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08/28/2022 6:22 pm
I am not feeling well and decided to take an at home covid test to give myself peace of mind. It was positive, so I took another one. It was positive. I am sitting here sweating- literally- in my mask and am freaked out. I went to a wedding Friday, spent time at my boyfriend's mothers (she never got vaccinated and is 82), swam at his brother's. I am so scared about his mom. Two of my sibs I talked to said she might have given it to me. I don't know but this is my NIGHTMARE. They told me not to blame myself. I am terrified that I got people sick this weekend. One of my sibs pointed out that somebody at the wedding got Me sick. Having anxiety, bipolar, PTSD and doctoring for another condition, it's a lot.
I had applied for a new job today, which is a concern, as I don't know what to say or do if they contact me. I am having trouble paying my bills but won't be able to work this week at any of my jobs, maybe my one online I could still do probably. Maybe. Bills come in and I barely break even.
Please pray for me.
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08/28/2022 8:21 pm
Will do @ghandigirl - we're still infectious out this way. I'm still negative, but hubby is pretty sick. If it helps, he was able to get a Paxlovid prescription via an urgent care telehealth appointment. And it cost $0, so maybe see if that is a resource you can access. 36 hours in on the Pax he says he can feel he's starting to turn the corner.
EVERYONE is getting this variant regardless of prior infection or vax status or even maintaining basic precautions.
I believe, based on my limited research, that here in the US the primary strains right now are Omicron 2.2A and 2.2B
Map: https://nextstrain.org/ncov/gisaid/global/6m
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08/28/2022 9:28 pm
Thanks.
I will telehealth with my doc first thing tomorrow. Spent today conferring with sibs and coping.
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08/28/2022 10:05 pm
@ghandigirl sorry you are going thru this. Take care of yourself, and know that we are all rooting for you. ❤️
Takes a long time for many of us... hang in there and remember not to push it, take things easy.
UPDATED COVID VACCINES ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE!
CVS and Walgreens have them, I am on deck to get vax number 5 this Friday (cuz I know it will make next weekend suck).
You can make appointments online.
Note about flu shots: yes, get them, but it's a little early in the season and they only last a few months anyway, so maybe wait til October. Also the prospect of getting both at the same time, knowing I react to both, yeah no- not for me.
CDC is being very vague, I looked. Antibodies may or may not last as long as 6 months, though I suspect not that long. My husband's docs said he could conceivably get the next vax 2 weeks after testing negative, but said it's ok to wait another month or 2.
Basically it's your choice. If it was me I'd wait 8-12 weeks after testing negative but not more than that.
@laura-f I am on deck for Friday as well. I plan to hold off on the flu vax until around Oct-Nov.
I don’t come in contact with a lot of influenza, and the two times I have caught it in the past, I was in direct caretaker contact with someone who had it. But since the early COvID studies indicated that other vaccinations may help to protect again catching COvID due to the increased immune response (ie immune activity in relation to a non-COvID vaccine), I figure spacing it out won’t hurt.
I don’t come in contact with a lot of influenza, and the two times I have caught it in the past, I was in direct caretaker contact with someone who had it.
I'm curious-- those times you had the flu, had you been vaccinated that year?
I predate the era when the flu vaccine was routine, and I had the illness several times growing up.
When the vaccine *first* became readily available and publicized, I was thinking, "Oh why bother, I've had the flu before and dealt with it." Later on it dawned on me that "dealing with" the flu had been quite miserable, and why go through that if a vaccine would prevent it? LOL
(My mother used to say, "The difference between a cold and the flu is that with the flu, you feel like you're going to die and kind of wish you would. ")
@laura-f Lalabella, When I saw your post that the vaccine was ready, (I had known it was going to be ready after labor day but forgot, so when you mentioned it in a post, I got right on line yesterday and found a CVS that would take me that afternoon, and went over yesterday and got the shot. No side effects except mildly sore arm and a tad achey. I learned to drink a lot of water before and after the shot and took an Ibuprofen at bed and woke up strong and clear. Am overjoyed to now be building antibodies for omicron and its cousins. I had gotten an antibody test last March two weeks after receiving a booster, and my antibodies were through the roof. :-)
Next week, I will go and get a flu shot. Maybe shingles too, but one shot at a time.