I'm a 28 yr old female. I caught Covid (Delta) in Thanksgiving 2021. My symptoms never completely went away, but recently I experienced what felt like COVID (tested 3 times and it wasn't). Physically I did not feel well, and it felt like I was having a life-threatening episode such as a stroke or appendicitis, despite numerous CT scans and blood tests showing that I was totally fine... the pain and agony I was in were worse than catching actual COVID. I do not know if the doctors missed something or I had something and it cleared but I wanted to share with you what the timeline of my symptoms was and what I was experiencing. My theory is that it was a combo of things from the booster (got it 3/1/2022), potentially activated EBV, allergies, extreme stress that was manifesting through my body, POTS, my medications of Klonopin and Lamictal, mold toxicity, and hormone imbalance, pre-arthritis, and GERD.
Timeline
On April 3rd I started to feel off. Figured it was just a hormonal flair-up or something. I went out to the bars with some friends and didn't drink. Ended up going home and was super stressed out and agitated.
On April 5th I find out I have another small gas leak in my apartment. They come to fix it. I'm feeling stressed out and my left eye keeps twitching if I blink too hard.
On April 6th I go to get a scan done on my esophagus and have to drink this disgusting barium swallow stuff which seemed to have irritated my stomach later on. I was on the toilet 2x later that day. The scan showed I had mild GERD.
On April 8th I get a horrible stomach ache/ acid reflux along with trouble swallowing. I was having a postnasal-type drip going down the back of my throat and couldn't swallow water or eat anything. It was absolutely terrifying
On April 9th I start to feel super sleepy and irritated. I'm starting to get a headache that was the same headache feeling I had when I caught Covid. My neck pain started two weeks after COVID comes back full force and I get a stiff neck. My period is due on the 12th so assuming it was PMS. I go over to my neighbor's house to see their new cats and the little girl says she can't smell the coffee her dad just made. My friend comes over later and he has water pouring out of his nose. He says he's not sick and that it is just from surfing. He too seems a little tired and spaced out. That night I start to get progressively worse stomach/swallowing/burning issues. I was laying on the couch with the heating bad on my neck and thought I may have contracted meningitis or something.
On April 10th the pain is still there and nothing has changed. Same symptoms. My friend texted me asking if I wanted to do yoga and I told him my head felt like it was going to explode. He tells me he isn't feeling well either. I go to urgent care and we did 2 rapids and one PCR. All came back negative. I was told to take Tylenol for my headaches and allergy pills. I had tried Tylenol, Aspirin, Zyrtec, Benadryl, Famtodine, DayQuil, Nyquil, and magnesium. Nothing was working and it was only making the burning in my stomach worse.
On April 11th the neck pain and trouble swallowing continued. I couldn't get up off the couch. Stopped drinking coffee.
On April 12th I was able to drive and meet up with a client. My neck was killing me the whole time. I was starting to be able to take slow sips of water and my headache was coming and going every other 30 mins or if I turned my head the wrong way. Started my period and it was super heavy. 3 days of no sleep.
On April 13th I had an eye appointment. The headache was so bad I could barely drive and my neck still really hurt. All the while my eyelids continued to still twitch. The eye doctor didn't find anything wrong with the exam. The good news was I was able to eat and drink water again. Something I hope never happens to me again. So scary....
On April 14th The neck pain and headache still persisted. I was able to gather some strength to go for a walk but still felt like crap. I was blowing out small yellow mucus with small things of blood.
On April 15th I had sinus pressure and it was hard to swallow because of my neck pain again. My period ends.
On April 16th Still had a horrible headache and was super light sensitive. Had all the blinds and windows closed and did barely anything.
On April 17th I had enough of the 24/7 headaches. The neck pain started to die down but the headaches were so bad I seriously thought I was going to have a stroke. Ubered to the ER where they did a CT scan and found nothing. I have previously prescribed antibiotics over the phone before I went to the ER. The ER doctor told me not to take them. They gave me an IV drip (catheter thing was burning my arm) of fluid and Tramadol (forget the name) and a Benadryl. It didn't help the headache and just made me feel drowsy af.
On April 18th I'm still in pain! This time my left hand started hurting and felt numb down the forearm. The Iv really messed with the nerves in my arm. The burning stopped in my stomach and transitioned into full-on stomach pain. I was luckily able to eat and swallow water slowly. I started to notice blood in the stool but the doctor said it was a hemorrhoid.
On April 19th I believe I started drinking coffee again since the burning stopped. The headaches weren't as bad but had a bad one at night and my left eye started to annoy me and the twitching started up. I try to do some yoga.
On April 20th My eyes continue to twitch and my stomach starts to become bloated.
On April 21st I go to the PCP who presses on my stomach and ordered an ultrasound to check for gallstones. She just tells me it's all anxiety and prescribes more pills. My eye continues to have a twitching sensation and it moved to my right eye.
