^^^^good one.

Yep, get rest, plenty of fluids, the routine...and kick the virus in the ass!

The fever broke last night and is running at my normal 97.7. Still a very mild head congestion but nothing significant in my chest. The cough is 99.9% gone and still no body aches to speak of. The slight mental fog is still there which I liken the same feeling as a head cold.

Again, I understand I've been one of the covid fortunates so far. The only reason I started this thread is to give you guys a day by day report of my experience. IMO, masks are a personal choice, but I always opt wear one when around others because I'm not a rocket surgeon and have no idea what works and what doesn't. It's a courteous thing to do plus I can pretend to be a bandit...

Today looks like a good day to mow the yard/leaves and start a new knife project. This one will be really different!

Great to hear. Thanks for the updates

methinks that you don't understand the mask psychosis ... er, I mean mask story. It goes like this: I wear a mask to protect YOU. This has been the narrative for months. - this idea being that others wear masks so as to not spittle in someone else's eye.

Of course the reality is that this virus spreads even in OCD masked populations.

Seems that the only guard we've had against this virus is our long-evolving immune systems.

I'm still shaking my head in disbelief... porsche930dud's attempt to mask-shame a fellow Pelican for getting the China virus. ..

This virus is tiny. It aerosolizes. It lives for days, if not weeks, on surfaces. No matter how much you visualize your leaky mask saving you, it won't.

porsche930dud, you should thank expat for self quarantining. You should thank him for giving us updates. Keep your insufficient OCD mask psychosis to yourself.

I’m finding reading the OPs report of his situation helpful, you jumping in with your comments , not !

Dr. Island disagrees with Dr. Fauci, I see.

Thanks, Expat, for the reports. Very glad your experience was merciful. Love the knives!

Fauci is a biased clown and a political pawn.
Bought and paid for.

:rolleyes:

Not so lucky on round 2.
https://theknow.**********.com/2020/11/13/john-elliott-death-covid19-streets-denver/248786/

Nice link.

BTW, John Elliott was suffering from pancreatic cancer, more often than not a terminal illness.
But, ACCORDING TO HIS FRIENDS, it was the wuhan flu and NOT the terminal illness that killed him. :rolleyes:

and how would you assess your contribution to this thread?

Take your time. Think about what you feel makes comments worthless.

Day 5 evening update - Fever went up to 99.2 once early afternoon but dropped back into mid 98's a short time later. It's been stable since. Head congestion is slightly worse but nothing to report with lungs of chest. I took a nasal decongestant and that helped.

Got the yard mowed, trimmed and blown this morning with no issues. My energy level may be slightly lower than normal but certainly not enough to get in front of the physical activities I want to do.

Tomorrow is either clean garage, patch/paint prep walls inside house or dig out/chop out a stump in back yard. I love a really sharp axe!

Are you checking your pulse ox?

No - don't have the equipment.

edit - they're $20 on Amazon. ordered. Thanks

Beg borrow or steal a simple little pulse oximeter. One of the most important things you can watch really.

If it turns out they are out of them- as they were for quite a while- let me know and I can overnight one.

Thank you - they seem to have a good stock. It's supposed to ship overnight and be here early morning. Thanks for the suggestion and massive thank you for the offer.

When you take your readings, leave it on your finger for a minute or two to get the most accurate one. The initial one always seems to be high on me then settles down to reality.
They told me to start being concerned when you get below 90.
You'll get through it.

O2 level @ 96% 7:00 AM day 6 per new pulse ox reader. Temperature is normal with no new or change in symptoms.

Glad you seem to be doing well. Weird the way it seems to affect people so differently even when age and health records are the same. Good that you are keeping busy but be careful not to over exert yourself the body needs rest to recover. On a side note my trusty cocobolo nightstick was always my favorite tool to carry when on my foot post. You gave me a great idea on re purposing it.

Fantastic news, expat.

And now you have immunity, and won't need to make any decisions about getting the Trump Warp-speed vaccine.

