02-12-2020, 08:35 PM
My lovely wife picked it up and of course I was next, mercifully not one of our family or our folks was affected. Unfortunately Port Elizabeth is currently the hotspot in South Africa for the second wave.
As for the long term effects, well Beloved is a Doctor so I'm quite confident that she will keep an eye on me and more importantly, I'm lean and pretty fit, being a fast road cyclist with well developed cardio & lung function - that seems to be the key to shrugging this thing fairly quickly. No riding for me for at least the next 2 weeks, give the body proper time to recover. I'll shut down on the 18th so can quietly get back on the bike after that.
Our symptoms were mild headache with very sore throat and very achy body. Typical flu symptoms. The insidious thing is that it inhibits the ability of the blood to absorb and carry oxygen around your body, so despite being able to breathe deeply, we got very tired very easily. I rode 100 miles over the weekend 21/22 November, started clinical signs on Tuesday and by Thursday it was all I could do to carry an 8kg bag of cat food up 8 steps. Friday morning I had turned the corner and 10 days later apart from a lingering dry cough we're almost 100% again. Lucie has a reduced sense of taste & I have virtually no sense of smell, but neither are life threatening and regaining these seems to be just a matter of time.
I'm eager to get back into the workshop as I have a very pretty set of Mr Bett's finest slipper pistons to go into the blue race car engine this shutdown.... now it's just to carefully examine those other sports rods and make a decision...
Ciao
Greig
As for the long term effects, well Beloved is a Doctor so I'm quite confident that she will keep an eye on me and more importantly, I'm lean and pretty fit, being a fast road cyclist with well developed cardio & lung function - that seems to be the key to shrugging this thing fairly quickly. No riding for me for at least the next 2 weeks, give the body proper time to recover. I'll shut down on the 18th so can quietly get back on the bike after that.
Our symptoms were mild headache with very sore throat and very achy body. Typical flu symptoms. The insidious thing is that it inhibits the ability of the blood to absorb and carry oxygen around your body, so despite being able to breathe deeply, we got very tired very easily. I rode 100 miles over the weekend 21/22 November, started clinical signs on Tuesday and by Thursday it was all I could do to carry an 8kg bag of cat food up 8 steps. Friday morning I had turned the corner and 10 days later apart from a lingering dry cough we're almost 100% again. Lucie has a reduced sense of taste & I have virtually no sense of smell, but neither are life threatening and regaining these seems to be just a matter of time.
I'm eager to get back into the workshop as I have a very pretty set of Mr Bett's finest slipper pistons to go into the blue race car engine this shutdown.... now it's just to carefully examine those other sports rods and make a decision...
Ciao
Greig