On April 22nd I go for a walk and feel a little bit better but my stomach on the upper right side starts to hurt. I can feel it progressively getting more irritated. The headaches and burning have disappeared and I'm able to eat and drink. I'm very gassy though. I'm super fatigued. I get an apple watch and my heart rate resting is way too high. In the 100s... at one point it was 177 moving around.
On April 24th I do a yoga class. I'm feeling better except my stomach hurts so bad and my heart rate seems concerning. That same weird feeling near my belly button and stomach is getting worse. I'm super fatigued. I go to a party since I was told 'it's all in my head and have a couple of drinks". My stomach pain is still there and I'm not anxious or stressed. Start to become concerned. I get home and the stomach pain disappears and then hits full force.
On April 25th I woke up thinking the stomach pain has gone and I was totally wrong. It's still there. I don't feel hungover and if I was then I'm used to that feeling from having a long covid. I have zero appetite and I start to feel dizzy and almost pass out. I then break out in a cold sweat. The pain is agonizing and I couldn't even sleep it off. I uber to urgent care and was intending to go to the ER but it was cheaper to do urgent care. I wait there for 2 hrs. They take me in and the doctor is concerned about my heart rate which was 134. They run an EKG and nothing abnormal shows up and my heart rate is back down to 84. She's also concerned about appendicitis. So they run a CT scan with w/contrast on my abdomen. Everything is completely normal. They run blood work and everything is normal. No issues with my liver although it said on the CT report that I had mild fatty infiltration of the liver. The abdomen pain was still there and the catheter sitting in my arm for 2 hrs was driving me nuts and causing nerve pain in my arm. I'm sent home and told it's gas and to take gas x and to come back if the pain gets worse.
On April 26th I go back to the eye doctor and we rerun the eye scans. I told him all my symptoms and he told me it sounds like I'm dehydrated and stressed. That eye twitching is normal and I also could be passing a gallstone or kidney stone. Sometimes those don't always show up on CT scans since they're so tiny. He keeps telling me to drink water which I do but pee out every 15 mins. I even have tried electrolyte packets and those don't work. I am starting to feel better. I've been taking Beano and chugging water.
I still get burning in the stomach but whatever those symptoms were I'm still unclear and I hope I never have to deal with that again. If anyone has experienced this please let me know. I'm still getting an MRI on my brain with and without contrast and doing the ultrasound. I feel like I'm going crazy but I have had anxiety my whole life and this didn't feel like that at all.
I'm a 28 yr old female. I caught Covid (Delta) in Thanksgiving 2021. My symptoms never completely went away, but recently I experienced what felt like COVID (tested 3 times and it wasn't). Physically I did not feel well, and it felt like I was having a life-threatening episode such as a stroke or appendicitis, despite numerous CT scans and blood tests showing that I was totally fine... the pain and agony I was in were worse than catching actual COVID. I do not know if the doctors missed something or I had something and it cleared but I wanted to share with you what the timeline of my symptoms was and what I was experiencing. My theory is that it was a combo of things from the booster (got it 3/1/2022), potentially activated EBV, allergies, extreme stress that was manifesting through my body, POTS, my medications of Klonopin and Lamictal, mold toxicity, and hormone imbalance, pre-arthritis, and GERD.TimelineOn April 3rd I started to feel off. Figured it was just a hormonal flair-up or something. I went out to the bars with some friends and didn't drink. Ended up going home and was super stressed out and agitated.On April 5th I find out I have another small gas leak in my apartment. They come to fix it. I'm feeling stressed out and my left eye keeps twitching if I blink too hard.On April 6th I go to get a scan done on my esophagus and have to drink this disgusting barium swallow stuff which seemed to have irritated my stomach later on. I was on the toilet 2x later that day. The scan showed I had mild GERD.On April 8th I get a horrible stomach ache/ acid reflux along with trouble swallowing. I was having a postnasal-type drip going down the back of my throat and couldn't swallow water or eat anything. It was absolutely terrifyingOn April 9th I start to feel super sleepy and irritated. I'm starting to get a headache that was the same headache feeling I had when I caught Covid. My neck pain started two weeks after COVID comes back full force and I get a stiff neck. My period is due on the 12th so assuming it was PMS. I go over to my neighbor's house to see their new cats and the little girl says she can't smell the coffee her dad just made. My friend comes over later and he has water pouring out of his nose. He says he's not sick and that it is just from surfing. He too seems a little tired and spaced out. That night I start to get progressively worse stomach/swallowing/burning issues. I was laying on the couch with the heating bad on my neck and thought I may have contracted meningitis or something.On April 10th the pain is still there and nothing has changed. Same symptoms. My friend texted me asking if I wanted to do yoga and I told him my head felt like it was going to explode. He tells me he isn't feeling well either. I go to urgent care and we did 2 rapids and one PCR. All came back negative. I was told to take Tylenol for my headaches and allergy pills. I had tried Tylenol, Aspirin, Zyrtec, Benadryl, Famtodine, DayQuil, Nyquil, and magnesium. Nothing was working and it was only making the burning in my stomach worse.On April 11th the neck pain and trouble swallowing continued. I couldn't get up off the couch. Stopped drinking coffee.On April 12th I was able to drive and meet up with a client. My neck was killing me the whole time. I was starting to be able to take slow sips of water and my headache was coming and going every other 30 mins or if I turned my head the wrong way. Started my period and it was super heavy. 