I have Covid 19, I was extremely careful.

[Johnny2X2X]

No idea how I got it. Wife getting tested this week, she had more contact with people. You can be very careful and still get it. Be careful. The wife wasn’t as careful as I was. Or it could have been a fluke take out food thing. Who knows.

I am doing OK. Fatigue and headache.

Stress levels are high though and contact tracing is stressful. Wife telling people she may have exposed them means they basically have to shut down their lives until they test negative. Not happy people.

Be careful. Even if you don’t get really sick, you’re effecting others.

[LizBeth]

1. Take care of yourself, fast healing. Niece got it and that is what pissed her progressive self off.

She was one of the few wearing masks, distancing, washing hands, doing everything right in a city of red and then she got it.

[LymphocyteLover]

28. the thing is, masks really don't protect you that much unless it is an N95

cloth masks mostly keep the virus from spreading from infected people... so if people aren't masked and infected, they will spread it.

Hope she's ok!

[LizBeth]

33. My niece is well to recovery though she had to have a hospital stay. And ya, I hear you, though

a mask helps some, but not totally, you are right. Mostly just keeping stuff off others.

[LymphocyteLover]

50. glad she is doing better-- and I don't blame her for being pissed at the locals

who wouldn't wear a mask

[Laffy Kat]

42. I honestly think you need a face shield or goggles, too.

Droplets can enter via your eyes, as well.

[LizBeth]

54. Yes, I hit two stores yesterday and today kicking myself because I took off glasses to shop easier.

Prescription for distance sunglasses and huge covering upper half of my face. Not perfect cause just glasses but I am sure protect some. I am all about lessening nay load even if I do get it. I just took them off this time inside and I never do that, just easier to see. I was thinking later I really should not have done that.

[Laffy Kat]

55. Glasses really do help and they're certainly better than nothing. nt

[LizBeth]

56. I think so If some is floating in the air, glasses will stop some from eyes.

[Laffy Kat]

57. True. Goggles are the best, although glasses do help. nt

[lisa58]

2. Hoping for a quick recovery...

..a coworker’s daughter tested positive - I got tested out of the abundance of caution- negative. Made me up my game!

It’s crazy out there people- be careful

[BainsBane]

3. I'm so sorry

I hope you recover swiftly. Please keep us posted.

[Freddie]

4. Take care and hope you feel better soon

Rest. My daughter got it the same way. She’s a nurse (does not deal directly with patients) and has been very careful, but her young son was not so careful playing with relatives. They’re both fine now but 2 months later she still gets tired very easily.

[Johnny2X2X]

5. Thanks for the well wishes

Hope I don’t get seriously sick.

Don’t relax on this. Keep being careful to keep yourself and the people you know safe. It absolutely stinks having to worry who we may have infected. It’s a very small list, but still too long.

[Freddie]

10. If you don't have a pulse oximeter, get one

You can have breathing issues and not be aware of it. My daughter has mild asthma and kept monitoring herself. She was fortunate that other than a tight-chest feeling it never got worse.

[ResistantAmerican17]

22. This!!!!!! Temperature is not a good self test, nor cough- especially if you have seasonal

allergies. But I bought a pulse ox and use it regularly..

[underpants]

6. It could be one little thing

One bump you weren’t aware of. One whatever. My coworker was very careful and they got it. Very mild luckily.

[empedocles]

7. Thanks for the warning.

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. I'm sorry to hear that Johnny

I hope your symptoms stay mild and that your wife tests negative. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[OhZone]

9. Take out /delivery / etc.

I'm very silly (or not) in that I don't get any food that I can't wash or Zap for 20 or 30 seconds or more. I even sterilize boxes and cans or leave them in the garage for a few days.

I miss my salads and sushi, but I'll live.

Oh well.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Take care Johnny.

Stay well and go to the hospital if things get serious. Do you have a pulse oximeter? If not, see if someone can get you one and drop it off for you and monitor yourself regularly. I hope you feel better soon.

[Siwsan]

12. I'm convinced there's no way to be 100% protected. We can only do our best.

I don't know if my allergies are going haywire, or if I have a seasonal cold. If it's the 2nd, then I messed up. If it's something else, I'll just have to deal with it, but I think I'm past the big worry point. At least I hope so.

You are going to be in my thoughts.

[livetohike]

13. Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for the warning and

reminder.

[MLAA]

14. Sending you best wishes for a quick recovery! 💖

[KatyaR]

15. I'm getting my fourth test tomorrow.

I've had a swollen (not really sore) throat for 3 or 4 days. I don't think I'm sick, but I want to make sure. I've been extremely careful, but you never know.

[DonaldsRump]

16. Please be ok. n/t

[barbtries]

17. sorry to learn you have it.

my son's girlfriend was exposed at work; now they aren't coming over for thanksgiving. My son works in a grocery store and i'm so thankful we have escaped it so far.

get well soon.

[dewsgirl]

18. I am so sorry, I hope you have a quick recovery.

[peacebuzzard]

19. thanks for sharing, please get well soon.

that is a call to remain focused and vigilant.
where I am, its on fire. today I started wearing a shield to pick up mail and a few items at the grocery store. with mask and goggles.
so many people do not take care and go mask-less, or pull it down to a chin mask, so I try to move fast with people around I do not know. You are right. remain careful.

Take care. hope you recover completely soon.

[cynical_idealist]

20. best wishes

saw someone in 711 today without mask.
I moved to opposite side of store and waited until a few minutes after he left.

peace

[Warpy]

21. Some people get no symptoms at all

or get them and blow them off as something else.

