Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[MROO]

Thanks, Mouse. I suspect if we had Covid we'd be REALLY sick by now.

Nope! That's the one thing that shocked us. We kept waiting for the "Mac truck" to hit us, the way the flu does, but no go. Instead, we got all of the symptoms, but one at a time. We each had the foggy brain (by far the worst part,) the cough, the ummmm runs ... the killer headache, and any other cold/allergy type symptom, they just rotated through. They never really left, the would just slide to a back burner while another nasty piece took front and center. It was AWFUL! So, at least at our house, it wasn't as intense as the flu, but it was just as uncomfortable and lasted an extra week. No one got the symptoms in the same order or at the same intensity. It was the weirdest bug I've ever experienced ... and I'd just as soon never have to again!

 

[MROO]

Will do, thanks! I am, but it seems a lot more is going in than is coming out. Other than cough and achy feeling, I don't feel terribly "sick." Does any of this sound like Covid to you?

Drinking more water than you release is a symptom of fever - any fever, not just Covid. I guess that's why we're supposed to keep drinking. As for the other symptoms, yes, they do sound like Covid, but that's the problem with the virus - it sounds like every other illness/allergy/overtired reaction, and we don't know what it really is until we've already shared it. Here's to hoping that y'all are just suffering from a cold (DD had one, but we made her get tested anyway ... she positively gloated at her negative results ... the stinker!) I hope you and your family are just as lucky. But if not, don't stress too badly. It's not fun, but it's survivable!

 

[IamRainey]

Sorry to hear that you've caught it, Aunt Angus. Hope your recovery goes smoothly. ...tho that lack of smell/taste thing does seem to linger far too long in the people who get that symptom.

Hoping for you, BigBlueHen, that your tests come back negative. But then when you're feeling awful does it matter so much which brand of awful you've got?

Take good care of yourselves and ride it out.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Nope! That's the one thing that shocked us. We kept waiting for the "Mac truck" to hit us, the way the flu does, but no go. Instead, we got all of the symptoms, but one at a time. We each had the foggy brain (by far the worst part,) the cough, the ummmm runs ... the killer headache, and any other cold/allergy type symptom, they just rotated through. They never really left, the would just slide to a back burner while another nasty piece took front and center. It was AWFUL! So, at least at our house, it wasn't as intense as the flu, but it was just as uncomfortable and lasted an extra week. No one got the symptoms in the same order or at the same intensity. It was the weirdest bug I've ever experienced ... and I'd just as soon never have to again!

Wow. Interesting. And also weird. Thanks. I already have brain fog so I might not notice that part ...

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Drinking more water than you release is a symptom of fever - any fever, not just Covid. I guess that's why we're supposed to keep drinking. As for the other symptoms, yes, they do sound like Covid, but that's the problem with the virus - it sounds like every other illness/allergy/overtired reaction, and we don't know what it really is until we've already shared it. Here's to hoping that y'all are just suffering from a cold (DD had one, but we made her get tested anyway ... she positively gloated at her negative results ... the stinker!) I hope you and your family are just as lucky. But if not, don't stress too badly. It's not fun, but it's survivable!

Thanks. That is the goal!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Ooh, so this could get worse? Is G your son?

G is my partner but we have a unique relationship organization so it's easier to use a letter.

Like MROO it progressed oddly, he started off with no fever, then a low fever, 100*F and a light cough that was mild enough to be allergies. A couple days later it went up to 102 then he lost his sense of taste, then the fever went away and he got stomach cramps. Etcetc. Then as he got well in every other way he got the shortness of breath. The disease has a VERY strange behavior pattern because your body finds it so unusual it just starts throwing every trick in the book at it to get rid of it.

 

[IamRainey]

How's G's new job going?

 

[Cynthia12]

Reminds me of a dog we had when I was a kid. Waldo was a big, black, monstrously furry fellow with a huge grin and an even larger personality. We think he was a labradoodle, decades before they became designer doofuses. He was, without a doubt, the perfect dog. He found us when he was dropped on our farm lane by owners who must have been surprised at how big their "puppy" grew.

The triggered memory involves Waldo, our huge backyard and a lone Easter Egg. Every year, my Mom hid eggs out back and around the house - LOTS of eggs! And she counted them all, so she knew we'd found them all ... or at least most of them. We were always one or two short. Waldo had a reputation as a killer egg hunting dog - he ALWAYS found the last one ... it was just usually sometime in June. He would appear out of nowhere, tossing his find in the air and rolling it around the yard for hours before he finally broke it. The Easter Egg Hunt was officially over when Waldo presented himself at the back door, expecting to be let inside wearing his wonderful new cologne. Funny how everyone stood around watching and laughing while he was playing ... but disappeared when it was bath time!

That's hilarious! You're a great story teller! I mean, I know it's true, but it's told great, I mean, well you know. . I can picture that big dog.

 

[Cynthia12]

You're not approaching this properly! Orange fingers should not be a problem with three dogs ...

You're a hoot!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Sorry to hear that you've caught it, Aunt Angus. Hope your recovery goes smoothly. ...tho that lack of smell/taste thing does seem to linger far too long in the people who get that symptom.

Hoping for you, BigBlueHen, that your tests come back negative. But then when you're feeling awful does it matter so much which brand of awful you've got?

Take good care of yourselves and ride it out.

Thanks, Rainey! Oh yes, it definitely matters! I'd lot rather know I have an uncomfortable but harmless sinus infection than have Covid, which might result in my getting entubated and possibly die from! I'm high-risk and we have a special-needs kid to finish raising. Neither DH nor I can do it alone, and there is no one else to step up and help. Please God, don't let us have Covid.