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I still think the media scare tactics were over the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
it was very serious and still has some serious merits in the population. People died. Maintain your immune system as best you can and old people need to really be careful.
A very dear friend of mine is still suffering long covid. Way back in the "are you better off now than 4 yars ago?" days she suffered a minor case during NYC's very first wave in summer 2020. Sense of taste and smell were lost. No other symptoms. A month later she got walloped with mega fatigue (can't walk 100 feet without stopping to rest, need to sleep 14 hours a day, etc.) and headaches. 3 1/2 years later she's mostly not getting headaches anymore but the fatigue is very much still a thing. This will likely affect her for the rest of her life.
Long Covid is no joke, it is a serious thing.
And Rob, the death of your 39 year old tenant is a tragedy. Too young.
The biggest long-term impact COVID had on my life is that I had a full stop on business travel which continues to this day. We have learned how to do formerly face-to-face interviews by Zoom with great success. I just wish my last real business trip before COVID shut things down was someplace more exciting than Buffalo, NY. And I never even went to Niagara Falls! It was January and cold. I just went to the airport and went home. DH and I were staying in Ocean Grove NJ that year--and took advantage of going to restaurants because we never go out up here in VT. We saw how our preferred restaurants were emptying out, and the bar talk was about this strange virus and what that was going to mean.
One of my high school friends was so looking forward to our 50th high school reunion in 2020, which of course was postponed due to COVID. But he never made it to the 50th reunion when it finally happened in 2021. he had died of COVID by then. A couple of weeks later his wife died from it as well. A former neighbor died from it also.
I'm in the camp of the introverts who were comfortable being housebound.
Have a read of this. Talks about the first two months from first finding out about it to lockdown in Chicago. The day by day really brings the uncertainty back.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-m...s-to-lockdown/
The four year anniversary brings a lot of thoughts to mind about how things have transpired since. I don't know if it was the Trump era or Covid but even now, many things feel off and the level of trust in public institutions continue to erode. I also feel like those were years lost and make me wonder often "where did that time go".
I’ve seen idiots online who are now saying eff it to the polio and measles vaccines that have been safety used for decades because of the Covid vaccine.
Thank You, lL. I agree that indeed this is a tragedy. He left behind a six year old girl (age at the time) in Morelia, Michoacan, who will grow up with only vague memories of her father. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Husband and I just tested positive for Covid...4 years and 4 months without catching it! Frustrated. We're both 75, fully vaccinated and in good health, but I thought about the anti viral, but making the effort to get it is daunting...we're supposed to quarantine so why go to urgent care? Feels like a bad cold. Husband has a strong headache, I have clogged ears. The rest is just normal cold stuff. I think we'll be fine.
Sorry to hear. I had massive chills in January when I had it for the first time. Also fully vaxxed. Did a telehealth appt with doctor and was able to get Paxlovid via Walgreens drive thru. Didn’t have to have contact with anyone. Suggest you ask for a telehealth appt and hope your pharmacy has a drive thru.
Our provider did a telehealth visit with us via video/cellphone call. They don't want to see you in person if you have covid! Pharmacy also called to make sure someone else would be picking up the Paxlovid.
Hope you are better soon!
Get well soon!
They say Paxlovid is most effective if taken as soon as possible after diagnosis. My doctor called in a prescription based on the home test kit positive. My supermarket pharmacy delivers, but they said it was OK for me to come in person as long as I wore a mask. My last booster was last fall and I'll probably get one again this fall. It might be a good idea to get some new test kits, too.
Sorry to here that. My sister got paxlovid recently and was amazed at how well it worked. The summer surge that's been in the news seems to be very real. I know half a dozen people who've had it within the past month and last week I had a bunch of work appointments in Seattle and Portland and at liiterally every meeting someone had either just had it or someone who was going to be at the meeting wasn't there because they currently had it.
Thanks for the good wishes and advice. We did not go or attempt to get the "cure". Just hanging out and hoping it goes away soon. Might regret it but I hope not.
Adding my best wishes that it is mild and you both recover quickly.
I’m curious about other’s experience. The only people I know that have suffered long covid for any length of time were/are people who were infected prior to the availability of vaccines. Does anyone here know of someone that has suffered long covid after first getting infected post vaccination?
Not me. The two people I know with long covid got it in the first wave. One was a diving friend. She ended up with severe neurological issues. Had to give up diving and driving. Thankfully she has a great remote job and is doing very well at work.
The only one I know who got long Covid was Tammy, who used to be on the Forum with us.
Not really long covid, but a friend had it this spring and had lingering cough and other symptoms for 4 or so weeks and tired for a few more. Bad enough he contacted his doctor several times out of concern. He's just fine now.
I do remember Tammy. It almost seems like she left the forum over some disagreements over vaccinations, masks or other precautions. She had a struggle with long covid.
I think Tammy left due to the former resident anti masker.
I don't know that anyone ever talks much about it - mainly because it gets poo-poo'ed alot - but the Covid "brain fog" is real (in my opinion). While most of the "fog" has cleared for me, I still often have a hard time coming up with the words I want. I consider myself having gotten off lucky with that, as so many others live with worse effects or no longer live at all.
And I'll admit that I'm a little bit resentful that she drove quite a few people away, and then she departed as well (although she and I always got along fine).Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
I’m sorry she drive people away but I was very happy when she left.
jp1 my husband got Covid for the second time this last January. He has had all vaccines/boosters. He was very ill and has had several long term issues hanging on. We believe he also had it back in January 2020 before they were testing. He tested positive for flu but was down and out for two months and then had a stroke. He has several issues hanging on, the biggest being severe fatigue and brain fog. His blood pressure has also been erratic. They sent him in for a scan in hopes that perhaps a stent could be placed to help with the BP. He was found to have kidney cancer and he has but one. They got him in ASAP for surgery which would never have been found without testing something for covid.... weird silver lining, because there are no symptoms until it is too late. Within a week of the surgery he had another stroke. An MRI showed a lot of small brain bleeds along with the stroke area which they feel might have been due to Covid. We are at our wits end. He has been struggling from the very first with all this.
Simplemind: So sorry for what you and your DH have been going through. I wish him healthier days ahead.
Rosa my dear, you are our ray of sunshine who gets along with everyone. And I wish you could hear the sincere tone of my voice. I’m not at all snarky here.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Ditto rr and sending some prayers and positive energies to both you and your dh. I hope he improves.
Ditto il that rr is a sweetheart!!
Ditto, ditto RR and IL. Our local news says we're having an uptick in cases and expressed some concerns for a winter surge.
Aw shucks, thanks guys!
My DH and I are doing fine; It is Simplemind's DH that is having a tough time right now.