I have covid - ask me anything

manflu is a beeyatch wrote:

Muad''dib wrote:

3rd day in isolation. Eyes are tired from watching too much youtube. Symptoms improving.

I'm really bored. Ask me questions please!

Why don't you go for a walk?

Wish I could but I believe this goes against public health guidelines ... I'm still sneezing on occasion.

I do have a small private garden. It's very small though. But fresh air helps a lot.

Muad'dib wrote:

im not a girl 1 wrote:

Since the PCR test is invalid and your “COVID” has never been isolated, congratulations. Did it cross your brainwashed mind that you have a seasonal cold or flu? If you have been jabbed your immune system is gonna keep weakening. Enjoy your traveling,

I'll play along and answer your "question".

Of course I thought I was coming down with a cold. But as i said above i was 90% sure, so i got a test to check (not a PCR test, an antigen self test)- and bingo, it's covid. I retested and was positive again.

My wife did a test with a kit from the same packet and it came back negative. She has no symptoms.

Covid antigen test? HHAHAHAAAA

SUCKA!

Bro you got manflu. Could be any one of many pathogens.

manflu is a beeyatch wrote:

Muad'dib wrote:

I'll play along and answer your "question".

Of course I thought I was coming down with a cold. But as i said above i was 90% sure, so i got a test to check (not a PCR test, an antigen self test)- and bingo, it's covid. I retested and was positive again.

My wife did a test with a kit from the same packet and it came back negative. She has no symptoms.

Covid antigen test? HHAHAHAAAA

SUCKA!

Bro you got manflu. Could be any one of many pathogens.

They're pretty reliable now, and they're designed to not react to other pathogens.

False negatives rarely happen, but false positives are even rarer.

Anyway, i did it twice, and it picked it up twice, so the probability is quite high.

Testing again later today ... I expect to still be positive, although i do feel better.

What kind of Kleenex are you using to sop up your covid sniffles?

Wuss alert wrote:

What kind of Kleenex are you using to sop up your covid sniffles?

Kleenex "Allergy Comfort". I find them a little thin, they tear easily. Going through one large box a day.

Are you taking vitamin D3? Zinc? Melatonin? C? Were you taking them before infection?

Do you plan to get the PCR test? I'd be curious to know the results if I were you.

Regardless, there is a 7 day relapse period with covid. Symptoms seem to lessen only to flare up again on/about day 7. It probably has to do with the cytokine storm. I'd urge you to take 20,000 IU of vitamin D3 every day for the next week or so. It moderates the immune system.

Good luck and thanks for giving us this insight.

Muad''dib wrote:

manflu is a beeyatch wrote:

Covid antigen test? HHAHAHAAAA

SUCKA!

Bro you got manflu. Could be any one of many pathogens.

They're pretty reliable now, and they're designed to not react to other pathogens.

False negatives rarely happen, but false positives are even rarer.

Anyway, i did it twice, and it picked it up twice, so the probability is quite high.

Testing again later today ... I expect to still be positive, although i do feel better.

So do you think they will make the ideal Christmas gift for my friends and family?

Muad'dib wrote:

Double vaxxed (Pfizer, 2nd dose early July), tested nov 13th with antigen (2 pos tests, to be sure).

Likely picked it up during recent travel, although I was careful. Wife traveled with, she tested negative.

Who hasn't had COVID at this point? There is likely less of them. Zero vaxxes.

fisky wrote:

Are you taking vitamin D3? Zinc? Melatonin? C? Were you taking them before infection?

Do you plan to get the PCR test? I'd be curious to know the results if I were you.

Regardless, there is a 7 day relapse period with covid. Symptoms seem to lessen only to flare up again on/about day 7. It probably has to do with the cytokine storm. I'd urge you to take 20,000 IU of vitamin D3 every day for the next week or so. It moderates the immune system.

Good luck and thanks for giving us this insight.

I'm taking a vitamin D (25 ug of D3) and a high strength C supplement that i wasn't taking prior to infection. I think i have a good, varied diet in general with plenty of veggies and fruits, so i tend not to take supplements in general.

I do not have a fever (98.5 oral).

Regarding PCR, I'm debating - i wouldn't want a PCR positive test result to be officially considered the start of my self isolation, when i've been isolating already for a couple if days. Rules are not super clear as to when your 10 day isolation period starts (first symptoms, 24 hours prior, or 24 hours prior positive PCR test?).

manflu is a beeyatch wrote:

Muad''dib wrote:

They're pretty reliable now, and they're designed to not react to other pathogens.

False negatives rarely happen, but false positives are even rarer.

