Triple-vaxxed TV star Shelly Horton shares her odd Covid symptoms

Triple vaxxed television star Shelly Horton regrets saying January would be a ‘good time’ to catch Covid after being struck down with a ‘nightmare’ case of the virus and a number of nasty symptoms.

The 48-year-old, who lives on the Gold Coast, battled the virus for an agonising ten days after catching it at a friend’s 50th birthday party on the 8th of January.

‘My sister-in-law had it before us and my husband joked that we should go to her house to get it over and done with,’ she told FEMAIL.

‘I have a really busy February so thought if I was going to get it, January would be a better option.’

But Shelly, who experienced ‘chalky’ bones, deep body aches and a severe cluster migraine in her ‘skull and eye sockets’, regrets ‘tempting fate’ with earlier comments and said she feels ‘gas lit’ by those who say it is a ‘mild’ virus.

‘It is anything but,’ she said.

The 48-year-old, who lives on the Gold Coast, described her nightmare ten-day battle with the virus which she caught at a friend’s 50th birthday party on the 8th of January

Eight people at the birthday party caught the virus, which Shelly assumes was the Omnicron strain based on her lack of severe respiratory symptoms. 

‘On Sunday we did a big 10km walk on the beach so when we were sore that night we blamed it on that,’ she said.

But there was no mistaking the pain that followed with Shelly saying her bones – especially her pelvis and spine – felt chalky and like they were ‘grinding’ on each other. 

After the onset of a terrible fever and a positive RAT test she and her husband Darren remained positive.

‘On Sunday we did a big 10km walk on the beach (pictured) so when we were sore that night we blamed it on that,’ she said

There was no mistaking the pain Shelly (pictured with husband Darren) experienced, who said her bones – especially her pelvis and spine – felt chalky and like they were ‘grinding’ on each other

They had been working on their health and fitness so when symptoms started to clear up on Wednesday morning – day three – they were relieved.

But it was false hope.

Shelly worked for an hour when she was the MC for an NRL event (from her loungeroom) that day.

The short gig would usually be a bit of fun for the TV personality but she felt instantly drained.

‘That’s when the coughing started and I felt like any gains I had made had been stripped because I pushed myself, I felt like I was on day one all over again.’

Then she was taken down by a cluster migraine which melted down the right hand side of her face and ‘permeated her right eye socket and skull’

Shelly didn’t lose her sense of smell or taste while sick but did crave Vegemite on toast and orange juice; Darren craved ‘tinned Irish stew’

For the next two days Shelly spent her time shuffling between bed and the couch.

Then she was taken down by a cluster migraine which melted down the right hand side of her face and ‘permeated her right eye socket and skull’.

She had been using Panadol to help relieve symptoms before this adding the painkillers ‘did work and made things a little less scary’.

But she had to ‘kick it up a notch’ to tackle the migraine.

Once it cleared Shelly appeared to be out of the worst of it – having spent ten days incapacitated by what she believed would be a mild disease. 

Shelly’s husband still has a lingering cough and is ‘frustrated by it’ but is also much better than he was last week

Shelly didn’t lose her sense of smell or taste while sick but did crave Vegemite on toast and orange juice; Darren craved ‘tinned Irish stew’. 

‘I am going to be super careful from now on, and I am drawing a line in the sand, I do not want to catch it ever again,’ she said.

‘And for everyone wanting to go to Covid parties, or to catch it on purpose, be careful what you wish for because it isn’t pleasant and it is much worse than a cold.’   

‘I will be first in line for a fourth jab and I just hope I have enough immunity not to get it again,’ she said.

Shelly’s husband still has a lingering cough and is ‘frustrated by it’ but is also much better than he was last week.