Coronavirus prep
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Well, I threw up my hands and got the 2nd Pfizer booster (shot #4). IMU, the "available to over 50" CDC guidance recently turned into "recommended for over 50", and I'm certainly over 50, as well as having other risk (early COPD, but asymptomatic).
I'd been thinking I'd wait for a more variant-attuned alternative, but best guess is that it won't be here until Fall (though I recently heard maybe on a faster track than initially expected - don't have details).
Best guess also would be that they'd suggest a new variant injection not happen until 2-3 months after the basic one, so I don't think I'm introducing a lot of time-slack into getting a future variant one, but I could be wrong. 🤷♀️
BTW, near zero side effects from #4 for me, I think. I can feel a very slightly tender spot on upper arm if I push hard on it, but that's about it. NBD.
Thanks for posting this. I too am taking seriously the over 50 advisory. However I have a 2-week trip the last half of September for which having that short term antibody flood would be really good. So I’m still thinking about pushing to the end of August for my 4th shot. I doubt the new formulation will be available by then.
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My mom & her husband, both in their 80’s, were each in medical crisis (heart failure & kidney stones) when they got COVID from a caregiver. It was really terrifying. Had to cancel the home health aide they truly needed. They’re recovering now and much better able to fend for themselves but still testing positive. The heart failure situation is still bad though. Not out of the woods 😕
ETA: despite being heavily exposed up until they tested positive, it seems my vaccines have so far been doing their job. I’ve still gone in their home but have made visits a lot shorter than I would have otherwise.9 -
Well, I threw up my hands and got the 2nd Pfizer booster (shot #4). IMU, the "available to over 50" CDC guidance recently turned into "recommended for over 50", and I'm certainly over 50, as well as having other risk (early COPD, but asymptomatic).
I'd been thinking I'd wait for a more variant-attuned alternative, but best guess is that it won't be here until Fall (though I recently heard maybe on a faster track than initially expected - don't have details).
Best guess also would be that they'd suggest a new variant injection not happen until 2-3 months after the basic one, so I don't think I'm introducing a lot of time-slack into getting a future variant one, but I could be wrong. 🤷♀️
BTW, near zero side effects from #4 for me, I think. I can feel a very slightly tender spot on upper arm if I push hard on it, but that's about it. NBD.
Thanks for posting this. I too am taking seriously the over 50 advisory. However I have a 2-week trip the last half of September for which having that short term antibody flood would be really good. So I’m still thinking about pushing to the end of August for my 4th shot. I doubt the new formulation will be available by then.
That seems very logical to me: There's a lot in this that requires individual decision making, based on situations, seems like. Some of my 50+ friends got shot #4 earlier because they had booked travel to Europe and wanted to be fully boosted for that (but got Covid in Germany despite this - fairly mild, but had to isolate in a hotel, and return to US was delayed). Other friends are immune compromised, went for the additional booster ASAP, within days of its availability. Some, like you, are holding off for various reasons that seem pretty rational.
I'd been holding off because of the "available, not recommended" thing, and because I'm pretty healthy generally, and still being pretty cautious behaviorally . . . but now we have more variants, the recommendations changed, and of course I have the early-COPD risk factor.5 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »OMG! I finally opened my last case of TP - 2019 vintage. The stock up has nothing to do with Covid, but when the pandemic hit, I was happy to have a prepper's storage closet, full larder and a victory garden going. Looks like I'm finally going to have to buy some Charmin some time in 2023.
On a more serious note, my entire reason for losing weight (6 stone) and exercising daily was because I feared obese out-of-shape me mightn't survive the virus. I finally did get Covid last month and thanks to Pfizer and a much healthier body, it was pretty much a two-day case of the sniffles.
Good for you.
I wish they would have emphasized the roll good health plays (normal weight and exercise) in fights this from day 1.
Still not doing it
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There's a terrible track record for the general public paying attention to those kind of alarms, based on what's happened to various public health measures over the last few decades. I can understand why the medical establishment would think it'd be fruitless to blow that horn.
