hi all, I found out on Thursday evening that my son and daughter in law have Covid, I had been at their house that day babysitting while my daughter in law worked in her office room, I’d also given my son a five minute lift to work. I had the occasional five minute chat with DIL but not for long. It’s only eight day (to Thursday) that I had my Covid jab and now I’m really panicking.
I know to keep my anxiety levels down but I just can’t I’m imagining all sort of horrible scenarios and being really ill.
I have controlled PAF I take blood pressure tablets, levothyroxine, Bisoprolol , statin, and Apixaban. Does anyone know if the jab has some effect after just a week, has anyone had the Covid antibiotic on similar tablets?
No horror stories please, I can imagine enough myself.
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Sorry for your distress. You mention that you had a CoVid jab 8 days previous. Was that your first ever ? or was it your 2nd, or 3rd or whatever. It might make a difference as to how vulnerable you are.
I had the initial vaccs then nothing for a few years. I had persistent AF controlled by ablation in March and am now in NSR. I recently had Covid virus, last time was March 2023. I was away on holiday in Scotland and thought that I had a cold, mild sore throat, runny nose and a slight cough. Not enough to stop me doing anything, I still went for long walks and climbed mountains. Did a test when we got home as father in law needed a visit as he was poorly. We were both very surprised when we tested positive as neither of us were particularly unwell.
Stop worrying, the vaccine won't stop you getting Covid anyway, it just primes your body to make it easier to fight off (I'm a biologist). If you've had previous vaccines or previous Covid virus then your body is likely to still have some memory of the virus and will be ready to fight it.
So you're as protected as you can be. Just think of it as similar to a cold and get on with enjoying your life. You only get one chance at life so make the most of it! Xx
It’s definitely not “similar to a cold” for lots of people, 14 days and I’m still struggling to get over it along with most of the population where I am ! This new variant is hitting long and hard.
Sorry to hear that you're unwell, I was just relating my experience and trying to reassure the OP who was suffering anxiety. She's already been in contact, nothing she could do and anxiety making everything worse.
We are all anxious about getting it, I was particularly worried as I had sepsis earlier in the year so was at greater risk of getting it again. God knows where I picked covid up as I’m mainly housebound with no visitors, a mystery.
Definitely not “just a cold” in my experience too! I’ve also heard from people saying this year’s variant was much worse than the variant they had first time around. Nobody knows how their body will respond until it happens.
I had Covid earlier in the year and it was wasn't even as bad as having a cold. All more or less over in 5 days. I had two Covid jabs when they first came out, none since. I do take vitamin D3 and also zinc to protect myself from infections.
Let me try and reassure you just a little. Symptoms of covid normally appear within 2-14 days after exposure. If you don't have symptoms by the eighth day, your risk of infection is lower. While vaccines are very good at preventing severe illness and death, they should significantly reduce the severity of symptoms. I can't tell you if you have covid or not but I feel your vac's may mean you won't 'catch it' or they will reduce the the sypmtoms if you do - it's unlikey to kill you. I had it and tested positive on New Years Eve 2023 - bang went a night out with the lads! It didn't effect my Afib at all (that's personally but others say it might).
If you have it just rest up until it passes. I have a feeling you'll be fine. Good luck and update the post to let us know how it goes.
It’s natural to feel anxious, but worrying won’t prevent it from happening or make it go away—if anything, it might add to the stress your body is already dealing with. Some people experience no issues when they get it, while others are more affected. Unfortunately, no one can predict how it might affect you personally. I genuinely hope you don’t catch it, especially because your stress is so evident through your words.
I’m still in the ‘NOVID’ club myself, so I don’t know how it will affect me either. I figure I’ll probably get it eventually, but I’ve realised there’s no point in stressing about something outside of my control.
I agree with Ennasti that it’s better not to let your anxiety get the better of you. You’ve taken steps to protect yourself as best you can. The vaccines, as we all know, prevents severe disease and keeps us out of hospital. Your immune has had some time to build up a response to the vaccine, plus if you’ve had previous vaccines and/or infection your immune system isn’t naive to Covid. We’ve come along way since the first wave. Unless you start showing symptoms you can’t tell if you’ve been infected. If you do, and if you test positive, please let your son and daughter in law know so they can make sure you have enough to eat or drink, bring you some groceries and make sure you have everything you need. I’m sure they’ll make sure you’re OK. If you do feel particularly unwell, please ring 111 especially if your AF flares up. Covid or not you’re still entitled to medical care. On the other hand, you may not become unwell at all. Please don’t make yourself unwell with anxiety.
Yes, you will have partial protection from the jab at day eight. That, combined with your previous injections should give you plenty of protection.
Have you had Covid yet? If so, that's even more protection. If not, you're probably one of the lucky ones who doesn't get it or is a symptomatic.
Should you develop symptoms, Paxlovid is the drug of choice at least in the United States. Just make sure you contact your doctor or pharmacist, because you may have to stop or modify some of the drugs you're taking, or in some cases not take Paxlovid at all. It should be started within five days of your first symptoms.
Thank you all for your kind comments, I have taken them onboard and hopefully found a calmer mindset. I wish I could follow my own advice I always say to my family, worrying won’t change anything 😊 I think it’s all compounded by the fact that it’s my brothers funeral next Friday 250 miles away. It’s been an upsetting time, and I’m all stitched up from a minor op a week ago, so definitely not the best of weeks.
Hopefully I can report back in two weeks time and say all was well.
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