'Rona back in the hizzy

[Thaleia]

snip..

I'm also a believer in sunshine when I'm sick. I don't know why, but it definitely (albeit temporarily) makes me feel better.

Funny you mention that. My back patio is my oasis, I spend a ton of time out there. The rona kicked me so hard that even on beautiful sunny warm summer days, I had no desire to be out side. Found that very odd.

[k2skier112]

I got my first ever case of the rona 3 weeks ago. After about 16 days after first symptoms I felt good enough to go back to the gym.

The sauna seemed to get the last bit of long covid out of my system

[riser4]

Sunshine on your face won't make you happy. She'll give you herpes.

[Buster Highmen]

One time on a family ski vacation in Silverton I got a serious bout of gunkflu: faucet nose, rattling diesel cough, sweats, etc. And of course everyone else was fine and wanted to ski.

So I bundled up in a huDge Patagonia storm coat over a layer of down with my usual burly wool pants, long johns and goretex bibs. While everyone else was skiing, I sat in a chair at Purgatory in the sun all day with a couple liters of water and just baked the shit out of myself, hood up, hat on.

Lo and behold by evening I was over it. Most amazing flu recovery evah.

[TBS]

Got my Covid & flu shots on Thursday
Damn, they kicked my ass. Yesterday, everything hurt from my scalp to my toenails. Major fever. Today is better - kinda - but still feel like shit

Likely better than the real thing though.

[Buzzworthy]

Got my flu shot yesterday, Sore arm is it.
Skipped the Rona booster as the lot was from October 2023.

[PB]

Surprised they've kept that vintage around even the availability of the up-dated '24-'25 version.
I wouldn't take that either.

[mcski]

Ya that’s kinda fucked up not using the latest vax

[mcski]

Talking to my friend w long covid was really concerning

We both had covid earlier this summer and both of us felt like it was barely a cold this time

A few weeks after she had it she started getting short of breath and a fast resting heart beat

Saw the doc , did a bunch of tests. No answers

After a bike ride 2 weeks ago, she her heart hurt it is beating so hard at rest afterwords , so now the doc is saying no exercise for 3 months. She’s understandably worried and so am I.

I figured it wouldn’t pop up later on like that let alone be that problematic. Hoping this resolves for her sooner rather than later but we are both mystified by it coming out of not significant illness.

I thought Covid was pretty much done it was such a non event when I had it but it still will fuck you up. I’ll keep vaxin

[k2skier112]

Thanks! You too, heal up! Tests on day one and three both negative. The test instructions say I don't have to test on day five after two negatives. I'm tempted to waste a test on day five anyway, for giggles. You'll be happy to know one symptom is that I don't feel like posting as much as I usually do.

Don't waste your time, money or nasal passages, my Dr said you can test + for a month or more after recovery and not be contagious

I asked because my test said the same thing. My fever broke then 5 & 7 days later I still tested +

[riser4]

Don't waste your time, money or nasal passages, my Dr said you can test + for a month or more after recovery and not be contagious

I asked because my test said the same thing. My fever broke then 5 & 7 days later I still tested +

I'm the opposite. Sick and testing negative. Took a day five test, still negative. Three tests all negative. And a swab up my nose feels good right now. Break the dam. Cold is moving into chest.

[Trackhead]

I'm the opposite. Sick and testing negative. Took a day five test, still negative. Three tests all negative. And a swab up my nose feels good right now. Break the dam. Cold is moving into chest.

Probably one of these:

Influenza A and B (flu)
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Parainfluenza virus
Rhinovirus
Adenovirus
Coronavirus
Enterovirus
Human metapneumovirus
Bordetella pertussis
Bordetella parapertussis
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Might as well just save your money at this point.

[raisingarizona13]

The sheer amount of sweat I put into my bed during my first bout of Covid was insane. A full week of it. Then shivers all night. Those flashbacks are another reason I was inquiring about the new info out there. That fucking sucked hard. Probably the sickest I’ve ever been.

That sounds just like my first run with the vid right after Christmas 2019 and before it hit the news. For several days there would be like a 4 inch deep puddle of sweat under neath me when I'd wake up. I've never seen anything like that before. I knew that whatever I had wasn't a regular flu. A week or two later it was in the news and I was like, yeah that was what I had. The loss of taste was the big giveaway for me. I couldn't taste anything for a week.

I've had it now 4 times and had it again this summer. This last round was covid light with only three days of knocked out and on my ass. I could't taste food again and breathing was difficult. It lingered long after but it was manageable. I did have two incidents where my heart went scary fast for a duration. I don't have insurance so if it's time, it's time.

The more times it makes it's rounds the more mild overall it will be. People die everyone, this is part of life. Don't be a pussy.

[liv2ski]

I'm the opposite. Sick and testing negative. Took a day five test, still negative. Three tests all negative. And a swab up my nose feels good right now. Break the dam. Cold is moving into chest.

Last time I had it was in 2021 and I tested positive long after my fever and major symptoms had gone away.

[raisingarizona13]

Talking to my friend w long covid was really concerning

We both had covid earlier this summer and both of us felt like it was barely a cold this time

A few weeks after she had it she started getting short of breath and a fast resting heart beat

Saw the doc , did a bunch of tests. No answers

After a bike ride 2 weeks ago, she her heart hurt it is beating so hard at rest afterwords , so now the doc is saying no exercise for 3 months. She’s understandably worried and so am I.

I figured it wouldn’t pop up later on like that let alone be that problematic. Hoping this resolves for her sooner rather than later but we are both mystified by it coming out of not significant illness.

I thought Covid was pretty much done it was such a non event when I had it but it still will fuck you up. I’ll keep vaxin

I've laid off of heavy exercise all summer after being sick. I just haven't been 100%. I've had three close friends have heart attacks post covid and all three were under 45 years old. Two were in their 30's. It's seems to be very sneaky. Again, if it's time it's time. I'm ok with this.

[waxman]

Not much has changed. It ebbs/flows but still rarely puts people in the hospital. Only people I've seen admitted with it in last couple years are those immunocompromised. A leukemia patient, a 90+ yr old, etc.

so same as always?

[Trackhead]

so same as always?

Yup. At least same since Delta faded out.

[bennymac]

JFC it’s provably not “the same as it ever was”

One could offer the caveat that Trackhead did to say post Delta it’s been similar

[mcski]

I've laid off of heavy exercise all summer after being sick. I just haven't been 100%. I've had three close friends have heart attacks post covid and all three were under 45 years old. Two were in their 30's. It's seems to be very sneaky. Again, if it's time it's time. I'm ok with this.

If you’re ok with it that fine, but your fam might not be. As far as it goes for my friend, i say fuck that noise, it is def not time yet. They feel the same. Fuck Covid

[XXX-er]

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/audio/1.7055985

an interesting medical rant on the covid by dr Iris Gorfinkel a regular CBC contributor,

the new nova vax vs the old MRNA so alot of good info,

she looks hotter than her name would let on

[riser4]

Got the updated 2024/2025 COVID vax yesterday.