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Not so bad so far. In all honesty I'd be at work today if I didnt have a positive test in hand. I woke up not feeling 100 percent right. Messed up the only at home test I had (dumped the entire bottle of snot solution on to the stick) so I got ready for work and stopped and picked up a test on the way and took it in the car. Fingers crossed I just get a few days of remote work and video gaming out of this deal.
doc prescribed me Molnupiravir, anyone heard of it/taken it?
my parents took it because paxlovid would've interacted with their other meds. they both felt better within 2-3 days and tested negative really quickly as well. alternatively, my mom was sick for 2 weeks the first time she had covid without the meds.
Working at New York Comic Con last weekend, I spent four days in a small, poorly-ventilated room with a crew of 7 people. We wrapped on Sunday. As of today (the following Saturday), only two of us have not come down with/tested positive for COVID. I wore an N95 mask the entire time, and the other so-far-negative person wore a KN95. We were the only two who masked religiously through the entire con.
I don't want to spike the football too early because I know incubation periods *can*, technically, be longer than a week, but, at least so far, it does appear that being stubborn about masking may have saved my ass, here. Fingers crossed it holds up.
I hate it when people on social media make generalizations about the efficacy of masks, as if there was no difference between a bandana hanging loosely on your face and an N95 mask. There's a huge difference (and those light blue surgical masks, worn alone, aren't much better than a bandana. At the very least, combine the surgical mask with a cloth mask or bandana for increased protection that's still inferior to an N95 or KN95, but much better than a surgical mask or cloth alone.)
And back to normal. Woke up feeling fine this morning. Glad it took me this long to catch covid, the cough syrup and Molnupiravir really seemed to knock it out fast.
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Oct 31, 2022 8:00:25 GMT -5
Got back from Miami on Tuesday night and have felt pretty run down since, but that makes sense since I have been going and going a lot the last few weeks. But woke up today feeling unwell, sore throat and sweaty plus a bronchial cough that is similar to the one I had last Dec with Omicron. I swear to god if LCD gave me COVID again…
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Vieux
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Got back from Miami on Tuesday night and have felt pretty run down since, but that makes sense since I have been going and going a lot the last few weeks. But woke up today feeling unwell, sore throat and sweaty plus a bronchial cough that is similar to the one I had last Dec with Omicron. I swear to god if LCD gave me COVID again…
Oh no. Feel better soon and fingers crossed it's not covid.
Got back from Miami on Tuesday night and have felt pretty run down since, but that makes sense since I have been going and going a lot the last few weeks. But woke up today feeling unwell, sore throat and sweaty plus a bronchial cough that is similar to the one I had last Dec with Omicron. I swear to god if LCD gave me COVID again…
had a coworker laugh at me b/c i was wearing a mask since my 2 weeks hadn't passed from my booster. she said "oh we don't do that around here". I said "what? believe in science?"
Got back from Miami on Tuesday night and have felt pretty run down since, but that makes sense since I have been going and going a lot the last few weeks. But woke up today feeling unwell, sore throat and sweaty plus a bronchial cough that is similar to the one I had last Dec with Omicron. I swear to god if LCD gave me COVID again…
You got to stop seeing this band.
As it turns out, this is true. Second test is positive. I need to start taking my 20 vitamins a day again or sumthin cause this is my third time. It isn’t as bad as last LCD version of COVID. “Latest COVID Derivative”. A little run down then small headache and sore, froggy throat as the first symptoms. Then exhausted, hot flashes, brain fog and weird dreams. Main difference is that the cough isn’t as bad, but is def bronchial.
Most important thing is that I am glad I forwent going over to see the baby since my visit Thursday. It was due to timing and other visitors Friday and most of Saturday, but then because of not feeling well. And I almost pulled the trigger late last week on the third Gizz show at Red Rocks. Glad I didn’t.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
had a coworker laugh at me b/c i was wearing a mask since my 2 weeks hadn't passed from my booster. she said "oh we don't do that around here". I said "what? believe in science?"
