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Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.46
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Best wishes for good recovery theoldguy.3
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Hoping you have a light case. Take care of yourself and feel better soon!5
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@Theoldguy1 Wishing you a speedy recovery.3
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
@Theoldguy1, I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm hopeful that with all the good things you do for your robust health, your case will be minor, and brief. Sending strength!8 -
My county health department has put out an app to "line people up" virtually for the vax, and they're estimating the over-65s (my subgroup, phase 1B) may start pretty soon now, yet in January even. The app was super simple to use (asked for contact info like name/address/email/phone and some basic age/employment/housing status info that's clearly intended to slot people into the groups). No super-sensitive data was requested (using my definition, i.e., no ID numbers, health insurance info, etc.). They say there will email follow-up for scheduling.
YayYayYay: This seems so hopeful. (Here, they're estimating younger people at risk (1C) will start getting vaccinated in early/mid February, any anyone over 16 (phase) in early April.19 -
@Theoldguy1 Get well soon! Hopefully you're over the worst of it.
This virus is very strange. We never know how it will affect us if we contract it. All the negative coverage has made us all very scared(which is warranted with what we've seen across the world). While we *do* need to continue all recommended cautions to prevent it, we also need to know most people survive and do okay. I feel terrible for all the families having lost loved ones. It does make it scary and unknown. But both my dh and I had it and truthfully, we were shocked when tests came back positive. We are Blessed that, for whatever reason, we recovered without issues. Keeping you in my thoughts that you will as well. Take care!!12 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.6 -
MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I'm glad it's pretty mild, I hope that continues and you feel better soon.3 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
It might be better to take aspirin, both to reduce the fever and to break up blood clots that might form in the lungs.2 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »RE: testing and positivity rates...
Since I've returned to work about a month ago, my company has been testing us twice a week, using a private lab. I imagine a lot of companies are doing the same. Im curious if they report the results, both positive and negative, to the local heath authorities. I just wonder if it's up to the private company if they want to report their numbers, or if they are required to.
The results from a private company, who is testing everyone, would actually give you a better idea of the community positivity rate. Most people who are getting tested at public sites are going because they have symptoms or have been exposed, which is going to skew the numbers.
The private labs are required to report results to the DOH here in NM. We have a lot of public testing sites run by the DOH, but also a lot of private testing sites like CVS Pharmacy who send their tests to a private lab...those labs are required to send results to DOH.
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spiriteagle99 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
It might be better to take aspirin, both to reduce the fever and to break up blood clots that might form in the lungs.
It's better to suggest he talk to his doctor about this first as we can't know all his individual health factors.12 -
@Theoldguy1 Please take care! I'm glad you have a oximeter, keep monitoring your blood O2!!!
I am still trying to figure out when I'll get the vaccine. Spouse thinks he'll be getting in by Jan 21st, but since I'm 6 years younger I might get bumped into a Feb. date. I've messaged my doctor about scheduling but just get a canned vague response.2 -
spiriteagle99 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
It might be better to take aspirin, both to reduce the fever and to break up blood clots that might form in the lungs.
Thanks for the idea but I'm monitoring my temperature and only time it was above normal was Saturday afternoon fot a bit. Highest it got was 99.6 degrees.
I'm also monitoring oxygen level. Have been at 98-99% saturation on my oximeter since started feeling symptoms.
To be honest, I'm not a fan of pain relievers, personally like to be able to monitor how I feel without anything being masked by druga. Will use if needed, but no where near that level. If I'm not on meds feel i can better describe symptoms to a doctor if needed.14 -
GrammaLisaGetsMoving wrote: »@Theoldguy1 Please take care! I'm glad you have a oximeter, keep monitoring your blood O2!!!
I am still trying to figure out when I'll get the vaccine. Spouse thinks he'll be getting in by Jan 21st, but since I'm 6 years younger I might get bumped into a Feb. date. I've messaged my doctor about scheduling but just get a canned vague response.
Thanks.
My wife is in education so she is scheduled for the second wave. She just found out that in our area educators involved in special ed, which she is, are moved to the front of the educator group. Most likely due to more 1-1 work with kids and in some cases work with kids that havr issues wearing a mask and/or following virus mitigation guidelines.
She went for a test since we live in the same house and she is feeling some symptoms13 -
I Hate this virus. I don't like to use the "H" word, but making an exception.9
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janejellyroll wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I'm glad it's pretty mild, I hope that continues and you feel better soon.
And the missus, too!6 -
My county health department has put out an app to "line people up" virtually for the vax, and they're estimating the over-65s (my subgroup, phase 1B) may start pretty soon now, yet in January even. The app was super simple to use (asked for contact info like name/address/email/phone and some basic age/employment/housing status info that's clearly intended to slot people into the groups). No super-sensitive data was requested (using my definition, i.e., no ID numbers, health insurance info, etc.). They say there will email follow-up for scheduling.
YayYayYay: This seems so hopeful. (Here, they're estimating younger people at risk (1C) will start getting vaccinated in early/mid February, any anyone over 16 (phase) in early April.
What state is this in? We are in the Central Valley area of California (Fresno to Merced area) and cannot find any news on any date or sign up. I know it varies state to state and sometimes even by city. We aren't being notified of anything2 -
My county health department has put out an app to "line people up" virtually for the vax, and they're estimating the over-65s (my subgroup, phase 1B) may start pretty soon now, yet in January even. The app was super simple to use (asked for contact info like name/address/email/phone and some basic age/employment/housing status info that's clearly intended to slot people into the groups). No super-sensitive data was requested (using my definition, i.e., no ID numbers, health insurance info, etc.). They say there will email follow-up for scheduling.
YayYayYay: This seems so hopeful. (Here, they're estimating younger people at risk (1C) will start getting vaccinated in early/mid February, any anyone over 16 (phase) in early April.
What state is this in? We are in the Central Valley area of California (Fresno to Merced area) and cannot find any news on any date or sign up. I know it varies state to state and sometimes even by city. We aren't being notified of anything
Michigan.
Have you looked at your governmental health department's web site, Facebook page, Twitter feed, or whatever communication channels they run? I assume there's a health department at some governmental level(s)?
If anyone else cares, Michigan's state information is here, and will be adding vaccination locations to one of the sub-pages as the locations get organized to offer the vaccine.
https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214---,00.html
It's just getting started here, with only a couple of counties/regions offering any local info. I just live in a lucky spot, I guess.
I wasn't notified by the county: One of my civic-minded friends shared the update on Facebook. (I think she was smart enough to follow the health department's page there, which I wasn't. 😐)
ETA: The link! 🙄4
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