I’m sick 
. Achy joints, chills, and a cough so deep it makes me dizzy. Also, everything tastes like paper. I’m feeling very sorry for myself. If anyone can recommend any funny audiobooks I’d be forever in your debt.
The Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchet. While you are this bad, try the Tiffany Aching books.
I first tested positive Monday, started paxlovid Monday, felt better by Wednesday afternoon, tested negative Thursday, went back to work Monday, but tonight (Tuesday) felt sick and tested negative again. Wtf? Luckily, I worked isolated all yesterday and much of today - only had meaningful contact with one person today, with a HEPA air filtration machine between us.
Sorry…. You mean tested positive again?
All in, including the onset, the negative day in the middle, and the rebound, I ran 15 days until I had sequential negative tests. What a pain in the ass that was for everybody.
Glad to hear you’ve recovered.
Thank you!
I have never had COVID. Until a month ago I hadn’t even been ill since this started. But I had an overseas trip to Asia and came down with a cold a few days after returning. But tested negative for COVID and it cleared up in about 5 days.
In the beginning I was extremely careful about avoiding public places, and masking at all times (I work with pathogens so I had access to N95’s through work even though they were very hard to find publicly). I had access to COVID tests and tested myself weekly for a very long time, and actually performed PCR tests in my own lab.
When the vaccines became available, based on the published efficacy reports, I got vaccinated every 4 months or so. I’ve been vaccinated 12 times at this point. Latest one was the new booster formulation.
Looking at how long COVID is shaping up, as a scientist I am very intrigued at how the health landscape is going to look 10, 20, 30 years down the road. As a human being i’m horrified.
I do not intend to be part of that statistic.
How did you manage that?
Also, how much do you react to the vaccine? The first couple i just had a sore arm, but the last couple it’s knocked me out for a day, with achiness and fatigue.
Out where I live they’re swimming in vaccine that the hillbillies don’t want, and they weren’t really keeping records of who got it or didn’t.
First vaccine - no reaction
Second vaccine - bad reaction but I doubled it it up with the flu vaccine
All the rest - no reaction
Oops, yes.
Round 2 over here too…
This time the doctor gave me Paxlovid. Before the test, I got the sneezes and coughs, but not much of a body pain. Still not allowed to go back to work, good thing I can do some remote tasks.
Returned from the Caribbean late Saturday/early Sunday. On Tuesday I woke up with a slight runny nose and sneezing. On Wednesday my throat was just a bit scratchy.
This morning out of an abundance of caution (and because I always order free tests when they’re available) I ran a test. It was a strong positive, my first.
Vaccination works. I’ve had colds that made me feel worse than this. Last night before bed I did 5 miles on our treadmill without problem.
When my gf saw I was running a test she gave me some shit for wasting a test, that’s how mild my symptoms are so far.
Wash your hands alot. And use a bunch of Lysol. A whole bunch. The crap seems to hang around forever.
Sorry you’re ill.
Hope your symptoms stay mild.
Oh, and I heard gastrointestinal issues are terrible with this new strain.
No GI issues. When the test showed positive 5 minutes in, I was shocked. I’ve been sleeping in our guest bedroom since my first sneeze (it’s what we do) and will continue to until I test negative.
Should have masked on the damn plane.
I just bought 50 from a German company that sells tests cheap. (Shipping is expensive, though )
Yet another example of health-related stuff that’s overpriced in the US.
Get well soon.
Thank you. I feel better today (day 3) than yesterday.
Let’s hold off on the memorial thread for now.
The immune system is a strange and wonderful thing. I had mild cold symptoms for a few days. I’m great now and tested negative.
Meanwhile, my gf who is in much better physical condition than I, eats a healthier diet, gets more exercise, is at her ideal weight, etc. was sicker than I was.
We had all the vaccines that were recommended as they became available. She was sick and in bed for two days. She had a 102 fever (I never bothered checking mine). On her third day she felt much better but was still sicker than I ever was.
My husband and I had it at the same time. He’s five years older than me (73), and in worse physical shape than I am. He had it lightly; said it never felt worse than a modest cold. I had it much worse. I had a fever of 102, and it felt like a rather bad flu to me. I rebounded, too, and the second bout was almost as bad as the first. So I had it for two weeks total, and he was pretty much fine after four days.
I, too, caught COVID (my second bout) while returning from the Caribbean, 11 days ago. (As you said, “should have masked on the damn plane”. I even thought about it, then forgot.) My symptoms appeared two days later – stronger and longer-lasting than yours, though somewhat milder and a tad shorter-lasting than my first bout in summer 2022.*
There has been a real uptick in my Wisconsin town. My wife is a substitute elementary school teacher, and she’s worked almost every weekday, and they still are short of teachers (mainly due to COVID).
*Unless I rebound…please no!