Big_Holla
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Holy crap, I haven't heard of anyone getting badly sick like that in a while now. Sure hate to hear you all are right in the middle of it Jesse. Hope you all get better fast!!
2019-nCoV (Coronavirus)
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at1010
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FUCK COVID!!!! Then, FUCK IT AGAIN!!!! I feel for ya brotha.
I'll be honest when I say there's been a couple 2-3 hours stretches where I now truly understand "survival mode" in relation to health. Like nearly all men, I'm stubborn and want to avoid the doctor and meds at all costs. I sat on the side of my bed at 9:30 last night contemplating asking my wife to take me to the ER. I was really worried about vitals. I'm glad my wife's a nurse and we have good equipment at home (pulse ox monitor and nebulizer with a full stock of albuterol). She actually wanted me to go to the ER this morning, but backed off when my O2 stats stayed consistent between 94-96.
Here's two really weird symptoms this time. One is the constant sweating, but at one point last night, my entire body was covered in a cold, slimy sweat that made me feel like I'd stood in front of a mister. It was not the usual "fever breaking" sweat that I've experienced in the past. And the second is a crazy look at how your body tells you something is wrong. I'm taking 3-4 showers a day for the steam and comfort, but within 30 minutes, my armpits smell like I ate nothing but ramps for a week straight. Not a faint smell, but ruin a new sweatshirt within an hour stench.
The other thing that interesting is any time I have a fever, I can knock it back with ibuprofen and in a worst case, tylenol. All 3 times I've had the 'Vid, I haven't been able to completely eliminate the fever. The best I've seen since Sunday is 99.5, which for me is man flu level and it's enough to make me feel half the man I usually am.
I hope this group can avoid whatever strain I encountered this year!
Here's two really weird symptoms this time. One is the constant sweating, but at one point last night, my entire body was covered in a cold, slimy sweat that made me feel like I'd stood in front of a mister. It was not the usual "fever breaking" sweat that I've experienced in the past. And the second is a crazy look at how your body tells you something is wrong. I'm taking 3-4 showers a day for the steam and comfort, but within 30 minutes, my armpits smell like I ate nothing but ramps for a week straight. Not a faint smell, but ruin a new sweatshirt within an hour stench.
The other thing that interesting is any time I have a fever, I can knock it back with ibuprofen and in a worst case, tylenol. All 3 times I've had the 'Vid, I haven't been able to completely eliminate the fever. The best I've seen since Sunday is 99.5, which for me is man flu level and it's enough to make me feel half the man I usually am.
I hope this group can avoid whatever strain I encountered this year!
Funny you mention the sweat smell. I am not feeling bad at all. Couple days ago though I have a constant sweat and it smells like I rolled in a bin of ramps. Hmmm.
Sgt Fury
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Me and the wife just got over it….had it for two weeks. Still got a cough now and then. My throat was real sore from coughing so much and I pulled my rib muscles. Hated to cough because of the pain but had to force myself to do it. Had bad chills and sweats. Headaches were bad. Lost sense of taste for a couple days. Hot showers helped a lot for me also. I think this is the 3rd time I’ve had the Rona and this was the worst time. We think we got it going to a funeral….there were hundreds of people there.
Dang, didn’t know several of yall were ailing like this but it is that time of year, school start up is like a catalyst.
Kaydence came home Day 1 with a fever
Smawgunner2
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Dang, you may need to go to the ER so they can pump you with fluids. All that heat and sweating can cause major dehydration. Take care of yourself bud!
I pray for a quick and full recovery for you and the family. My mother in law was out of town and got very sick, they said she was positive for the flu and negative for Covid. She ended up with pneumonia, she passed out twice and to spend 3 days in the hospital. It has been 2 weeks and she is still not fully recovered, can hardly talk and is still weak.
I think people are becoming numb to Covid and then a much stronger variant comes along and causes more death and sickness.
planned? On purpose? Who can say.
Not trying to gross anyone out.
I had a really rough cold with a fever (102+) and actually called off the first time in years about a 3 weeks ago. Thick tenacious sputum so rubbery I swear you could have molded it like silly putty. Took me almost a week to get over it and still had a sight residual cough and then the kids went back to school and the whole family passed around a cold (and mono was going around the football team). I've went through more meds for our family in the last week or so than since 2020.
I hope you feel better.
I had a really rough cold with a fever (102+) and actually called off the first time in years about a 3 weeks ago. Thick tenacious sputum so rubbery I swear you could have molded it like silly putty. Took me almost a week to get over it and still had a sight residual cough and then the kids went back to school and the whole family passed around a cold (and mono was going around the football team). I've went through more meds for our family in the last week or so than since 2020.
I hope you feel better.
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Man that sucks guys. Jessica had it two weeks ago. The past two times I got it about 3 days after she became ill. This time I managed to not get it. The difference in my opinion, I'm on hydroxychloquin. You know, the very safe medicine the left said was hocus pocus and wouldn't prevent covid.
Not hocus pocus ... big pharma couldn't make $$$ off old generic drugs