As it turns out, this is true. Second test is positive. I need to start taking my 20 vitamins a day again or sumthin cause this is my third time. It isn’t as bad as last LCD version of COVID. “Latest COVID Derivative”. A little run down then small headache and sore, froggy throat as the first symptoms. Then exhausted, hot flashes, brain fog and weird dreams. Main difference is that the cough isn’t as bad, but is def bronchial.
Most important thing is that I am glad I forwent going over to see the baby since my visit Thursday. It was due to timing and other visitors Friday and most of Saturday, but then because of not feeling well. And I almost pulled the trigger late last week on the third Gizz show at Red Rocks. Glad I didn’t.
I'm sick and have every covid symptom except loss of taste/smell and have been testing every day, negative.
BUT I still have to come to work because I have no sick leave or vacation left due to a recent (unrelated) medical leave. Weeeee!
It's weird to hope for covid because that's the only reason to stay home and still get paid, according to campus policy.
Keep testing! Loss of taste and smell (in my experience / friends' experiences) has not been Omicron's case. Sometimes the positive test doesn't happen til the back end.
EDIT: Also get a PCR if you can - that will come up positive faster than a rapid most times
I'm sick and have every covid symptom except loss of taste/smell and have been testing every day, negative.
BUT I still have to come to work because I have no sick leave or vacation left due to a recent (unrelated) medical leave. Weeeee!
It's weird to hope for covid because that's the only reason to stay home and still get paid, according to campus policy.
Keep testing! Loss of taste and smell (in my experience / friends' experiences) has not been Omicron's case. Sometimes the positive test doesn't happen til the back end.
EDIT: Also get a PCR if you can - that will come up positive faster than a rapid most times
Just looked at multiple pharmacies and PCR tests are apparently only available while I'm at work lol, the county agencies have better hours but only do rapid tests. No wonder positive results are down
I'm sick and have every covid symptom except loss of taste/smell and have been testing every day, negative.
BUT I still have to come to work because I have no sick leave or vacation left due to a recent (unrelated) medical leave. Weeeee!
It's weird to hope for covid because that's the only reason to stay home and still get paid, according to campus policy.
It took more days to be positive this time. Last time I think it was 3, this time it was 5 since the first symptoms (looking back). I think 5 has been the average for folks lately? So keep working at it!! lol Kidding, I will hope that you get some time off, but I won't say that I hope it is COVID.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Vieux
Global Moderator Moderator Goddess Extraordinaire
I didn't test positive until the 5th day in January when I caught it. Rapids aren't as good as catching this early on the new variants. PCR is definitely the way to go.
Keep testing! Loss of taste and smell (in my experience / friends' experiences) has not been Omicron's case. Sometimes the positive test doesn't happen til the back end.
EDIT: Also get a PCR if you can - that will come up positive faster than a rapid most times
Just looked at multiple pharmacies and PCR tests are apparently only available while I'm at work lol, the county agencies have better hours but only do rapid tests. No wonder positive results are down
Just looked at multiple pharmacies and PCR tests are apparently only available while I'm at work lol, the county agencies have better hours but only do rapid tests. No wonder positive results are down
I'm not surprised - the resources are gone
Yep. There's also a splash screen saying you may have to pay for the testing and may or may not be reimbursed by insurance. So cool!
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Nov 1, 2022 22:40:08 GMT -5
working in the medical field, I don't even try for legit tests anymore. I just do a test at home and tell my boss that I am positive but will continue to work from home. Because I am a cog in the machine and oh so appreciative to be able to work from home............... no lie. I will answer all of the patient questions with my froggy throat. Just happy to work from home like a good worker bee. One lady today called me "Sam" when I told her my name because I sounded so horse. I love the name Sam, so I was like, well it is Angie, but Sam works.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
The funding for anything related to Covid has vanished. It’s “over”. There’s not even any signage or advertisements to get the new booster here in New York. Most people who still care don’t even know it’s available. It’s a mess.
Absolutely shameful. Especially considering how little we know about long covid and the long lasting effects of anything covid-related. I'm still not even clear on when I can get my 5 year old new-boosted as I keep seeing conflicting info from government websites lol.
