Coronavirus prep
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HoneyBadger302 wrote: »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.
I had a weird smell thing with sinuses too! My smell came back probably about 60% after COVID. But last week I had a really bad sinus headache for a couple of days and I could smell EVERYTHING! But then my head cleared up and I’m back to not smelling much. So bizarre…
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Those who have had covid recently, how long did it last? My state just published the weekly numbers with 1400 new cases but only 1100 active cases.0
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800 new and 6 deaths. Hospital is full of tourists and longevity of their symptoms differs. I told my relatives about @Cogypsy's sense of smell clearing up with a sinus infection. Somebody needs to science that. There may be a cure in there somewhere. We have longhaulers who've lost their taste and smell, hearing, too.
This thing lingers on like mono for many people. They're tired and worn out for weeks. I remember mono and many people had a case of strep throat with it. I armchaired sinus infections.
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/a/acute-bacterial-rhinosinusitis-1.html
This thing seems like a combo of many things. I'd like to see someone take it apart, piece by piece and obliterate it - off the face of the earth.2 -
Hiawassee88 wrote: »800 new and 6 deaths. Hospital is full of tourists and longevity of their symptoms differs. I told my relatives about @Cogypsy's sense of smell clearing up with a sinus infection. Somebody needs to science that. There may be a cure in there somewhere. We have longhaulers who've lost their taste and smell, hearing, too.
This thing lingers on like mono for many people. They're tired and worn out for weeks. I remember mono and many people had a case of strep throat with it. I armchaired sinus infections.
https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/a/acute-bacterial-rhinosinusitis-1.html
This thing seems like a combo of many things. I'd like to see someone take it apart, piece by piece and obliterate it - off the face of the earth.
Just don't get anybody's hopes up! My smell is back to about 60% of what it was before I got sick. It makes me almost want a sinus infection!
I got COVID at the end of October last year, lost taste and smell both. I was home sick for about 5 weeks and I'd say it was around May before I didn't need to take a whole day during the weekend just to sleep and rest. Vertigo, brain fog, and body aches lasted about that long too. However, I had the delta variant and I understand that symptoms aren't as severe or long lasting with the omicrons. I can't imagine how bad it would have been without my vaccines.
Anecdotally, I've been experimenting with a variety of supplements that seem to have helped. I've wanted so badly to feel like myself again that I was willing to try just about anything I came across. I'm feeling normal enough now that I'm going to start looking at which ones are worth continuing and which I can back off of.
Hope everyone is well again soon--this thing ain't no joke!10 -
@COGypsy A little hair of the dog that bit you...to cure you. We're still intrigued by it.0
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I had my first booster almost a year ago and have been waiting for the updated boosters before getting the second. They are out and my CVS has them. (I did have to get into the scheduling process before I was able to confirm this.) I'm going tomorrow.
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Make your appointment today for the updated COVID-19 bivalent booster, ages 12 and up.5 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I had my first booster almost a year ago and have been waiting for the updated boosters before getting the second. They are out and my CVS has them. (I did have to get into the scheduling process before I was able to confirm this.) I'm going tomorrow.
Please select your vaccine(s)
Make your appointment today for the updated COVID-19 bivalent booster, ages 12 and up.
I noticed it just received Health Canada approval and supplies will be rolling out over the next few days, which means a few weeks before it hits my neck of the woods. That's kind of what I've been holding out on my second booster for. Although now that I have Covid, it looks like my provincial guidelines say to wait three months before getting the booster anyway.4 -
I am as far from an anti-vaxxer as you can get...I was literally snuck in through a back door to get the initial vaccines before I was eligible. I have received one booster, and am not old enough to be eligible for the second.
But, I think I'm going to wait a bit on the new boosters, even though everyone over 12 is eligible to get one. I don't doubt their safety...I'm sure they are perfectly safe. I just want to see what their efficacy numbers look like in human trials. So far, we just have animal trials. It's possible this one will also only provide temporary protection.
My immune response from the last booster wasn't fun...high fever, chills, exhaustion. So, I'm just going to hang back a bit on this one. We usually get flu shots at work sometime in the fall. If they offer the new Covid booster at the same time, I'll probably get it. I'm just not going to run out and make it a priority right now.4 -
Such an interesting discussion. Thanks to everyone for their perspective.
I got my 4th shot of the same old formulation today. I have an international trip in 2 weeks, and today optimizes the short term antibody aspect. I have been waiting on my 4th shot hoping the new bivalent would be available in time. It’s close. Local news reported first doses would be arriving in town this weekend but no info on where or if any risk groups would have priority. Similar to @SuzySunshine99 , I decided to opt out of the initial wave of the new formulation.2 -
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Yay, I finally got it!