@below 90..
someone had better be on the phone..
the other will feel like a fish out of water..

Rika

Just keeping fingers crossed the trend continues! thx

Day 6 evening update - temp up and down. Max was 99.5 but generally hanging in mid 98's. I may have overdone physical work today - was up and down a ladder for a couple hours and worked up a good sweat. I'll go slower tomorrow. O2 Sat level 95 - 99% range.

Other symptoms about the same except... sense of smell and taste. I thought i noticed yesterday that some things were bland tasting but it didn't register. Most of my meals are from the meal prep biz I used to develop recipes for. The one I ate tonight was one of the last recipes I did so I'm very familiar with the flavors and it was really bland. I love food and trying new healthy things so I hope this dissipates quickly!

Thanks
 

Thankyou for detailing your symptoms & observations.

I am finding this very informative.

Hope you get over it soon :)

Becareful with the inexpensive oximeters (ie made in China), they can read incorrectly. ... The problem with CV19 is that it likes to keep coming back at you. People will start to feel good one day, then hit the wall the next, then feel good again. Symptoms cycle. "Normally", the second week is the rough one for people having a difficult time. Week three the virus burns out. But again, everyone is different ...


Lee

As much as you might be anxious to get things done around the house, you need to really rest and let your body fight the virus. I've had colds and other coronaviruses that hung on like crazy...kept coming back for weeks...but they were not as potentially dangerous as this one.

My sister had it earlier this year in Italy, where she lives. It hung on for a couple weeks but luckily never got real bad. Cousins had it worse and also hung on for weeks with ups and downs. It's a nasty one but try to remember that the vast majority of people recover, you don't want to be part of the other percentage. Rest and drink lots of liquids, even if you feel sort of OK. :)

Day 7 AM - fever stayed in normal range over night and this morning. O2 still @ 97/98% and head congestion seems to be clearing and loss fog.

Lee - I realize the pulse oximeter I got may not be as accurate as higher quality units. I'm using it to look for changes. I hope it's accurate enough for that.

Denis - I'm glad your sister came through it - how is the covid thing in Italy now? I think I did overdo yesterday, Taking a quiet day today. thx

Oh yeah - the loss of taste really, really sucks!!!

Day 8 AM - All normal save for slight head congestion and sense of taste and smell although I'm tasting salty flavors a bit more.

Wednesday will be the 10th day and guidelines say if no fever for the 24 hours of and no other symptoms, I can get out again!

Following the updates...may your tastebuds return to normal. Otherwise, I'll consider it good news.

Oregon Governor seems to now prefer the term "freeze" over "shutdown". Gotta love politicians...anyway, following her California and Washington buddies.

i am absolutely THANKFUL i am shutting in for turkey day. no annual family meltdown this year!!!

"i'd love to see you mom, but Covid just makes it impossible....yada yada yada..hell, i am not even sure i can CALL you on thanksgiving mom. i'll be drunk from happi..eerrr..sadness of not seeing you"

feel better OP. loss of taste and smell would suck.

Yeah... I expect that this will be the last that my family has a particular mother/sister/grand mother. - Cancer that doesn't care about wishes of politicians, neither do I.

Great updates and thanks as well.

Hang in there and keep moving.

Day 9 AM - No acetaminophen for 26 hours and temperature is stable in mid 98's. Still have some head congestion but it's not bad. Sense of taste and smell still haven't returned yet.

Day 10 - Last day to quarantine! The only remaining symptoms are the senses of taste and smell. And I can live with that. Tomorrow is back to normal!!!

As I wrote before, with so much suffering and loss from this virus, I've been very fortunate. My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones or have long(er) term health issues from this. Thanks again for the well wishes expressed here. I heard them all.

Glad to hear that you are feeling better.
Thanks for reporting your experience.

Here's hoping that you taste and smell get back to normal or close to normal function. I don't mean a pun here but life would be bland w/o T & S. Glad you're OK otherwise!

Great news!

Great news!