That’s what I thought, too. Then I must have gotten it at Target. That’s literally the only place I went last week. That seems nearly impossible! This thing is crazy!
That does seem to be the most likely vector. I had long since resigned myself to getting it eventually, and just hoped that the vax would keep it at bay. Mine was rough for a few hours, and yesterday I was back out working a 15-hour wedding event (masked) and felt completely at 100%. Day flew by, and I felt sharp. Yay to vaccines.
Day 5: I had my 2nd blood test. The doctor started me on blood thinners. Clotting is a potential Covid complication. The blood tests let them predict it.
I feel fine. Still can smell and taste.
Once in awhile I feel tingling and slight burning in my nose.
Yea, for vaccines. I could be much worse.
Hubs came down with cellulitis on day 6. I don’t think it was directly caused by the COVID, I think it was a side effect of having a covid weakened immune system.
Due to other medical conditions, he has very fragile, paper thin skin which always has holes or breaks. It’s not surprising that he came down with cellulitis but the timing is rather suspect.
Hubs spent a day being so salt sensitive that the ham I mixed into an unsalted quiche made everything too salty. The leftovers were fine the next day, but he couldn’t eat them with his usual topping of chunky salsa because it was too spicy. Everything was back to normal by day 6.
Deep vein clots (DVT) can go to the lungs and kill quickly. Very Scary.
I’m on Lovenox, a form of heparin. The doc saw something in the blood test that indicated I was at risk from covid clotting.
Otherwise I feel fine. Thankful for the vaccine and boosters. I’m scheduled to come out of isolation in time for the 4th holiday.
Question for the group: My MIL came down with COVID last week and ended up in the hospital. She was on Paxlovid, the pills to treat a case of COVID, but after a few doses she was not getting better so my wife took her in. She started a regimen of Remdesivir a few days ago, which seems to be helping. At least that raspy cough and voice are sounding better. Anyway, last night she appears to have had a psychotic episode at the hospital - talking about things that were not there, or did not happen, and extreme paranoia - very unlike the gentle elderly lady I know. They gave her a sedative and she was able to go back to sleep, but not after my wife had to go in there at 2am to calm her down and get her to cooperate with the staff. It seems like she was sleepwalking, or in a dream state. The whole thing was quite alarming, and she was WAY out of her normal character. Is there any link to the virus or any treatments that would lead to this sort of psychosis?
Did she have any prior dementia? That’s the sort of thing that’s common with slightly demented people stuck in hospitals.
Even if she didn’t, the virus can damage the brain. My uncle died of covid in the first wave, when it was attacking NY and north Jersey. His first symptom was actually sudden-onset severe dementia. They only tested him for covid because they were mostly testing people in the emergency department who had weird symptoms. He didn’t develop the cough and other typical “covid” symptoms until a couple days later.
The “brain fog” people complain about is just a euphemism for brain damage, though. It’s a pretty common complication.
Sorry to be so depressing. And best wishes to you and your MIL.
This really sounds like ICU Psychosis. This happened a few times to my mother when she had been hospitalized for more than a few days. Once I was called to the hospital because she had taken off her clothes, was trying to jump through the window and was screaming at the staff. This from a woman who couldn’t get out of bed without help. It was nuts. I explained that she wasn’t really like this and she yelled “yeah, I’m just a little old church lady!”. She accused the staff of stealing from her and told me I wanted to lock her up because I wanted her house. After I talked her into accepting a sedative she calmed down. But the paranoia continued for a few days. This was the second time we’d dealt with this so I knew what was going on. And let the staff know this had happened before so they could keep a closer eye on her, especially her oxygen levels. But it was still scary. Your wife might want to talk to the doctor to see if they think this is what happened. I hope your mother-in-law gets better soon.
Thank you for sharing that! Indeed, that sounds like what occurred. She thought the hospital staff were trying to kill her, in addition to babbling gibberish in a 5 minute voice mail she left on my wife’s phone as she was driving to the hospital. I hope that is what it was and not related to the medication or the virus itself. She is expected to be discharged tomorrow, so we’ll see. Thanks again!