2.5 years of staying away from people, wearing masks, using proper-fitting masks, not doing some nice things. And then a drunken guy runs into me, pulls me down, starts to fight, then needs first aid, then pulls my hastily put on mask some more. The other people who was with me also tested positive yesterday 18 -
I'm deeply sorry for the whole incident. I hope you all reported the incident, and the drunken guy was apprehended by your appropriate authorities. I dearly hope none of you will be laid low by this thing.
I only half caught an item on our UK news this lunch time, our government seems to be saying, covid is over? If that's the true situation, why did my gd go down with it last week! Thankfully she is fine now and none of the family have come out with it as yet, thankfully. Will be retesting in a couple of days.3 -
Yay, I finally got it! 2.5 years of staying away from people, wearing masks, using proper-fitting masks, not doing some nice things. And then a drunken guy runs into me, pulls me down, starts to fight, then needs first aid, then pulls my hastily put on mask some more. The other people who was with me also tested positive yesterday I'm deeply sorry for the whole incident. I hope you all reported the incident, and the drunken guy was apprehended by your appropriate authorities. I dearly hope none of you will be laid low by this thing.
I only half caught an item on our UK news this lunch time, our government seems to be saying, covid is over? If that's the true situation, why did my gd go down with it last week! Thankfully she is fine now and none of the family have come out with it as yet, thankfully. Will be retesting in a couple of days.
Thanks a lot Fuzzipeg. We reported it to the police but guy ran off and vanished. So that doesn't really help. Fortunately there's good sicktime rules here. If you're sick you're sick, and you get full pay from day one. Thats at least something, right?10 -
Yay, I finally got it! 2.5 years of staying away from people, wearing masks, using proper-fitting masks, not doing some nice things. And then a drunken guy runs into me, pulls me down, starts to fight, then needs first aid, then pulls my hastily put on mask some more. The other people who was with me also tested positive yesterday
Jeez. That stinks. I'm sorry, yirara! I hope you have no/mild symptoms, recover fully and quickly.5 -
Not sure I totally agree that the pandemic is over but I guess if we close our eyes and do not report any #s we can pretend? I listen weekly at work to the case load and it blows my mind how pollyanna HR is when the cases tripled last week from the week before. I must just be one of "those" I guess.
Hey on a different subject, has anyone gotten the Moderna updated vax yet? The only one I see available is Pfizer here in Tx just yet. Wondering what the delays are.1 -
I went over to Publix yesterday, they had not received shipment yet. Maybe in a few days. Tennessee here@SummerSkier wrote: »Not sure I totally agree that the pandemic is over but I guess if we close our eyes and do not report any #s we can pretend? I listen weekly at work to the case load and it blows my mind how pollyanna HR is when the cases tripled last week from the week before. I must just be one of "those" I guess.
Hey on a different subject, has anyone gotten the Moderna updated vax yet? The only one I see available is Pfizer here in Tx just yet. Wondering what the delays are.
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I will have to fight for the updated vax, because covid is pretty much over here and only people above 60 are at risk and will get it easily. Apparently. Though I think it's not available yet. Heard from a colleague who lives in a less posh part of town that vaccinations are freely available there because many people don't understand the local language well, or otherwise don't get vaxxed. So they set up a permanent location. I'll probably drive over once the new vaccinations are available5
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SummerSkier wrote: »Hey on a different subject, has anyone gotten the Moderna updated vax yet? The only one I see available is Pfizer here in Tx just yet. Wondering what the delays are.
The Moderna bivalent has been available here (Ontario, Canada) for the past couple of weeks or so. The first two weeks were reserved for the 70+ crowd, I think the rest of us can start getting ours on Monday.
Except moi. Since I just had Covid I have to wait three months to get a booster.3 -
I will have to fight for the updated vax, because covid is pretty much over here and only people above 60 are at risk and will get it easily. Apparently. Though I think it's not available yet. Heard from a colleague who lives in a less posh part of town that vaccinations are freely available there because many people don't understand the local language well, or otherwise don't get vaxxed. So they set up a permanent location. I'll probably drive over once the new vaccinations are available
Aren't you supposed to wait after being infected, for about the same amount of time as you'd wait after a previous vax? That's what they seem to be saying here.
Since you tested positive, are you able to get antivirals of some type? (That does seem to be mostly a 60+/at-risk thing for availability here).1 -
SummerSkier wrote: »Not sure I totally agree that the pandemic is over but I guess if we close our eyes and do not report any #s we can pretend? I listen weekly at work to the case load and it blows my mind how pollyanna HR is when the cases tripled last week from the week before. I must just be one of "those" I guess.
Hey on a different subject, has anyone gotten the Moderna updated vax yet? The only one I see available is Pfizer here in Tx just yet. Wondering what the delays are.