That said, for a person to not know or realize that from pretty early on, I think they'd mostly need to be exercising willful ignorance. It didn't take long, for example, before obesity was obviously and publically flagged as a risk factor for worse infection, along with some of the metabolic conditions that are common in that context.
For sure, for someone to not realize that a sub-par diet, excess body weight, and unfitness are health risks in a more general sense . . . well, with rare exceptions they'd need to be working at avoiding the realization, seems like. I've been one of those people, in some respects. It's pretty easy to ignore a clear message one doesn't want to act on, IME.
We've seen some folks here who got that message about Covid risk and lifestyle, mentioned it when they joined MFP; some have even stuck around and succeeded.
It's a sad statement on the US population that the collective "we" just want a pill or shot to take care of an issue rather than taking reasonable personal responsibility to help mitigate a potential health issue. Sure getting the shots is important, but would be nice to also see some personal ownership instead of an average Covid weight gain of whatever the number is.
Just me ranting.
You want people to blame themselves for getting covid? 🙄
Reread and comprehend my comment. Nowhere did I say I want people to blame themselves for getting covid.
I wish people would take personal responsibility for their health instead of wanting to rely on a drug to take care of them. Good personal health habits, supplementing a drug when needed, result in better outcomes from a disease, illness, injury in virtually all situations. Too many people don't want to make the effort/change to achieve these better outcomes.
But the thread is about covid... so again re read what I said.3 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »siberiantarragon wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Nobody claims the vaccine is perfect.
They did originally. They said it was over 95% effective originally which is about as close to perfect as you get with vaccines. Now they can't even give us a number. Also, remember they originally claimed COVID mutated slowly and mutations were not expected to significantly reduce the efficacy of the vaccine? Believe the science, whatever it is this week.Despite mutations in the virus it does reduce your chances of catching it and greatly reduce the chances of severe disease if you do
No vaccine reduces your chance of GETTING a virus. The virus will still get into your body either way. It just reduces your symptoms and the ability of the virus to replicate (if the vaccine is effective, that is). Of course in some viruses, as with dengue fever and the vaccine trials for the original SARS, being infected once actually makes the symptoms worse if you are infected again.
This worried me at first with the vaccine. But then I realized that if it were to happen with Covid the same antibody enhancement effect would happen after natural infection OR vaccine, and my chance of avoiding natural infection indefinitely was pretty much zero.
Does anyone know if subsequent infections tend to be worse? I am still a little nervous about this enhancement effect occurring with new variants. I'm vaxx'd, boosted (1) and had Covid (probably Omicron) in April. Would be curious to hear from anyone who has had multiple infections how that went for you ....
It got worse each time and now i have long covid... this is with "healthy eating and supplements and blah blah blah".
Sorry to hear that you are suffering from long covid. I have a viral illness in June 2020 that resulted in post viral fatigue syndrome for 6ish months, but the illness itself was very mild. Basically a headache and extreme fatigue, which then took months to resolve. (Tested negative at the time but still think it might have been Covid). Then my bout with Omicron in April was like the worst flu ever had, but resolved with no significant after effects.
Is post viral fatigue basically the same as long Covid? I had a few months of daily headaches, fatigue, facial pain, twitching, vertigo, brain fog etc. No lung issues, more neurological type things.
Those are my exact symptoms... so much fatigue and brain fog. When I had it the first time it was just a really bad cough that felt like I smoked 40 packs of cigarettes a day. When I had it the 2nd and 3rd times it was like flu on steroids (which was Christmas of 2021), that's when the lingering reduced lung capacity, fatigue and fog came.
ETA- I'm fully vaxxed and boosted as well as pretty healthy according to medical markers (slight HBP controlled by meds and diet). I agree there seems to be no rhyme or reason to long covid, but I FULLY believe the science behind the fact that I would be on a ventilator or worse the 2nd or 3rd time I caught it without vaccination, which is what they are supposed to do. 🤷♀️
All the best - hopefully yours resolves eventually as mine did. I had a round of steroids which I think helped? Either that or it just ran its course.2 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »siberiantarragon wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Nobody claims the vaccine is perfect.
