I’m (hopefully) on the tail end of battling that pesky ass Corona virus. Figured I’d share some tidbits from my experience in case anyone finds them helpful or interesting.
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The 1st symptom I had was a fever. It came on pretty suddenly at night. Not sure my actual temp but husband said I was scorching hot to the touch but physically shaking while sleeping. I was pretty miserable all night but woke up feeling great with no fever.
This made me falsely think it was a fluke thing. Felt great all of the next day before feeling crummy again on day 3. Next symptom I noticed was a loss of taste & smell starting on day 2. It was a subtle loss at first. But by day 3 you could have given me a glass of
vinegar
vinegar
told me it was water & I wouldn’t have known the difference. Other symptoms included mild headache (thought I was hungover at first) body aches, and most of all extreme fatigue. Felt like my body just couldn’t get enough sleep.
I first got a nasal swab test at a CareNow facility. They told me 3-5 days for results. I didn’t want to wait that long so I went for drive through mouth swab testing from UMC at UNLV which was 24-48 hour turnaround for results. I got call confirming I was positive from UNLV
location in 30 hours. The CareNow place didn’t call with positive result for 6 days!!
So if you’re going to get tested, definitely inquire about turnaround time for results before settling on location. I was of course already quarantining but was feeling mostly fine by the
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time they called. Someone less knowledgeable could have been walking around infecting others by the time they got positive confirmation. I have NO idea where I picked it up. I had only spent time w/ 6 adults all of whom tested negative & I used mask/sanitizer when in public.
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My husband & son both tested negative despite us sharing long car ride home from Utah after I was symptomatic & us quarantining together without any social distancing measures within our home. It’s bizarre to me the virus is contagious enough I somehow picked it up but they
didn’t get it? There’s some thought that certain blood types are more vulnerable (type A most vulnerable) while others are more resilient (type O most resilient) to the virus? That would make sense with us as I’m type A & Kory is O, but I haven’t researched it much.
I’m on day 3 of feeling pretty great. I can still feel something funky going on in my lungs if I take a deep breath but thankfully in an acute sense I never felt respiratory stress. Looking forward to exercising again to test out lung function but for now, I’m just resting.
I think that’s it. Sorry this got long. From a medical perspective I just find this all very interesting & sort of perplexing. It’s truly a mysterious virus. I’m thankful I had a fairly mild case & I’m stoked I get to donate superhuman antibody plasma once fully recovered.
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