Symptoms

[George K]

[George K]

[LuFins Dad]

Good to here! I was reading yesterday about all of the ancillary infections people are picking up after this crap. Nasty stuff.

[LuFins Dad]

@Jolly said in Symptoms:

Maybe he didn't get it at work. The stuff is highly contagious.

We had a family in the community that got together for Thanksgiving. Not a large gathering, just twelve people. One person was in the very early stages and thought she had a case of the allergy sniffles.

Eight out of twelve were positive in a week.

We’ve been living with it in our house for over a week now and (serious knock on wood here) and Karla and I have been fine. I am rather astonished and figuring either asymptomatic infections (will be tested shortly), our vitamin regimen worked, or divine intervention.

[jodi]

@LuFins-Dad it took me almost 14 days of taking care of Steve (who tested positive) before I developed a fever (and I was quarantined so no interaction with anyone else). Separate bedrooms and bathrooms, but I took his temp and O2 levels, and made him food and cleaned constantly, but I was not wearing a mask.

[LuFins Dad]

FFS Swabbed at 3:30, Doctor said if it came back clean I could go to work this weekend. Called at 4:45 since it takes an hour... Nurse: “we need another 30 minutes... We’re open till 5:30, don’t worry, we’ll call”. At 5:28 I call and am on hold by the automated system. I get a call from the office on the other line. Switch over and they hang up. Call them back immediately and get “The office is now closed”... Now I have to go to Walgreens at O Dark Thirty in the morning and get swabbed again. I’m starting to feel like the deck of the USS Constitution.

[jon-nyc]

Usually the office has an after hours pager number, no?

[mark]

Just got caught up here. Know that you are all in my thoughts, and I continue to hope this all passes quickly and without more suffering.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc Thisnoffice has you leave a number for on call Doctor unless it’s an out and out right emergency. I left a message but am not optimistic on getting a call back.

Finding a 1 hour testing site isn’t going well, either.

[LuFins Dad]

Got a call from the Doc on call. I’m clean and clear to return.

[taiwan_girl]

@LuFins-Dad

Yay!!

[kluurs]

hurrah!!!

[kluurs]

Something went right in 2020 - Mark this on the calendar.

[LuFins Dad]

Frankly, I’m astonished that Karla and I didn’t catch this crap.

[jon-nyc]

Very cool.

You taking vitamin D?

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Symptoms:

Very cool.

You taking vitamin D?

6,000 in liquid every day the last week. Plus I’ve been doing a Berocca every day plus 2000 C and a Zinc lozenge or two every day.

When COVID isn’t in the house, it’s typically 2000 IU of D and a Berocca.

[jon-nyc]

Good stuff. I wonder if that has helped keep it at bay.

I’m on 2000IU also of straight D plus more from my calcium pills.

[LuFins Dad]

I wouldn’t want to take that much on a regular basis, but I figured it would be safe enough for a couple of weeks.

Berocca has been my favorite find through all of this.

[jon-nyc]

I have certain mineral deficiencies because of transplant meds. My vitamin D and calcium habits predate Covid by 4 years. I take an ungodly amount of magnesium just to keep my levels (tested monthly) normal.

[George K]

This is the level of stupid we see. Jamie is the ex, Blake is the youngest son. Cade is the middle boy: