor you Tim, likewise I've been stuck down with a deep chest infection. Did a Covid test, thank goodness that was negative.
Luckily my Doctor's have agreed to me having a rescue pack of steroids and amoxicillin at home due to my asthma .Came in very handy to start on them as soon as I had that feeling .
Spent 2 days in bed just asleep . Fed up as can't go into the garden as it's cold .
Hopefully we will both recover soon .:smiling3:
Take care .

Cheers John. Hope you get better soon as well. I know what you mean about the cold, our heating is currently not working properly, blocked microbore pipes giving poor flow and circulation. This coincides with a nasty cold spell and me having this…..coupled to my RA which is very weather impacted. I’m contacting the GP today as I will probably have to stop taking my RA meds (immunosuppressants) for a while so my immune system can fight the virus :anguished: Ain’t life grand

 

[Tim Marlow]

Sorry to hear this mate - until recently I never knew 'Covid' people - having heard you're recycled does that mean you're pushing for an invitation? Anyway, and seriously, I wish you and yours all the best; hope you and yours come out of this complete and unaffected. Good luck mate
Steve

Cheers Steve. I’m sure I’ll be fine, just a bit inconvenient that’s all.

 

[Guest]

Cheers John. Hope you get better soon as well. I know what you mean about the cold, our heating is currently not working properly, blocked microbore pipes giving poor flow and circulation. This coincides with a nasty cold spell and me having this…..coupled to my RA which is very weather impacted. I’m contacting the GP today as I will probably have to stop taking my RA meds (immunosuppressants) for a while so my immune system can fight the virus :anguished: Ain’t life grand

Had to smile when I read you were going to contact your GP today Tim.
Here we have ring and listen to a long explanation as to why there are so few staff, and they how won't tolerate verbal abuse ! By the time you listened to this long introduction your past careing about how long the call might take, you could be up to no 40 in the queue. Eventually you get through to a no doubt over stretched member of staff who takes your details . Yesterday I asked for a rescue pack of medications . " I think it's gone to a doctor, don't know why that one , I'll check if she's in This week "
Lucky me, I won a prize she was in that day .The call went on " Could you ring tomorrow again to check it's been actioned !
Since our surgeries have been taken over chaos has followed , so bad in fact after the last the practice was reviewed by the GMC it was labeled inadequate !
So good luck today .

 

[adt70hk]

Cheers Andrew. Cold viruses are usually another type of coronavirus anyway, so it not surprising that it manifests like this. If the test hadn’t come up positive I would be absolutely convinced that I didn’t have it….Glad i had all my jabs now though…..

It's funny, I'm in the opposite camp...

I've been carrying a very nasty cold for 10 days now and can't shift it....I even had 2 days off work in bed with it at the start of last week...and yet I've had five negative lateral flow tests over an eight day period .....

You're right about the jabs..... From everything over heard if they don't stop you catching it they do almost without exception stop it becoming serious.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Guest]

It's funny, I'm in the opposite camp...

I've been carrying a very nasty cold for 10 days now and can't shift it....I even had 2 days off work in bed with it at the start of last week...and yet I've had five negative lateral flow tests over an eight day period .....

You're right about the jabs..... From everything over heard if they don't stop you catching it they do almost without exception stop it becoming serious.

ATB.

Andrew

Welcome to the club Andrew

 

[boatman]

Had to smile when I read you were going to contact your GP today Tim.
Here we have ring and listen to a long explanation as to why there are so few staff, and they how won't tolerate verbal abuse ! By the time you listened to this long introduction your past careing about how long the call might take, you could be up to no 40 in the queue. Eventually you get through to a no doubt over stretched member of staff who takes your details . Yesterday I asked for a rescue pack of medications . " I think it's gone to a doctor, don't know why that one , I'll check if she's in This week "
Lucky me, I won a prize she was in that day .The call went on " Could you ring tomorrow again to check it's been actioned !
Since our surgeries have been taken over chaos has followed , so bad in fact after the last the practice was reviewed by the GMC it was labeled inadequate !
So good luck today .

HI John that is bloomn ludicrous takeing that long to see a doc but i suppoce a sign of the times as we just went to our surgery to pick up jens cancer pain killers tabs an they said they were very busy so we just popped in QUICKLY an well there was no one in the waithnig rooms so where they was busy i dont know an we now havnt got a denstist to go to as our denstist has retired but they have us down for a check up in june but who we will see if no denstist is beyound me what has happend to our wonderfull country i just cant work out well i can but im not sayin as its potlitical lol an thats not allowed on here
chrisb

 

[Tim Marlow]

Had to smile when I read you were going to contact your GP today Tim.
Here we have ring and listen to a long explanation as to why there are so few staff, and they how won't tolerate verbal abuse ! By the time you listened to this long introduction your past careing about how long the call might take, you could be up to no 40 in the queue. Eventually you get through to a no doubt over stretched member of staff who takes your details . Yesterday I asked for a rescue pack of medications . " I think it's gone to a doctor, don't know why that one , I'll check if she's in This week "
Lucky me, I won a prize she was in that day .The call went on " Could you ring tomorrow again to check it's been actioned !
Since our surgeries have been taken over chaos has followed , so bad in fact after the last the practice was reviewed by the GMC it was labeled inadequate !
So good luck today .

Hi John. That sounds very like my old Salisbury surgery. It started off well, but got worse and worse over the years. Absolute shambles. I remember once getting told there were no appointments for six weeks, and when I said book me in for the next available slot after that because it wasn’t urgent, was told that they couldn’t book more than six weeks in advance. The best they could offer was emergency phone consults, for a non emergency. I was once signed off for eight weeks with depression and never once saw a GP face to face! All the Salisbury practices had merged into a so called super practice, so I couldn’t even change GPs.
My current Bruton practice is a complete contrast. It’s simply fantastic. The first time I phoned them I nearly fell off my chair. It was an afternoon, and I said the request was quite urgent. I was geared up for an argument, as always, and was absolutely dumbfounded when the receptionist said “I’m really sorry, but the best I can offer is tomorrow morning at nine thirty”…. They run a GP contact system by email that is responded to within a day so I don’t even have to phone them for routine requests. If I do need to phone they run a digital queuing system that starts up if you are more than number two in the queue. It tells you to hang up and phones you back when you are at number two in the queue. Hanging on the phone is an absolute thing of the past. I’ve never had to wait more than a day for an appointment and get a triage call on the same day if it’s urgent. Medication scripts are sent straight to the local pharmacy, which is equally good, and are usually there to pick up within an hour. Superb service all round. I bet a bean counter somewhere would say it’s not cost effective though.

 

[Tim Marlow]

It's funny, I'm in the opposite camp...

I've been carrying a very nasty cold for 10 days now and can't shift it....I even had 2 days off work in bed with it at the start of last week...and yet I've had five negative lateral flow tests over an eight day period .....

You're right about the jabs..... From everything over heard if they don't stop you catching it they do almost without exception stop it becoming serious.

ATB.

Andrew

Sorry to hear that mate, hope you get better soon.

 

[adt70hk]

Sorry to hear that mate, hope you get better soon.

Thanks.... It's at that annoying stage where I'm not really poorly but not 100% either.... And I'm still getting very tired each day....