Covid, again.
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Oh, no! How miserable! So sorry it struck you again. Hoping for a swift rebound.
But I just don’t get it.
If I remember rightly you were the first (or nearly) and got horribly sick (at first without testing positive) – that was after your husband got it. He was so sick and you nursed him back to health.
But I’ve only gotten it once and was hardly sick (thanks Paxlovid!) while you stand out to me as one of THE healthiest and most resilient members of WTF
I’ll never forget your description of moving cross country twice (?) - once it was riding herd on your husband was who was driving - researching and guiding him the whole way because he was driving a huge van (and with attached cars like a circus train as I pictured it - but you did an unbelievable job packing almost everything you owned!
Are you still enjoying your beloved boulder you moved besides two (TWO?) horses and masses more? (A jeep or something like that and other large objects??)
And I was equally impressed by your lengthy stint working at Cosco (?) for the insurance since your hubby was between jobs - nearly breaking your back lifting immense cakes, followed by a long time collecting shopping carts (again a train comes to mind). And they didn’t even have one of the modern aides to reduce your muscle power.
But (at the risk of jinxing myself ) there’s me, who’s scarcely active owing to my bad back – for which I went through a nine hour operation, trying to reconstruct it (but it left me mobility impaired – and even more sedentary than before owing to his mistakes.)
But I not only didn’t get Covid, I didn’t even have reactions to the vaccine (once, an itch for a week or so) – FWIW not even to the Shingles vaccine. And I was a sickly kid (I never ate vegetables or even drank milk, and no one seemed to notice). I DID work out in the gym two hours a day almost a year before the spinal op to enhance my chances of survival (it’s a dangerous op) – even through the years of active Covid, handling the equipment and being around students daily). Besides a few decades of strenuous exercise even before that (I was actually invited to join a “golden” triathlete team!) , I worked out almost as much too til that nasty surgery after which I haven’t been able to do much of anything. I can’t get a dog (dying to) since I couldn’t walk it.
But I'm still not catching bugs (not even flu).And then there’s you – practically an Olympian, but plagued by terrible cases of Covid.
One thing is sure about it, it’s a super mysterious virus. One is certainly not protected by being in the pink of health. It's almost like it strikes the healthiest.
I sure am sorry you are going through this and wish you a speedy recovery. It certainly isn’t fair. (I guess to add to the strange contrasts, I should add that I did go through two bouts of breast cancer, but – knocking lots of wood – except for amputated breasts, I seem to have gone through it with no ill effects, never even lost my hair nor had chemo. And FWIW - it wasn't a recurrence. Second one was a different cell type).)
Whatever predisposes to COVID and other infectious diseases, it must be some kind of DNA thing, which I’ve been spared. I’ve been anxiously waiting for “them” to finally learn how to test people to figure out such things, so as to know what medicines will work for people (and more). Thanks to you-know-who’s defunding medical research, I guess we’ll have a much longer wait.
(Not to mention Long Covid – I know a few people who are completely disabled by it!) -
Hope you get better quick, Jodi!
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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.
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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!!