They did originally. They said it was over 95% effective originally which is about as close to perfect as you get with vaccines. Now they can't even give us a number. Also, remember they originally claimed COVID mutated slowly and mutations were not expected to significantly reduce the efficacy of the vaccine? Believe the science, whatever it is this week.Despite mutations in the virus it does reduce your chances of catching it and greatly reduce the chances of severe disease if you do
No vaccine reduces your chance of GETTING a virus. The virus will still get into your body either way. It just reduces your symptoms and the ability of the virus to replicate (if the vaccine is effective, that is). Of course in some viruses, as with dengue fever and the vaccine trials for the original SARS, being infected once actually makes the symptoms worse if you are infected again.
This worried me at first with the vaccine. But then I realized that if it were to happen with Covid the same antibody enhancement effect would happen after natural infection OR vaccine, and my chance of avoiding natural infection indefinitely was pretty much zero.
Does anyone know if subsequent infections tend to be worse? I am still a little nervous about this enhancement effect occurring with new variants. I'm vaxx'd, boosted (1) and had Covid (probably Omicron) in April. Would be curious to hear from anyone who has had multiple infections how that went for you ....
It got worse each time and now i have long covid... this is with "healthy eating and supplements and blah blah blah".
Sorry to hear that you are suffering from long covid. I have a viral illness in June 2020 that resulted in post viral fatigue syndrome for 6ish months, but the illness itself was very mild. Basically a headache and extreme fatigue, which then took months to resolve. (Tested negative at the time but still think it might have been Covid). Then my bout with Omicron in April was like the worst flu ever had, but resolved with no significant after effects.
Is post viral fatigue basically the same as long Covid? I had a few months of daily headaches, fatigue, facial pain, twitching, vertigo, brain fog etc. No lung issues, more neurological type things.
Those are my exact symptoms... so much fatigue and brain fog. When I had it the first time it was just a really bad cough that felt like I smoked 40 packs of cigarettes a day. When I had it the 2nd and 3rd times it was like flu on steroids (which was Christmas of 2021), that's when the lingering reduced lung capacity, fatigue and fog came.
ETA- I'm fully vaxxed and boosted as well as pretty healthy according to medical markers (slight HBP controlled by meds and diet). I agree there seems to be no rhyme or reason to long covid, but I FULLY believe the science behind the fact that I would be on a ventilator or worse the 2nd or 3rd time I caught it without vaccination, which is what they are supposed to do. 🤷♀️
All the best - hopefully yours resolves eventually as mine did. I had a round of steroids which I think helped? Either that or it just ran its course.
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One size doesn't fit all for a covid long hauler. My unvaxed friends had it 3 times and ended up in the ICU on round 3. One of them lost their hearing and suffers with vertigo.
"Sensorineural hearing loss. Hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear or the nerve from the ear to the brain. This type of hearing loss is permanent. Vestibular dysfunction: Problems with balance." The other one is on oxygen now. Neither one disabled, a senior or had underlying health conditions. They're downhill skiers and hikers in the summer.
I have vaxed relatives who've had it twice. It's been over 6 months and they feel like they have mono. They push themselves for work but return exhausted. They throw themselves onto the bed and take a nap as soon as they hit the door.
When this thread started, mods said keep it out of debate by remaining polite and respectful. It's been very helpful all along the way. I've been working for over two years to gain my fitness back. I'm not suffering with anxiety or wringing my hands. I don't care about the national debate. I don't understand any kind of agenda to make others feel guilt, shame and humiliation for getting vaccines. May your strong immune system support you all the days of your life. If it doesn't, don't worry. We promise to care about you, too.10 -
fatty2begone wrote: »I have had covid twice. The 1st time November 2020 extreme headaches, with most every other symptom except difficulty breathing. I would say I was in bed sick for about 6 days. It took a couple months to get my stamina back to normal level. Just plain tired a big portion of the time.
I had covid again December 2021 (Most likely Omicron) and had a slight sore throat and runny nose for a couple days.
