The last time I had it, a month ago I think, it wasn’t bad at all. I’ve had worse colds. I felt extra tired for a day or two and got a little more easily winded, but it wasn't bad at all.
This is my first dance with covid and I’ve been feeling like a pile of garbage since Tuesday despite being max vaxxed. I am about 5 months out from my most recent vaccine though. I’ve had fevers/chills, super sore throat, cough/congestion, body aches, fatigue, the works. I’m feeling better today but I’m still definitely not well.
Ok, good to know. I just know it was not nice, I actually had covid after that and it was a way easier time.
Could've fooled me. Took the fam to a Waterpark around that time, overnight plus buffet breakfast. And the next weekend every single one of us was puking and shitting. Now the reason I suspect it was something COVIDish is because of the little Asian kid I spotted coughing over the scrambled eggs. Sue me.
There's definitely "crud" circulating this time of year. The office admin has a roommate with school aged kids who got her sick, I think maybe my kid caught something on the plane. Hubs got sick after kiddo got well but his symptoms were not like our kid's. I feel like I'm getting sick with something now. We have all had our COVID and flu shots within the last couple months.
Resurrecting this one since I've just had 4 hellish days. Friday late afternoon I had a couple of little "zoolander" coughs, but was exhausted since I was up late, and it was a super stressful day at work. I left the company dinner early because I was crashing. Got home, fed the cats, fell asleep. Woke up at 3am covered in sweat, joints swollen and painful, head absolutely swimming, and a 38 degree fever. I spent the weekend medicating (I had some leftover tramadol from an injury which has been a lifesaver), and sleeping with zero energy. I also haven't been able to eat solid food (I did manage to get half a ham and cheese wrap down today), and the smell of food makes me want to throw up. Even my teeth hurt. Twice a day I had to walk over to a friend's place because I'm feeding their cat while they're away, so juicy Japan summer air and a mask. Haven't yet made the trip without having to sleep on the couch there and it's only a 7 minute walk. This morning I cut my own hair (looks like I got in to a fight with a weedwhacker) because every follicle felt like it was on fire. I guess they were getting irritated because it was longer, heavy, and I kept having to brush it out of my face. I also had some very loud tinnitius for about 2 hours today. Was maddening. Corona can still hit pretty effing hard...
Damn dude. That's no bueno. I've had a slight sneeze/sniffle for the last few days but haven't had to go anywhere so didn't test. If it is the 'vid, it'd be the 3rd time and I was just vaxxed (again) in June. Is everyone still testing at the slightest indication of illness or just treating it like the standard flu/cold?
I dodged COVID for 4 years and managed to pick it up several weeks ago. It wasn't too bad as far as illnesses go - it did crash down on me very rapidly, though. I woke up with a very slightly irritated throat which I put down to allergies, and then when I was out walking the dog after lunch, I suddenly felt like I might puke and/or pass out. Got home, couldn't regulate my body temperature, fell asleep on the couch for a while, but other than that it was just moderate flu symptoms for 2 days and then nothing else. Tested on the first day that I got symptoms, the test lit up like a Christmas tree. Masked and isolated to the best of my ability and my partner never picked it up from me. We're still testing in this house. Long COVID is still a thing, there are still some oddities associated with the heart and respiratory system that aren't fully understood yet, and regardless it's still more deadly than the flu so I'd rather know I have it and not spread it to anyone else. Testing is easy enough. I understand why the CDC reduced their guidelines for isolation but you can be contagious for a lot longer than the guidelines suggest. I was still testing positive on the rapid tests after just seconds - i.e. still had a high viral load - on day 8 after symptoms.
I have no idea why the Reddit app started pushing the/zerocovid subreddit on me as I’d never visited anything related to COVID on the site. I’m quite the opposite of most of those folks but they have mentioned that there are bromide nasal rinses that helps reduce viral load. Also interesting that a possible nasal vaccine could really knock down the virus.
I would have to wonder if some kind of nasal rinse is just washing the virus out of the test site rather than actually reducing the load in your body (and therefore it's not affecting how contagious you are, just how much virus ends up on the test swab). A quick search says that the papers on this topic are basically, "eh, we're not sure how much this helps but it doesn't hurt and the users get symptom relief so go ahead."
As I am to understand it since it’s an upper respiratory virus it is concentrated in these areas. Helps clear the area at a minimum so you are less likely to spread it.
Man, that all sucks, I'm glad you guys are being more cautious than we are here too. I have an update, I've managed to eat some cereal, but I've got frothy bubbles coming up from my throat when I lie down and cough, so looks like fluid in the lungs!
None, she just gets a mildly sore throat then tests pozzed. I've also had it 4 times, only had it really bad when I had it last year. No long-term issues on my end either. Strange stuff.
I’ve had it 4 times and maybe due a 5th as I was locked in a small office with our service writer this morning. Who came to work with a “cold” but then said she knew it was Covid because her whole house has it. I asked her to leave and take a test. Guaranteed she won’t and she’ll try and come to work tomorrow because she has zero sick days left. People suck. EDIT : No long term effects here either, I always get massive headaches and chills/fever.
just to add one more perspective to the chorus: had 3 years of long covid the first time. It was straight up nightmare fuel that I don't wish on anybody. Since then I've gotten it 2 more times that I know of, each time I've felt like shit for a few days with brain fog (I feel like I'm high, but in a bad way), horrible body aches and fever. However, any residual LC issues have improved after each time, as well as each time I've gotten the booster. Covid still fucks me up, but it isn't the end of the world and is over and done with so quick that it's basically an excuse to catch up on tv and binge food and na beer for a few days. Those fighting long covid though.... holy shit. They have my deepest sympathies. In every single way, it was worse than brain tumor recovery.