Anyway, i did it twice, and it picked it up twice, so the probability is quite high.

Testing again later today ... I expect to still be positive, although i do feel better.

So do you think they will make the ideal Christmas gift for my friends and family?

If they like being gifted thermometers, vitamin C, and dettol wipes in general, i think they will, yes.

BidenFixedCovid wrote:

Muad'dib wrote:

Double vaxxed (Pfizer, 2nd dose early July), tested nov 13th with antigen (2 pos tests, to be sure).

Likely picked it up during recent travel, although I was careful. Wife traveled with, she tested negative.

Who hasn't had COVID at this point? There is likely less of them. Zero vaxxes.

Wouldn't we all like to know ... Sometimes we read that actual cases may be 5, 6, 10 or even 20 times the official tally...

For all i know, I may have had covid already? I remember not feeling too great in February 2020, coughing mucus, headache etc ... No fever or other more serious symptoms, but it seems more than a coincidence. I keep nites on strava of my illnesses, and i very rarely cough.

At the time, it was difficult to get tested.

Give it up brother. That vitamin stuff makes no difference. Melatonin? Lol.

Why do people insist on believing there is some cheat button, or easy out? There is not.

The vaccine is a million times more likely to protect you then some internet urban legends and even that is no guarantee (obv). It may be why the op has non serious symptoms though.

He doubtless has covid and there is no reason for a pcr test other than possibly reducing his isolation time

Did they tell you that you have delta?

Isn't is true that the test cannot determine what variant you have?

Another Former Repub wrote:

Give it up brother. That vitamin stuff makes no difference. Melatonin? Lol.

Why do people insist on believing there is some cheat button, or easy out? There is not.

The vaccine is a million times more likely to protect you then some internet urban legends and even that is no guarantee (obv). It may be why the op has non serious symptoms though.

He doubtless has covid and there is no reason for a pcr test other than possibly reducing his isolation time

"Why do people insist on believing there is some cheat button, or easy out? "

I tend to agree with you in general. Yes the vaccine is what matters first. But vitamins on top of it won't hurt, and right now I don't mind a bit of placebo effect, plus also a distraction from boredom!

carmine9 wrote:

Did they tell you that you have delta?

Isn't is true that the test cannot determine what variant you have?

The test isn't that specific. Outside of a PCR test I don't think you can get that info. Even with a PCR test it's probably a specialized lab.

I'm assuming i have delta, given the similarities in symptoms.

I don't know if there are subtleties in treating each variant?

Just did another antigen/lateral test flow, and I'm still positive. Not sure what I was looking for!

Do you plan on drinking any alcohol while you have COVID? That might help with the boredom :)

Middle of the Road wrote:

Do you plan on drinking any alcohol while you have COVID? That might help with the boredom :)

Yeah i think i'll make myself a grog or hot toddy tonight. Plus that alcohol surely will burn some of the virus!

The plan is to try and not put on too much weight until i can go out and run again. The 2021 season is over for me, but i'd like to try and race early next year. Maybe i'm too optimistic!

My wife and I received the shots (not a vaccine) in April. She tested positive a couple weeks ago, her symptoms were nasal congestion, a bit of a headache one of the days, fatigue for a couple days. Basically cold symptoms. They were at the peak for 2-3 days and a couple days of lingering congestion. After a week she was fine. I was around her the whole time, I never got it. She only knew she had it because we were required to get tested to attend an event. The test caught it before she had any symptoms, I found that interesting. But if we hadn't been doing anything that week she never would have been tested. I'm sure there are a ton of people who have covid who never get tested, so they aren't showing up in the numbers. But every single person who is really sick (old people mostly) is certainly going to be tested. If they die it will show up as a covid death, even though they're just generally unhealthy and if they got sick from the flu they may also die. So since a massive portion of our population is getting covid, yes some of them are going to die while they have covid. The low death rate of around 2% is still higher than it really is since a ton of people are getting covid and have cold symptoms and just never get tested. It's similar to the flu, just more contagious and slightly more severe. I don't think it's worth all of the fuss. We're averaging 400k deaths per year from covid in the US, but over 6 million people die each year in the US. So only 1 out of 16 people who die in the US have covid during their death, but 1 out of 10 americans test positive for it in a year and probably 1 in 5 actually get it. My point is a ton of people have it, a ton of people die, there will be some overlap, and we're not really seeing a high portion of deaths from it. It's not a likely reason to die. 1/16 people die with covid, 1/70 die from either a car crash or suicide, 1/11 people who die die from cancer (if you're reading this you're way more likely to get cancer and then die from cancer than die from covid in your lifetime).