My husband contracted again at the end of January 2022 (family gathering, believe brother had it and spread to other family members). I never caught that time. There were 11 adults and 3 kids at the gathering. None of the kids caught it, and 5 adults caught it. (Just weird how it goes to some and not the others. BTW out of the 5 adults getting covid, 2 were vaxxed the other 3 unvaxxed. Others who did not get it were 3 vaxxed and 3 unvaxxed.)
My husband and I had covid at the same time the other prior times. His last experience with covid was loss of taste. Otherwise he didnt have any other symptoms. His taste returned.
Neither of us are vaxxed. Based upon information we have researched, we believe it is/was the best decision for us. As you can tell from above comment, we have family vaxxed and unvaxxed. His parents were both vaxxed (father passed from covid although he was fully vaxxed and 1 booster). My father 85, not vaxxed had covid and suffered the flu/cold symptoms for about 10 days + loss of smell. Fortunately he did not have any breathing issues. He never had long covid even though he is in the high category. (health and age)
There is such a wide variance in severity and contracting the virus. There is so much scientific evidence that contradicts itself from one study to the next. I honestly don't know what "science" is to be taken as factual science. This virus doesn't seem to have any rhyme or reason which might be part of the reason.
Everyone should make their own decision and hope we all make the best one for our own self.
I have enjoyed reading the thread quietly from my arm chair.
I am not an antivaxxer. I dont think there were long enough trials or studies for this. (I get it was considered a health emergency). At this point, I believe I have made the right choice for myself.
Stay healthy and happy!
Your argument might have had merit in January 2020. In fact, I was glad that I was not eligible until spring 2020. I get not wanting to be first in line.
However, now that it is July 2022 with over 12 billion doses administered world wide, there is plenty of data.18 -
@kshama2001 However, now that it is July 2022 with over 12 billion doses administered world wide, there is plenty of data.[/quote]
I am not trying to persuade or dissuade anyone from being vaxxed or not vaxxed. I was stating my personal experience. I believe I have made a wise choice for myself. I hope your choice is wise for you too.
As far as plenty of data, I stick to my point the scientific evidence contradicts itself from one study to the next. I have seen plenty of good and bad about the vax or not vax.
I respect your opinion and I hope you can respect mine. For every good "scientific study" there is a counter bad "scientific study". I fortunately am healthy and appear to be doing fine unvaxxed. Will that change?, I pray not. I also pray that you stay healthy vaxxed.
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As far as plenty of data, I stick to my point the scientific evidence contradicts itself from one study to the next. I have seen plenty of good and bad about the vax or not vax.
This claim often seems brought up by people who are against something widely accepted by scientific consensus.
In this case Covid vaccines - in other cases, other vaccines, or alcohol consumption, smoking, or weight management or BP control etc etc
Whereas, no, there really isnt equal evidence supporting not getting vaxxed vs getting vaxxed ( or BP control vs no control etc)
Very rarely do studies of an accepted thing like Covid vaccination contradict each other on the basic premise of getting vaxxed or not.
What they do is offer new insights or variations of opinion on the detail - ages for vaccines types, vaccine spacings, vaccine brand combinations etc
That totally isnt the same as evidence for vaccinating or not vaccinating
Just like, for example, new BP studies might give new insights on dosages for ages, brand combinations with other medications, what level to intervene at etc.
Totally not the same as evidence for controlling BP vs 200/100 is fine ,do nothing.
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fatty2begone wrote: »I am not trying to persuade or dissuade anyone from being vaxxed or not vaxxed. I was stating my personal experience. I believe I have made a wise choice for myself. I hope your choice is wise for you too.
As far as plenty of data, I stick to my point the scientific evidence contradicts itself from one study to the next. I have seen plenty of good and bad about the vax or not vax.
I respect your opinion and I hope you can respect mine. For every good "scientific study" there is a counter bad "scientific study". I fortunately am healthy and appear to be doing fine unvaxxed. Will that change?, I pray not. I also pray that you stay healthy vaxxed.
Confirmation bias is real. 👍8 -
I will quietly go back to reading the posts in my arm chair and keep my thoughts and experiences to myself. I have been respectful in my BIAS opinion and you have been mostly respectful.