3 days of no sleep.On April 13th I had an eye appointment. The headache was so bad I could barely drive and my neck still really hurt. All the while my eyelids continued to still twitch. The eye doctor didn't find anything wrong with the exam. The good news was I was able to eat and drink water again. Something I hope never happens to me again. So scary....On April 14th The neck pain and headache still persisted. I was able to gather some strength to go for a walk but still felt like crap. I was blowing out small yellow mucus with small things of blood.On April 15th I had sinus pressure and it was hard to swallow because of my neck pain again. My period ends.On April 16th Still had a horrible headache and was super light sensitive. Had all the blinds and windows closed and did barely anything.On April 17th I had enough of the 24/7 headaches. The neck pain started to die down but the headaches were so bad I seriously thought I was going to have a stroke. Ubered to the ER where they did a CT scan and found nothing. I have previously prescribed antibiotics over the phone before I went to the ER. The ER doctor told me not to take them. They gave me an IV drip (catheter thing was burning my arm) of fluid and Tramadol (forget the name) and a Benadryl. It didn't help the headache and just made me feel drowsy af.On April 18th I'm still in pain! This time my left hand started hurting and felt numb down the forearm. The Iv really messed with the nerves in my arm. The burning stopped in my stomach and transitioned into full-on stomach pain. I was luckily able to eat and swallow water slowly. I started to notice blood in the stool but the doctor said it was a hemorrhoid.On April 19th I believe I started drinking coffee again since the burning stopped. The headaches weren't as bad but had a bad one at night and my left eye started to annoy me and the twitching started up. I try to do some yoga.On April 20th My eyes continue to twitch and my stomach starts to become bloated.On April 21st I go to the PCP who presses on my stomach and ordered an ultrasound to check for gallstones. She just tells me it's all anxiety and prescribes more pills. My eye continues to have a twitching sensation and it moved to my right eye.On April 22nd I go for a walk and feel a little bit better but my stomach on the upper right side starts to hurt. I can feel it progressively getting more irritated. The headaches and burning have disappeared and I'm able to eat and drink. I'm very gassy though. I'm super fatigued. I get an apple watch and my heart rate resting is way too high. In the 100s... at one point it was 177 moving around.On April 24th I do a yoga class. I'm feeling better except my stomach hurts so bad and my heart rate seems concerning. That same weird feeling near my belly button and stomach is getting worse. I'm super fatigued. I go to a party since I was told 'it's all in my head and have a couple of drinks". My stomach pain is still there and I'm not anxious or stressed. Start to become concerned. I get home and the stomach pain disappears and then hits full force.On April 25th I woke up thinking the stomach pain has gone and I was totally wrong. It's still there. I don't feel hungover and if I was then I'm used to that feeling from having a long covid. I have zero appetite and I start to feel dizzy and almost pass out. I then break out in a cold sweat. The pain is agonizing and I couldn't even sleep it off. I uber to urgent care and was intending to go to the ER but it was cheaper to do urgent care. I wait there for 2 hrs. They take me in and the doctor is concerned about my heart rate which was 134. They run an EKG and nothing abnormal shows up and my heart rate is back down to 84. She's also concerned about appendicitis. So they run a CT scan with w/contrast on my abdomen. Everything is completely normal. They run blood work and everything is normal. No issues with my liver although it said on the CT report that I had mild fatty infiltration of the liver. The abdomen pain was still there and the catheter sitting in my arm for 2 hrs was driving me nuts and causing nerve pain in my arm. I'm sent home and told it's gas and to take gas x and to come back if the pain gets worse.On April 26th I go back to the eye doctor and we rerun the eye scans. I told him all my symptoms and he told me it sounds like I'm dehydrated and stressed. That eye twitching is normal and I also could be passing a gallstone or kidney stone. Sometimes those don't always show up on CT scans since they're so tiny. He keeps telling me to drink water which I do but pee out every 15 mins. I even have tried electrolyte packets and those don't work. I am starting to feel better. I've been taking Beano and chugging water.I still get burning in the stomach but whatever those symptoms were I'm still unclear and I hope I never have to deal with that again. If anyone has experienced this please let me know. I'm still getting an MRI on my brain with and without contrast and doing the ultrasound. I feel like I'm going crazy but I have had anxiety my whole life and this didn't feel like that at all. https://ift.tt/Q1a5zUv https://ift.tt/eU3ZLW7
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