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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.
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I agree. I think this thing is a long term situation for almost all who acquire it. My friend beat herself up resuming work and having too much fun prior to re-emergence of symptoms. Blamed it on re-engaging with people in work, but the relapse theory is all but assuredly the actual reason.
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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.
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I truly did not think it possible I had it, as I'd no nasal symptoms or shortness of breath. But the other night, I was talking with the fellow who was in same lounge area as me at same time he got it. His symptoms were not 1:1 but similar. Intense sweats, total exhaustion, sleeping for basically a day or more, fever (but only really high at night), vivid disturbing dreams with intermittent wake-ups, severe gastrointestinal pain. He did not lose smell or taste. He was also on GERD drugs, as I am (no idea if this matters). Mine was of 4 day duration, his was five or six. However, mine could have been longer, as I may have written off early onset symptoms as "Irish flu."
I've never had gastrointestinal pain like that before or since. Generalized, but intense and burning. Not like food poisoning, where you wait for the vomit or diarrhea and it's over.
Only difference was this cat had a feeling everywhere like he was sunburned. I recall nothing like that. He also related really intense muscle aches. I don't recall that.
The vivid dreams were odd. I generally don't dream much. Those returned two nights ago.
Sweats were the thing that made me wonder. I mean drenching like you just ran ten miles in high humidity. Quite disgusting, actually. And you get up in the dead of the night with this feeling that I can't describe but one always has when solidly ill-- a recognition "this isn't cancer, or a heart attack... but things are amiss."
I lulled myself to slumber with porn and creating new workout mixes. I think I also bought a really nice fluffy fleece t-shirt online.
