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@Jess1483: ugh I’m sorry. So stressful. Is DD doing better? Did they admit her? Hope the hospital experience wasn’t too awful and you guys feel better soon!

@Anagram: I’m sorry about the vertigo. I’ve also heard that from others.

We are doing okay. I thought I was exposed but I think I’m in the clear. My friend’s nanny tested positive the day after I saw her but she is still negative and it’s been 6 days so fingers crossed. It was a brief outdoor hang so I’m not super concerned but still. This stuff is everywhere! I do sort of feel like it’s only a matter of time.

@Jess1483: oh no! I'm sorry to hear about your DD. How is she doing?

@agold: I’m glad it was mild! Also so interesting, my husband gets let-down fevers/flu symptoms too. Used to be every vacation from work (whether to visit family or a destination or whatever - any time off) - but since he started staying on anxiety meds it’s actually gone away which I find fascinating. I’d never heard of it before we got together.

@bhbee: I actually didn't know about the "let down affect" until I found it with doctor google just this last week. But it makes absolute sense to me. And very interesting about anxiety meds helping. I always think I'm close to needing them, at least to maybe help me sleep. Thanks so much for sharing what you know.

@Anagram: I'm fully unvaxxed and it was pretty mild for me. Not unlike anything else I've ever had over the years. Even more so for my husband. No problems with my kids. I'm praying this is true for all - vax or no vax.

We’re 10 days past first symptoms now and everyone but me is back to 100% I still feel congested but this often happens to me with regular colds too. I think my nasal passages are small or something because I often can’t kick congestion and it turns into a sinus infection. But otherwise, I’m feeling some relief to have this behind us. We were lucky that the family we might have exposed we’re all negative and we didn’t expose the kids schoolmates. So most of my big fears around catching it didn’t come to pass.

DH (who is fully vaccinated and boosted) has been in isolation at home since Saturday night. He had to go to a pop up covid clinic today because he has had chest pain and trouble breathing since Sunday. They prescribed two inhalers but of course all pharmacies are out of stock and there are many people ahead of him in line for them, so it could take 2-4 days for them to be available. He needs to go back to a different site tomorrow for x-rays because they need to rule out pneumonia or bronchitis. They said he needs to stay in full isolation at home through Saturday night at a minimum but possibly longer.

DD and I took rapids this morning since it's been five days since we have had contact with DH, and they were negative.

@Jess1483: I hope you continue to improve quickly! Do you have access to a rapid test? I’d feel good about going somewhere on day 10 if I was also negative on a rapid test by that point. My husband and sister were negative on rapid tests by day 7 or so (though they still finished out their isolation periods). I know they can be hard to find these days, though.

My family of 3 have cycled through Covid since Christmas. We got it from DHs brother, we think, Christmas Eve as he got a + the day after Christmas after not feeling great over the holiday. DH felt sick first, but our PCR tests only showed our LO(6) was + on Thu after Christmas. She was vomiting & feverish for 2 days & tired (for her) for several more days. DH started to get better, then suddenly worse the week after our PCR test. A rapid test showed us both + & he was downright miserable for a full week. He was vaccinated & I am plus a booster right before Christmas. Thank God I hardly felt any symptoms so I could care for them. I'm so sick of it all, though, because now we've all been home together for 4 weeks and have gotten NOTHING done. I can't wait for my kid to go back to school Tues & hopefully hubby too. Love him, but F men are such babies when sick. ‍ He's feeling better, but seems unable to do *anything*.
I am thankful we didn't need any medical care. ️

@JJ2626: at least for us, being prepared for a lot of vomiting (having a bucket next to her 24/7) and water/ginger ale/oyster crackers available was so helpful. She only had minimal respiratory symptoms (stuffy nose, sneezing)
I didn't even try to keep any distance from her since I recently got boosted too, and while I did eventually test positive, had negligible symptoms. 6yo felt MUCH better after ~4 days but stayed home from school for a 2nd week due to my husband's more significant case and us not isolating from him.
Good luck, I hope you all recover quickly or escape infection altogether.

