@ May COVID Thread

[seeyalater52]

May 5, 2022 17:04:07 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

May 5, 2022 16:39:41 GMT -5 TR said:

This feels hyperbolic. I attended an indoor concert in TEXAS that was JAM PACKED with people and unless H and/or I had completely asymptomatic infections, we didn't get Covid. I understand accepting there's a risk, that's what we did, but it seems odd to assume it's a guarantee.

I feel like in a thread where someone went and got an unneeded and not recommended vaccine that people are being a bit harsh on her.

Good grief. I was advised by a medical professional who cares for my family and has a lot more context about my family’s risk factors than you do, including my personal health history. You have no authority to tell me what I do or do not need.

And for what it’s worth not that I owe you any sort of explanation but my doctor did get back to me and recommended I get it *based on my own risk factors* and in line with her professional opinion about the nuance of the guidance before I went to actually get the shot. You can cool it with the commentary.

[scm1011]

May 5, 2022 15:48:32 GMT -5 tiki said:

May 5, 2022 12:00:35 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I'm currently infected for the first time and on day 6. I had a rough weekend (my breathing was scary at some points), but definitely on an upswing relatively (still dealing with exhaustion and headaches). Miraculously, my kids (one unvaxxed) and DH have not caught it (yet?).

Oh, no!! I hope you're feeling much better soon.  Of course if I can help with anything, holler?

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Thank you 😊 I’m good now that I’ve entered the “you can go in public masked” stage

[pixy0stix]

May 5, 2022 17:48:45 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

May 5, 2022 17:04:07 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I feel like in a thread where someone went and got an unneeded and not recommended vaccine that people are being a bit harsh on her.

Good grief. I was advised by a medical professional who cares for my family and has a lot more context about my family’s risk factors than you do, including my personal health history. You have no authority to tell me what I do or do not need.

And for what it’s worth not that I owe you any sort of explanation but my doctor did get back to me and recommended I get it *based on my own risk factors* and in line with her professional opinion about the nuance of the guidance before I went to actually get the shot. You can cool it with the commentary.

Cool beans. Better than your own interpretation of the CDC guidelines as was framed in the earlier part of the thread which insinuated people should be getting the booster if they had unvaccinated kids. There's so much misinformation out there that context is important.

[seeyalater52]

May 5, 2022 19:01:16 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

May 5, 2022 17:48:45 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Good grief. I was advised by a medical professional who cares for my family and has a lot more context about my family’s risk factors than you do, including my personal health history. You have no authority to tell me what I do or do not need.

And for what it’s worth not that I owe you any sort of explanation but my doctor did get back to me and recommended I get it *based on my own risk factors* and in line with her professional opinion about the nuance of the guidance before I went to actually get the shot. You can cool it with the commentary.

Cool beans. Better than your own interpretation of the CDC guidelines as was framed in the earlier part of the thread which insinuated people should be getting the booster if they had unvaccinated kids. There's so much misinformation out there that context is important.

Nowhere did I EVER tell anyone to go get a booster if they have unvaccinated kids. I was completely transparent that what I was referring to was highly likely not to include parents of kids too young to be vaccinated.

Nor, for that matter, did I say anything unkind to the poster you were defending by attacking me so I’m pretty confused about why you chose that as your snitty little comeback.

[pixy0stix]

May 5, 2022 19:07:51 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

May 5, 2022 19:01:16 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Cool beans. Better than your own interpretation of the CDC guidelines as was framed in the earlier part of the thread which insinuated people should be getting the booster if they had unvaccinated kids. There's so much misinformation out there that context is important.

Nowhere did I EVER tell anyone to go get a booster if they have unvaccinated kids. I was completely transparent that what I was referring to was highly likely not to include parents of kids too young to be vaccinated.

Nor, for that matter, did I say anything unkind to the poster you were defending by attacking me so I’m pretty confused about why you chose that as your snitty little comeback.

Because there was a perceived double standard. I still think there is. We're all out here doing the best we can, and we're all fatalistic at times, but some posters get a pass and some don't. That's all. I'm sorry that I singled you out.

[seeyalater52]

May 5, 2022 19:18:58 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

May 5, 2022 19:07:51 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Nowhere did I EVER tell anyone to go get a booster if they have unvaccinated kids. I was completely transparent that what I was referring to was highly likely not to include parents of kids too young to be vaccinated.

Nor, for that matter, did I say anything unkind to the poster you were defending by attacking me so I’m pretty confused about why you chose that as your snitty little comeback.

Because there was a perceived double standard. I still think there is. We're all out here doing the best we can, and we're all fatalistic at times, but some posters get a pass and some don't. That's all. I'm sorry that I singled you out.

Ok. I agree with your underlying point for what it’s worth but the rest of it seemed unnecessary. I appreciate the apology. I apologize if my posts spread misinformation, I felt I was being clear but obviously others may disagree.

