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Caninelover - Here's for an uneventful recovery.
Certainly good to get tested, but with false negatives you still have to assume you have it regardless of the initial test result. Just because you test negative doesn’t mean you are cleared (there is no “for sure”) - others around you still have to take necessary precautions.Best thoughts for your full recovery, and another vote here to please get tested. I think it's important that everyone "stand up and be counted" if they have it, and for contact tracing, and those around you, to know for sure so they can take necessary precautions.
And if it's not, to pursue other treatment perhaps. And, on the bright side, when this passes, you'll know you can really count yourself in the group with antibodies - should that prove to provide immunity.
Wow, what a bummer after being so careful! I hope you are over it quickly.
You might have been exposed 5 days before onset of symptoms which seems typical, although some folks have gotten sick within 2 days and others longer.
Here is a consumer reports article discussing fever and COVID-19 that might be useful. https://www.consumerreports.org/medical-symptoms/fever-and-covid-19-what-to-know/
You have to be careful and not let it run too high, and at the same time it’s not clear that a high temp really helps with this virus as it seems to have come from bats which have a high body temp. I thought the article did a good job of explaining handling fever - if your fever is running high (but not dangerously so), but you don’t feel that bad, then maybe OK to let it run, but if you feel miserable with a high fever and can’t function, I’m not so sure letting it run is a good idea.Good article and it will of course vary by person, but my plan of attack would be to let my fever run, fever is basic response by your body to kill off invaders..i.e. COVID...since drugs don't work well on virus, fever is really the one things your body can deploy to help kill off viral load..
You have to be careful and not let it run too high, and at the same time it’s not clear that a high temp really helps with this virus as it seems to have come from bats which have a high body temp. I thought the article did a good job of explaining handling fever - if your fever is running high (but not dangerously so), but you don’t feel that bad, then maybe OK to let it run, but if you feel miserable with a high fever and can’t function, I’m not so sure letting it run is a good idea.
Thanks good article. I am taking Tylenol as the associated aches and chills were too much for me.Wow, what a bummer after being so careful! I hope you are over it quickly.
You might have been exposed 5 days before onset of symptoms which seems typical, although some folks have gotten sick within 2 days and others longer.
Here is a consumer reports article discussing fever and COVID-19 that might be useful. https://www.consumerreports.org/medical-symptoms/fever-and-covid-19-what-to-know/
Right, when I read average normal is now 97.5, I feel much more in line as my morning temps run around 97.2.Thanks good article. I am taking Tylenol as the associated aches and chills were too much for me.
I always thought I was a wired because my 'normal' temp is about 97.7 not 98.6. Good to know I'm not alone!
No either curbside pickups or GrubHub contactless delivery. We left the bags outside and only brought in the food, then washed hands.It's possible that you somehow got the virus when you were at TJ's, but it's also possible that your SO got it first and gave it to you as some people are asymptomatic.
You also mentioned in your earlier posts that you did takeouts twice a week. Did you have to go inside for these? Did they get close to you at any point? It's just that with you wearing a mask and everyone else wearing a mask at TJ's, it seems unlikely to me that you caught the virus there, but I'm just speculating... I will continue to do curbside pickups in the meantime though...
No either curbside pickups or GrubHub contactless delivery. We left the bags outside and only brought in the food, then washed hands.
It is possible SO got it but he works from home normally, even before this and hasn't been outside except for the takeout food, which was a pickup. Though it's possible he got it mid March before stay at home orders and gave it to me while asymptomatic. But given we are in close proximity to each other, I doubt it. TJs makes more sense to me as the timing seems more logical. Note the masks are cloth and not N95s so don't definitively stop virus spread...also could have touched a surface that was contaminated and maybe unwittingly touched my face (I do find that habit hard to break but have been trying).
At any rate, SO is also quarantining for two weeks assuming exposure. We are well stocked on food but may do instacart for milk next week.
Yes I am sure I went nowhere else except TJs and the timing fits if I went Saturday and showed symptoms Friday so that is where I think I got it. Yes we wear masks as did most in the store, including employees. They also limit to 15 in the store at once so it was not crowded with everyone else waiting outside in marked 6ft distances. And I wash hands when I get home. I think it shows how contagious this thing is.
Sorry to hear! I hope you feel better. But I think your doctor is giving you bad advice. California has enough test kits to test anyone who wants a COVID-19 test. You and your SO should both get tested so that you can confirm this is what you have, and then you can do any contact tracing with anyone else who you may have been in contact with recently.
There is no reason to avoid taking a test at this point in time. There is no downside, and if you don’t have it, you may have something else that has a different treatment plan. And if your SO has it but is asymptomatic they would want to know this so that they can decide whether to avoid doing any grocery shopping or other errands outside of the house.