ilovewings
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My wife just went to the doctor for an unrelated issue, and was recounting her strange illness from the Summer. Since they were doing other labs, they added a Covid antibody test. Sure enough, it came back positive. Early last Summer she was bed-ridden for two and a half weeks. Headache, backache, nausea, exhaustion, but no respiratory symptoms. Her doctor said that was a very common set of Covid symptoms. She went to one of those emergency aid places and they though it was a UTI and put her on antibiotics, which could have caused some of the symptoms. This was during the Summer surge, so she couldn't get a test, or get in to see her doctor. One day she just got out of bed, took a shower, got dressed and said "I feel better." I started feeling very strange about a week after she fell ill - an indescribable malaise with a dry cough (which I still have). My wife checks every box for high risk, including diabetes and smoking. She has been very diligent with her endocrinologist, so maybe her body was in a better state that most in her demographic. Anyway, we've been living with the assumption that we had it, but it's nice to have it confirmed.
While it is unfortunate that you both had it, it is good that you did not have a life-threatening version of it. I imagine there are lots of people who did have it, were not diagnosed with it.