BF and his son both came down with it yesterday (thats round 2 for the bf as well). Given we suspect they picked it up out at a show on the weekend that means it was brewing in em for 2 full days without symptoms so I'm now worried I'll come down with it as well, and as a result have had to cancel a planned trip interstate to visit my ailing dad (because I cant risk going near an elderly old man with possible cooties). Blasted timing!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 21:55 (one month ago) link
I actually ran into the woman last night that gave me covid! She was apologetic but of course she didn't know it when we were chatting in the bar - anyway I told her that getting covid was actually a good booster ahead of my summer travels, so not to worry about it
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 16:41 (one month ago) link
been 4 days since I was exposed and I have a sore throat/am tired ,but im still testing negative. Annoying though, us all wearing masks indoors all the time is unpleasant (I get hot flashes and sweat a lot)
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 16 May 2024 02:05 (one month ago) link
still shitty but my ilx thraed awarenesses and ppds (posts per day) are posting personal bests all fuckin day woowell not quality, but quantity baybee
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Thursday, 16 May 2024 15:10 (one month ago) link
Started getting a sore throat yesterday, took one test the normal way and one test with a throat swab. The second one came back positive so I'm acting on the assumption I have covid, staying home from teaching, making plans to be out for days etc. So far it feels like a cold with an extra symptom of my stomach being a little messed up.
Last time I had covid, though, it was ten days of absolute misery: fever, body aches, tachycardia, trouble breathing, the works, followed by six months of long covid. That was when I'd already been sick for weeks with c.diff, though, so I'm hoping I have a much more functional immune system now. The promising thing is that this is day two and still mild. Last time it was mild for day one and then day two I woke up barely able to move.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 16 May 2024 15:35 (one month ago) link
RAT test finally showed up as positive this afternoon. I clearly had covid and knew it already (hacking irritating cough and general aches/malaise)
One weird thing this and last time I had it is no fever. But I'm returning to that feeling that - Lily Dale, I recall us talking about this last time round! - like my chest is heavy, even though I can breathe ok.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 17 May 2024 09:32 (one month ago) link
I am in day 5 from positive, my second bout after 18 mos ago, this sucks, i feel bad but not bedridden, have never had a fever this time. i actually feel slightly worst today than yesterday didn’t expect that. so bo room to complain, but you get ‘em here.so much guitar practice that’s not the worst yay.
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Friday, 17 May 2024 17:54 (one month ago) link
i should practice screen typing
― well below the otm mendoza line (Hunt3r), Friday, 17 May 2024 17:55 (one month ago) link
Day 3: So far this sucks but is not nearly as bad as last time. Just feels like an unpleasant cold with fever and headache and lots of coughing. If there's going to be weird spooky shit like last time, it hasn't set in yet.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 17 May 2024 18:01 (one month ago) link
I've heard here in the Bay Area that there's definitely a 'wave' going on... college classes being cancelled due to high rates of infection. It seems to not be the worst strain but pretty prolific nonetheless
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 17 May 2024 18:22 (one month ago) link
maybe, but worth noting that both nationally, in all four regions, and in California specifically, COVID wastewater levels are at "minimal" levels per the CDC. usually we'd see that jump significantly if there was an actual wave - worth noting as well that norovirus is still raging nationally at high levels, so that could be a culprit as it hasn't really backed off.
― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 May 2024 18:32 (one month ago) link
maybe sick people are hording their faeces
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 17 May 2024 18:42 (one month ago) link
One more Paxlovid data point for ya…
Got Covid for the second time in December, immediately was very sick, but decided to ride it out.
On morning of day four I was still incredibly sick, getting sicker, and because my first round of Covid resulted in about 4 months of scary long Covid kind stuff I broke down and started taking the pax.
By the evening I felt 80% better and the next morning barely felt sick at all. Tested negative two days after the initial pax, no rebound. I know there have been vastly different paxlovid outcomes for most folks, but it absolutely felt like a miracle drug for me.
― Davey D, Friday, 17 May 2024 19:29 (one month ago) link
oh hi covid
― ivy., Monday, 3 June 2024 11:01 (two weeks ago) link
:(
― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 June 2024 13:56 (two weeks ago) link
oh no! is this your second time?
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 June 2024 13:58 (two weeks ago) link
third, first time since last january. so far significantly less horrible than it was last year. likely caught it from my guitarist, who caught it from his students. sometimes outdoor spaces such as a bar/restaurant backyard are not really "outdoor"
― ivy., Monday, 3 June 2024 13:59 (two weeks ago) link
feel much better on day two than i ever have when i’ve had this horrible disease. almost more like i got a booster shot. still very sleepy and sneezy but
― ivy., Tuesday, 4 June 2024 14:21 (two weeks ago) link
symptoms abruptly stopped today. so grateful this was a much less intense experience than the last time
― ivy., Thursday, 6 June 2024 20:17 (one week ago) link
were you on Paxlovid?
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 6 June 2024 20:22 (one week ago) link
i couldn’t get it!!! i got a prescription but my pharmacy was out of stock and couldn’t order it (????)
― ivy., Thursday, 6 June 2024 20:23 (one week ago) link
i did not investigate further bc i was so tired
― ivy., Thursday, 6 June 2024 20:29 (one week ago) link
My covid was quite mild this time round - no fever, only sick for about 5 days, most of which was just malaise and cough. This time though Ive really struggled with fatigue since.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 7 June 2024 00:44 (one week ago) link
i had the fever for the first day but i always get the fever, every time, even every booster shot. this time i kept falling asleep while trying to watch the og mad max and had intense fever dreams about trying to build these dense impassable almost steampunkish road blockades. i woke up every hour and every time i went back to sleep it was the same dream. the only comparable sequences of dreams i've had to the covid fever ones have usually preceded food poisoning
― ivy., Friday, 7 June 2024 01:40 (one week ago) link
my album came out *and* i'm covid-free.... best friday ever
― ivy., Friday, 7 June 2024 15:54 (one week ago) link
Man, the turnaround these days is remarkable.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 June 2024 15:58 (one week ago) link
A few days ago I got back from a work trip in Singapore, a convention attended by people from all over the world. Feeling relieved that I did not come down with COVID despite the fact that several of my coworkers did.
― jaymc, Friday, 7 June 2024 16:05 (one week ago) link
I have the novel coronavirus
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 8 June 2024 14:32 (one week ago) link
― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Saturday, 8 June 2024 14:38 (one week ago) link
at what point will this coronavirus no longer be ‘novel’
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 June 2024 17:12 (one week ago) link
https://criticalflame.org/the-novel-is-dead-long-live-the-novel/
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 8 June 2024 21:04 (one week ago) link
covid-19 died when the first epidemiologist said ‘covid’s still novel, covid’s still novel’
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 June 2024 06:59 (one week ago) link
this is worse than last time!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 9 June 2024 13:58 (one week ago) link
I got it on Tuesday, had a fever for a day and a nasty headache that lasted Tuesday night through Thursday, but once I got a decent night’s sleep on Thursday night I felt way better, basically just have mild fatigue at this point.
― JoeStork, Sunday, 9 June 2024 15:16 (one week ago) link