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Days 1 and 2 with Covid
May. 9th, 2023 07:01 pmThus far, I have been extremely fortunate and it looks like my viral load was truly low. I have not retested today to see if the line is similar to Monday morning, I will tomorrow and don't expect a significant change.
I feel mostly fine. Very little cough, an occasional sneeze, but that was happening pre-infection. My back hurts, but I've been playing a lot of Lord of the Rings Online as I have a specific objective to accomplish that expires in eight days - I'm very close to getting it. I've taken three doses of paxlovid thus far, the fourth tonight when I go to bed. For those not familiar with it, it is three pills consisting of two different drugs: one tablet of ritonavir (100 mg) and two of nirmatrelvir (300 mg total). While the National Institutes of Health have a list of drugs that require additional monitoring or complete exclusion and two of my meds are on that list in the more serious category, my doc said to continue them.
I'm drinking lots of water, but no temperature, so clearly my body is busy. Fortunately no alteration to my senses of smell and taste, which is nice. Both Dave and Russet have reported minor changes there.
I am taking nice long naps when I want to, which is nice, but screws up me trying to go to sleep before midnight. I have no alarms set to get up to, which is quite lovely.
Tonight I made beef tacos with ground sirloin and doubled the recipe to 2 lbs of meat. Came out quite nice, albeit a bit spicier than I'd intended. And I'll have plenty left over for future days!
I feel mostly fine. Very little cough, an occasional sneeze, but that was happening pre-infection. My back hurts, but I've been playing a lot of Lord of the Rings Online as I have a specific objective to accomplish that expires in eight days - I'm very close to getting it. I've taken three doses of paxlovid thus far, the fourth tonight when I go to bed. For those not familiar with it, it is three pills consisting of two different drugs: one tablet of ritonavir (100 mg) and two of nirmatrelvir (300 mg total). While the National Institutes of Health have a list of drugs that require additional monitoring or complete exclusion and two of my meds are on that list in the more serious category, my doc said to continue them.
I'm drinking lots of water, but no temperature, so clearly my body is busy. Fortunately no alteration to my senses of smell and taste, which is nice. Both Dave and Russet have reported minor changes there.
I am taking nice long naps when I want to, which is nice, but screws up me trying to go to sleep before midnight. I have no alarms set to get up to, which is quite lovely.
Tonight I made beef tacos with ground sirloin and doubled the recipe to 2 lbs of meat. Came out quite nice, albeit a bit spicier than I'd intended. And I'll have plenty left over for future days!