[Poppy]

Good luck sillygoosegirl and everyone else dealing with positives/exposures.

[mskitkat]

May 5, 2022 14:53:24 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

May 5, 2022 14:32:50 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

I have a work trip this week. The chances I don’t return with covid are basically zero at this point. I’ve accepted it. The good news is that I saw a new doctor today, and she is well versed in treating people with MCAS and POTS. My biggest fear has been covid triggering MCAS in my children and not having a medical professional I could trust. I am feeling so much better about my inevitable oncoming infection now.

May I ask why you are saying you’re going to return with covid? I’m curious why it’s a guarantee.

Sales meeting in Louisville the week after Derby. Everyone is coming in early to attend Derby events, and then we will all be packed in a conference room for 3 days. I don’t see how that isn’t a high risk event?

[mskitkat]

May 5, 2022 16:39:41 GMT -5 TR said:

May 5, 2022 14:32:50 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

I have a work trip this week. The chances I don’t return with covid are basically zero at this point. I’ve accepted it. The good news is that I saw a new doctor today, and she is well versed in treating people with MCAS and POTS. My biggest fear has been covid triggering MCAS in my children and not having a medical professional I could trust. I am feeling so much better about my inevitable oncoming infection now.

This feels hyperbolic. I attended an indoor concert in TEXAS that was JAM PACKED with people and unless H and/or I had completely asymptomatic infections, we didn't get Covid. I understand accepting there's a risk, that's what we did, but it seems odd to assume it's a guarantee.

I’m sorry that my fear of covid causing me to be permanently disabled (as has happened to other people with my condition) or nearly kill me (as happened to my sister a few months ago who has the same condition I do) or worse, my children, one of whom isn’t old enough to communicate if she feels her throat closing up for no apparent reason has made me a little on edge about attending an event I don’t want to go to with a bunch of people who have never taken covid seriously.

Honestly.

[abs]

Update: 2/3 of us now have tested positive. Took 4 days from first day of exposure for me. Lit up in like 3 seconds this morning. Now just waiting for DH to turn a test.

[twinmomma]

We are back in the swirling mess of blended family/multiple household covid calculations. We already went through this in January when me, DD1, and my boyfriend all tested positive.

My boyfriend's son tested positive while at his mom's. And now she's positive. So he's over there to ride out quarantine time. Then we found out my exh's fiancée tested positive last night. So now we're just assuming he will get it too. That means my kids are here with us while we ride out that quarantine. Add to all this the extra layer of my long-COVID issues and our very real concerns about what would happen if I catch it again, and our custody schedules are a mess for the foreseeable future.

And somehow DD2 still has not gotten it! We cannot figure out how she's dodged it this whole time when now literally everyone else in her orbit has tested positive.

I feel like the multiple households and where to quarantine everyone adds such an exhausting level to all the risk calculations. If we were just a normal single family home, we'd all be here and get it over with. Instead we're juggling three separate households and not getting to see our kids for extended periods of time due to quarantines.

[jaylea]

May 5, 2022 13:03:47 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

May 5, 2022 12:43:22 GMT -5 melmaria said:

I did not isolate, but I am nursing right now, so I really couldn't separate from the baby.  I mean, I guess I could have exclusively pumped, but it just didn't seem worth it to me.

I did wear an N95 mask around everyone the second I tested positive, but once my H got it, I gave up.  I have read that you are the most infectious 48 hours before symptoms start (and I didn't test positive until the day after my symptoms began).  Which is what makes all of this so hard.  By the time you've tested positive, it's probably too late in most cases.

I also didn't test positive until the day after my symptoms began (I tested that day and it was negative, next day positive lit up right away). Sorry that that's the way it shook out for your family! Fingers crossed we can pull off the miracle here. I had to cancel my 1st work trip of my new job this week. I have another planned for next week but if DH and the kids test positive I'm not sure how I'll make that one work. 

We just somehow made it out of DD’s covid case with no one else testing positive or developing symptoms, despite spending 13 hours in an enclosed car with her on her first symptomatic day, being around her days 2 and 3 (she was testing negative). She started isolating day 4 when she tested positive, but we were sharing a bathroom etc.

Windows open, her wearing a mask and general precautions seem to have worked, so all hope is not lost. (We are now on day 14 since she started showing symptoms)

[scm1011]

May 6, 2022 9:58:29 GMT -5 jaylea said:

May 5, 2022 13:03:47 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

I also didn't test positive until the day after my symptoms began (I tested that day and it was negative, next day positive lit up right away). Sorry that that's the way it shook out for your family! Fingers crossed we can pull off the miracle here. I had to cancel my 1st work trip of my new job this week. I have another planned for next week but if DH and the kids test positive I'm not sure how I'll make that one work. 

