Covid

[flexagon]

So the plague finally got me. Having avoided it for 3 years and 9 months, and five vaccinations (count them, Bob, five), I don't get to complain or act like it's all dramatic. I got a sore throat on Monday night, tested on Tuesday morning with no real expectation of a positive result, got a positive result, and got on Paxlovid before the day was over.

Canceled: four non-date social plans, one date, one handstand lesson, several workouts, about 3 days of work.
Unexpected achievements: read some books and played a whole lot of Void Stranger.

I never got a fever, although I did get nausea/puking the first night, and heisenbug slept a suspicious amount all week but never actually tested positive on any test (Cue or antigen). And I didn't really get anything done, which I guess is to be expected when one is sick. I managed to shower every other day and finish putting in annual reviews for my people at work, and that's about it. Presumably the other 7 billion people on the planet managed to keep things going without me.

I've taken all the Paxlovid and had two negative antigen tests on two consecutive days now, so mayyyybe that's over? I'm going to go really easy on a return to exercise though. I'm conscious that there's still some kind of cleanup going on in my body, and I don't want any more lingering effects.

Comments

[fraterrisus]

Sorry to hear you got hit :(

FWIW, when I had it a few months ago, I had about a week of being sick during which I took Paxlovid, then tested negative over the weekend, and then rebounded on Tuesday morning. (No symptoms, but positive RATs.) So maybe give yourself another rapid test in a day or two?

[flexagon]

Yeah, I probably will do that, although I'm told (by my doctor) that a positive test following that pattern still won't mean I'm contagious again.

[flexagon]

Update: Tuesday morning negative.

[jadia]

Glad you have recovered! You remember my dr said no exercise at all for an additional 10 days (since it's linked to long covid) but she said like walking and "daily activities" was fine...just no exertion.

It took me like 1-1.5 months before it felt like exertion was helping rather tham hurting. And yesterday climbing my partner said it finally seems like I'm back to original. I don't exercise much so your experience is probably gonna be different but in case it isn't...don't be discouraged!

[flexagon]

10 days! Gah! I'm discouraged just thinking about it... and probably won't make it that long, to be honest, though I can perhaps keep it tamped down to "gentle" and definitely avoid aerobic. As others have said, better 10 days or a couple of weeks than for months.

[jadia]

You would appreciate this article a friend of mine sent me! It's a more comprehensive and nuanced guideline for return to exercise.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9170595/?fbclid=IwAR2TT_JNQsA7vQ188s3ryVhbkWFQgOLTeVlzSoZZLYcM-IyksTdL7hGiDv4#s0025title

[flexagon]

I did appreciate it, thank you!

[randysmith]

Sorry you got the crud. Glad you got through the initial pass without anything major; hope the cleanup goes well too.

[khamsin]

Yuck. I'm sorry it caught you, and I'm glad you're coming out of it relatively unscathed. I hear very strong recommendations to take it easy during this cleanup phase as rebounding with some other kind of illness seems common.

[flexagon]

*whimpers*

Thanks, I'm trying. I'm going to suffer soon if I don't do SOMETHING physical, but I'm staying home as much as humanly possible and trying to wait for my throat to feel normal...

[triesticity]

Seconding with an anecdote re: rebounding with something else. In April C got something else right after he had covid, and it was quite a while before he felt back to normal. I hope your recovery continues to go smoothly.

[flexagon]

Bleh, and thank you.