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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
A friend of mine had it, jogged daily, smoked, and drank thru it, but felt like shit (uniquely as opposed to the hangovers), and only learned she'd had it thru two later antibody tests. She was pissed at the person she knows gave it to her. Fast forward a month, she was hit with it again, but recognized it this time. It passed much more quickly. She believes it was a reinfection. But I think you're right -- it's a relapse. This thing may work like Epstein Barr. You get run down, it reappears.
I had terrific sweats and a fever two nights ago out of the blue. It had been a robust weekend. But I'd also been with someone who'd had covid a few days before, and I'd just had a crazy work week where I'd slept minimally most of the week and was arguing in court a lot on some stressful shit. Mad sweats, fever, crazy nightmares, but then gone as fast as it appeared. I thought I'd need an ER doc. Woke up at 2:30 with my hair wet like I'd showered. Today? 40 minute erg piece without a problem. If I had it, it's a strange dance. Dumb thing hasn't figured out how to run a long route against my liver like a cornerback with an ankle sprain yet.
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Your friend didn’t have a reinfection in a month. Especially if she had antibodies. It. Was. A Relapse. They go on for months. Stress and/exercise thought to bring it out. Very common to test positive for two months. Also common to have antibodies 3-6 months later.
Reinfection can only be determined from sequencing each virus. Not that there’s a difference in how it makes you feel; relapse isn’t contagious. Reinfection is.
What you had sounds like some covid symptoms. Also cough, chest tightness, loss of smell and taste, weird dreams, body aches, sometimes fever, pick any 2-3. But they usually don’t resolve in a day though a relapse might.