In the end, I hope all of us have made the best decisions for ourselves. I guess time will tell.
Stay healthy and happy.6 -
fatty2begone wrote: »I will quietly go back to reading the posts in my arm chair and keep my thoughts and experiences to myself. I have been respectful in my BIAS opinion and you have been mostly respectful.
In the end, I hope all of us have made the best decisions for ourselves. I guess time will tell.
Stay healthy and happy.
I think that's probably a good idea. The overwhelming majority of people posting will disagree with you...and as far as the moderation of this thread it has been heavily weighted toward doing-the-right-and-recommended-thing.
There have been hundreds - maybe thousands - of actual scientific reviews of the data from hundreds of millions of vaccinated people - a big chunk of whom would have likely died without the vaccination.
There have been no huge surprises with the current most-used vaccines other than just how well they do work to keep people out of the hospital (the mRNA ones.)12 -
So my time has finally come. Tested positive for Covid last night. Feels like a cold on steroids. The sore throat is the worst part followed by the cough and congestion. Also not sleeping well. Took me until about 3am to sleep for longer then 15-20 minutes at a time. Even that was only 1.5 hours.
Hopefully things won't get worse as I am vaxxed and single boosted. Just frustrated because I had so much to do this weekend and most of it was out of the house. So all of that ends up getting pushed back. I start a new job on the 8th and am moving to a new state by the end of September. I don't have time for this.19 -
It's really spiking here right now. A lot of folks are out of work with it and even tho my county is still at medium level per CDC, I think it's capturing maybe half the data from home tests etc. What's interesting to me is the level of complacency now around so many cases. Last year if we had this many folks out from work we would be freaking out. this year. Not even gonna mandate masks. Personally I am masking and being careful. Hoping for the Omicron variant booster sooner vs later.7
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fatty2begone wrote: »I will quietly go back to reading the posts in my arm chair and keep my thoughts and experiences to myself. I have been respectful in my BIAS opinion and you have been mostly respectful.
In the end, I hope all of us have made the best decisions for ourselves. I guess time will tell.
Stay healthy and happy.
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cmriverside wrote: »fatty2begone wrote: »I will quietly go back to reading the posts in my arm chair and keep my thoughts and experiences to myself. I have been respectful in my BIAS opinion and you have been mostly respectful.
In the end, I hope all of us have made the best decisions for ourselves. I guess time will tell.
Stay healthy and happy.
I think that's probably a good idea. The overwhelming majority of people posting will disagree with you...and as far as the moderation of this thread it has been heavily weighted toward doing-the-right-and-recommended-thing.
There have been hundreds - maybe thousands - of actual scientific reviews of the data from hundreds of millions of vaccinated people - a big chunk of whom would have likely died without the vaccination.
There have been no huge surprises with the current most-used vaccines other than just how well they do work to keep people out of the hospital (the mRNA ones.)
You rock 💯4 -
I hope you recover quickly and fully @Athijade9
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I'll be going back to work today after 5 full days of quarantine (day of positive test and symptoms is day 0 as it is not a full day) and with improvement in symptoms/ no fever in last 24 hrs. I was working remotely anyway, but going back in site.Alatariel75 wrote: »I currently have Covid, kicked off 9 days ago with a throat tickle, graduated to razor throat and cough, body aches, and tiredness. 9 days later and I feel like I've only gotten better to a point. I'm exhausted. I've not left the house, I managed 2 full days of work from home (in PJs, on laptop in living room, non-strenuous work) and I could just go to sleep at any time. I have lost the cough for the most part, and I still have a bit of a stuffy nose but I am just completely, utterly wiped.
I'm also very high risk (immune suppressed, obese etc) and I cannot even begin to imagine where I'd be without the vax (I've had 4, was due for #4 when I got sick). Husband, who has T1 diabetes, asthma and hyper tension - all high risk factors - got off way lighter than me and has fully recovered aside from a little lingering cough.
