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blood test comes back normal apart from positive for covid antibodies
That's interesting, that you have antibodies after nearly a year
Does that mean you kept a reasonable number of antibodies from then, or have they been reactivated/manufactured when you got covid a second time?
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Who knows? I don't know when I had covid, if I've had it more than once or anything really, other than it looks like I've had it.
Feb was the most likely symptom wise, but most unlikely in terms of the timing - i.e. I wasnt travelling or particularly interacting with people who had travelled. I know no one else from that time that had what I had.
It's not clear how long these antibodies hang around. I imagine we'd be hearing from China about how those who were first infected have faired antibody wise as this will be an indication of how long vaccination would last. As it is, the internet is still saying 6 months plus for antibodies. Feb is over 10 months ago now, so if that was it, it's would be quite reassuring I've still got some form of resistance. Alternatively I caught it more recently and probably spread it around like nobodies business completely unaware.
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Didn't think the antibodies lasted that long.
Scrabble
lynx
I had a bit of a surprise recently. I got a blood test after a couple of random incidents of being laid out by some viral issue. Had no reason to suspect covid particularly - none of the headline symptoms, but it was a bit weird. Just very tired / felt like crap for a few days and not right for about a week. This happened twice in a month, with a fully recovery in between. Work had been pretty stressful, which is rare for me, so I thought maybe it was some burn out type thing I've not had before.
Anyway, blood test comes back normal apart from positive for covid antibodies - so I've had it at some point. No idea if it was connected to the intense lethargy episodes or what. I was however ill with a really bad cough in mid February - about the same time as the first "Super Spreader" was in the news. This was a cough like no other I've had - two weeks of proper housebound rubbish mess followed by another two of recovery. I'd always put it down to just being a bad cough/chest infection type thing, but now I wonder...otherwise I've had it pretty much symptomless at some other point but somehow managed to not infect my family, unless they also had a symptomless experience. They were away for the first week of my mega cough as it was half term, but other than that we live in a small two up two down, so any illness tends to go round the house pretty reliably.
If that was that February mega cough we dodged massive bullet as the family went off to stay with my partner's elderly parents for that week! They've been shielding ever since as granny is convinced (not unreasonably) it will see her off if she gets it.
Anyway, bit confused and slightly reassured I don't appear to have bad long covid, provided I don't get any more of these random mega tired/crappy periods.
Worst part is I'm now the designated shopper, swanning about with my antibodies.