I'm not sure if this qualifies for what you require? I contracted Covid in October 2019 - through work - the NHS (albeit secretarial), although 8 of us all contracted it together from our different departments. I was unwell for a couple of weeks, but it has left me a loss of smell to date. I have since been double vaccinated (Pfizer) and will willingly take a booster or annual courses whatever gets prescribed. I have my flu vaccine every year and have had a shingles vaccine and pneumonia ones.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 in March 2020 while I was already on isolation from work due to other pre-existing conditions, my age (I am 62 now) and my weight. My department/NHS Trust wouldn't let me work from home at that point as they said it wasn't possible. So I had a long-time off work kicking my heels in the sun. The big bonus was I was put on metformin and lost a 3stone 7lbs, but I got to the point where I was very nauseous and after discussion with my community diabetic nurse was switched to Sukkarto (slow-release metformin). I felt better but the weight gain began again, as I developed my old insatiable eating appetite - particularly for sweet things. As mentioned part of my pre-existing conditions is that I have had 2 previous spinal surgeries. Long story short because of this and scoliosis, another disc issue has arisen above my most recent repair, and I have developed neuropathic leg pain, to the point where I can't drive to and from work every day (around 25 miles 5 days a week) and have had to stop attending the gym and been too scared to go swimming due to Covid and 'water sharing'. I am now working from home until I have had my next operation and have recovered, I don't know where I am on the list, but they didn't expect it to be before Christmas. I am lateral flow testing twice a week, as I still want to stay protected, and protect my son and husband (both of whom have asthma) and my Mum who is 82, whose bubble we have been in (she lives 40 miles away), although all of us are going out and about again now, but all with caution, masks, distancing and hand washing/gel.
A few weeks ago, I decided to take the plunge and ask if I could swap back to Metformin as I was getting the nausea back and the weight gain was both scary and I I don't like it. I also in this time had a very weird migraine although I didn't know it was one at the time - I have a history of migraines, but I had never had one like this; without a headache. It started with stabbing pains down by the back of my right eye, then developed into what I though was going to be a migraine, but didn't have the flashy zigzags etc, but I lost my balance for hours and was 'out of this world' somehow and just felt lousy and nauseous. I pondered ringing 111/going to A&E, but didn't want to go there on a Friday night/Saturday morning. The pounds have started to shift again and I feel much better. By the Saturday after a few hours sleep I felt a lot better, but not right. I rang my GP first thing Monday am and had a GP callback, who insisted I go in that morning. I had a thorough check up and she promptly rang the stroke unit. I had go desist from driving and attend the stroke clinic on the Wednesday and take daily aspirin. At the stroke unit I had a full check up with bloods, blood pressure, ECG and a brain MRI. Thankfully nil was found - apart from a brain! The Consultant that I saw after these tests again questioned me and diagnosed 'Migraine with Ataxia', which may or may not happen again. I now have prescription migraine tablets so hopefully if this begins again I can zap it before it gets to that stage again. I wonder if this change along with my loss of sense of smell are a legacy of Covid.
