My experience with “the big C”

grizzly wrote:

Not trying to start a pissing match just curious if any of you that got this crap got any of the shots? Like I said just curious if the shots helped at all from this crap. Hope you all are better

No shot.

glenn57 wrote:

question…….so you guys with the symptoms, have you taken any over the counter type meds to help with said symptoms?????

does it help if you did???? just curious. i have not to this point knowningly got it, only a matter of time IMO, just thought i’d ask??????

A little bit of cold/flu medicine the first couple nights, and ibuprofen throughout for body aches, headaches, and (unfortunately, possibly related) heart pain.

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>suzuki wrote:</div>
Been sick since thu. Low fever and the worst body aches I have ever experienced. My skin was so sensative clothes hurt. Bad chills the first two days. I have been down for The count. Day 4 today and I fee a little better. Fever still present but my aches are less but now I have the worst sore throat. Like swallowing razor blades. Still stuck on the couch. Haven’t had a good night’s sleep since this started. I sure hope this clears up soon. Not leaving the house for so long is horrible.

That is very similar to how I felt as well. My chills were awful. I was freezing under a heated blanket, I was cold as ice but sweating like no other. But it only lasted 3 days. And now I just have a minor cold.

Same here, Suzuki and bearcat. Horrible body aches and chills the first couple nights for me. Hope u guys get back to 100% quickly. Nothing except extreme cold will keep me off the ice, dammit!! (and this)

Edit: bear, I know you didn’t ask, but I’m also pretty sure you prob had covid. Considering the circumstances and symptoms…

Don Meier wrote:

Youngest boy had it ,unvacced . And he damn near died. Smoker and a drinker . No health insurance . Has big problems in his legs with blood clots . I was worried, but he pulled through. My sister unvacced got it from work and lost her sense of taste and smell for over 6 months . Myself vacced and boosted ,nothing so far . My take if it helps me from getting death bed sick , been vacced since a baby in the fifties , I figure they work.

Hey don, I’m curious- did your son develop the blood clots before or because of covid? Thanks and glad to hear he pulled through.

LabDaddy1 wrote:

Hey don, I’m curious- did your son develop the blood clots before or because of covid? Thanks and glad to hear he pulled through.

My neighbor suffered a stroke because of a blood clot after he had an infection of covid-19 in November of 2020. When he finally returned home in January 2021, he had no use of his right arm. He’s slowly gained minimal use of it with rehab and physical therapy, but there’s a good chance he will never gain full use of it again. He used to do all the snow blowing, shoveling, lawn mowing, and used to be an avid golfer. His wife does all that now and he isn’t golfing anymore.

My younger brother, mid 50s and a smoker, had it in Nov. 2020. Was in the hospital 9 days and almost put on a ventilator before his O2 levels improved using force O2 (think a CPAP machine with higher O2 levels). Long hauler since then. He since has been vaccinated and was sick for 2 1/2 days each time. Was boosted last Monday and again sick for 2 1/2 days. Saw him yesterday and he said he feels “pretty good”. Some long haulers improve after the booster. I hope he is one of them.
Me, vaxed in March and April last year and boosted in October. I’m retired so can avoid a lot of people.

Myself, my oldest son and my youngest son had it back in early December. My middle son just tested positive this morning. Only person in my immediate family who hasnt gotten it is my wife.

My right ear is still clogged up like i have water in it or something. all the other symptoms i had have subsided

Fingers crossed but my 3 day fever ended late yesterday and man it was like the clouds being lifted. Body aches rapidly went away as well. I still had some cold sweating issues last night but nothing like before. Unfortunately this sore throat has only gotten worse. My symptoms mirror many that have tested positive but I cannot say for certainty I have covid. Ill probably get tested for antibodies in 4 weeks.

If it matters to anyone, saying the at home tests are “not accurate” is somewhat misleading. The false negative rate is high, somewhere at the 20% (or 1 in 5) range. But the false positve rate is only 1-3%.

