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So for two and a half years, all the while working amongst the general public at the shop, and taking trips (with precautions) here and there I have managed to avoid catch Covid to the point I figured either the vaccine has protected me and done it's job OR I could be one of the fortunate ones who can catch and not have symptoms...

Well - I have taken this week off, I started feeling rough on Monday and then tested postive. It was a good two and a half year run but it finally got me...

DAMN... you are the second person who said the same thing to me in a week... what symptoms do you currently have?

Well, I apparently have been lucky. Two shots + 2 boosters apparently did the trick. Well, that and the fact that I don't go out and mingle much. I think the most I've mingled was my nephew's birthday dinner at Golden Corral. And that place stay's pretty busy.

Only real change I've noticed within that 2 - 2-1/2 year period is that maybe 2 years ago, maybe 1-1/2, my sweet tooth changed from chocolate to strawberry. It was kind of a sudden thing. I think I was in the kitchen possibly going to have a chocolate drink when suddenly, I just didn't want chocolate. Don't remember where the strawberry came from because I didn't keep strawberry stuff in the house. But now I drink strawberry protein drink. Then on the rare occasion I get a milk from the convenience store, I'll get Strawberry if i don't get orange juice. Depends on the time of day - OJ is a breakfast drink, lol. I do still get the occasional Snickers or Baby Ruth, tho.

WalterB wrote: ↑September 7th, 2022, 8:02 pm Well, I apparently have been lucky. Two shots + 2 boosters apparently did the trick. Well, that and the fact that I don't go out and mingle much. I think the most I've mingled was my nephew's birthday dinner at Golden Corral. And that place stay's pretty busy.

Only real change I've noticed within that 2 - 2-1/2 year period is that maybe 2 years ago, maybe 1-1/2, my sweet tooth changed from chocolate to strawberry. It was kind of a sudden thing. I think I was in the kitchen possibly going to have a chocolate drink when suddenly, I just didn't want chocolate. Don't remember where the strawberry came from because I didn't keep strawberry stuff in the house. But now I drink strawberry protein drink. Then on the rare occasion I get a milk from the convenience store, I'll get Strawberry if i don't get orange juice. Depends on the time of day - OJ is a breakfast drink, lol. I do still get the occasional Snickers or Baby Ruth, tho.

No more trips to the Parot?!!?!?

WalterB wrote: ↑September 7th, 2022, 8:02 pm Well, I apparently have been lucky. Two shots + 2 boosters apparently did the trick. Well, that and the fact that I don't go out and mingle much.

Me too, Walt. Me too.

rokkerr wrote: ↑September 7th, 2022, 9:42 pm
No more trips to the Parrot?!!?!?

Now, wait, Rokkerr. Let's not get all desperate here.

Stevie, I hope you get well soon and symptoms are only mild. I feel lucky that I havent gotten it either. I have had both shots and both boosters. A few people at work have had it and so has my sister and we share a house which is why I think I am lucky (knocks on wood)

Same, I made it until August and I travel 80% of the year.
2 really bad days.

Thanks everyone - I finally feel like I turned a corner with it today... so yes I had both shots and a booster so I can only assume that had I not I would be feeling far far worse - but I have to say I felt like I was hit by a truck. After the initial postive test I got very bad... mostly wild temperature swings, very achy arms and legs and laboured breathing. The cough has subsided somewhat but I still have a slight sore throat from it. I think the worst part was it was preventing me sleeping and I went for a few nights not sleeping at all. But I am now on day 6 of it and am throughly fed up with it now!

Well I made it for 2 years without getting Covid till I tested positive in April in Jamacia the day before I was to leave. I had no symptoms, I felt great just tested positive. In 4 days I tested negative and got to come home on the 5th day! Only thing I do suffer is a really very tired feeling some days, that I have never felt before. It is a tired that takes my breath away and not just a loss of energy. I have to sit and drink water to get over it. It is a bitch when I am at work and it happens, I only work 4 hours a day, but I am busy from the moment I get there till I leave!! I have explained it to my manager and coworkers. Most days the feeling hits when I am home, thank goodness!

When this Covid started in 2020, my daughter and I got tested regularly each month. I have gotten both shots and 1 booster cause when the 2nd booster came out my doctor said I didn't need the 2nd. But on Monday (tomorrow) I will be asking about the booster shots again.

Zany

THe only thing I've noticed in the last 2 years is a switch in my tastes. One day I went to get my chocolate drink but I didn't like it. I've always drunk chocolate. It wasn't bad or anything, I just felt that for some reason I didn't like chocolate. So I switched to Strawberry and have been fine ever since.

The only food related thing I've heard about Covid was that you lost your taste - not changed from Chocolate to Strawberry, lol

Well, that was pretty much the same for me. Made it all the way until July this year. Then one of my co-workers came in feeling sick and didn't say anything. Then he was out sick. Came down with it a few days after he was out. Had the three shots before. Wound up spending 10 days at home until I had a negative test.

I am starting to feel better now, and while I haven't noticed a change in my taste (although my appetite has been very low anyways) I have not been able to shake off the sensation that I can smell smoke literally all the time. I will probably be going back to work on Wednesday.

Did you check to see if your house is burning down, Stevie? (Sorry. I'm sure all that is no fun.)

WalterB wrote: ↑September 12th, 2022, 2:31 pm Did you check to see if your house is burning down, Stevie? (Sorry. I'm sure all that is no fun.)

Oh believe me, I checked all over! But it is just something I am going to have to put up with for a while I guess!

Yep Stevie my taste and smell is still buggered up and intermittent.