Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

[fastfredracing]

Here is hoping you walk it like most of us have and you are back to pimp slapping in no time .
Keep us posted Dennis . My wife and I had it twice , both times, we were pretty sick for 3-5 days with lingering effects for several weeks. This was before the vaccines weer available to us .
I remember worrying if I was going to die for the first couple of days , not knowing what to expect .
We recovered 100 % . My wife lost her taste and smell for over 6 months, but it strangely came back after her heart attack and stroke .
Hang in there bud !

[island911]

Originally Posted by speeder

Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue
I have Covid.
Feels like the flu..

FIFY ^

BTW, the best part is knowing that you now have immunity to the nastier variants.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by rusnak

Sorry I didn't know you're a medical doctor. So you diagnosed them both?

Everyone I know. I mean every. one. has now had it. Deal with that.

Why on earth would he need to be an M.D. to know that someone died of Covid?

When someone tells you that they know someone who died of a heart attack or cancer, do you ask them whether they are a medical doctor and if they diagnosed them themself? This is just a strange response and makes you sound like one of those kooks who doesn't believe that people die of Covid. It happens every day, times several thousand in the USA right now.

I know of two people who have died in the last 30 days from it, plus one guy in the hospital who very well may die because he is unvaccinated. No medical degree necessary to know all of this. Their doctors and the hospitals where they are being treated/died diagnosed them just fine.

And you haven't had it, "2 or 3 times." Was it diagnosed by a medical doctor each time? Of course not. You had a runny nose or allergies and pronounced it Covid19, because you don't believe it exists and actually think that it's a flu variant, (it's not). If nothing else, your statement would imply that there is absolutely no such thing as natural immunity from previous infection. The truth is that it is limited, (many people have been infected twice), but it exists.

I'm fortunate that I'm fully vaccinated and only caught the Omicron variant, which the vaccines don't stop. It is relatively mild but still had me up in the middle of the night with incredible muscle aches and pain. Also, well I generally appreciate any tips on recovery from this thing, htf is a mouthwash supposed to get rid of a virus that is in someone's blood?

As much as I take exception with your post, I wish you nothing but good health and I mean it. There is no one here that I want to see sick. I worry about people who don't believe in Covid and laugh at precautions, the cemeteries of the U.S. are filled with tough guys who refused to believe that they had Covid19 even as they took their last breaths. True story.

[craigster59]

Good luck Denis, just keep drinking plenty of fluids and take Tylenol or Ibuprofen for fever and pain.

Some good chicken soup or bone broth helps also. Omicron seems to leave as quickly as it comes although you might notice lingering fatigue and joint or lower back pain for a bit.

I'm sure you'll be back up and around quickly, hang in there buddy!

[vash]

Roses are Red.
Violets are Blue.
are you a Doctor?
No. But Are You?



I'm Glad everyone that came out unscathed came out unscathed. it's the sadder versions of the stories i can do without.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by speeder

I agree. I think that both vaccines offer the best protection out there but they are not absolute. They tend to prevent hospitalization and death with Covid but again, not 100%. Just the best bet available.

This is the correct answer for any vaccine. The whole "breakthrough" non-sense was just that. Non-sense.

A vaccination preps your body for the infection so you can fight it off. The T-cells and memory cells are there to remind your body how to fight it off. And they prepare you for similar infections. Antibodies wane after an infection and they do after vaccination.

Yes, you can get sick after vaccination, but it is milder than it could have been. And I expect some people with "natural" immunity had colds from years ago that were "close enough" that the body was ready to respond. This is why yearly flu vaccines are important. Maybe this year's isn't perfect, but maybe one from the last 20-30 years was good enough to keep you from having a bad case of flu.

Denis, hope you are feeling better soon. My "sniffles" are pretty much done. I still have laryngitis 10 days later. And like you, my first test (with sniffles) was negative!

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

First symptom was post nasal drip. But I gargled warm salt water and it kind of went away. Two days later I was getting mild cold symptoms. Two more days later and I had lost sense of taste and smell, getting chills, aches and fatigue. That's when I did the home test kit and it was positive. Did the clinic drive-thru test the next day and also positive. Never once ran a fever though. I coughed up a lot of brown stuff and kept a spitter nearby. It wasn't fun, but once I knew I had it, it was kind of liberating to know I had absolutely nothing to do but stay home and get better. Work, gym and band stuff went totally out the window. I got my exercise by driving out to the hiking trails in the desert and walking around for an hour in the cool sunlight.

Sounds like you had the regular or Delta not the Moronic (Omicron). No loss of taste or smell here.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

What's the latest on treatments? Vitamins, zinc? Is Pfizermectin out yet?

Only 1 of the three monoclonal antibodies works against Omicron

https://krcgtv.com/news/local/only-one-type-of-monoclonal-antibody-treatment-is-effective-against-omicron

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by bivenator

Me and mrs bivenator are just finishing up our Omicron experience. Both of us are on the tail end of the Pfizer predicted effectiveness time period. It was pretty strong 5 days of fever, chills, headache and some weird chest pains for me. This was the most concerning for me as I have heart stents. THe pain was center chest but not angina in nature, I'm pretty familiar with that unfortunately. I will be seeing the cardiologist soon.