In short, if it says you are positive you can be quite confident you are. If it says negative, you are far less confident that is correct. If you use both tests in the box (or more) the confidence of consistant readings goes up exponentially.

tindall wrote:

If it matters to anyone, saying the at home tests are “not accurate” is somewhat misleading. The false negative rate is high, somewhere at the 20% (or 1 in 5) range. But the false positve rate is only 1-3%.

In short, if it says you are positive you can be quite confident you are. If it says negative, you are far less confident that is correct. If you use both tests in the box (or more) the confidence of consistant readings goes up exponentially.

Sounds like a great waste of money

tindall wrote:

If it matters to anyone, saying the at home tests are “not accurate” is somewhat misleading. The false negative rate is high, somewhere at the 20% (or 1 in 5) range. But the false positve rate is only 1-3%.

In short, if it says you are positive you can be quite confident you are. If it says negative, you are far less confident that is correct. If you use both tests in the box (or more) the confidence of consistant readings goes up exponentially.

I have seen numbers all over the board with the Omnicron. Just like everything with this virus The information or misinformation is all over the board.

56 year old healthy brother in law caught covid and died 16 days later. This damn thing effects everyone different. He was unvac wife was vac she had flu like symptoms and got better. Whatever your decision on vac/unvac please take this seriously and go get help if it keep getting progressively worse. Brother in law may have waited to long to seek help, guess we will never know. Died 3 weeks ago don’t know if delta or omicron.

tomr wrote:

56 year old healthy brother in law caught covid and died 16 days later. This damn thing effects everyone different. He was unvac wife was vac she had flu like symptoms and got better. Whatever your decision on vac/unvac please take this seriously and go get help if it keep getting progressively worse. Brother in law may have waited to long to seek help, guess we will never know. Died 3 weeks ago don’t know if delta or omicron.

Sorry about the loss!

My wife and kids already have had covid over the last 13 months. I got it a couple weeks ago and was the 1st one in the house to have symptoms. I just felt hung over for a day with a rickety neck and shoulders. Was fine 24 hours later. Guess we were on the mild ride. My brothers, their wives and pretty much all the kids have had covid now. Most similar to my symptoms. Some got a fever and half lost their smell. We must be a pile of dirtball bugger pickers because about everyone in my family and extended ( 35 out of 40 of us ) have had it and had very mild symptoms. 3 of 35 vax’d if you wanted to know. I feel bad for all having issues with this so not trying to sound arrogant or unsensitive. Just what we have seen from it.

buschman wrote:

( 35 out of 40 of us )…
3 of 35 vax’d if you wanted to know.

Yikes. Hope we don’t have any Hermain Cain award winners on this site!

tomr wrote:

please take this seriously

YES!

tomr wrote:

and go get help if it keep getting progressively worse.

Please don’t go to the ER unless you’re like having trouble breathing and it’s really bad. They are too busy coding other unvaccinated patients in hallways/lobbies/etc.

Oh, and if you’re unvaccinated don’t be surprised if you get a big middle finger from your nurse or doctor. And don’t be surprised if you get passed over for a vaccinated patient. And don’t be surprised if we continue to have COVID variants for the next decade because somehow like 1/3 of the world population is too selfish and stupid to get a friggin’ vaccine.

tomr wrote:

56 year old healthy brother in law caught covid and died 16 days later. This damn thing effects everyone different. He was unvac wife was vac she had flu like symptoms and got better. Whatever your decision on vac/unvac please take this seriously and go get help if it keep getting progressively worse. Brother in law may have waited to long to seek help, guess we will never know. Died 3 weeks ago don’t know if delta or omicron.

That’s really sad, wish he would have been vaccinated :(.

We ARE close to a milestone though. Almost 1 million American’s dead from COVID. At the current rate, by the end of thisyear, we may have lost more US citizens to COVID than we did to the Civil war, WWI, and WWII…COMBINED.

Man they’d be rolling in their graves…They fought for ACTUAL freedom, from tyranny and fascism, slavery, etc.

