Coronavirus & stuff

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by Cuttooth » Mon May 17, 2021 11:53 am

Photek wrote:Seems I'm eligible for the Johnson & Johnson one later this month (just need 1 jab) :)

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by Victor Mildew » Mon May 17, 2021 11:55 am

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Photek wrote:Seems I'm eligible for the Johnson & Johnson one later this month (just need 1 jab) :)

"I'm the coronavirus, I'm in charge here."

"Not anymore."


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by Photek » Mon May 17, 2021 12:19 pm

As an aside I've been having severe chest pains over the past few weeks, last Tuesday I called my doctor and he said to leave office immediately and arranged a Covid test later that day. Anyway, I went for test and the following day, the wednesday I had worse chest pains, couldn't really walk more than few feet and was a bit scared.

I (foolishly) drove myself to the hospital and check in to A+E, I got an ECG and blood tests done, since I hadn't gotten my covid test results back yet I was kept away from others and they did a test in hospital also. Long story short, my heart is fine, no problems there, lungs too are clear but my costal cartilage on my left side is inflamed (where ribs connect to breastbone). This most likely came about as I hacked a rusty Slide into pieces for a skip we hired a few weeks ago. It could take 6-12 weeks to heal and all you can do is 'rest' but im sat here in office in excruciating pain despite taking my pain killer earlier. It comes and goes just worse today for some reason. :cry:

Both Covid tests came back negative.

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by Victor Mildew » Mon May 17, 2021 12:24 pm

Photek wrote:As an aside I've been having severe chest pains over the past few weeks, last Tuesday I called my doctor and he said to leave office immediately and arranged a Covid test later that day. Anyway, I went for test and the following day, the wednesday I had worse chest pains, couldn't really walk more than few feet and was a bit scared.

I (foolishly) drove myself to the hospital and check in to A+E, I got an ECG and blood tests done, since I hadn't gotten my test results back yet I was kept away from others and they did a test in hospital also. Long story short, my heart is fine, no problems there, lungs too are clear but my costal cartilage on my left side is inflamed (where ribs connect to breastbone). This most likely came about as I hacked a rusty Slide into pieces for a skip we hired a few weeks ago. It could take 6-12 weeks to heal and all you can do is 'rest' but im sat here in office in excruciating pain despite taking my pain killer earlier. It comes and goes just worse today for some reason. :cry:

Both Covid tests came back negative.


I had that from lifting the campervan awning on my own a few times in quick succession last year, eventually I had pains in my chest where I genuinly thought I was having a heart attack. I went to the doctor about it, and it was indeed intercostal muscle strain. Absolute strawberry floating agony from it for months, but in those weeks where I was waiting for blood test results to come back, I was shitting myself that I was about to die. I still get repeats from it if I lift anything remotely heavy

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PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff
by Photek » Mon May 17, 2021 12:26 pm

Thankfully I got blood tests back in 3hrs at Hospital but yeah I thought I was actually going to have a heart attack. It seems my entire summer will be painful but I presume you get back to normal then?

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PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff
by Moggy » Mon May 17, 2021 12:31 pm

Photek wrote:Seems I'm eligible for the Johnson & Johnson one later this month (just need 1 jab) :)


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by Victor Mildew » Mon May 17, 2021 12:33 pm

Photek wrote:Thankfully I got blood tests back in 3hrs at Hospital but yeah I thought I was actually going to have a heart attack. It seems my entire summer will be painful but I presume you get back to normal then?


Eventually yes, but it felt like it was never going to improve at one point. It took months to get better. I slept propped up in bed for that time as rolling to the side would cause pain and wake me up. It's gone under normal circumstances now, but if I was to lift a heavy bag or something, it might make my chest hurt for an hour or so later in the evening.

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PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff
by Photek » Mon May 17, 2021 12:33 pm

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by Victor Mildew » Mon May 17, 2021 12:34 pm

Best bit was, just as I finally got better, I actually got covid :fp:

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by Choclet-Milk » Mon May 17, 2021 12:36 pm

Moggy wrote:
Photek wrote:Seems I'm eligible for the Johnson & Johnson one later this month (just need 1 jab) :)


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by Photek » Mon May 17, 2021 12:38 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:Best bit was, just as I finally got better, I actually got covid :fp:

Christ.

