captdownshift said:
In reply to Stampie :
" I don't blame him because at that time he was following what people thought."
Situations and what we know is changing quickly and whomever it was gotten from, when unintentional, is in the same fight. Less than two weeks ago we were, as a populus, being encouraged to cough into our elbows, and the bump elbows as a greeting. Guess where your mouth goes when coughing when following that procedure?
I wondered about that myself, CDS. And I hope you get better from all this, with minimal residual issues.
NOT OFFICIAL MEDICAL ADVISE.
So loss of smell is a big one we keep hearing about here at the lab. Lung pain as well. Couple instances of people getting better for a day when they rest and then getting hit by a truck once they start to move and work again.
I am big on hot baths where you get good humidity around you, and Guaifenesin for helping you sleep at night to thin out the mucus.
If humidity helps, how about a Neti Pot?
In reply to wearymicrobe :
First hand account confirming loss of smell and taste in addition to lung pain. Cough and lung pains remain, taste is back, smell is, but not acutely yet. I won't complain about the sense of smell being slow on returning as my gas has been relentless the past 2 days getting food back into my system.
In reply to Tom_Spangler :
Doesn't get lower respiratory.
Following for updates, and thinking of you both.
One of our OB-GYN just tested positive last night. 48 year old. In the ICU today. We have to go through all his patients to see which moms are exposed. We have two negative pressure rooms only. Thus tranferring kids elsehwere, if needed.
We hope all turns out for the best, and sending you well wishes from here, Stampie.
In reply to Antihero :
My normal temp is about 96.4, I contribute it mostly to my hypothyroidism. Last time I was sick and feeling "feverish" I was at 98.1, so that wouldn't even seem abnormal if I didn't know that I run low.
Thanks for keeping us posted Stampie, hopefully you both are feeling 100% soon!
Stampie said:
In reply to poopshovel again :
I still have my clippers from two years ago (almost to this day).
I might not be the smartest banana of the bunch but I have some good follicles.
DONT
EVER
DO
THAT
AGAIN!
You look really strange! LOL, grow it all back, Now!
I guess I can't talk, I always cut mine off, I have been cutting my own hair since early 90's.
I had started at the beginning, I'm still catching up on this thread.
As an aside, I had the same symptoms, not much or no fever. Due to how things turned out I had a CT scan and they found no "incidental" pneumonia. If I understand Covid-19 right, the pneumonia is the bad part.
I didn't think I would say this someone sick, but I hope you have what I had and that its just the crud.
In reply to captdownshift :
How would you describe the loss of taste? Did everything taste the same? Bad? Did you just taste nothing?
A researcher said somewhere that at the first sign something is amiss drink a lot of salt water as the virus hangs out in your throat initially and drinking a lot will flush it into your stomach where gastric juice kills it. So not a cure but it can reduce the impact. I will try to find the report.
EastCoastMojo said:
In reply to Antihero :
My normal temp is about 96.4, I contribute it mostly to my hypothyroidism. Last time I was sick and feeling "feverish" I was at 98.1, so that wouldn't even seem abnormal if I didn't know that I run low.
Thanks for keeping us posted Stampie, hopefully you both are feeling 100% soon!
97.5 is the new 98.6.
Wall Street Journal Article - January 27th, 2020
So, you're only 1.1 degrees lower than the currently accepted average.
In reply to Dr. Hess :
Nothing except for loud bold flavors, which I didn't care for, due to feeling meh to blah, and even they tasted muted. The subtly of my pallette was completely gone and hasn't returned for the most part. I noted that I craved tacos when hunger initially returned, and I rarely ever crave tacos. Fajitas are normally my go to.
EastCoastMojo said:
In reply to Antihero :
My normal temp is about 96.4, I contribute it mostly to my hypothyroidism. Last time I was sick and feeling "feverish" I was at 98.1, so that wouldn't even seem abnormal if I didn't know that I run low.
Thanks for keeping us posted Stampie, hopefully you both are feeling 100% soon!
I ran a temp of 99 once in memory....and it was bad. Very very bad
RX Reven' said:
EastCoastMojo said:
In reply to Antihero :
My normal temp is about 96.4, I contribute it mostly to my hypothyroidism. Last time I was sick and feeling "feverish" I was at 98.1, so that wouldn't even seem abnormal if I didn't know that I run low.
Thanks for keeping us posted Stampie, hopefully you both are feeling 100% soon!
97.5 is the new 98.6.
Wall Street Journal Article - January 27th, 2020
So, you're only 1.1 degrees lower than the currently accepted average.
Interesting how they are changing that. I was told I was hypothermic and had "8 minutes to cell death" once.
My body is just great at rejecting heat apparently
Antihero said:
RX Reven' said:
EastCoastMojo said:
In reply to Antihero :
My normal temp is about 96.4, I contribute it mostly to my hypothyroidism. Last time I was sick and feeling "feverish" I was at 98.1, so that wouldn't even seem abnormal if I didn't know that I run low.
Thanks for keeping us posted Stampie, hopefully you both are feeling 100% soon!
97.5 is the new 98.6.
Wall Street Journal Article - January 27th, 2020
So, you're only 1.1 degrees lower than the currently accepted average.
Interesting how they are changing that. I was told I was hypothermic and had "8 minutes to cell death" once.
My body is just great at rejecting heat apparently
Holy crap Antihero.
Are you good at clinging to things? Asking because you’d be great at insulating the Shuttle during reentry. 
Forget the WSJ explanation, I suspect parents jacked the number up to block their kids from staying home from school as often.
In reply to RX Reven' :
Before I was diagnosed and started taking meds I was in the 94.3 range.
EastCoastMojo said:
In reply to RX Reven' :
Before I was diagnosed and started taking meds I was in the 94.3 range.
Dad, uncle, inquiring minds want to know.
In reply to RX Reven' :
It would be a cool superpower to have but I hate heights lol
Antihero said:
In reply to RX Reven' :
It would be a cool superpower to have but I hate heights lol
Me too but I learned to fly when I was 17. I can be in a plane or hang from a cable and I'm fine...stand at the edge of a cliff or at the top of a tall building and I lose my E36 M3 big time. My mother told me that I was thrown off the second floor of an apartment building when I was three or four...I don't recall the experience but apparently, my sub-conscience does.
Stampie, how are you and Stampiekid holding up this evening (or a morning response is fine)
In reply to RX Reven' :
Maybe, don't really know for sure.
In reply to captdownshift :
I'm about the same as this morning. Lil Stampie says he feels much better then admitted he got nauseous in the shower. Interesting how it ebbs and flows during the day. At dinnertime I was about a 2.5 on the suck scale but that's moving back up as I can feel my temp rise. Some funny quotes from today:
Me "Think we can put up with each other for 2 weeks?" LS "Sure! ... Maybe?"
LS "Mom do you want me to come back to you tomorrow?" LS Mom "NO! I mean I love you but you stay with dad for now."
In reply to Stampie :
Any time you feel it getting worse, take a shower (as rough as it may feel to) then hydrate and rest. And by hydrate, 36-48oz, not 8-12. Stay out in front. The ebbing and flowing is consistent with the way my symptoms presented themselves, there'd be 12-18 hours of, this isn't too hateful, followed by 2-8 hours of not being confident that I'd see past the next 48. Stay hydrated and out in front.
