PSA: you can still get free rapidtests, and it can definitely be useful to know whether a cold is just a cold
In the US, https://www.covid.gov/tools-and-resources/resources/tests
I wish you a well recovery.
I was feeling pretty bad a few days before Christmas. Couldn't breathe, anxiety level off the roof. I did a COVID test from the pharmacy which was negative, which in turn made me feel even more anxious about my health. A day after Christmas I was so bad I went to the hospital. They tested me there and in less than a minute it was a positive.
It was a pretty bad COVID, I got vaccinated about 2 years ago but this was the first time I actually got it. It went pretty pretty bad.
I am still suffering from long COVID symptoms, mostly issues with short breath etc. Currently lying down on the couch trying to get better. I really hope this ends soon, I need my life back.
I hope you don't have to go through the same thing. I really wish you a swift recovery.
I hope you have a speedy recovery with no lingering effects!
Genuine question (honestly, I'm not trying to be a troll or start a fight): doesn't it make anyone mad that things have gotten to the point where we can't live our lives without constant reinfection?
I ask 'cause I've been trying to rationalize this question, and no one in my life is really talking/acknowledging COVID anymore, so I'm not really able to bring this up without being that guy who still cares about the pandemic.
COVID hit me the second time at my companies christmas party. I almost forgot that it is not a regular flu and covid kindly reminded me of that. I was down and laying in bed for a whole week with fever. Took me two weeks to feel almost back to normal. Got cough 2 to 3 weeks after I recovered. Still a weird illness with even more weird symptoms like skin rashes at fingers and toes. Get well soon.
Haha only 3? I think I'm up to 5 or 6 at this point. I have a very bad immune system. First time I got it(pre vaccine) I was terribly ill for almost a month. Thanks to the vaccines and boosters, in combo with paxlovid, I usually only have 2-3 days of actively bad symptoms and then another week of mild cold-like symptoms.
That sucks.
I hope you don't catch it again. Things will be more tougher in the future as countries being pushed by businesses will downplay this more.
Stay safe. Just one bad case of long-covid will debilitate you for months or years, effectively destroying your life.
Take care
And a good recovery!
Not once here (officially) knocks on wood
Did you have your booster shot in the past six months?
Any chance the test instructed you to urinate on it
"picture of COVID test"
Hmm this IS mildly infuriating.
Get better soon!
Where I live covid is not much of a thing right now and the influenza seems to have calmed down too (for now at least)
Damn, that test line is stronger than the control.
