Posted on 11/30/2021 7:53:01 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel
Had covid late February/early March 2020. Did not test for it as tests were hard to get back then. Had first serology test in may 2020. I took NyQuil for COVID. Lost sense of taste and smell. Was extremely tired. Lasted about a week. I was 55 at the time. On BP meds and cholesterol meds, had stroke 3 years prior. Signed up for a study that tests my blood every six months. Last test was late August which showed I still have a robust antibody response to the whole virus 16 months after infection.
The former was before we knew there was a COVID-19. I was at a conference where Chinese nationals attended, on a 56-hour marathon schedule.
The second was when I was trying to quarantine adequately, and wore a mask when not at home. (I live alone.) Never lost the sense of smell, though, so was it COVID or was it another kind of flu? In any case, 10 days of bed rest and keeping in did the trick.
So did I, or not? The only way to tell would be to have my T-cells checked, and I don't know where that can be done.
December 2019, almost my entire crew was sick with what we thought was a vicious flu.
January 2020, I got sick. Doctor had already started seeing the news about COVID and ordered chest xray and MRI. Lungs came back clear.
February 2020, hospitalized because I could not breathe. More xrays, another MRI. Diagnosed with upper respiratory infection.
March 2020, hospitalized again because I could not breathe. More xrays, another MRI. Diagnosed with pneumonia.
April 2020, still can’t breathe. Doctor orders more xrays, MRI. Recommends I see a pulmonologist. Pulmonologist looks at all my records and asks, “When did you have COVID?” There was COVID scarring all over my lungs. Diagnosed with Stage 1 COPD.
August 2020, I’m getting worse, not better. More scans, more tests. They move me to Stage 3 COPD (emphysema). Kidneys start to fail. Endocrine system depleted.
September 2020, doctor starts to boost my hormone levels. Feel instantly better. Stay on hormones for two months, see immediate, positive changes.
January 2021, off the inhalers and steriods. Eating lots of food that support progesterone and testosterone production. Lung functionality test puts me back to Stage 1. Kidneys recovered.
It took almost two years to get back on track.
My husband and eldest son never missed a beat.
My two youngest children had a heavy cold for about three days.
We ran the gamut in my house; I had it first and worst.
I refuse to get the vax.
Nope never been tested. So I dunno.
“My MIL got it right after we did and died of it, Jan 6.”
How old was your MIL? Did she have any other conditions besides the Covid?
In Oct. A friend had me over for dinner and a few days after that he tested positive for Covid. A few days after he tested positive, I got a really bad headache and a slight fever and so fatigued I just slept all day. I was really fatigued for a couple days. I decided to go test and it came back Negative (which means nothing according to the report I received) So I don’t know if I actually had it or not. Those were similar to the symptoms he and his wife had only he had a bad cough also he said.
My son experienced a pretty normal flu for a week and recovered like a champ.
That one was my 2nd time testing positive and I only had a mild headache for 2 days. Natural immunity kicks ass.
However my 1st round 8 months before that was bad.
For several days I was coughing nearly every single breath and sleep was near impossible. Horrible but got thru it with no lasting issues.
Self medicated with beer which really helped relieve the misery.
I got the Chinese version in China on a 3 day layover in Guangzhou in Feb 2020. Had chest pain for two weeks and fatigue for almost two months. Recovered to 100%. I got the Indian version on a layover in the UK in April 2020. Almost no symptoms but lost my taste and smell for a week. I didn’t even have an antibody response the second time around. My wife had it as well with same symptoms and positive antibody test. I took a tcell test and that was positive. I have not had the vax. I’m currently in Australia and heading to China tonight. I assume I’ll get exposed to the latest variant. I don’t care at all. It’s much less than a cold for me.
Haven't taken anything different than my daily regiment of Centrum Silver and Osteo Bi-flex.
My nephew, his father and mother all had it in July this year. My nephew caught it from his best friends, who married each other. He went through school from 3rd grade on with the female.
I basically live in the same household, but tested negative in late July.
My sister and BIL had mild symptoms and recovered within 10 days. My nephew developed covid pneumonia and died August 6. The fluid solidified in his lungs, which stopped working.