I've had COVID twice since early 2020 (the first time was very rough, the second time was a breeze), and while I wasn't left with ongoing brain fog or any traditional COVID symptoms for months afterwards, I did have weird little headaches for a year after my first bout, where I'd feel a little spot of pain in various parts of my head for two seconds, and then they'd disappear. The odd thing was that the spots weren't usually near sinuses or muscles in the head where we expect headaches to manifest.
I've also had a gift basket full of assorted and relatively minor ailments which have appeared in the last couple of years -- bursitis in my knees, mild abdominal pain, and one other issue which I won't describe in mixed company and which has thankfully gotten better. Now, any of these things could simply be related to aging (I might be the oldest person on Inforoo), but so much of the medical literature about COVID has noted that it often creates an inflammatory response. and ongoing inflammation is related to each of these issues. Stress is also a huge factor in inflammation and the combination of COVID worry and having had so many things that I truly enjoy ripped out of my life (at first, due to their absence and, then, due to my "more cautious than most" pandemic lifestyle), I've been living with high levels of stress for a few years now, as have many of us. That can't be good for any inflammation-driven condition.
I suspect that if COVID has never happened and I had spent the last few years going to concerts, dining indoors at restaurants, telling jokes and reading poetry at open mics, etc., and feeding upon the joy that all of these things provide to me, these assorted medical issues either wouldn't have happened or would have been milder.
Post by xfinitypass on Nov 2, 2022 11:14:12 GMT -5
Yeah finding a good balance between taking care of your own mental health and limiting the Covid risk to yourself and your community is very difficult. I most certainly am failing at it, though I’ve been seeking help to try to talk through it more and figure it out.
Even if we’ve got 4 doses, a weaker variant, and better treatments, the habits formed during the past 2.5 years are hard to break. It’s hard to go from thinking “going around other people is morally bad rn” to just going back to living a concert and music festival heavy lifestyle. Never seeing non-family members in person for 15+ months lowers the power bank on your social battery tremendously and weakens your social skills. Withdrawing from your in person social communities (many of which went on without you) can make it hard to find people to spend time with. Neglecting your fitness by not going to the gym leads to having lower energy levels with which to handle these issues, as well as coming with some social consequences. Withdrawing from professional communities and networking (and meeting less coworkers due to wfh) can lead to losing your career ambitions or underperforming at work. Being told to isolate/test anytime you have any minor Covid symptom can lead to people with perpetual allergy issues just always worrying anytime they put themselves around others, but also knowing it’s not feasible to get tested every day. Not to mention how for many of us the worry of covid itself is still there, rather we are worried for our own health or the health of those near and dear to us.
So while the pandemic may be “done”, the effects it’s had on all of us who took it seriously aren’t just going to disappear over night. Just as there’s long-Covid, there’s long-lockdown. And to your point, the two go kinda hand in hand. The mental health symptoms felt can exacerbate the physical long-Covid issues. Or vice versa, for me personally the steady congestion I’ve had since my Covid case has made my worry I might have Covid and shouldn’t go around people rn get worse, I’ve skipped so many shows for this reason.
Yeah finding a good balance between taking care of your own mental health and limiting the Covid risk to yourself and your community is very difficult. I most certainly am failing at it, though I’ve been seeking help to try to talk through it more and figure it out.
Even if we’ve got 4 doses, a weaker variant, and better treatments, the habits formed during the past 2.5 years are hard to break. It’s hard to go from thinking “going around other people is morally bad rn” to just going back to living a concert and music festival heavy lifestyle. Never seeing non-family members in person for 15+ months lowers the power bank on your social battery tremendously and weakens your social skills. Withdrawing from your in person social communities (many of which went on without you) can make it hard to find people to spend time with. Neglecting your fitness by not going to the gym leads to having lower energy levels with which to handle these issues, as well as coming with some social consequences. Withdrawing from professional communities and networking (and meeting less coworkers due to wfh) can lead to losing your career ambitions or underperforming at work. Being told to isolate/test anytime you have any minor Covid symptom can lead to people with perpetual allergy issues just always worrying anytime they put themselves around others, but also knowing it’s not feasible to get tested every day. Not to mention how for many of us the worry of covid itself is still there, rather we are worried for our own health or the health of those near and dear to us.
