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Help! Anyone with Post COVID get infected again?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Dec 30, 2022 | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
Thanks, I’ll check this all out. I have a few calls out but no success so far.
Mayo won’t take me.
April 2020 my PCR was negative and they diagnosed me from symptoms, even a year later. The long hauler started after the vaccine. My body went into some hyper immune response, they think. So again, no PCR to prove it. This year, I did a home test. Never thought that would backfire. Should have gone in for a Pcr I guess. All these free home tests, thought I’d use them!!
Gosh, I never thought I’d be back in this place either with my health I guess. So again, no PCR.
They called me back to say I could get an antibody test and wait 90 days and then call for an appointment. Meaning, I could spiral downward again like last year. Debilitating.
I know this sounds negative. I’m just losing hope. I’m very frustrated and it’s hard to feel this rotten. I can’t be the only healthcare worker that had COVID with a negative PCR. I can’t be the only person who experienced long haulers early on like this, after the vaccine. Again, a healthcare worker that was asked to get it in January 2021. I can’t be the only 43 year old working mom of 3, our family depends on both our incomes, to get COVID again and have to go through this. We are just getting back on our feet. Lost income from COVID related lay offs, lost income from my illness last year, medical bills etc. it’s just frustrating. I’m sure they have to have rules bc they are swamped at these clinics with unnecessary consults or something idk. Or maybe I don’t meet the criteria for the research studies? I don’t know. I get it I guess. They have to have rules. It just feels like there’s no hope in my neck of the woods. My providers don’t have anywhere to send me. I had to find the places. They are excited I’m finding them but never thought we’d hit road blocks like this I guess.
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Kelly, you are not the only one. You may appreciate connecting with @rinadbq @adelem in this discussion:
- Nurses/Frontline Workers who treated Covid patients https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/nursesfrontline-workers-who-treated-covid-patients/
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I believe I have an answer for the reaction to the vaccine. Back on May 10th, I caught the Covid B variant. It was my 4th case since April 2020. I’ve been warned not to get the vaccine because of a heart birth defect that could kill me from the reaction to it. Being the 4th case of it, I was going to take the chance and get the vaccine but after many hours of research, I learned the answer to your question. This information I found in May explained how in some people, when they get the first dose of vaccine, the symptoms were mild. Then when they got the booster shot, the symptoms were much worse. Scientist wondered why too and here’s the explanation and your answer. When you get the initial shot, the virus in not recognized by your immune system and begins to make antibodies. Then when you get the second shot, your antibodies do recognize it and go after it with a vengeance and the symptoms could be drastic. I became a long hauler after my 3rd case of Covid in March. I lost my taste and smell and feel exhausted all the time. I have a nonexistent immune system since birth but it must have made some antibodies because my 4th case was a Covid B variant and didn’t recognize it, so I got sick again May 10th and still feeling the effects. I hope this information helps to give you a reason why you feel like me without no vaccine shot.