The worst part is when I'm walking my daughter to school (from car) sometimes I'm ok but sometimes I feel like im having a heart attack. My wife also doesn't seem to be taking it seriously at all. I mean, I was in proper aching pain doing the lawn a couple of weeks ago and she's complaining why I haven't done it since... despite knowing why im in pain and that I can't really exert myself. :|

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PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff
by Lotus » Mon May 17, 2021 12:43 pm

Had my second vaccine this morning. What with the restrictions easing today as well, feels like a couple of steps towards normality (mixed feelings about that, for me at least).

I'm worried the Bolton and Blackburn lot have strawberry floated it though, and the government of course allowing thousands to come in from India. :fp:

I think everyone's had 21st June in their head for a while now as the date when things go back to normal, would be a real shame if this Indian variant strawberry floats it up.

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PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff
by Lagamorph » Mon May 17, 2021 2:30 pm

I'm 36 and the NHS booking website just let me book even though it still says 38 or over.

First dose next Thursday, second dose 14th August.



It didn't say whether it was AZ or Pfizer or give me any options on it.

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by Memento Mori » Mon May 17, 2021 2:31 pm

Lagamorph wrote:I'm 36 and the NHS booking website just let me book even though it still says 38 or over.

First dose next Thursday, second dose 14th August.



It didn't say whether it was AZ or Pfizer or give me any options on it.

I don't think they're giving any under 40 year old AZ now unless they've already had a first AZ dose.

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by Buffalo » Mon May 17, 2021 2:34 pm

Anybody else have, like, a bit of an unsettling feeling about all this today? The mood is just…not right. Something just feels off.

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by Victor Mildew » Mon May 17, 2021 2:36 pm

Take it away JC

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by Choclet-Milk » Mon May 17, 2021 2:39 pm

Memento Mori wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:I'm 36 and the NHS booking website just let me book even though it still says 38 or over.

First dose next Thursday, second dose 14th August.



It didn't say whether it was AZ or Pfizer or give me any options on it.

I don't think they're giving any under 40 year old AZ now unless they've already had a first AZ dose.

They're still giving the choice afaik, my 23 year old brother got the AZ on Saturday.

EDIT- Mind you, he did rock up at the end of the day, so it may well be that's all they had left.

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by Garth » Mon May 17, 2021 2:42 pm

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by Hexx » Mon May 17, 2021 3:45 pm

Buffalo wrote:Anybody else have, like, a bit of an unsettling feeling about all this today? The mood is just…not right. Something just feels off.


A) It feels oddly celebratory given that 100k+ people have died

B) There’s a lot of unknowns at the moment. The impact on easing, the impact of variants etc. It’s looking to likely it’ll be up to 50% more transmissible, but vaccines will help limit illness. There’s still study to be done though.

Scientists are saying a cautious ‘pause and wait’. And it’s being ignored. The government said they’d pause the road map if they needed to but the tone has become for others to ‘prove we need to stop’ rather than them proving it’s safe, or reasonable safe, to continue.

It might be fine - it’s certainly not definitively going to go badly - but it feels whimsically blind to risks. Very much like the Christmas build up. The government has promised good times and they’re not going to to change that message.

Except to say ‘there’s no reason to change the rules relaxing....but you should be really really really cautious about it’. That caveating should raise alarm bells.

The government has a costly history of acting too late so that will drive anxiety.

C) The underlying message is they don’t care if you die or get sick. They care if you get die or get sick while overloading the NHS. That’s been clear for a while but it’s becoming a stronger message now. You are worth risking as it is so some test can go in celebration to Wetherspoons for a nasty beer.

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PostRe: Coronavirus & stuff
by Trelliz » Mon May 17, 2021 3:53 pm

Buffalo wrote:Anybody else have, like, a bit of an unsettling feeling about all this today? The mood is just…not right. Something just feels off.


Yep, the "oi oi lads!" Brigade are out in force with no self awareness about how we did this all last year and then look what happened. I give it a couple of weeks until cases start to rise despite all the "careful now" messaging that is just not getting through.

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