I managed to avoid it until Jan 2023 when I was hit the first time. Completely asymptomatic, I would have had no idea I was infected if it wasnāt for the fact I RAT/lat flow tested twice weekly because of my job.
Recovered fine, didnāt have any lingering symptoms.
Then in May I started getting a bit run down, my lymphnodes around my neck and jaw were really swollen and inflamed, and I was chronically congested, but not with any mucus or anything, just felt like my sinuses were swollen shut, and in the first week of June I had my second covid infection, still mostly asymptomatic, no cough or anything, just fatigue and headaches.
The headache never really went away. Iāve had chronic headaches my whole life due to arthritis in my neck, but this was different, more pressure and in a different location.
In September I got Covid again, and since then I have felt so crook. Migraines almost every week, moderate headaches every day from the moment Iāve wake up to the moment I pass out from exhaustion. The fatigue never went away but I canāt sleep anymore. Iāll lie in bed for hours but only get ~4 hours sleep a day, sometimes Iāll get 8 hours but in multiple naps. Iām thirsty all the time and canāt quench it, but Iām not really peeing at all, even less than usual despite drinking more water. Some days I canāt keep food down, some days food goes straight through me, thereās no middle ground. My lymphnodes are still swollen and now itās all over my body, not just in my jaw and neck. Iāve had sinus bradycardia since September and dyspnoea (feeling like I need to yawn but canāt, like the air in my lungs isnāt getting in deep enough), and my nose bleeds every morning.
Iāve seen my doctor 8 times since June, basic tests have been run and all they can say is āitās stress and long covidā
Im fucking sick of it. Iāve had to drastically reduce my hours (and pay) at work, and I miss my friends and all the fun active things I used to do.
Iām still managing to get by, but I wish I had a better understanding of why I feel the way I feel. ālong covidā feels just as useless as no diagnosis at all.