My brother is a coach/ retired teacher and got first shot this week. A bunch of the teachers where he coaches were declining the vaccination.
Just tested positive for the COVID...
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My brother is a coach/ retired teacher and got first shot this week. A bunch of the teachers where he coaches were declining the vaccination.
Wish that could work. I am six pounds below the weight I was at when doctor told me to gain 10-14 pounds so I have been avoiding going to the doctor with excuse of not wanting to go cause Covid lol. Like beam me 15 pounds. But more worried about my son.
Tested positive on jan. 8th. Went into ER first time on 11th went into ER again on 13th and was admitted to hospital from 13th-18th.
I thought maybe the suspension of basketball activities was just because you couldn’t post game day thread but you seem to have taken care of that with one thread for the rest of the season.
I got it in November right after Thanksgiving (no family get together, not sure how we got it in our house, probably brought home by our 5 year old daughter) - and my symptoms were about the same as above. Had a headache during the fever for the first couple of days, then started noticing the change/loss of taste and smell a few days later, and both senses were completely gone a couple days after that and returned about 10 days later.
The loss of taste/smell was definitely strange. Never experienced that before.
I will also say that I experienced what I would call a "brain fog" for a couple of weeks also from the onset of symptoms. I could tell my cognitive function was not sharp and I just felt......slow to react to things. Also a very odd feeling. I could immediately feel that when it came back, it felt like clouds had lifted off my brain over the course of a day or so at the end of symptoms.
Yes. Here in Iowa I know of someone who works at the Rock Island Arsenal (civilian military employee) that got it through work, and multiple people in nursing homes.
Iowa is a bit behind - but 65+ (non-nursing home) can start getting vaccinated next week and I think other states started this week or last week.
I know prison workers and law enforcement who have received vaccine as well.
Quite a few. The local nursing homes and assisted living homes residents around us have all received them. A hospital in KC had spare vaccines so they let them call their spouses in and have them. Local teachers are supposed to be coming up in about 2 weeks. I know a few elderly people who have gotten it. Most have the first shot and are now just receiving the second.
Agreed. The fog was real, and it was a stark difference I was out of it. I don't think I had any memory lapses at least. I had to record a presentation the day of my peak symptoms, and I was definitely off my game. For me it felt like it does when I've had a nasty cold and it takes a few days to get out of the fog and fatigue portion of the cold, only covid lasted over a week in that zone. A lot of sinus pressure, but not much more than a dry cough.
I also had a weird sensation that my skin on my back and chest was extremely sensitive. I would put on a shirt and it felt like a mild scraping sensation where ever the shirt was making contact. That lasted about 3 days.
I'd hit a like/love for your brother but people with an advanced reserved spot in line declining worries me that the speed of things might be compromised. Hopefully there's some way to skip people without slowing it down.
basically same experience here, sickest I have ever been mid February last year, with a cough/shortness of breath/easily winded into March. I have wanted to do a red cross blood donation to do the anti body test, but finding a time slot that works for me around here has been impossible, and at this point who knows if they will even show up? Co-worker who had the same crap at the same time as me last year tested positive for Covid with symptoms mid November and says he felt the same way again, and he doesn't have full taste or smell back yet.
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my county opened it up to everyone 65+ had ~400 doses and the schedule filled up in about 2 hours.
My brother in law passed away last Thursday due to Covid. He had no pre-existing conditions. The first week it was all gastro intestinal, then the breathing problems started.
My sister got tested when he tested positive. She tested positive as well. It barely affected her
My sister got tested when he tested positive. She tested positive as well. It barely affected her
It’s in my house right now but I tested negative today. As did both little JMs. This is the **** that scares the hell out of me. I have no conditions since I made some significant health/diet changes about two years ago. But stories like this are beyond frightening.
Agree. The only way we get some semblance of normal is for enough people to get the vaccine and/or the illness to greatly reduce the spread. It seems a bit like playing Russian roulette to just have everyone get the virus. And husband’s radiologist friend is very worried about long term health affects with lung damage.
So sorry for your loss.
It's very strange how some people are barely affected while others are ravaged.
