Tested positive for COVID-19

[teddyaware]

As a point of interest, my wife and I (both unvaccinated) have just tested positive for COVIC-19 infections. My rather mild symptoms lasted for 48 hours and immediately thereafter my life went back to normal with the usual level of activity and daily exercise routines. My wife’s mild symptoms lasted for 5 days and now her life is back to normal as well. We are both trim, healthy and in good physical condition for people of our age. We also eat well and for two years have been taking quality dietary supplements that are believed to strengthen the body’s natural immunity.

If we’ weren’t in good physical condition and we’re dealing with chronic ailments and/or comorbidities, it’s likely we would have been vaccinated. Since the death rate for healthy people with strong immune systems is quite low, we went with the odds. But in all fairness, it’s also likely that we contracted the Omicron variant (the tests didn’t specify which strain we contracted) and it’s symptoms are said to be more mild and far less deadly. Thankful to God we are both alright.

 

Edited January 19, 2022 by teddyaware

[bluebell]

8 minutes ago, teddyaware said:

As a point of interest, my wife and I (both unvaccinated) have just tested positive for COVIC-19 infections. My rather mild symptoms lasted for 48 hours and immediately thereafter my life went back to normal with the usual level of activity and daily exercise routines. My wife’s mild symptoms lasted for 5 days and now her life is back to normal as well. We are both trim, healthy and in good physical condition for people of our age. We also eat well and for two years have been taking quality dietary supplements that are believed to strengthen the body’s natural immunity.

If we’ weren’t in good physical condition and we’re dealing with chronic ailments and/or comorbidities, it’s likely we would have been vaccinated. Since the death rate for healthy people with strong immune systems is quite low, we went with the odds. But in all fairness, it’s also likely that we contracted the Omicron variant (the tests didn’t specify which strain we contracted) and it’s symptoms are said to be more mild and far less deadly. Thankful to God we are both alright.

 

I'm glad that you guys are back to normal!  

Thank goodness for the omicron variant.  My friend got alpha covid in 2020 and the poor thing had a fever for 21 days straight and eventually developed covid pneumonia.  She was 43 and in perfect health, exercised everyday and was not overweight at all so she had no risk factors.  I think the scary part about covid, especially earlier variants, was that you never knew how you were going to react.  Some people had no symptoms and others with the same risk factors died.  

It's a freaky disease.

[teddyaware]

10 minutes ago, bluebell said:

I'm glad that you guys are back to normal!  

Thank goodness for the omicron variant.  My friend got alpha covid in 2020 and the poor thing had a fever for 21 days straight and eventually developed covid pneumonia.  She was 43 and in perfect health, exercised everyday and was not overweight at all so she had no risk factors.  I think the scary part about covid, especially earlier variants, was that you never knew how you were going to react.  Some people had no symptoms and others with the same risk factors died.  

It's a freaky disease.

Thanks! A fever for three weeks?! Yikes!

Perhaps there’s a genetic factor that causes some to be far more susceptible to serious symptoms than others? And could it also be that some immune systems are far better equipped to attack and destroy the COVID virus?

Edited January 19, 2022 by teddyaware

[bluebell]

4 minutes ago, teddyaware said:

Thanks! A fever for three weeks?! Yikes!

Perhaps there’s a genetic factor that causes some to be far more susceptible to serious symptoms than others? And could it also be that some immune systems are far better equipped to attack and destroy the COVID virus?

I'm guessing genetics is involved.  I think they've even discovered some stuff on that but I'd have to try to go back and find the article.

[sunstoned]

I would agree genetics are probably involved.  I am glad you guys are okay.  

[The Nehor]

It is quite possibly over depending on how long ago this was but a common progression of Covid is a symptoms for several days to a week, feeling better, and then getting worse again. It is unlikely it will get bad considering how mild the symptoms were but don’t be surprised if the symptoms return for a time and possibly with greater severity.

Two of the people I know who died from Covid had bad symptoms early, started to feel better for a week or two, and then spiraled and ended up in the hospital.

[bluebell]

3 hours ago, The Nehor said:

It is quite possibly over depending on how long ago this was but a common progression of Covid is a symptoms for several days to a week, feeling better, and then getting worse again. It is unlikely it will get bad considering how mild the symptoms were but don’t be surprised if the symptoms return for a time and possibly with greater severity.

Two of the people I know who died from Covid had bad symptoms early, started to feel better for a week or two, and then spiraled and ended up in the hospital.

Were they vaccinated?

[The Nehor]

6 minutes ago, bluebell said:

Were they vaccinated?

No, they both died before the vaccine was developed. The people I know who died were nearly ready to go to the hospital towards the end of the first stages of symptoms and then it eased up for about a week and a half and then got worse and they ended up in the ICU in a steady decline after that. This is the progression you see in a lot of publicized cases as well. Either because the person is prominent or they or their family are active on social media. It is very bad, they get mostly better thinking the worst is over, then it goes bad.

It was obviously a different variant of the virus back then but Omicron is generally showing a similar progression. I don’t know if there is hard data yet behind it but the sporadic data suggests it is the same. Again, I am not suggesting that this is likely to end in hospitalization or anything more serious. The second hit is worse but it is usually proportionally worse to the first hit so a mild case with a second hit will probably be worse but it is unlikely to be life threatening. Not impossible but unlikely. And it might just be over and done for one or both of them. Not all cases follow that progression.

I would recommend taking temperature every other day or so to see if you have a very mild fever you don’t notice physically. That sometimes happens in the lull in mild cases. Hard to do though unless you know your baseline temperature pretty well. Hope it is over for you.