RadishRose
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Happy you're recovering @OneEyedDiva . May you be well for Thanksgiving! 
My Son & I Have COVID
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OneEyedDiva
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Thank you so much RoseHappy you're recovering @OneEyedDiva . May you be well for Thanksgiving!
Wishing the same for you and yours.
ElCastor
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My comment that the home test was very positive may have been misleading. The test produces a measuring line in a test device. Apparently the lines can vary from pale to dark. Mine was very dark. That may be a test fluctuation that has nothing to do with the severity of the infection. At any rate it was positive. I am fully vaccinated, my infection is probably mild, my doctor has me on an anti-virus drug regimen, and I'm doing well.
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I hope your son and DIL are doing much better. Thank you for your kind comment
I hope you and your family have a nice Thanksgiving as well. @debra Mae...Thank you Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Wow, Diva, sounds like you and your son have really been through an ordeal. My whole family managed to get it also at Thanksgiving, although we are all vaccinated and boosted. Maybe for that reason, we've all had mild cases. I'm up to the 5th day, feeling much better, mostly just kind of tired and wiped out. I've had ordinary colds that were worse. Though no illness is fun.
BTW, I have A-fib also. So does nearly everyone else who lives here; it goes with the age we are. Most of us are taking Eliquis every day, to prevent strokes. That's the main danger of A-fib. I think it's a chronic condition for most people, not serious in itself, as long as you are taking a blood thinner.
But interestingly, the covid made both my granddaughter, who is staying with me (she was on college break and visiting me for Thanksgiving week, which is turning out to be longer than we expected) have a dizzy spell for a moment or two when standing up too suddenly. That normally never happens. So it might be a covid symptom.
Anyway, we're making our way through the entire Netflix repertoire.
BTW, I have A-fib also. So does nearly everyone else who lives here; it goes with the age we are. Most of us are taking Eliquis every day, to prevent strokes. That's the main danger of A-fib. I think it's a chronic condition for most people, not serious in itself, as long as you are taking a blood thinner.
But interestingly, the covid made both my granddaughter, who is staying with me (she was on college break and visiting me for Thanksgiving week, which is turning out to be longer than we expected) have a dizzy spell for a moment or two when standing up too suddenly. That normally never happens. So it might be a covid symptom.
Anyway, we're making our way through the entire Netflix repertoire.
I don't think anyone is immune to Covid.
Your symptoms are exactly the same as mine. 3 days ago, I had a slight cough, next day very weak, tired, out of breath with small activity, headache (not helped by aspirin), no appetite. No real fever; one or two readings around 99, but most are 97.1. Test from CVS said "positive." Yesterday, no taste or smell. This morning, taste returned. Still tire easily but it's only the 3rd day. Starting to feel better & headache is gone.
Your symptoms are exactly the same as mine. 3 days ago, I had a slight cough, next day very weak, tired, out of breath with small activity, headache (not helped by aspirin), no appetite. No real fever; one or two readings around 99, but most are 97.1. Test from CVS said "positive." Yesterday, no taste or smell. This morning, taste returned. Still tire easily but it's only the 3rd day. Starting to feel better & headache is gone.
OneEyedDiva
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I'm sorry to read of your family's ordeal...during the holiday, no less.
I hope you are all fully recovered and will not experience any long COVID effects. I was diagnosed with A-Fib when I was 28 years old, so I suffered with it for decades before finally being cured.
OneEyedDiva
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I had read the theory that people with O+ (I think it was) possibly had immunity, plus I was exposed to COVID last year and never did get it. So I went almost three years without being infected. My symptoms were a bit different than yours. I had a high fever the first couple of days (well, high for me, I'm usually in the 97 range too). Also, I did not lose my sense of taste and small, thank God.
I'm sorry to read that you were infected but glad you are feeling better. I hope you continue to do so and don't experience long COVID.
Thanks. I'm better, but still weak. I now have a "smoker's cough" even though I haven't smoked for 40 years.
OneEyedDiva
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Yes, my cough lingered too...and I never smoked.Thanks. I'm better, but still weak. I now have a "smoker's cough" even though I haven't smoked for 40 years.
Just take it slow Win.
Remy
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I got a hanging on hack also. Is dissipating. I hope you are stronger soon.Thanks. I'm better, but still weak. I now have a "smoker's cough" even though I haven't smoked for 40 years.