Yeah, that’s a good call-out. She did seem to be getting a bit slower of the brain prior to all this, but was also caring for my FIL for the last year as he descended into the dementia pit, and we just recently moved him into a care facility. So she had been living in a high-stress situation for a while, then relief, realization about living alone for the first time, and now this illness. Ugh! That would be hard for a younger person as well. Thanks for sharing your story here.
Hospitals are highly disorienting, and it’s pretty common for people, especially older people with mild dementia, to have psychotic incidents when they are hospitalized, and not just in the ICU. (Although the ICU is worse.) They generally do better when they get home. My mom had a similar incident, and her doctor suggested i bring her photos of family. That (and my being there) helped.
For those who’ve had Omicron, how many days before your symptoms peaked? I began having mild symptoms and tested positive yesterday. If it doesn’t get worse I’ll consider myself fortunate. Just wondering about how long it’ll be before I can conclude that it probably won’t get worse.
Started with a sore throat Tuesday night last week, felt bad Wed and Thur, mostly better by Friday. Back working (from home) on Monday.
That’s good to hear!
In my case I tested positive on a Sunday evening when I just did not feel right. On Monday mild symptoms started to kick-in, and felt them Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday symptoms lessened and Friday was left with a bit of a cough. Weekend was generally feeling okay. So, I would say if you are not feeling any worse by the 2nd or 3rd day of symptoms, you probably won’t get any worse.
Update on my MIL from the above discussion: After being discharged in a drama-filled episode, my wife got her back home and stayed with her overnight. MIL slept for 16 hours straight. I brought coffee the next morning and my wife and I were sitting on the front porch when MIL emerged. She looked and sounded pretty normal, and asked me how I was doing. I said it was good to see her up and about. Then they went back inside to get her some food and drink. Since then she seems to have rebounded, and does not want to talk much about what happened, probably out of embarrassment. I think it is good she knows what went on and acknowledges she was way out of character. After she completed quarantine, she was able to go visit my FIL at his care facility. Anyway, what @puzzlegal said about getting her home seems to have been accurate.
For me, onset of symptoms to peak was same day. Upset tummy in morning—can barely stand at 2 pm. Mostly fine the next day.
Felt a little off one day. Really sick the next two. Three weeks of easily getting tired and an occasional cough. Now, (one month in) only sometimes getting too tired.
Glad to hear about your MIL!
And thanks everyone for sharing your personal experiences; they’re very reassuring. I’m on day 3 now and still just feeling like I have a regular cold. My husband tested positive last night but is hanging in there.
My daughter started to feel funny Sunday night. Tested positive Monday with a very slight fever (99 -100) Monday night. She currently has congestion and scratchy throat but no fever since. I started feeling funny Monday morning with a sore throat. Tested positive Tuesday (yesterday) morning with a scratchy throat and funny voice. This morning woke up sneezing and runny nose after my caffeine fix but that seems to have moved on. Husband tested positive yesterday but has not had any symptoms at all.
Vaccination status:
Husband 2nd booster two weeks ago: No symptoms
Me 2nd booster two months ago: few symptoms which may be resolving after two days.
Daughter first booster only in December: More pronounced symptoms for three days so far but still very mild
heh, I managed to catch it right before everything was locked down and it was the second coming of the plague…I didn’t go in until the 2nd week I had it… so I had that and pneumonia …due to heart problems I cant get a vax …
Had a mild sore throat for much of what I’ll call Day 1. It was light enough I worked a normal day for me. Which can be pretty intense. Day 2 the sore throat continued mildly until around noon when I suddenly felt ill: feverish, sinuses filling w glop, mild headache, some productive coughing. But never more than mildly weird, nothing debilitating. Fatigued, but fully self-sufficient for prepping food, etc. That peaked within a couple hours and remained constant until bedtime on Day 3, so about 36 hours total. By wake-up on Day 4 I was improving, and by day 5 I felt 100% normal but a bit lazy. I had not had a fever since noonish on Day 4.
Spent all 10 days isolated at home since I tested positive on Day 2 and again on day 6. But the last 5 days were entirely for others’ benefit, not mine. Could’ve been out and about at full power.