So while the pandemic may be “done”, the effects it’s had on all of us who took it seriously aren’t just going to disappear over night. Just as there’s long-Covid, there’s long-lockdown. And to your point, the two go kinda hand in hand. The mental health symptoms felt can exacerbate the physical long-Covid issues. Or vice versa, for me personally the steady congestion I’ve had since my Covid case has made my worry I might have Covid and shouldn’t go around people rn get worse, I’ve skipped so many shows for this reason.
I haven't been to an indoor show in three years this month (unless you count a benefit thing in a cafe where I performed stand-up in Jan 2020 and saw other performers), and I've thrown away and given away so many tickets. Ironically, while I'm now completely ready to do indoor shows, there's a ton of renovation work going on in my apartment building near my unit and it starts as early as 7 am some days. In order to make sure I'm well rested and to help me cope with the noise (which I can handle while wide-awake but which would bother me profoundly pre-breakfast, pre-coffee, etc.), I'm getting up at 5 am every day and going to sleep around 9:30 or 10, which has caused me to miss more shows. The only day of the week in which that work is guaranteed not to happen is Sunday, so while I'm up for Saturday night shows right now and have one coming up later this month, my plans to see Marcus Mumford and Bartees Strange/Pom Pom Squad are shot. Hopefully, the work will be done by the end of the year and I can more fully get out and about in January (not there's a lot happening in this part of the country during winter months.) I just want one good year of concertgoing, open mics, MCU on the big screen, etc, before my body irrevocably breaks down and I won't be able to get out the way I used to.
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Post by xfinitypass on Nov 2, 2022 14:48:03 GMT -5
Yeah I feel that, a large part of me definitely thinks staying out late on weeknights for a show is just a bad idea in general, I’m really starting to lean more towards going to festivals which don’t interrupt my routine so much. Just hard to go from the go hard mode at a show to sleeping quickly, I don’t know how some people on these forums who go to like 3 shows a week manage to get themselves to their jobs on time every day and do their work without major errors.
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Nov 2, 2022 15:15:47 GMT -5
I'm pretty much the last hyper-cautious person I know IRL when it comes to COVID, and yet, I've had a fairly robust concert schedule this year, including a bunch of indoor shows. I guess the thing is that, early on, I got very used to wearing a full N95 indoors, and I've gotten good at dealing with the discomfort of it over long stretches of time - my first flight post-onset of the pandemic, I went six hours without touching it once (probably overkill, but it was early days). I think it's the only type of mask - maybe also the KN95/KF94 variety - with which one-way masking works.
So, these days, when I go to an indoor show, I put the N95 on before I walk through the doors, and I don't take it off until I leave. Sometimes, if I want to have a drink, I'll take a breath in, hold it, pull the mask down, take a drink, and then replace the mask and exhale fully. I'm sure that's not as sound as never touching it once, but it's the compromise I've made and, so far, it's been OK.
It's weird. I don't ever feel as fully relaxed at an indoor show as I did before the pandemic, because I know COVID is in the room and I know even N95s aren't 100% protective. The mask is uncomfortable. It's not the same experience. But it's better than no live music, which I think would eventually kill my soul.
Yeah I feel that, a large part of me definitely thinks staying out late on weeknights for a show is just a bad idea in general, I’m really starting to lean more towards going to festivals which don’t interrupt my routine so much. Just hard to go from the go hard mode at a show to sleeping quickly, I don’t know how some people on these forums who go to like 3 shows a week manage to get themselves to their jobs on time every day and do their work without major errors.
That’s the best pitch I’ve heard about the marriage of the pandemic & fests. If you’re gonna get covid, may as well see 15 shows as opposed to 1.
Meanwhile I stopped masking at work a long time ago. Once my coworkers stopped, there was a big gap in tips depending on if half your face was covered or not. Much like the pigtail technique, you can guess which person got more tips.
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