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Thank you for all your well-wishes in our Covid-filled household
Russet is doing much, much better. Tired and getting lots of sleep, her SpO2 numbers are good and she's functioning at a pretty high level. She had a persistent nose bleed last night which was slightly concerning as (a) cancer and (b) blood thinners, but eventually it stopped. And we live at very high altitude, there's no snow, which typically means fairly low humidity. We might do some humidifying later.
I didn't bother testing until today, and it was, of course, positive. There was never any question as to whether or not I would get it again. No where nearly as angry a red line as Russet's test. I feel absolutely fine! I'm a little tired, but I've been averaging less than 7 hours of sleep for most of the month. My temperature is ever so slightly elevated, not remotely to what you'd consider a fever. I'm considering it an artifact of having recently gotten up and eating breakfast and will keep an eye on it throughout the day.
One thing is for sure: all of the Covid antibodies from 10,000 donors that I infuse every week definitely do me a lot of good! The funny thing is that right now I feel better than I did a week ago when I was sick/recovering from (probably) pertussis. Yesterday was the last of my antibiotics from that, today is my last steroid from that treatment. And my cough is feeling much better, definite improvement in that area, which gives me some optimism that I'll be able to keep the library open late - the new CDC guidelines is that if you're not running a fever with Covid and you mask, you're pretty safe to work. Assuming you're not over-exerting yourself. It's easy not to over-exert yourself working in a library, though there are days. :-)
I just got off the phone with Albertsons and they don't receive their shipment until 2ish, so it's going to be another 4 hours before I find out whether or not I can get the second box of paxlovid. She has another order of meds waiting for her, so I'll be making a dash down the mountain regardless. Probably swing by our favorite Mexican food place and pick up some more green chili stew - our local cure-all. Does an awesome job of opening up the sinuses.
I didn't bother testing until today, and it was, of course, positive. There was never any question as to whether or not I would get it again. No where nearly as angry a red line as Russet's test. I feel absolutely fine! I'm a little tired, but I've been averaging less than 7 hours of sleep for most of the month. My temperature is ever so slightly elevated, not remotely to what you'd consider a fever. I'm considering it an artifact of having recently gotten up and eating breakfast and will keep an eye on it throughout the day.
One thing is for sure: all of the Covid antibodies from 10,000 donors that I infuse every week definitely do me a lot of good! The funny thing is that right now I feel better than I did a week ago when I was sick/recovering from (probably) pertussis. Yesterday was the last of my antibiotics from that, today is my last steroid from that treatment. And my cough is feeling much better, definite improvement in that area, which gives me some optimism that I'll be able to keep the library open late - the new CDC guidelines is that if you're not running a fever with Covid and you mask, you're pretty safe to work. Assuming you're not over-exerting yourself. It's easy not to over-exert yourself working in a library, though there are days. :-)
I just got off the phone with Albertsons and they don't receive their shipment until 2ish, so it's going to be another 4 hours before I find out whether or not I can get the second box of paxlovid. She has another order of meds waiting for her, so I'll be making a dash down the mountain regardless. Probably swing by our favorite Mexican food place and pick up some more green chili stew - our local cure-all. Does an awesome job of opening up the sinuses.
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Glad both of you doing at least reasonably well. Wallstreet is on the mend, and no one else here yet crashing.
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Glad to hear no further plague in your district! I was able to pick up paxlovid this afternoon and started it about two hours ago. Still feel pretty much fine, but went ahead and called my boss to give her a heads up on the sitch.
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We only had covid once that we knew of and it was as light a case as can be expected. Of course we were vaccinated to the max.
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Thank you! We're multi-vaccinated, as recently as within the last two months. But still, it strikes. I was able to get the paxlovid today and started it, so we're hoping for the best.
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Russet had a rough night last night with coughing, but is doing better today. I got the paxlovid and am still feeling pretty good. Coughing more today, but it feels like a better cough than yesterday.
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Oh, that we do!
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And I hope you continue to be mild. :)
HUGS, Jon
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green chili is always perfect for Nov-Dec season, and with covid especially
what's up with paxlovid? why is it so difficult? limited offer, too many people sick now?
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With paxlovid, I think a lot of people are getting sick right now. Just a guess. But this is also a kinda smallish pharmacy inside a grocery store, I have no idea if they have secondary storage elsewhere in the store. It's possible they just can't keep a huge amount of stock and have to rely on next day delivery. But I did get it yesterday and just now took my third dose (twice-a-day dosing).
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It gets really dry here and I get nosebleeds, dry weather ugh. I was going to buy a humidifier but they need special water and mine always get clogged or break so I did something kind of crazy but it's working. I put an extra table in our bedroom and a hot plate on it and about an hour before bed I put a tea kettle of water on it and shut the door. And later turn it off and get in bed. Then if I wake up in the night feeling dry, I turn it on low again. It is a silly thing to do but it's really helping. And I can just use tap water and clean the tea kettle now and then.
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We use a similar technique with boiling water on the stove.
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But you gotta keep an eye on the stove to make sure the pot don't boil dry! ROFL! Voice of experience speaking here!
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We're doing much better. As long as I can get close to 7.5 hours of sleep, I'm pretty good, though still have a nagging cough. Which bites. :-)
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This was the third time that I've tested positive with no real symptoms. But each time we slammed me with paxlovid, the previous times with a week off work, too. This time I worked while masked because we were keeping the library open an hour late as it's final week last and this and we only have 2.5 people permanent on-staff, and I like working late.
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Most certainly is! I feel so sorry for my immunologist, wearing a very high-quality mask, all day every day.
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A most definite oui. Aside from the immunologist's obvious job of providing people with shots for desensitizing them from things they're allergic to, there's people like me, the immune-compromised. My body stopped producing antibodies, officially, about 15 years ago. In 2009, I had pneumonia 5 times in 7 months. I was officially their clinic's first diagnosed patient with a primary immunedeficiency. So it's a two-edged sword: keeping himself from getting sick and preventing the spread of things to people with weak or totally compromised immune systems.
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Go ye forth to your nearest pharmacy and get a Neil Med squeeze bottle! And a gallon jug of distilled water. I do this twice a day, and in 12 years I've had ONE cold. Now, sinus infections are another matter, but I don't get colds anymore. I don't like doing it, but I can't argue with the results. After dumping a salt packet into the bottle and adding water, I throw it into the microwave and warm it for 30 seconds or so till it's warm to touch, you'll have to adjust time to your locale. ALWAYS use distilled or filtered water. ALWAYS!!!
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It takes getting used to, I purge my nose over a sink (bathroom or kitchen) and have a paper towel handy to blow my nose into and wipe up. But it is effective! Like I said, I've had one cold since I started doing this in 2012.
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It's the same as a neti pot, but my neck doesn't bend, so for me the squeeze bottle is ideal.
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