We just somehow made it out of DD’s covid case with no one else testing positive or developing symptoms, despite spending 13 hours in an enclosed with her on her first symptomatic day, being around her days 2 and 3 (she was testing negative). She started isolating day 4 when she tested positive, but we were sharing a bathroom etc.

Windows open, her wearing a mask and general precautions seem to have worked, so all hope is not lost. (We are now on day 14 since she started showing symptoms)

I love this anecdote! Fingers crossed. So far we're on day 7 and everyone is still negative. 

[Velar Fricative]

I had to schedule DD2's 5yo well-check next month and she's due for chickenpox and MMR vaccines that day. So she'll get her first dose a few days after her birthday (her well-check is the following week) and then the second in July. Hope she doesn't hate me at the end of this with all these shots coming lol. I'm just glad she can get the covid vaccine from her pedi since a few local parents said their pedis didn't offer it in their offices.

[wanderingback]

May 5, 2022 23:22:01 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

May 5, 2022 14:53:24 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

May I ask why you are saying you’re going to return with covid? I’m curious why it’s a guarantee.

Sales meeting in Louisville the week after Derby. Everyone is coming in early to attend Derby events, and then we will all be packed in a conference room for 3 days. I don’t see how that isn’t a high risk event?

Ahh got it.
FWIW I know over a dozen people that have gone to conferences (3-6 days) in FL, TX, MI, IN within the past month and not all have gotten covid. The vast majority didn’t get covid. One person even just finished chemo last year. I know it’s just an anecdote but it’s also scientifically true that not everyone will get covid this month. Vaccines and masking yourself do indeed help. So I hope things go well on your trip and you can have as minimal anxiety as possible!

[mskitkat]

May 6, 2022 11:10:14 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

May 5, 2022 23:22:01 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

Sales meeting in Louisville the week after Derby. Everyone is coming in early to attend Derby events, and then we will all be packed in a conference room for 3 days. I don’t see how that isn’t a high risk event?

Ahh got it.
FWIW I know over a dozen people that have gone to conferences (3-6 days) in FL, TX, MI, IN within the past month and not all have gotten covid. The vast majority didn’t get covid. One person even just finished chemo last year. I know it’s just an anecdote but it’s also scientifically true that not everyone will get covid this month. Vaccines and masking yourself do indeed help. So I hope things go well on your trip and you can have as minimal anxiety as possible!

Thank you for your kind response and reassurance.

[twinmomma]

Ugh. DD2 tested positive yesterday. She was the last one in the three households and it finally caught up to her. We shipped her off to quarantine at her dad's so that it lessens my exposure. I'm just around the 90 day mark from having COVID the first time and we're all really nervous about what getting it again does to someone still dealing with long haul symptoms.

[lo]

My 4 (5 next fucking week) complained of a bellyache yesterday, so we tested her. Positive. So she’s out 5 days and my twins can’t go to daycare for 10 days because they are 2 and can’t mask effectively. So, cool. Cool, cool, cool.

Really tired of covid taking my household down one by one. I don’t want to expose everyone, but damn, this would have been easier to deal with if we all got it out of the way together. First my eldest DD, then H (and my dad), then me, now DD2. All at different times! Only my mom (currently living with us) and twins left.

[erbear]

My school has been largely spared covid disruption (maybe 5-10 kids have tested positive all year) but we are going down like flies this week. 8 kids with covid, 10 home with family contacts today. Mandatory masking coming back tomorrow but I fear it might be too late.

[sillygoosegirl]

DD has now had 6 negative home tests and one negative PCR test, in the 7 days since her symptoms started. Her symptoms were approximately 24 hours behind DH's, and he tested positive both at home (several times) and on the PCR test.

DH thinks she somehow managed to get something else at exactly the same time he got COVID (after all of us barely having so much as a cold in 2 years... so, yeah, possible, but it seems *so* unlikely, especially since she masks around everyone but us). I think the tests just aren't that reliable. I had assumed that with home tests that are like 65-85% accurate, if we tested a bunch of times, we'd get a positive one of the times if she had COVID. But maybe more like accurate for 65-85% of people or something. Like, maybe the virus isn't doing a lot in the part of her nose the swab gets to? Ugh.

She's getting better, so I guess it doesn't especially matter, but I do want to know if she has a fresh round of antibodies.

[InBetweenDays]

It seems that DD and I somehow evaded COVID again. DS had it in late December/early January and none of the rest of us go it. H tested positive last Tuesday and so far the rest of us are symptom free and negative. H drove DD home from practice Monday night, and then was coughing a bit overnight Monday night when I was sleeping next to him. So I thought for sure we'd both get it.

Thankfully he had a fairly mild case. Decent sore throat Wednesday and Thursday, and a mild cough. But that was it.

