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Had it late December. I was exhausted for 4 days, stomach issues no appetite and then started recovering on day 5. It took me a few weeks to get my strength back to normal, but overall it was not too serious of a case. Tried to go fat biking a few days after recovery and it was relatively tough. I did some short rides at low to moderate pace. It was approximately 3 weeks later until I felt normal again. No lingering effects to report at 41 years old.
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I'm well under 65, got COVID in early Feb. (rapid and PCR confirmed, everyone in traceable chain of contraction Pfizer vaxxed). Noticed mildly elevated heart rate about 3 days before positive test maybe 10%-ish, and a few days of mild symptoms (fatigue, somewhat runny nose, no cough, no temperature, no loss of appetite etc.). Secondary attack rate in household was 100%, although no one had symptoms beyond above.
Did at least two rides and drank some alcohol when positive, with "normal" performance / response, and post-diagnosis did a week of taking it real easy. Back to normal maybe a week after that, so call it 1 week to recovery and 1 week to recover lost time? No longer-term effects. Likely positive for 3 days prior to positive test. Symptoms / performance loss from Pfizer vaxx were more pronounced but shorter in duration by a day or two (resting HR doubled for about a day and progressively declined back to normal over a week or so, and I did some easier rides in that time which may have been very stupid/dangerous). |
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A second good NYTimes piece is about a conductor recovering from long COVID-- Quote:
I know with my Lyme recovery (which has unexplained knock on effects like Covid) I had to 'listen to my body'--for the first while, if I flogged myself doing a hard ride or a hard day of physical work--I would really relapse. It seemed to take years before my body seemed like my own again. By default I ended up doing the slow retraining version as described in this article. Last edited by paredown; 03-09-2022 at 01:50 PM. |
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I really appreciate all of your posts. I’m heartened by everyone who has recovered well and feeling strong, and I’m terribly dismayed at how many are struggling.
After three weeks of feeling like I have a belt cinched over my chest, my breathing improved markedly today. It’s still inconsistent, but for most of the day, the air felt thin, I didn’t have to think about breathing, and I could stand without wondering if the gravity-dial was inadvertently turned to 11. I hope improvement continues but I recognize that it may be a roller coaster. Since someone asked - 52 |
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I'm 39, I got at the end of December. I would consider myself an athlete, I work a physical job, ride close to 200 miles a week and keep myself in excellent shape.
It was the sickest I've ever been. While my lungs were fine, I was in bed for 6 days, basically I had enough energy to get up to use the bathroom and get more water. I didn't eat for almost a week and lost a ton of muscle. I was back to feeling 100% in about 3-4 weeks, but I'm only really just getting my body back to 100% now. At 39 I feel like I can still rebuild muscle pretty quick, but that was the longest I've ever been down in my life. |
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OP here. It’s been a month since symptoms started. Just before, I was doing hard four-hour training rides. Now im exhausted all the time and struggle to walk a flat one-mile loop in my neighborhood. The doc tells me that kidney and liver markers are off.
Has anyone had similar symptoms for a similar duration and found success in returning to normal? Did time heal you or did you use drugs? Any advice you can give would be much appreciated. Feel free to PM me if you don’t want to share publicly. |
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I suspect you may be in for a long road to recovery. Unfortunate that means recalibrating and accepting the challenge. Feel free to PM if you like. |
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Round 1 was 8 months and at the start, I couldn't go up one flight of stairs without resting a bit. Round 2 was 4.5 months, and I could walk flat terrain from the start. Round 3 is ongoing and I could/can jog a 12 min mile. It has been 2 months, and I've tried to push a little bit, which has NOT worked. My advice is listen to your body, stay hydrated, get good sleep/rest. Give it time, as frustrating as it is. |
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Not there yet
I got 85% better with the 1st two instances--1st time I broke my ankle and was just about recovered/building fitness from that when got Delta breakthrough in August 2021
I'd say I was about 85% again and building fitness when Omicron hit our house (my wife, then me). I'm still in the post-covid high heart rate phase of that, but better than last month. The issue is there is nothing to do. Last year (2nd bout for me) I saw results of a small study in UK on using antihistamines (both Claritin and Pepcid) and tried it, but no change for me. Getting frustrated and trying to "train or push through it" just sets me back. So far, time is the only thing that helps. I try to be grateful I can walk, hike, and jog (feels more like a shuffle), as there are many that can't. I can also MTB, just have to avoid (or walk) hills I used to do without issue. |
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Ugh… reading through this is making me a little nervous. I came down with Covid yesterday after making it 2 years safely. Feel absolutely horrible at the moment. J&J vaccine and Moderna booster so I’m happy for that. My doctor seems to think it should run it’s course by tomorrow but I see a lot of instances here sickness and weakness after. Hoping I can feel better by the end of the weekend and get back to some normalcy.
I ended up with the swine flu back in 2007/8 or whenever that was going around and I literally was extremely weak for a good 6 months after (including a trip to the hospital a few days in due to extreme fever and dehydration). Had to start slow and took a long time to be able to run and bike normally again. Hoping for the best here as I’m isolated in my bedroom.
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Best of luck BB.
Are you into NCAA basketball? Lots of that to watch on TV... |
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Yeah, a frighteningly unpredictable disease. Odds are you'll do 'OK', but...
Age, vaccine status, genetics, underlying illnesses, obesity, and many other factors apparently play a role in how you experience this virus. I do think we're all eventually going to get COVID... but as someone mentioned above, yes, I'm also still masking indoors and doing all the things we've learned to put that day off as long as possible. Successive boosters and allowing more time for the virus to continue to mutate and (hopefully) continue to become less invasive... that's my plan. From what we know about long COVID and post COVID cardiomyopathy I'd recommend taking it easy on the recovery path. Moreso than after a bout with influenza, for example. Once again, odds are you'll do 'OK', but...
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