Funny, all I saw here in Massachusetts when I scheduled my booster Sept 2 was Moderna. My previous shots were Pfizer but I went with Moderna this time.1 -
So I had the 'rona in late July, knocked me out for about 10 days and took most of August to start feeling "normal". Then around 2 weeks ago, I started feeling like I had it again, exactly the same symptoms. Kept testing negative, for 'rona and everything else, but it was all back - the cough, the exhaustion, the razor throat, the huge dizziness on coughing (which I've not had before 'rona), the headaches and fatigue. I still haven't kicked it, I can function but I'm definitely not well again. It's so frustrating. I don't know if it's some other virus or long Covid or what.12
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I will have to fight for the updated vax, because covid is pretty much over here and only people above 60 are at risk and will get it easily. Apparently. Though I think it's not available yet. Heard from a colleague who lives in a less posh part of town that vaccinations are freely available there because many people don't understand the local language well, or otherwise don't get vaxxed. So they set up a permanent location. I'll probably drive over once the new vaccinations are available
Aren't you supposed to wait after being infected, for about the same amount of time as you'd wait after a previous vax? That's what they seem to be saying here.
Since you tested positive, are you able to get antivirals of some type? (That does seem to be mostly a 60+/at-risk thing for availability here).
Nobody offered me antivirals, and based on what I read it's too late now anyway. I'm not feeling too bad. Just a massive cold to be honest. I'm sure I'll be getting better quickly.5 -
kshama2001 wrote: »SummerSkier wrote: »Not sure I totally agree that the pandemic is over but I guess if we close our eyes and do not report any #s we can pretend? I listen weekly at work to the case load and it blows my mind how pollyanna HR is when the cases tripled last week from the week before. I must just be one of "those" I guess.
Hey on a different subject, has anyone gotten the Moderna updated vax yet? The only one I see available is Pfizer here in Tx just yet. Wondering what the delays are.
Funny, all I saw here in Massachusetts when I scheduled my booster Sept 2 was Moderna. My previous shots were Pfizer but I went with Moderna this time.
Yes, Moderna has been around for ages.
What posters are talking about is the new bivalent version of Moderna - ie better coverage of both main strains.
If you get Covid here in Australia you are advised to wait 3 months before getting another Covid vaccine - same gap as between doses of vaccines.
Anti virals are helpful if taken early - but are only available here for over 70's, and younger people with medical risk.
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paperpudding wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »SummerSkier wrote: »Not sure I totally agree that the pandemic is over but I guess if we close our eyes and do not report any #s we can pretend? I listen weekly at work to the case load and it blows my mind how pollyanna HR is when the cases tripled last week from the week before. I must just be one of "those" I guess.
Hey on a different subject, has anyone gotten the Moderna updated vax yet? The only one I see available is Pfizer here in Tx just yet. Wondering what the delays are.
Funny, all I saw here in Massachusetts when I scheduled my booster Sept 2 was Moderna. My previous shots were Pfizer but I went with Moderna this time.
Yes, Moderna has been around for ages.
What posters are talking about is the new bivalent version of Moderna - ie better coverage of both main strains.
If you get Covid here in Australia you are advised to wait 3 months before getting another Covid vaccine - same gap as between doses of vaccines.
Anti virals are helpful if taken early - but are only available here for over 70's, and younger people with medical risk.
Yes, sorry I wasn't clear - I was referring to new Moderna, which is the shot I got earlier this month. CVS rolled it out almost immediately after the announcement that it was approved.1 -
So today I feel much better than yesterday. I still sneeze like crazy and need a lot of nose spray, but so far no more fever, no more freezing or sweating. Seems to be very mild for me (I hope).8
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Let's hope you are well on the mend.1
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Any advice on getting sense of taste to return? How long before it came back for you?3
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Thought you might find this interesting. The stress reading of my Garmin watch. First plot today, lower one yesterday. Basically everything in orange (high stress) are the moments were I felt not so well. Very interesting
Looks like I'm getting better. At least my piece of tech seems to think so 
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claireychn074 wrote: »Any advice on getting sense of taste to return? How long before it came back for you?
How long has it been? It took a couple of months for me to get any significant taste back. Now I have probably 85-90% of taste, but I'd say more like 65-70% of smell. What I did with smell was "smell training" where I made a point of sniffing things like essential oils and other smelly things, like my jar of minced garlic, repeatedly throughout the day. Maybe something like that would help with taste. Start with some very strong flavor (maybe like black licorice candies) and if you have any kind of taste response, keep eating it in gradually smaller amounts and then try another flavor. For smell, I started sniffing very close to my nose and gradually moved it away. I feel like it helped some. Still can't smell things like candles, or rainy days, but I don't burn things quite as often.6
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