Posted on 03/06/2021 8:35:03 AM PST by VeniVidiVici
My definition of ripe for death would be combination of 2 or more of these comorbidities: serious heart disease, advanced diabetes, extreme obesity, cirrhosis of liver, bad kidneys, COPD in lungs, advanced stage-4 cancer.
I was told some guy in Oklahoma was so affected by so many people dying around him with covid-19, he decided to create that monument in their memory.
Thanks for posting this excellent thread: It demonstrates not only the unusual spread of symptoms in terms of severity, but the (I almost hate to use the word) exceptional diversity of symptom types. Instead of a general “run” of symptoms and complications, with a few outliers, it seems as though once one gets past those with very mild symptoms (admittedly a large portion of those infected), then the symptoms are all over the place.
So sorry for your loss of your dear brother.
Heard from my nephew, and yes, my brother-in-law was put on more oxygen than I first stated... 10 liters then it went up to 15 liters, then later on it was down to 6. By the time he went home he was off oxygen completely.
Brother-in-law almost died back in 2000. He thought he had the flu for a couple of weeks while working down in Jacksonville, Florida, lived in SC at the time. He wasn’t getting better. Guy he was rooming with got him to the hospital. All his organs started shutting down, he was given 48 hours to live at one point. My sister drove down from SC while my husband and I drove from NJ to SC to stay with her kids, 4 of them, the youngest was 16. It happened right before Christmas. No idea what caused it, hep C was a possibility, then not. Might have been something he ate in the shellfish dept., still never confirmed. He had blood coming out of his eyes once my sister was there. She stayed in his room and helped take care of him. Miraculously he survived, needed kidney dialysis for a while once home and became temporarily diabetic. Years later he became insulin dependent diabetic. He had low kidney function prior to this episode and still does to this day.
At the end of November of 2019, he cut his dominant right hand on a table saw and lost 3 fingers, had to be amputated. He’s also a drummer. He’s retired but was doing construction work of his own. Somehow he resumed doing side jobs and playing his drums despite being minus 3 fingers.
Every horrible thing that happens to him seems to be right before or around Christmas.
Thankfully they didn’t put my brother-in-law on a ventilator. I read about the vapotherm after hearing he was given that and wonder if more would benefit from it rather than a ventilator. I hope your friend’s cousin continues to improve. My brother-in-law is pretty much back to normal,including back to his rotten disposition that he has, per my sister. The family had hoped he would ‘be different’ after yet another near death experience (had another back in 2000) but he’s the same as he was, just loves to be miserable.
Thanks! That was my main reason for asking the question as my wife and I had totally different symptoms and I wanted to see what others were experiencing.
I appreciate all who took the time to post.
At the time, I was commuting daily into Manhattan via Metro North and then frequently I was on the subway visiting clients. If you remember, NYC was one of the hardest hit areas early on.
I had a few days of chills, fever, nausea and didn't have much of an appetite. In fact, I think food was mostly tasteless at the time. I shook it off in just a few days and quickly got back to normal. Have not been sick since. Never got tested (tests were hard to get in those days anyway).
Since then, I've had a normal existence. I still travel a lot, still go into the city, still ride mass transit, go to a lot of restaurants and try to walk a few miles a day outside though with recent winter weather, I've done it less. Only mask when I absolutely have to such as going into stores or other places of business.
Hope to get exercise back on track with coming spring weather next week.
I think the shutdowns and the mandatory masking are utter nonsense and have done great and unnecessary harm to our economy and small businesses. People who are afraid are the ones that should just stay home for the remainder of their lives. Let the rest of us live our lives.
My definition of ripe for death would be combination of 2 or more of these comorbidities: serious heart disease, advanced diabetes, extreme obesity, cirrhosis of liver, bad kidneys, COPD in lungs, advanced stage-4 cancer.
Well I don’t think the 63ish year old woman I described fit that category as I doubt she had 2 of your comorbidities—none noticeable none shared. So not everyone who gets a really bad case is “ripe for death,” and the research does not support that contention either.
You are entitled to your opinion.
And I am entitled to my opinion.
Can we agree on that?
WOW! so sorry to read about his traumatic experiences.
In the meanwhile cherish the healthy days we are blessed with many times. I know I am. Soon to be 81, I have zero health problems, which I credit to pure luck, inherited genes, daily exercise.
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