I haven't been truly worried about getting covid but on Feb 28 I was in the Er that was slammed for

[demtenjeep]

what might have been a stroke-was Bells Palsey

So now I am a little worried. My face is not 100% and although I have not had any fever, my cough is still there and I am just exhausted all the time.

No aches or pains other than the headache I have had since the 28th

I am not asking for any advice-just needed to vent

[mucifer]

1. Sending Hugs

[jberryhill]

2. The 28th seems like a while ago

Everyone is different, of course. I had the impression that symptoms develop more quickly than 19 days, on average.

[Vivienne235729]

3. It's a lot to go through. Hang in there.

[Siwsan]

4. This is a very scary time for getting even a common cold

I had one, just as this news was starting to break. I tend to brush things off but I definitely kept on top of anything going on with my temperature and breathing. Now that I'm into a full two week isolation, I'm going to remain vigilant and won't really "breathe easy" until another 12 days have passed. I wasn't doing much out and abouting - just getting what I'd need for the duration - but I was still, well, out and about.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I cough a little bit when I think about coughing. I don't cough when

I'm not thinking about coughing. I've had a runny nose for over a month but I'm pretty sure the coughing is psychosomatic. I hope.

[RobinA]

16. Absolutely

Hard to feel healthy when you’re thinking, Am I sick, could I be sick, what’s with this headache, is that a flu-like muscle ache?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. The 28th was awhile ago - 21 days.

A new study calculates that the median incubation period for COVID-19 is just over 5 days and that 97.5% of people who develop symptoms will do so within 11.5 days of infection. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175438.htm

[Takket]

15. how do they determine that?

if most people don't know when they were infect? i guess they could infer if you were on an airplane but if someone just goes to work every day, how do they know what day you got sick?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Thanks for sharing.

The stress of recent events and worrying about family, friends and neighbors has been very tiring for me, along with my regular chores at 72 Y.O.

KY............

[demtenjeep]

8. thanks guys-that is what I needed

talking me off the ledge

[Meowmee]

9. Get cbc

Look at it, if wbc lymphocytes are good you are prolly ok. I am sick too, now a productive cough, my doc did bw yesterday, wbc is good so he doesn't think it is covid.

[Lochloosa]

11. cbc...wbc... English?

[Meowmee]

12. Complete blood count blood test / white blood count - lymphocytes fight infections

A good office will be able to do it right away.

[UpInArms]

10. Stay safe, dear demtenjeep

My b-i-l had Bell’s palsey ... it took him several months to recover ... but he is much better ...

Hang in there

[Squinch]

13. As people have said, you're outside the typical incubation range. And I know in

my area, this has been a pretty heavy allergy season. Could the headache and the cough be from that?

[demtenjeep]

14. I am hoping that is all

I just have a higher anxiety level since 2016

[Squinch]

17. I can totally relate. I had the earlier "non-flu" and still have

a residual cough, plus these allergies, plus a very exposed job that only moved to work from home on Thursday.

I'm counting the days till the incubation period is over and worrying over every symptom.