His best friends obtained Ivermectin from a doctor in Texas, and got him a course also. Alas, he refused it. He was very suspicious of all medicine, and that was most likely his downfall.
His friends still feel guilty for giving it to him.
I had it in January of ‘21. I got it from an old man I was trying to care for after a hospitalization. I think he got it from the hospital and died from it a few weeks later.
I wasn’t sleeping much because my neighbor needed 24/7 care so I presumed my fatigue was from lack of sleep and the aches were from trying to lift him on and off the toilet or into bed but when I developed a fever, I knew that there was something more to it.
I was diagnosed on the third or fourth day. The health agency here in Panama gave me a kit which included Hydroxichloroquine, liquid zinc and Vitamin C tablets. Mind you, the global health cartels were already telling us HCQ was no good because Trump was suggesting it. After three days the fever broke but I still had to be tested every day during my 14-day quarantine to prove I was in good shape.
I was always able to draw a good long inhalation into my lungs which, IMO, is the key to how sick you are. If you die from COVID, it’s almost always because of fluid in your lungs. I began doing projects around the home because I was not allowed to leave - you know, those projects you always say you never have time for? Now, I had no excuse.
I lost my sense of smell (proving to me I did indeed have COVID) but once the fever broke, I had close to my normal energy level and, after 14 days, got my “diploma” from the health agency certifying I had the disease and recovered from it. Funny, once I had proof in writing that I had the natural antibodies was right when Biden and the vaxxers decided that didn’t matter.
E.g., your mother-in-law:
My MIL got it right after we did and died of it, Jan 6.
What was her medical history? How old was she? How much did she weigh? How was she treated? Etc.
Without those additional facts, your statements are worthless.
Regards,
I had it in August (Chicago). I was miserably sick, but I’m immune suppressed.
The first day was a non-stop runny nose and a stupid amount of sneezing to the point where I couldn’t catch my breath at times, but it was only that day. Then came the shortness of breath the next day, and my O2 dropped to about 96 throughout the entirety of it. I also had nasty nausea and vomiting, but only for a day, and the runs for two.
I couldn’t stop sweating, soaking my clothes and sheets with a low fever (≈100F), and everything hurt. Muscles, joints, even my TEETH. That was weird. I also wanted to do nothing but sleep, and my left submandibular nodes (which were already enlarged from the COVID shot) grew sore and painful. They got to about 5cm in size, but that is another can of worms entirely.
I had it for a week total, and wound up not needing hospitalization. I didn’t take any supplementals, RX or OTC. Just lots of sleep and hydration.
I was also on Vancomycin for C.diff at the time, and it may be why I didn’t wind up with pneumonia. (Which I have now!)
Before the ‘rona, people would catch the cold and/or flu a couple of times a year from their kids passing it around and around to each other at daycare/school—and nobody thought anything of it!
Bookmarking to answer tomorrow when I’m not half asleep. ;-)
Had it in mid March 2020. Not tested because they weren’t testing ppl then. Had a dry cough, fatigue, slight fever, headache and muscle aches. Quarantined for 14 days like the BCBS nurse line told me to, but didn’t actually leave my house for 3 weeks because I still had the fatigue and cough. Had an antibody test in August but it was negative as expected after 17 months.
You had no symptoms, so you were asympthomatic.
You and your son were recently tested for antibodies, to make sure you really had COVID?
Nobody doing antibody test. If Labcorps did, it's questionable or falsified because nobody been able to isolate the virus after all this time.
You are both chock full of antibodies against COVID?
Who knows? As I said SARS-C0V-2 that supposed to sicken you with C0VID-19 no scientist been able to isolate sucessfully. They should be testing antigens in you and your son's system but they don't have isolation nor analysis nor abstract of SARS-C0V-2 or C0VID-19 for comparison whatever they're finding in your body and to compare with isolation and analysis. You're just making up story.
I haven’t (yet) but all of my conservative (and mostly unvaxxed) friends have. Some have gotten it twice. No taste/smell and lots of coughing. One hospitalized (one comorbidity) then OK. One 86 year old lingered with it but now OK.
Not sure. I had a bad cold last Dec. It took longer than usual to get over it. I didn’t bother going to the doc or get tested.
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