Covid-19 has arrived in my household

Well what I thought was a really bad cold has turned into a positive diagnosis of Covid-19. I got tested this morning after my wife was taken to hospital for observation with Covid-19 during the night, we both thought we had a bad cold or at worst the flu. I have been fighting this since the start of last week and it is different for everyone. I had the usual runny nose, sore head, hot and cold temperature but worst of all really terrible muscle ache and feeling knackered all the time. I have not had a cough so far, or a sore chest, but was a little breathless last week. I am living on paracetamol just now and drinking lot’s of water, which does appear to help but mines could get worse before it gets better. I just want to encourage everyone to stay indoors, if you have to go out please wear a face covering and socially distance from everyone, this thing is real and it is not nice, please keep yourself and your families safe.

UPDATE

I wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in hearing what having Covid-19 is like as we have all heard so much about it. The stories we have heard have tended to be at the extreme end of the scale but what is it like to actually have it. My experience so far is constant hot and cold, paracetamol is so important even though I hate taking them. By far the worst so far has been fatigue, I have never experienced anything like this before ever. I must have slept for about 16 hours yesterday, I could hardly keep my eyes open at all, that is just a horrible feeling and when I am awake I have sore muscles and joints, very much like you can get with the flu but very annoying. No sense of smell or taste and just a little breathless when walking up the stairs. My wife has the whole coughing and very short of breath thing and to be honest that looks and sounds a lot worse to me, while not a little scary. So basically we have my wife upstairs in quarantine, myself downstairs in quarantine, and our 13 year old son stuck in his room pretty much (not a lot of change there) but having to wear a mask every time he comes out of his room and wash his hands every time he touches something. Although he has not complained about living on dominoes yesterday as we were both just so out of it. The NHS have said my infectious period should end this weekend (as I started showing symptoms last week) and I am free to resume going outside but only if I have no symptoms, can’t see that being the case given how I am feeling right now I think I will be indoors isolating for a time yet. We have all heard the negative stories in the media about track and trace, well my experience of track and trace has been excellent. Very patient, happy to call several times to get the information, more than happy to provide advice on where to find the information for anything you need. I have found them helpful to be honest. Anyway away to actually try and move around a little and grab a shower if I don’t fall down lol.

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