Interestingly enough, I'm a T1D also and consider myself as high risk because this virus relies upon glycosylation of ACE2 receptors. Those of us with more glucose are going to have a higher viral load penetrate cells (and it gets where it actually does damage). Fortunately, I keep my HbA1C as good as reasonably possible (5.7% last time) - and I take extreme measures to maintain as good of BG as possible. I'm nearly obese (right on the edge with BMI), have a high body fat % (hovers around 28% these days and I'm a man, so it should be half that). When I got it, I was very sick for the first couple days and got better fast. I believe I would have been in the hospital if not for the vaccine. My point is that statistics are one thing and individual experiences are something else entirely. Also, the vaccine helps a lot - both statistically and based on my experience (or I'm at least assuming that is why I wasn't any worse and why I improved so fast).13 -
According to the CDC, I am out of my quarantine period as of yesterday based off of when symptoms started. Which is good because this is my final week at this job so I can't really miss any days. Working from home today, using a personal day tomorrow (use it or lose it for everything but vacation), and then in office Wednesday through Friday. I will be wearing a mask in the office.
Symptoms have greatly improved. Honestly it feels like a really bad winter cold. Stuffy nose, a lot of gunk in my throat, cough... the worst has been the fatigue the last few days. I also lost my sense of smell, but never lost taste. Smell seems to be starting to come back a little as I have been getting whiffs of scents this morning but they don't last long. Had some asthma problems but I get that with any respiratory type illness. Once I had a new inhaler, I was doing a lot better there as well. Never had a fever though.
I am so SO glad it wasn't worse and I do thank having my vaccines and one booster for that.16 -
paperpudding wrote: »cant speak for the NHS - but there in Australia Vitamin D is a regular request in standard base line bloods and any patient could request it if Dr did not add already.
Rest of your post didnt seem connected to Covid or to whether Vitamin D levels have any link to Covid immunity.
I'd bet the US varies in standard-ness, and a surprising (to me) number of people here don't seem to ask for specific blood tests or (among those I've discussed it with) necessarily had it occur to them that they could. My doctor's always added whatever I asked for, though I don't think I've asked for anything radical. (Have asked for D, B12, repeats of liver function . . . . don't remember what-all.)
Where I am, D was an add-on, not basic.
Same here. My doctor suggested taking it in the winter as a precaution since it couldn't hurt. I mostly do. I'm in the sun a reasonable amount in the summer so don't bother then. Might get it checked next blood test.3 -
According to the CDC, I am out of my quarantine period as of yesterday based off of when symptoms started. Which is good because this is my final week at this job so I can't really miss any days. Working from home today, using a personal day tomorrow (use it or lose it for everything but vacation), and then in office Wednesday through Friday. I will be wearing a mask in the office.
Symptoms have greatly improved. Honestly it feels like a really bad winter cold. Stuffy nose, a lot of gunk in my throat, cough... the worst has been the fatigue the last few days. I also lost my sense of smell, but never lost taste. Smell seems to be starting to come back a little as I have been getting whiffs of scents this morning but they don't last long. Had some asthma problems but I get that with any respiratory type illness. Once I had a new inhaler, I was doing a lot better there as well. Never had a fever though.
I am so SO glad it wasn't worse and I do thank having my vaccines and one booster for that.
I'm now 14 days past positive test and I'm still so fatigued, have a wet cough and a runny nose and am useless when it comes to physical effort. I can sleep 12 hours a night, more if I can. My husband is slightly better than me, he still has a cough and also gets very tired very easily. I still feel that I got off lightly, and he did especially, and I'm so glad we got vaccinated because I know people who had it before we could get vaxxed and some of them are still not 100%.11 -
I am tested positive 2 weeks ago. Got back from vacation and it started with a deep cough and sinus issues. No fever or body aches. This is my 2nd bout of Covid. First bout was really rough and took me almost a month to get back up on my feet. This bout felt more like a bad cold. I will say what has been lingering is being lightheaded as well as a little weak. Worried because I go back to school next week-Kinder teacher and I wont have time for naps anymore! I am vaxed, husband is not. We were together for five days straight on vacation and didn't isolate when we got home-he never tested positive. My kids never did as well which amazes me.9
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Just got over my (what seems to be turning into) annual round with the 'vid as well. Reminded me more of the first go-round (early feb'20 - round 2, mar '21 was almost asymptomatic until my sense of smell dissappeared):
Day 1 was just a mild sore throat (negative test) but started to get sinus pain that afternoon (positive test), day 2 was fever and knocked on my butt, day 3 felt like I'd been hit by a bus the day before, and day 4 was am brain fog and fatigue (but I also had 4 hours of hard physical barn work that morning - no sympathy for being sick there lol), that afternoon appetite started to come back and felt better after relaxing. Had barn chores every day in the am for a couple hours, so was able to get that done even if it was miserable.
