It finally got me after having worked all the way through in the workplace and despite it all being over.
Back at work after testing positive 10 days ago, sort of came out of nowhere, worked from home for the first day but went from a bit groggy in the morning so shivering in a heap in bed by 7PM. Double vaxxed, no booster, frankly, I got complacent.
Hit me really hard for 3 days, barely out of bed then fever broke. Spent the rest of last week just absolutely exhausted, falling asleep multiple times per day, barely eating, like a really bad ongoing hangover. I've got a lingering cough that won't clear and literally going up and down the stairs is leaving me short of breath, LFT cleared for last 2 days though. Sense of smell unaltered but taste seems to be 'off'. Also sweating buckets each night despite not having a high temperature since this time last week.
Obviously covid gets a lot of comparision to Flu which i've actually had once about 8 years ago, the difference for me was that Flu was drawn out, across about 5/6 days whereas the initial hit of this seemed to be really intense at the start then tapered off to general exhaustion and some lingering effects. If I had to choose which to have again, it would be Flu, it was milder over a longer period but it's a known event, once I was over Flu I just felt back to normal. I wonder about the long term impacts of having had covid.
