rona moved in: ilx0rs with the bug report on their progress

I haven't had it yet (that I know of) but I waved at a Q-anon, Trump fan, vaccine refuser neighbor outside the other day and she said, "Don't get too close, we're still getting over a cold. We were fine and then suddenly one day we both got really sick with fevers and cold symptoms. Then we seemed to get better but it keeps coming in waves. Anyway, have a nice day!"

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o__O

It's so weird, obviously it's not COVID cos that's fake, we can't put our finger on what it is. Maybe 5G?

I am almost at 100% by the way! been sleeping like the dead but feeling fine otherwise.

That is great news.

I’m still a snot bucket, but the cough is subsiding and today was the first day I didn’t have to take a second Tylenol Cold midday to keep it at bay, so it seems to be abating some. I’m still foggy in the brain, which concerns me a bit.

day four of a punishing fever, sore throat is persistent but not terrible... hope it's done with soon.

our 2 year old got it. both kids banned from daycare for 5-10 days. (the other one can come back after 5 if he doesn't get it and we can isolate a 2 year old from a 4 year old hahahaha.)

big shout out to the FDA for delaying the meeting to review the moderna under 5s vaccine to "avoid confusion".

i'm sorry to hear that caek. you've been banging on about this for awhile now. does your 2 yr old have a fever? how did you find out?

Oh fuck, sorry to hear that caek.

Ugh, sorry caek. Best wishes to the kids and you.

how's it going, caek?

thanks! 2/4 of us have it now (me and the youngest). youngest is generally doing pretty well. he wakes up with a fever, we give him tylenol during the day, and he's mostly fine.

i feel like i felt when i got vaccinated, i.e. generally achey, plus a mild cough. no stuffy nose, sense of taste fine. i'm getting paxlovid via being a big lad. (filled out a form at https://www.findcovidcare.com/ and paid $49, didn't even need a telehealth call)

hoping the other two get it tbh so we can visit the uk without risking getting stuck (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/travel/testing-requirement-flying-us-cdc.html). 2/4 of us getting it is no good to me.

glad to hear you got Paxlovid, and thanks for that site. i think we have Test to Treat here but if those run out of supply, that might be our next option for my folks if they ever get it.

also glad to hear taste is fine

test to treat is here too, but i can't really take or leave the kids. telehealth is my best friend.

It's a good alternative option that I wasn't aware of (I mean the overnighting of the meds post sharing of test result!)

wow paxlovid makes everything taste of gone off grapefruit and metal

3/4 have it now. One to go. The last one has given me about 300 colds over the past four years so seems only fair that I should give him covid.

god bless families

The worst

a friend who took it said the metal taste in his mouth didn't go away for the whole time

so it's like cocaine?

day four of a punishing fever, sore throat is persistent but not terrible... hope it's done with soon.

― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, May 23, 2022 7:03 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

How's it going, f. haze?

I live! Tested negative for the first time this morning, day 13. Fever broke on the fifth day, then I lost my sense of taste/smell for about a week but it's mostly back now. There were a scary couple of days where I constantly smelled something akin to rancid peanut butter, which thankfully went away. Still have a little bit of congestion and I get tired if I try to do too much.

Hope y'all see the end of yours soon, caek!

oof that was a long 17 days. We all got it. We’re all clear now. the last one goes back to daycare on Monday.

Glad to know. What were the worst symptoms?

I’m on day six of what is a very mild Omicron. My symptoms were slight chest tightness the first few days and a really stuffy head where I felt like my nose needed blowing every 10 minutes, but with very little actual snot. Now I can breathe but the tissues are full, and I felt things start to lift yesterday. No fever, no losses of smell or taste, only slight sore throat.

Glad to know. What were the worst symptoms?

Went on a 10 trip with actual airplane rides for the first time since December 2019, got home late Monday, felt abnormally tired and scratchy throated starting Wednesday night but chalked it up to allergies and jet lag. Felt like garbage Thursday with a headache and exhaustion but tested negative; this morning after sleeping 10 hours I immediately saw the “T” line for the first time in dozens of rapid tests I’ve taken. Kid and wife are currently negative but both had had colds during the trip and never tested positive but they both got boosted last month and I didn’t.

Timeline wise I feel like I got it while unmasked for 30 minutes having a beer across from the Prince store in the Minneapolis airport but who knows.

best of luck. hope the wife and kid don't get it but...you know. for us it was super frustrating because a new person would test positive every 4 days. so we had to keep them out of school for 3 weeks

with any luck you'll be feeling better by Monday but Covid seems to have a long tail. I got it last month, it was a full 4 weeks before I felt fully normal again

tested positive on an at home rapid test today

i blame samuel alito

feel achey and chills. cough was the first symptom. v tired. fever is only 99.5 though.

Feel better, horseshoe!

My mom and dad got it; I suspect my dad brought it home from work. I narrowly escaped after hanging with them last Sunday. A frustration: he felt symptoms as early as Saturday yet didn't get confirmation until....this morning as he's improving.

Both are vaccinated + single boosted.

thank you! I tested last night and was negative but today my symptoms worsened. Also double vaxxed and single boosted

I got it last week from an airport probably. My experience with omicron was really similar to a lot of my friends: bad flu-like symptoms for 3-4 days and then almost fully better after that. My least favorite symptom was being completely covered in sweat at random points in the day.

oh yeah also most people I know who got it recently only test positive 2 days into feeling sick

My brother beat his but his voice is weak and he's still tired.

oh yeah also most people I know who got it recently only test positive 2 days into feeling sick

That's what happened to me: started feeling ropey on Sunday but didn't test positive till Tuesday. Felt absolutely dreadful by Thursday, but getting better now.

Mine was: caught Thursday from colleague at work; felt ropey Sunday; tested positive Monday.

I had tight chest, clogged sinuses and tiredness, but not much else - symptoms improved within 2-3 week.

My breeathing's till a bit tight three months later, but I think that's probably not covid, just me being more self-aware of my seasonal allergies.

To add to the anecdata: I had a slightly scratchy throat on Friday, tested TWICE that day because I was going to a thing after work - negative both times; woke up yesterday morning feeling like shit and took another test, negative again; had a long grim trek home and by the time I was finally back I was like nope I’m testing again, my teeth are hot and my blood hurts, it prob could be something else but cmon. This time the test line appeared instantly.

Yeah it was actually shocking to me how quickly and definitively the test line showed up

Turns out my wife found the negative test I took the day noticed a barely visible test line but I don't know how valid the results are after sitting out on the counter all day.

On the seventh day of Covid, when feeling basically better, I thought I had a negative LFT after 10 minutes of no apparent line but after a turn around the block to empty the dog, I came back to find a T line.

Dad tested negative on a PCR yesterday, and he's been symptom-free for days; Mom tested positive on her PCR, though. Day 10 for her. She was also on molnupiravir five days. Should I visit? Testers said the combo of drug + 10 days means she's likely not infectious.

She's taking a home test or rapid antigen test tomorrow.

PCR test on day 10 could just be dead virus. but i'd wait for negative on antigen test, which is better at detecting when virus has left.

The metric we went by for me to un-isolate from the rest of the family was negative rapid tests two days in a row, which happened to me yesterday.

Congrats! How are you feeling?

congrats!

I might tell my parents to sit outside, to which they won't have objections.

Welp