On Tuesday both Sue and I began to feel somewhat under the weather. Our symptoms were similar to those listed for COVID, but when - on Wednesday - we took the tests we had in our medicine cupboard, neither of us tested positive.
For the past two days we have spent most of our time either in bed asleep or sitting in our respective armchairs dozing. Today, I am feeling a little bit better although Sue remains unwell, but if my recovery is anything to go by, she should begin to perk up as the day goes on, and with luck, we will both be back to what passes for normal by the end of the weekend.
So, if it wasn’t COVID, what have we been suffering from? Well, from what I can gather, it appears to be what the medical profession refers to as a ‘community virus’. In other words, a lot of people seem to have it but they don’t know what is causing it!
As an aside, I had written a number of blog posts before I became ill and I have been publishing them as and when I felt well enough to use my iPad to press the 'Publish' button … which is why blog posts have been appearing whilst I have been unwell.
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BOB,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that yourself and Sue arn't feeling well- hopefully given a couple of days you'll be back to normal. I'm well and enjoying things- going to do a Britains 1/32nd Farm - I placed an order tonight so that in about four days the items should arrive- looking forward to it. All the best. KEV.
Kev,
DeleteSheep. And more sheep. Can never have enough sheep!
Steve (in Wales)
Hope you and Sue feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteCheers! We are feeling somewhat better today, but it is difficult to shrug of the constant feeling of fatigue and lassitude.
All the best,
Bob
Sorry to hear that both of you have been, and still are, unwell. I hope you and Sue will soon recover and feel much better.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard the term 'community virus' before - rather like 'limping kitten syndrome', which apparently affects some young cats, but from which most recover quickly, a condition Swansea vets recognise but cannot explain.
Get well soon, Arthur
Arthur1815 (Arthur),
DeleteCheers! Hopefully we will recover soon and I must admit that today we are both feeling slightly better than we did yesterday. (Our cat had been looking after us and has hardly left us unattended. However, we did catch her drinking the glass of water I had poured for Sue and put on her bedside table!)
It was a GP who told me about the 'community virus' phenomena. They had noticed it was something that happened a couple of times each year, and was often called a 'Summer Cold' or 'Summer Flu' even though it was in fact neither a cold or flu.
All the best,
Bob
Sounds familiar: Here in the U.S. a few weeks ago, I came down with something that hit me like COVID--the pronounced exhaustion being the "added dimension" that made it seem more than just a summer cold. To my surprise, the COVID test came up negative. I'm guessing that it might have been some nasty thing going 'round (a community virus), or maybe some form of "RSV" (for which, fortunately, I had been vaccinated: it could have been a trip to the hospital had it progressed).
ReplyDeleteEd M,
DeleteThese sort of viruses/bugs seem to spread very quickly through a population ... and then disappear as mysteriously as they arrived.
Like you, I have been vaccinated against the most common respiratory infections, mainly because my immune system is weakened as a result of the anti-cancer drugs I am on.
I hope that you are feeling better now.
All the best,
Bob
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteGlad that you both are on the mend.
I am now struggling to get "limping kitten syndrome" out of my head!
Steve
Steve,
DeleteCheers! I'm rather glad that I'm not suffering from 'limping kitten syndrome'! It sounds very unpleasant!
All the best,
Bob
Sorry to hear you’ve been unwell - both Sarah and I came down with Covid at the start of August and tested positive. I was quite unwell with a bad cough and am only now starting to feel better.
ReplyDeleteCovid has been rife according to friends in the medical profession - our local hospital split wards into Covid and non-Covid