so way back at the end of march I went to the ER for what I think was a panic attack triggered by breathing discomfort I'd been having

I didn't have a fever or cough, they gave me a chest x-ray and found nothing

so they assumed it was bronchitis and gave me an albuterol inhaler

then I went home and proceeded to suffer from chills for the next few days, fatigue, and some minor gi issues and loss of appetite

now AT THE TIME none of that was really being looked at as a covid symptom, but over the course of like, April, we started to expand the scope of what we were looking for in atypical presentations

and this was so early that idek if they had tests available anyway

then I would later find out that my DM, who I had last seen about a week and a half before this, though she picked up Covid from a friend who got it from PAX

and there's basically a perfect two week timeline between the three of us being sick

so tl;dr I think I had a mild case of covid back in March that was never diagnosed but I can't actually prove it

now I said all of that to say that covid or not I've been experiencing recurrent symptoms every few weeks more or less since it happened

the main one being chest pain, mostly when I breathe deeply

now, this could still be pneumonia or bronchitis, as symptoms lingering for at this point three months from either one of those is not unheard of

and it usually lasts a few days then goes away for a week or two, and isn't accompanied by any like, actual shortness of breath or reduce lung capacity or anything else

but today I feel awful. Same chest pain, a little bit of light headedness, no appetite and upset stomach

but I'm like do I feel awful enough to go to the emergency room? Not really

and still no fever or cough, or shortness of breath

I think I'm just at a point of this has been going on for so long that not seeing someone feels irresponsible but also I don't expect them to actually do anything??? like "yeah idk maybe you had covid, no way to know. call us if you're on your deathbed"

That’s the absolute worst – and, not to worry you, or to say that this is what is happening, but the long-term recurring symptoms is something that happens

as far as I understand, it’s not like it suddenly spikes in severity again? It’s just on and off shitty for weeks or months after the fact

but I know a few other people who are dealing with the same thing :c

yeah, that's my understanding of it too

but it's one thing to know that intellectually and another to try and like, live with it

ah man, that really sucks. the uncertainty on top of the symptoms you're experiencing too.

ouch, yeah...

It’s so fucking frustrating we can’t have tests!

I’m sorry you have to deal with this

Thanks. I'm feeling better than I was when I wrote this, which is like. Part of it

a few days of symptoms then normal

You could see if you can call a dr and ask and see if testing is possible, instead of going to the office. At least here they do the testing elsewhere

yeah, a remote appointment is definitely the way to go