Now half the country thinks that freedom means not wearing a mask or taking a vaccine to protect their neighbors, family, the sick & elderly, etc. It’s pathetic. I’m ashamed that my children and grandchildren will someday have to read about how a bunch of manchilds and the misinformed were responsible for the worst loss of American lives in the history of this once fine country.

Some light reading for you un-vaxxed out there, this will be your legacy if you avoidably die from a disease that has a vaccine.
The rest of the world mainly just makes fun of you. https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/

This is an easy one. Who wants to inform this lost soul.

Wives sister got vaccinated spent 2 weeks in the hospital still can’t walk good from swollen legs. Just lost a vaccinated relative mid 50’s good shape. Perhaps if I could really see what they are putting in the vaccine maybe people would be open to it. When I got it 4 days of over 103 temp went in recently and they figure I fried my brain to some degree some things just not like they were. Everyone has there reasons for or against it I believe because we are a free country we should be able to decide for ourselves. Religiously it does not work for me. Just to reply to the above in my family 2 of my dad’s brothers died in Vietnam, 3 in WW 2 1 was a my grandparent, 1 in Korean war grandpa’s brother, 4 in Civil war. I guess they all died in vain because I haven’t got the shot.

Admin if this is unacceptable please let me know I really enjoy the fishing forums and have tried to refrain from any political or Covid posts from past learning however when told my family died in vain just kinda puts a kink in it.

Thanks Justin for your in site but it should be everyone’s choice if they want to get vaxed or not and yes I’m vaxed so quit your bitchin.

Justin, it sounds like you should just stick to Reddit. It’s a great echo-chamber for “holier-than-thou” basement-dwelling keyboard warriors with a flair for hate.

Sure, it’s got some interesting dedicated subreddits but it gets old pretty fast. And it really doesn’t take long to get a feel for the type of people who congregate there and love to hear themselves talk, per se.

Worst loss of lives in American history when a huge percentage of the population is vaccinated. How the heck could that happen Justin?

You do realize the definition of vaccine was changed recently correct?

Leftysrconfused wrote:

Worst loss of lives in American history when a huge percentage of the population is vaccinated. How the heck could that happen Justin?

You do realize the definition of vaccine was changed recently correct?

The number of deaths will be changed shortly also. They’ve already started changing the narrative on the hospitalization numbers…mid terms are coming up.

Not that I have much control over it anyways, but I really honestly did not mean for this to turn into another thread full of the same old arguments. Just wanted to share my experience and hear others’.

I’m thinking maybe IDO should have vaxed side of the site and a unvaccinated side of the site… since us unvaccinated are so dangerous.

LabDaddy1 my apologies to you not my intent. As in the previous post the fever really did some damage to me I have not had smell or taste for over 6 months doubt I will get it back. It’s so bad I got sick on Saturday my wife came home and the pilot light on the stove was off she said it stunk terrible of gas. A good thing is anytime the food is burned I just eat it HA HA! I truly hope you feel better and anyone else for that matter. One thing I have noticed if you talk to those who even had it mildly it’s like you have an understanding those that have not had it have no clue. When I had it I never thought my goal for the day would be to maybe use the rest room and laying on the floor was a great option if you couldn’t make it to the bed or sofa.

LabDaddy1 wrote:

Not that I have much control over it anyways, but I really honestly did not mean for this to turn into another thread full of the same old arguments. Just wanted to share my experience and hear others’.

I actually did find it interesting to hear how seemingly everyone is dealing with it right now. Clearly there’s a lot of sickness going around.

gim wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>LabDaddy1 wrote:</div>
Not that I have much control over it anyways, but I really honestly did not mean for this to turn into another thread full of the same old arguments. Just wanted to share my experience and hear others’.

I actually did find it interesting to hear how seemingly everyone is dealing with it right now. Clearly there’s a lot of sickness going around.

