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  • Get well soon @TheGreenMan 🤞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Poor GreenMan. Hope you feel back to normal soon. I felt well enough this morning to take a long walk in the fresh air. Paying for it now, as my sinuses are excruciatingly painful. Haven’t bothered to do another test today, negative three days in a row, despite the suspicious symptoms. Booster jab was ten days before the sore throat started, so I can’t put it down as a side effect.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Flu jab takes two weeks to become effective and there must be other bugs that have bided their time over the last couple of ago waiting to pounce. Hope you feel better soon @TheGreenMan
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Feel better soon all those with germs or jab responses.

    My post jab symptoms lasted 2 days in the end. I am hearing that more people are feeling ‘off’ after this jab (only my observations, not anything official). Also, many aren’t keen to have this booster for various reasons so I hope that won’t cause an issue. 

    It can be quite common to feel unwell for a couple of days before testing positive so if it’s important that you know you don’t have COVID, then test throughout your illness like @Ergates
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    If I remember correctly, I kept testing negative for 3-4 days before I finally tested positive, despite the usual symptoms and OH having it. Quite surprised me it took so long.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Thanks, all. 

    I actually feel a bit better already. 

    The sneezing has almost stopped and my sinuses aren’t as painful. 

    I’ve developed leg aches but I’m definitely feeling less “viral”. 
  • @Ergates End of September and October is the ideal time for getting a cold (as well as Spring). Weather is turning chillier and we tend to be less careful (or too optimistic in Spring).

    People are always wondering why I wear a hat and my neck is always covered up to 15 C. Especially cold wind is dangerous. Slightly sweating skin surface and a cool breeze knock me out easily.
    Angela Lansbury: Avoid the draft.

    I my garden.

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    No, you need a bug to get the cold, but if you are cold you are more vulnerable.

    When I had Covid I tested positive almost straight away when I started feeling unwell.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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