Covid, again.
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Your descriptions made me laugh, Amanda!
We are in Butte, Montana. We’ve been here since 2018, and just the thought of moving again raises my blood pressure! We moved (and bought and sold houses) 4 times from 2012 - 2018, the last two were from Montana to Northern Maine and back. Steve has driven the largest U-Haul van with an auto transport trailer in almost all of our moves, driving multiple trips with various vehicles, and I did have to scout ahead via google earth from home for him to figure out which motels had parking that he could safely pull in and out of (with the Uhaul circus ) without having to back up (because backing up is impossible)! Then I would call and make a reservation for him for the night. I think those last two moves took 6 driving days (5 nights in motels).And yes, Steve was patient 0 (or one of 4 patient 0’s) in Montana in March of 2020. He was much sicker than I was that first time, and that was compounded massively by the unknown/fear factor. We self quarantined in our house for a month, with friends dropping off groceries and toilet paper on our front porch. I caught it again in the fall of 2023 (before I got my booster) and now, but not last year (I got my booster in time) - I don’t know what I was thinking this year, but have had so many things going on lately that i just couldn’t find the time, BIG mistake! Because I remember 2023 covid feeling like I was much sicker than in 2020. Same this time. Yuck.
Amazing that you didn’t have a reaction to the shingles vaccine - that one was pretty awful for me, especially the second time since I knew what was coming!
Every time I put the shopping carts back at the grocery store I think of having to push 7 at a time in from the parking lot at Costco and breaking down into tears the first day. And sadly, my back has given up on me, too many years of riding really bouncy horses has taken its toll. Almost 2 years of lower and upper back pain, multiple MRI’s, epidural steroids, several specialists (neurosurgeon and orthopedic surgeon) with the ortho surgeon saying surgery is likely going to cause more problems than it solves. Luckily moving (walking) helps, so I can still do stuff - sitting upright is what brings on the pain. Makes it difficult to do anything at a desk or the kitchen table for very long. And the only thing I manage on horseback currently is walking, which means I rarely ride anymore.
@Jodi said in Covid, again.:
Steve was patient 0 (or one of 4 patient 0’s) in Montana in March of 2020. He was much sicker than I was that first time, and that was compounded massively by the unknown/fear factor.
I remember when you first told us about this! It was indeed so scary!
Re the vaccine, I haven't gotten mine yet, I'm trying not to get it too early. I also am masking pretty carefully, and always while teaching. But at the same time, not masking 100% of the time (like, I don't put on mask to walk from my office to the bathroom in the building). So the fact that I haven't had covid yet (ever, not just this year) is surely a complex set of factors including masking, vaccines, genes, and a lot of luck.
@Jodi Re your back, I'm sorry that it is so limiting for you!
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I got my booster last Friday, and then started feeling slightly ill on Sunday night into Monday. Hmmm. Last night I said, "damn, did I get Covid three days after getting the vaccination??? Bummer."
Well, the test was negative.
This thing we used to call the common cold seems to have gotten into me somehow ...
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Phooey! I hope you feel better soon. I would have thought that you aren't exposed to the crowds that city folks are - and thus, would be less likely to encounter a bad bug. I guess it goes to show, don't take anything for granted. I will schedule my shot.
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Jodi, so sorry you got it again! I had it twice (I think.) I got the Covid booster a few weeks ago but still need the flu shot.
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Better the last couple of days. Now I just feel like I have a “regular” cold, lol. Two days of absolute miserable, two days of bad on either side of that. Steve has hand surgery on Thursday for his Dupuytren’s contracture, so he’s out of commission for doing most things. So far he hasn’t caught covid, so we are hopeful. Ever since my back issues (when he had to do everything for 4 months) he’s been doing half the cooking and most of the grocery shopping which has been really nice. Now it’s my turn to do it all again, so I’m glad I’m getting better!
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Feel better soon
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Jodi I didn't realize it was you that got Covid--I thought you meant Steve. If it makes you feel any better, I got it for the first time last year a month after getting my fourth booster--so apparently the booster didn't help much. What did help was Paxlovid--a day after taking it, I felt almost normal.
Having said all that, I am going to get both Covid and flu shots this week. I think I can just walk in at CVS....
Feel better!!
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There seems to be a misconception about what the vaccine/boosters accomplish. They don't seem to keep you from catching Covid - but what they are really good at is keeping you from spiraling down into needing to go to the hospital. The jury still seem to be out as to whether additional boosters are needed to keep an infection from needing hospital care.
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There seems to be a misconception about what the vaccine/boosters accomplish. They don't seem to keep you from catching Covid - but what they are really good at is keeping you from spiraling down into needing to go to the hospital. The jury still seem to be out as to whether additional boosters are needed to keep an infection from needing hospital care.
@Rontuner said in Covid, again.:
There seems to be a misconception about what the vaccine/boosters accomplish. They don't seem to keep you from catching Covid - but what they are really good at is keeping you from spiraling down into needing to go to the hospital. The jury still seem to be out as to whether additional boosters are needed to keep an infection from needing hospital care.
"They don't seem to keep you from catching Covid...'
I know that!
Me and my wacky internet conspiracies.
Lol.
