Fighting something off, for sure. Given the throbbing VERY specifically in my left arm where I got a COVID-19 vax last month (i mean, EXACTLY), I'm going to say it's probably COVID-19, lol (right deltoid not throbbing, that was the flu vax arm). (yeah, probably related to my issues earlier this week too). Last time I was testing negative, but don't have a newer test strip. (obviously, the vax has nothing to do with possibly catching COVID, just saying that arm seems to have better memory of "this virus needs you to launch an immune response, get with it!")
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@ai6yr It's been going through my school again. We had a big wave right when school started, then it petered out. The last couple of weeks it has been back again with a vengeance.
@ai6yr I got a COVID jab 9 days ago. I was super ill and felt horrible for at least 6 days. If that was the vaccine, then what would it be like without a jab?
@sasutina13 INDEED!!! The first and only time I got COVID (that I am aware of) it was AWFUL, but similar feeling to this (this is at the moment just mild....)
@ai6yr I hope it goes away pronto!
@sasutina13 Thanks, me too.
@ai6yr This year, my dad swore it was the Covid shot that made him sick, but somehow my mom (the non-social one who rarely goes out) just happened to get a sore throat out of the blue. I sometimes wonder how they managed to raise kids.
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that suuuck. I hope it's super mild if it is and you don't have any lingering issues 🥺
@SallyMonster Me, too!!! Crossing fingers my immune system tackles this soon, this is getting tiring (literally).
@ai6yr @SallyMonster olly mens daily vitamins + the accompanying zinc supplements seemed to help me a lot when i felt like i had something about a week ago. no guarantee, but its ammo for the immune system!
@ai6yr Over on this coast I’ve seen at least two cases of “the flu” this week, and I don’t know if either of them have actually tested. My daughter reports a surge of sick people at her school.
I have the distinct impression the fall lull, such as it was, is over.
@ai6yr ow, hope the vaccine helps keep it a light infection.
@carstenfranke Mild fatigue and occasional low grade fever at the moment. It did spur some BP issues a couple of days ago (mainly uncovering probably pre-existing issues).
@ai6yr that all sounds indeed very much like COVID. I saw a map earlier and levels in CA were elevated. Hope you can isolate and get a few days of rest. It still sucks, even with a base immunity
@carstenfranke Well, the rest of the family is coming down with something too. (my son is a paramedic too, seems to drag home a lot of crud 😬). Took a bunch of naps today, will take more naps tomorrow... hopefully will gain the upper hand on it at some point. Anyway, that's my theory, who knows!!
@ai6yr the last time I got it 3 years ago it was the kids bringing it home from school... And now I am indeed concerned about the younger stepson catching it as paramedic. In that job it is almost unavoidable. But he moved out and has strict instructions not to come over with a cold or something... (Fun sidenote, his service area is the airport and they are now training him to drive on the tarmac. At age 20 that seems a bit premature...)
We hav have had the paramedics over three times-- after my husband's second stroke, and the two times he was dangerously hypoglycemic (2021, 2025 and 2026 respectively).
The first time, they wore full hazmat and various respirators and face shields, but that was peak public pandemic response time.
The second time, I was the only one masked, and gave them an N-95 for my husband (which I was surprised and pleased to see him wearing when I got to the Emergency Room 45 minutes later).
The most recent time, June of this year, I was masked, and one of the half-dozen paramedics wanted to know why, 'are you sick with something?'. I told him I didn't _want_ to get sick, so I mask indoors with other people. He seemed bemused by that.
It doesn't surprise me in the least that paramedics commonly fall ill.
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We talked a lot about protecting himself and they have plenty of masks. But I am not sure what the culture around masking is at his new workplace. It is just too sad that we did not learn and build a strong masking culture, we saw that they work. I have flown to Europe several times a year, even in the early pandemic, always masked and never caught COVID while traveling. A friend flew to Asia last week without a mask and was sick 3 days later...
@carstenfranke @FiddleSix There's a "you're going to get it anyway so why bother" culture in the medical field, including among many nurses and doctors (but not all). The paramedics and fire service tend toward the "macho culture" side as well and even though they will mask, YMMV. I notice in hospitals stronger masking in those of Filipino descent (nurses, doctors), which is great....
(not surprisingly, my experience with those in law enforcement is they see masking as an indication of "weakness" among both colleagues and the public. They are among the most virulent anti-maskers)
@BakerRL75 Just mild fatigue and low grade fever, plus the wierd BP stuff earlier this week. Don't feel bad most of the time, just not my energetic self. Well, aside from the slight throbbing in that one spot, lol. Kinda odd it is specifically there.
@ai6yr @BakerRL75 could be your just not fully recovered from the shot, I got mine almost a month ago, 4 weeks will be Thursday, and I still am dragging some days. One year it took over 2 months before I felt normal after the shots
@ai6yr @BakerRL75 oof hopefully you don't end up with that permanently like me.
@ai6yr If you caught COVID-19 you probably breathed it in, not caught it from bumping into a doorway. Correlation does not prove causation.
@nazokiyoubinbou Oh no, I didn't get it from the vax, that was last month... just saying immune reaction from that arm indicates those cells may have better memory of "hey, this is an invader! White blood cell time!"
@ai6yr It doesn't work like that. More likely that area was just still not completely 100% healed from its previous immune response (our immune systems can actually cause damage along the way which is, ironically, one of the bigger dangers of catching COVID-19 for real,) but if that were the case it would merely indicate any sort of fever.
The moment you're vaccinated, unless they royally screwed up, it starts spreading through your system, not focusing in one specific spot the whole time. Your system's response should be systemic.
@ai6yr Get well soon