As did I…

Wow bear you were on the ice on the 8th with your kids right after the covid ? Must have been mild or recovery pretty quick.

Imagine the miserable life of a person sitting on reddit and making fun of dead people.

Justin Donson wrote:

Oh, and if you’re unvaccinated don’t be surprised if you get a big middle finger from your nurse or doctor. And don’t be surprised if you get passed over for a vaccinated patient.

Yeah, that’s not gonna happen.

Omicron is rapid. The number of people we know that have tested positive in the past 3 weeks is incredible.

Daughter was exposed on Sunday before NYE … we went out for a drink and dinner with her on Monday. She tested negative on Wed. Boyfriend got sick and tested positive on Thursday. She was sick for 12 hours tops, but said I am not driving around town looking for a test nor am I going to stand in some stupid line. She said that I assume I am positive. Both were sick 12 hours tops and quarantined for 5 days after … Both vaccinated. She is boosted.

The risk of a vaccinated person going to the hospital must be incredibly small with Omicron. Hospital is still about 90% unvaccinated. Bet most of those are Delta variant. No one will be turned away.

I will add that on NYE we had two couples over. Everyone knew the story above. One guy (vaccinated) had covid with mild symptoms about 6 days prior and tested negative NYE day. His wife negative and never got it. The other couple came over and was NOT vaccinated. I do not judge … they knew everyone’s history and came over knowing the risk was small if not lower than that.

mrpike1973 wrote:

LabDaddy1 my apologies to you not my intent. As in the previous post the fever really did some damage to me I have not had smell or taste for over 6 months doubt I will get it back. It’s so bad I got sick on Saturday my wife came home and the pilot light on the stove was off she said it stunk terrible of gas. A good thing is anytime the food is burned I just eat it HA HA! I truly hope you feel better and anyone else for that matter. One thing I have noticed if you talk to those who even had it mildly it’s like you have an understanding those that have not had it have no clue. When I had it I never thought my goal for the day would be to maybe use the rest room and laying on the floor was a great option if you couldn’t make it to the bed or sofa.

No no no pike! I wasn’t singling out your post. I’m very sorry to hear that is happening to you. This thing is doing a lot of bad stuff to people long term. Hopefully you can overcome most of it.

Another thing- someone above mentioned ears plugged sensation. I had that in one ear(sounds like that’s a common long-term side effect) for a couple days and was worried it could be permanent but it’s gone now thank god. Feeling pretty much back to normal except lack of energy.

And one other thing. I get that some people don’t see the point in wasting time on a test, but some of us have to give the results to our employers. I wasn’t able to get in for a test anywhere except for vault 4 days later in downtown St. Paul. When I went there it was a nightmare trying to find parking. They said they’d have free parking for test takers but for the life of me couldn’t find a sign indicating such. When I got in I asked like 3 diff employees about it and only one knew the answer, that it was in the river center ramp and was unmarked… great thanks. Had to pay for street parking. Whatever. The other kind of disgusting part was the lines… a mile of two separate lines with TONS of people who looked horrible and were coughing like crazy. Great place to pick up your various covid strains & whatever else in a giant line of sick people at a testing center. Luckily they had an “express line” for people who had made appointments, which included me.

Yea it’s definitely going around and I hope everybody here, including Justin, makes a full recovery if they get it, VACCINATED OR NOT. This is one of the strangest viruses I’ve ever experienced and it sounds like I’m not the only one who feels that way.

TBH, it is kind of making me mad thinking about the fact that all this crap that’s affecting everybody’s lives in so many ways could have been a purposeful thing put into motion by the CCP or the American b*stards who were doing gain of function research(in the name of money and control) and had a “slip.” I’m not going to go into theories any more than that because I honestly see a chance it could have been an honest mistake, natural thing, or evil plan. Who knows but I’m willing to consider any and all sides and theories. But I’ll save that for another time. Anybody else wants to dive in and argue some more, feel free! But I want nothing to do with it at this point.

Take care of yourselves everybody and god bless.