[Velar Fricative]

sillygoosegirl, I’m inclined to just believe she doesn’t/didn’t have it. Especially with that negative PCR. The only people I know who never tested positive at home despite 3+ tests taken were 1) asymptomatic and 2) did test positive on PCRs. If you’re really not confident, maybe go for one more PCR. She wouldn’t be the first person to not get infected by a positive household member.

[omgzombies]

May 9, 2022 13:27:48 GMT -5 sillygoosegirl said:

DD has now had 6 negative home tests and one negative PCR test, in the 7 days since her symptoms started. Her symptoms were approximately 24 hours behind DH's, and he tested positive both at home (several times) and on the PCR test.

DH thinks she somehow managed to get something else at exactly the same time he got COVID (after all of us barely having so much as a cold in 2 years... so, yeah, possible, but it seems *so* unlikely, especially since she masks around everyone but us). I think the tests just aren't that reliable. I had assumed that with home tests that are like 65-85% accurate, if we tested a bunch of times, we'd get a positive one of the times if she had COVID. But maybe more like accurate for 65-85% of people or something. Like, maybe the virus isn't doing a lot in the part of her nose the swab gets to? Ugh.

She's getting better, so I guess it doesn't especially matter, but I do want to know if she has a fresh round of antibodies.

We had the same thing happen with our two.  Both H and I had confirmed covid, and then a few days later the kids both started sniffling, 5 different rapid tests and 1 PCR each (so 10 rapids and 2 pcrs total) spaced out over a full week, and ALL negative.  Our pedi said that while it's not the most likely scenario for them to have gotten something else, it's not exactly unlikely either since spring colds tend to make the rounds, and she was fairly certain both were negative.  

[taratru]

H and the youngest both started feeling sick yesterday, 5 days after my first symptoms started. We are presuming positive and just continuing the lockdown. I hope they do better with it than I did. Day 6 for me, and my head still aches.

[abs]

Last member of the family went down today. It was sort of amazing watching someone else test positive every 4 days. DH had symptoms for quite a few days before he finally lit up a test today. I hope it’s as mild for him as it was for DD and I but we will see. So far it feels like a sinus infection to him where as it felt like allergies to DD and allergies/light cold to me. DD and I are both 100% better.

I hope all our other posters testing positive right now feel better soon!

[StrawberryBlondie]

May 9, 2022 13:47:44 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

sillygoosegirl, I’m inclined to just believe she doesn’t/didn’t have it. Especially with that negative PCR. The only people I know who never tested positive at home despite 3+ tests taken were 1) asymptomatic and 2) did test positive on PCRs. If you’re really not confident, maybe go for one more PCR. She wouldn’t be the first person to not get infected by a positive household member.

I agree with this.

DD had covid early/mid April but had almost no symptoms so we didn't automatically think covid when she said she had a headache one day. She tested negative on a home test when we realized covid was going through our house but it was probably 8-9 days after she was "sick" so we figured PCR would confirm since those can be positive longer.

Then after DH got covid and was on the mend, DD got a cold. Just a cold. Not a bad one, but a regular old cold. We tested her every single day to make sure it wasn't some weird covid recurrence but it was always negative.

[scm1011]

Following up with a positive anecdote - I'm currently on day 11 and no one else in my household has tested positive. I suppose it could still happen, but feeling pretty hopeful at this point!

[missva]

Sorry for everyone going through these mind hurdles and recovering from COVID! I am on day 7, and no more fever, but still some respiratory stuff. DH and DS have so far not caught it. For those trying to protect family members, how long did you keep up the safety measures? I am back at work masked and in my office b/c they encouraged to follow CDC's 5 day isolation, but still sleeping separate from DH, not preparing food etc. How long to keep that up? I still tested positive yesterday, but could test positive for a while I hear.

[cherry1111]

I tested positive yesterday. DD can still go to daycare due to previous infection. DS has to stay home from elementary and STAAR testing started today. He is very upset because they drill into their heads how important this test is. They have no make up tests this year. I am just telling him it isn’t as important as the school makes it sound.

We’ll see if DS and DH avoid Covid round 2 in our house.

So far my sore throat is my worst symptom. Have that along with a headache and mild congestion.

[hermione]

May 10, 2022 13:01:09 GMT -5 missva said:

Sorry for everyone going through these mind hurdles and recovering from COVID! I am on day 7, and no more fever, but still some respiratory stuff. DH and DS have so far not caught it. For those trying to protect family members, how long did you keep up the safety measures? I am back at work masked and in my office b/c they encouraged to follow CDC's 5 day isolation, but still sleeping separate from DH, not preparing food etc. How long to keep that up? I still tested positive yesterday, but could test positive for a while I hear.

Personally, I would separate or mask for 10 days. After that, I would not.