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I'm having the exact same experience. I live a few miles from the first outbreak location near Seattle. I first started experiencing symptoms at the end of Fe
by timmytokyo 7y ago
I'm having the exact same experience. I live a few miles from the first outbreak location near Seattle. I first started experiencing symptoms at the end of February. Shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, dry cough, and a fluctuating temperature that never went beyond mild fever (37.5C / 99.5F). My most concerning symptom was the sensation that I just couldn't get enough air.
I went to the ER one night in early March because I felt like I was going to pass out. They gave me a chest X-ray, blood tests, nasal flu swab, and ECG. Everything came back normal. No pneumonia visible in the X-Ray.
I continued to rest and recover, and things finally started to get back to normal a couple weeks ago. I thought I'd kicked this thing, whatever it was. But then the shortness of breath returned. (I've not had fever or cough.) I've cycled like this -- between struggling for breath and feeling normal -- for over 4 weeks now. I'm currently experiencing another downturn where I find it difficult to breathe normally. During my difficulties breathing, I find that standing up seems to help the most.
I'm open to the possibility that this is psychogenic. I've tried to avoid reading about the news, and that helps to distract me. But there doesn't seem to be any obvious psychological trigger to my breathing difficulties. I just wish I could get back to normal.
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