Quite strange that our 18 and 6 y/o never had symptoms and tested negative.

That's my story.

Scott, glad you are on the mend. Did you get the vaccine booster?

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by speeder

I generally appreciate any tips on recovery from this thing, htf is a mouthwash supposed to get rid of a virus that is in someone's blood?

It won't. But it may help your throat/voice-box heal faster. I am finally "not talking". I'm going to do this the rest of the week and the weekend and see if I can get my voice back to normal. I am drinking a lot of very hot tea with lemon. And Hot soup seems to help break up the junk in my phlegm (that word sounds as bad as it is!). I don't think it will help heal you faster.

Again, hope you are feeling better soon. And I agree, I don't wish this on anyone.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by red-beard

This is the correct answer for any vaccine. The whole "breakthrough" non-sense was just that. Non-sense.

A vaccination preps your body for the infection so you can fight it off. The T-cells and memory cells are there to remind your body how to fight it off. And they prepare you for similar infections. Antibodies wane after an infection and they do after vaccination.

Yes, you can get sick after vaccination, but it is milder than it could have been. And I expect some people with "natural" immunity had colds from years ago that were "close enough" that the body was ready to respond. This is why yearly flu vaccines are important. Maybe this year's isn't perfect, but maybe one from the last 20-30 years was good enough to keep you from having a bad case of flu.

Denis, hope you are feeling better soon. My "sniffles" are pretty much done. I still have laryngitis 10 days later. And like you, my first test (with sniffles) was negative!

Thanks, buddy. One of my good friends in LA had it a while back and told me the first day I was sick that it took him 2 days after symptoms began to get a positive result. He was right on the money...sick on Monday, positive on Weds. Day 3.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by speeder

Thanks, buddy. One of my good friends in LA had it a while back and told me the first day I was sick that it took him 2 days after symptoms began to get a positive result. He was right on the money...sick on Monday, positive on Weds. Day 3.

Mrs. Beard was SURE I got it on Saturday night because I ate out and then had a couple of beers in the hotel lobby bar. Sniffles started the next day, so No way. I expect I picked it up on the previous Friday at a large business meeting or on the Wednesday. It needs 2-4 days to incubate before you get symptoms.

My business partner had a large birthday party for his wife. DJ and 50 people (friends, family and her hospital associates), two thirds came down with Omicron. This was mid-December. This variant is very contagious.

[daepp]

Get well soon Denis!

[Rick Lee]

I don't know that anything really helped me feel better or then get better. I threw everything at it all at once. I couldn't get scheduled for the infusion for four days after I tested positive, which was was two days after I had bad symptoms and probably three more after I thought I might have symptoms. I got the other therapeutics prescribed for me only a day before the infusion. Meanwhile, I took tons of vitamin C and D and zinc, tried to keep hydrated and all that. But I don't know what eventually killed it - time, treatment, or what. I'll get bloodwork done again in about five months and see where the t-cells and antibodies stand.

[911boost]

Get well soon Denis.

We (ex-wife and both kids, since have 50/50 custody) had it in January of 2021. It hit me the hardest but what I had were the weird symptoms like insomnia. Never had a fever, but did get the cough and kept my sense of taste and smell. So i guess what I had was pre Delta.

I got the Pfizer shots starting in March so I could travel for work and it was way to soon, as they completely wrecked me. Turns out that it might be because of a kidney medicine I am on that caused the issues. Needless to say I have not gotten the booster. My sister is a PHD and works in big pharma and said I have already had my three exposures, for whatever it is worth.

We have had a lot of close contacts the past few weeks (my son wrestles, me playing hockey) and are still doing fine.

[greglepore]

I'm on day 11, still have the post nasal stuff and cough. Improving a little each day. Got my energy back, but still no endurance.
I think part of the reason for my lingering symptoms is that I did a 1.5 hr endurance workout on an indoor bike trainer the day before the symptoms hit hard, not knowing I was getting sick.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by greglepore

I'm on day 11, still have the post nasal stuff and cough. Improving a little each day. Got my energy back, but still no endurance.
I think part of the reason for my lingering symptoms is that I did a 1.5 hr endurance workout on an indoor bike trainer the day before the symptoms hit hard, not knowing I was getting sick.

No, that is normal. I'm at day 10 since positive test. I feel the same way. I notice my heart rate runs up a lot just ascending the stairs one level. Cough is almost gone. PND is pretty much gone. Need more coffee...

[911boost]

Pedialyte is your friend to stay hydrated along with good old water. I drank a ton and it seemed to help.

[Aurel]

For the throat, a warm mixture of lemon juice, honey and whiskey always works the best . And it is a good drink on its own (hot toddy).

[Bill Douglas]

I feel sorry for you Denis with the real thing

I had my booster yesterday and today I feel half way between crap and death warmed up. So I guess you could call it crap warmed up. i'm only just well enough to make coffee.