Since then I've felt great other than a mild sinus infection that is still clearing (supposedly only a side effect from the virus), but energy levels have been great, sense of smell back to what it was, and back to full normal activity.
Definitely different for everyone - know of a lot of complaints of fatigue lingering for many. My 16 year old nephew (in another state) caught it about a day after I did, his symptoms almost mirrored mine just a few hours ahead of me in each stage. My mother (who he lives with) hasn't had anything. My boyfriend hasn't shown any symptoms yet either - I tried to keep my cooties to myself, but we're in the same house, so only so much I could do.10 -
I’m 7 days past my positive test. I was sick 4 days before my positive test and honestly, the worst thing was I felt like my muscles had decided to my bones were too long. So painful. Horrible muscle spasms, sweating, chills, room spinning but…no fever, ever. I’m in early cirrhosis due to an autoimmune liver disease and I am vaxxed and single boosted.
A couple days after my positive test, I still felt “bronchitis-y” & tired. I’m still tired, but I’m functional. I definitely am lacking my previous stamina/ energy but hopefully I will be back to 100% soon.
My cousin had covid a few months ago and she was so very sick. Her hair even fell out. Not all of her hair, but clumps of hair when showering, etc.
My oldest son brought it home from work. My kids all got it but my husband, who slept right beside me, perfectly fine but he had covid in May and I didn’t.14 -
Still feeling the fatigue. Went home early from work yesterday because my body had had enough. Luckily I had JUST enough sick time left to cover the hour and a half. The only other things I am still dealing with are breathing issues (but I am asthmatic and have this problem with every respiratory illness so no shock) and a stuffy nose. Even that stuff has been getting better day by day though I bet I will still be coughing a week from now if not longer because my lungs hate me.13
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@Athijade , I hope you feel better soon. 💐4
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Gosh, wishing speedy recoveries to all of you. Parent update to all who offered kind words: Everyone survived. My mom was in heart failure when she got covid, and it is really hard to distinguish between heart failure shortness of breath/fatigue and covid symptoms. After 5 weeks in heart failure, she is finally scheduled for a pacemaker next week. Her care has been a crazy disjointed nightmare. And she pays $4000/yr for concierge care. "The best money can buy" is pretty *kitten* here.
My stepdad, also in his 80's and in kidney stone distress when he caught covid, recovered from both. He almost feels normal. He was still testing positive on RATs 2 weeks after his positive result. He stopped testing because he didn't want to know. Both he and my mom received monoclonal antibody infusions around day 4. My stepdad felt somewhat better after 24 hours. My mom, it's hard to tell.
My stepbrother got his first negative RAT 15 days after testing positive. My stepsister, who was sick when she arrived and we *think* may have been our Patient 0, never tested positive.12 -
I'm 4 weeks out from positive test, and basically symptom free but this morning my train was terminating one stop short from my stop and so I walked the extra. I do this reasonably frequently, though not in the last month and it killed me. Not only was I physically tired by the time I got there, I was SO sleepy. Also my legs felt weak by about half way and I honestly could have just sat and not moved. It was an awful feeling.16
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Sinus infection took a full 10 days to clear up, but feeling great the past week and a half or so. Sense of smell still seems slightly improved from pre-this year's round, still not sure why that would be, but I'll take it. Energy levels have been fantastic - sleeping good now too.
Honestly other than the sinus infection, it was pretty much like a typical flu - couple days of feeling like poo, couple days recovering, then GTG.7
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