Yep, I tested positive for Covid yesterday, and yes, I am kicking myself up down and sideways over it, but what's done is done.
Tuesday night after I wrangled two cats who don't like confined spaces into crates, then the vet visit, then more cats-into-crates wrangling - I was fucking tired, but didn't think anything of it, because, cat wrangling.
Yesterday morning, scratchy throat, bit achy, took a test, and DAMMIT ALL TO HELL it was positive.
Let the vet's office know (I had an N95 on the whole time at least) and the vet called me back to check on me and told me not to worry it would all be OK. So very kind, cause I felt like a jackass.
Teladoc said Paloxvid wouldn't really be beneficial (reasonable, my symptoms aren't bad at all) but also said "just treat it like a cold" - uh, we're gonna take a little more care than *that* thankyouverymuch.
I've read multiple articles that antihistamines can block mast cell responses and basically stop your body from overreacting to Covid (best way I can explain it) so I took a Benadryl before bed last night. Mind you, correlation does not equal causation, but damn, I felt way better this morning. (I would only put yesterday at "vaguely crappy" to start with but hey, better is better.) I'm gonna keep that Benadryl habit going for a few more days to be sure. (If nothing else, it makes me sleep well.)
All I've taken today is a Halls drop cause my throat is scratchy, because when I wear a mask, I mouth breathe, LOL. (Happens *every* time I have a mask on for more than like, 20 minutes.)
This really shows how easy it is to *not* realize you have Covid, though - my two days of mild symptoms could easily be written off to just being overtired, especially since I felt pretty decent this morning. If I'd not tested yesterday, I don't know that I would have today.
Taste & smell are fine, but I've not been super hungry. (Though in the last hour I've really wanted fettucine alfredo, which I do not have sitting around the house, dammit.)
Isolation guidelines are still a mess, especially when you know folks are just gonna do whatever anyway. 5 days, 10 days, do you have symptoms, are you testing negative, is there a full moon or is Mercury in retrograde? My brother is still negative and I want to keep it that way, so I'm masking up in the house everywhere but my room (with windows open) and I guess I'll just keep doing that until I get 3 days of negative tests.
Now, at work, I am somehow so caught up on everything that I have literally no work to do until Monday. And I have sick leave. So, I am taking today & tomorrow off - everything I've read says that rest is paramount - and even a laptop job is *not* resting. So it's resting time.
This is still all annoying AF though - not being able to go anywhere is driving me a little nuts. But my brother ran errands for me, and I didn't have any specific food wants, so he got me cheese & crackers, ginger ale, and M&Ms. All winners.
Even though everything is *very* mild for me, zero stars, do not recommend.
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