@Jess1483: My DH still tested positive on day 12 and his doctor advised him to just stop testing. He is currently using one inhaler twice a day and a second inhaler 4-5 times a day. He gets winded just getting ready for the day or taking a shower and is still extremely tired and foggy. He was healthy, active, and fully vaccinated and boosted.

DD and I have still tested negative. DH left his isolation today and will be masking everywhere, even at home, for five days.

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I guess we're past the surge but I'm just resurrecting this to see how everyone is doing and complain about my own situation.

Last weekend DS2 came down with a fever and vomiting for 24 hours. Tested him and it was negative. On Monday DS3 and DH both became feverish, vomiting, GI issues. DH tested negative. Didn't test DS because I assumed since the other two tests were negative that they all had caught the same stomach bug. DS2, our patient zero, was completely fine after 24 hours. On Wednesday DS1 had a fever after school, I expected him to start vomiting but he never did. DH went to get a PCR test yesterday instead of using another at home test because he still felt off and it came back positive this morning. So then I took an at home test and it was positive also and I've since developed a cough but no other symptoms. All of the kids seem to be better now but I feel really guilty about the people we've exposed just assuming that they had a stomach bug since we had not one but TWO at home tests that were negative. UGH. I sent DS2 to preschool on Monday because he had been fever and vomit free for 24 hours. I felt like such an a-hole contacting them this morning.

@LadyDi: I totally understand your feelings. If it’s any comfort, the rapid tests are very good at turning positive when the viral load is high enough to be infectious. If they were around people while still having negative tests, they likely weren’t very contagious, if at all.

@HappyBaker: I’m sorry. That must have been so hard for all of you. I totally agree that it feels like I cannot DD anything until literally moments before it happens. We have had to cancel/postpone so many things.

DH is 6.5 weeks out from when he got covid and he is still a mess. Lots of trouble breathing, chest pain, and exhaustion. He basically goes to work and comes home to sleep. Some days I have to drive him to and from work because he doesn’t feel safe driving. He can’t play with DD for more than five minutes without having a coughing fit/trouble breathing. He is still using the two inhalers he was prescribed in the first week. His doctor has referred him to the long haul clinic but they can’t even get him in until the end of March. I try really hard not to complain to him because, obviously I am not the sick one, but it’s breaking me to be in charge of everything at all times. I slept on the couch for a little over five weeks because his cough was so bad and we don’t have a guest room.

I really am so happy that for most people it is like a cold, but for households that experience a tougher case it is hell.

@catgirl: yeah, I actually just had a coworker tell me last week that long Covid is all in people’s heads. He said that to my face, when I myself and experiencing some long haul symptoms. My main symptoms are near-constant dizziness and migraine headaches about 5-6 days a week. I’ve been to so many doctors and have had an MRI. I also have burning pain in my ears but I’ve also been to an ENT and my ears are fine so everyone things it’s neurological and related to the dizziness and headaches. I have like 6 new medications and none of them even work that well. It is SO FRustrating to hear the “it’s just a cold” group.

I have lupus and sjogrens, so I already know my immune system sucks. I am so glad I was fully vaccinated and boosted because I shudder to think how bad id be right now if I hadn’t been. But like—pre-Covid, my autoimmune stuff was very well managed since my first initial flare up 3”4 years ago (that I posted about all the time back then). I take minimal medication, and the lowest dose. I generally felt totally normal prior to covid. And now I’m back to just ad bad as I was 4 years ago and it really sucks to feel minimized/expendable to shitty people like my coworker—who was like “my whole family got Covid and we were fine. People just need to get back to normal and live their lives. Stay home if they can’t.” Like—-hey fuck you too, douche bag. This is a coworker whose parents do his childcare, so he never has to even take sick days for his kids, because his parents take his kids when they are sick. Some of us have no family help, work full time whether we are sick or not, and still have to go places like work (fully in person for me as a teacher) and supermarkets because we don’t have anyone else to do that shit!

Anyway—-don’t get me started. It just will make me rage all day. It’s just scary that so many parents are teaching their kids that anyone who had a small/large preexisting condition, or who is overweight (more than half of Us adults), or is elderly is totally expendable. Like—how and when did our society become so disgusting. It’s sickening to me.

I hope your husband feels better soon. I know first hand it is a struggle.