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Members shared widely varying COVID recovery experiences in response to someone asking how long it takes to feel better after testing... Read more
Hi @A DiabetesTeam Member, and @A DiabetesTeam Member,
It varies person to person. Our son in law, had covid in March 2020 and still has lingering effects. He has permanent respiratory issues, and more.
Our youngest baby girl had covid 18 months ago and lost 90% of her long hair in the 2 weeks that she couldn't function. She was totally wiped out for a month. It took 2-3 months and vitamin D3 therapy to get her mending. She also had hypersensitivity to taste for several months.
Our youngest baby boy, had covid more than a year ago. He recovered enough to go back to work in 2 weeks. He tested negative at 10 days and went back to work. He left after 2 hours and went back 5 days later, just completely wiped out. He did the vitamin D3 therapy and was much better at 6 weeks.
They all had covid at least 2x.
I got covid in April 2022 and was down for 3 days and was somewhat functional at day 4. At 7 days I functioned normally. In July 2022 covid revisited me and put me in bed for 5 days. It took 10 days before I could function normally.
Do recovery times vary, symptoms vary, and long covid can be a problem. I wish for you more good days than bad and have many exceptional days too. Baby steps. You can do baby steps.
And never give up, never surrender, never ever.
You got this.
Have a wonderful day.
Good morning here's wishing and praying all team members are well, with their levels and overall health, sending light and prayers🙏❤️
I am type 1 ,tested positive for covid aweek ago ,still not feeling 100% have a cough that just keeps on ,hope it goes soon
@A DiabetesTeam Member I was just reading some related articles (ongoing studies of Covid induced diabetes)
Most people recover from the Covid (symptoms) within a couple of weeks
About 1 in 5 (up to 20%) develop what is being called "long covid" - so the cold symptoms clear up but fatigue, joint pain, headache, diarrhea, shortness of breath, upset stomach and difficulty sleeping "continues" for an average of 12 to 18 months with persons that already had Type 2 when they got Covid being more at risk (but unquantified yet) of developing these long term effects than those without Type 2 at diagnosis of Covid
(about 1/2 of those that get long covid who did not have Type 2 develop diabetes despite having essentially no other risk factors which could explain why 8% of the population had diabetes at the start of the pandemic and today we are running at 12% - fully a 50% increase in the diabetic population in a 2 year period)
The same initial (number crunching) showed that Type 1 Diabetics actually do a lot better getting less severe Covid symptoms and unlikely to develop Long Covid. Covid attacks the pancreas and since Type 1's already have their insulin producing cells destroyed this may be why they don't get things so bad.
Two major University Research departments (Stanford and Cornell in the US) are trying to answer the questions as to "why" but it will likely be years - they are still working with barely 2 years worth of data.
Hopefully you are back to normal in a week or so or you could be in for a long ride.
Tc all🥰
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