You might easily have caught it from your wife, even if she's testing negative now.

It's a nasty virus, not something you can blame on yourself or anything else. Well, maybe the crooks in the administration and the Senate. They seriously dropped a very large bell just because Dumdum hated Obama.

[NJCher]

23. regarding this:

I have Covid 19, I was extremely careful.
No idea how I got it. Wife getting tested this week, she had more contact with people. You can be very careful and still get it. Be careful.

There's a lot more Covid virus floating around out there. Maybe it was just a matter of the amount of the virus out there has increased.

Also, people who are in red states have to deal with environments where people refused to wear masks. Thus there's a lot more of it floating around in the air.

[FakeNoose]

24. Take Vitamin D and sleep with your head and shoulders raised

If you have trouble breathing - especially at night - sleep in an almost sitting position. If you must lay down flat, sleep on your stomach with face down over the edge of your bed. Take deep breaths and hold for a count of 10, then exhale. Do this repeatedly throughout the day. Filling your lungs with air, then letting it go, is the best way to beat this.

Good luck Johnny! Let us know how you're doing.

[forgotmylogin]

38. +1 As a childhood asthma sufferer, I can confirm lungs work better when upright.

Lying flat means you breathe against gravity. If you can sleep in a comfortable recliner or prop up supported in an easy chair or couch it's a big help when your breathing is compromised.

I solved a lot of chronic problems including acid reflux and snoring by getting a lightweight metal mattress base that inclines the head of a foam mattress just slightly even when not sick.

[treehuggnlibrul]

25. I'm so sorry. I'm so fearful my daughter will get it

She is scheduled for surgery on a brain tumor (cerebellum) on Monday. The radiologists and tumor board gave us about 4 possibilities, but it has started to press into the left ventricle... needs to come out now.

COVID and the people who have scorned masks and distancing and caused the surge mean that hospital availability is difficult even for urgent cases.

It means that my 20–year-old daughter will be having brain surgery while my husband and I are not able to sit in the hospital. We’ll be allowed into her room after surgery at alternate times.

She has her COVID test Friday, and we’ve tried to isolate her. But... we’ll see. She ventured out one time with me and the one person at the register was wearing her mask on her chin while a dumbass customer came in with no mask. Both were standing too close even as I kept backing away. I sent her to wait in the car but felt horrible that she could have been exposed.

Knowing you got it while taking precautions — I’m so sorry. Sending you wishes for speedy and smooth recovery.

[Johnny2X2X]

30. Your daughter is in my thoughts.

Puts things into perspective. Good luck. Life is still going on in addition to Covid. The same trials and tragedies are still occurring with Covid fears on top of it all.

[treehuggnlibrul]

37. Thank you. I didn't mean to get off on my own

Tangent! 🥴 COVID is just as worrisome, and I’m so sorry you’re dealing with it. I think the people who haven’t taken it seriously... they have made it awful for those of us who do, and if we’d had leadership to start with, this would all be different. Thank you for your kind thoughts for my daughter!

[Tanuki]

53. Sending prayers for a successful outcome for your daughter in every way!

May all of your family stay strong and healthy.
💕🐦🌞

[OregonBlue]

26. Hope you are both going to have mild cases. Take care.

[Karadeniz]

27. I'm sorry being careful didn't work...tough way to learn we just can't be too careful. Glad she's

Begun contact tracing. Good luck to everyone!

[MontanaMama]

29. I'm so sorry you're sick!

please take good care. Monitor your O2 if you can. Thank you and your wife for contact tracing. Some people don’t do it.

[oldsoftie]

31. Thats whats scary; you have NO idea how you got it.

I've heard that SO many times

[marlakay]

32. Hope you feel better soon!

My hubby isn't as careful as me, he wears mask and uses wipes like me but he gets closer than i do when we pass people walking the dog no mask and at stores he still touches many things, i say he shouldn't touch unless we buy it but its a habit with him, he is 70, he says he washes hands and uses wipes but I know people touch their face a lot so I worry sometimes.

Then I think we should only go out to store no more than once a week but he always finds an excuse and I am tired of being his mother....I tell him we can order most of what he needs online but god forbid any American has to wait 3-5 days for something!

We are in a pandemic and I know he reads the news I just don't get it...

[Johnny2X2X]

34. My wife went and saw he family.

She’s feeling guilty right now. She’s been so careful, but one weekend without taking all precautions and she’s worried she could have spread it to them or gotten it from them and spread it to me.

[marlakay]

48. There is no way to know for sure it was her

My hubby would feel guilty too.

I haven't been perfect either we went by car to see my mom 92 that I hadn't seen in a year 3 weeks ago, wore masks, stayed at my cousins summer home so no one there but us. But still went out to eat, outside and I did see my older daughter who works in public again with masks.

We were lucky didn't catch anything, my daughter's work is extremely careful but like you say stuff happens.

Had to get temp taken and fill out questionnaire to get into my moms place, with freeze now even that wouldn't have been allowed.

[AlexSFCA]

35. the virus is everywhere and it is airborne,penetrates through masks (unless it's N95 - uncomfortable

The only way to be 100% certain is if your entire household doesn’t leave house at all. We can do our best, most people don’t know how they got the virus.

[mchill]

36. Can you share what being "extremely careful"

Means to you?

But you are only as careful as the people you live with, so may be a moot point.

I find my friend’s versions of careful is far below my own standards. It would be interesting to know how you define. Otherwise I wish a speedy recovery for you.

[Johnny2X2X]

44. I have had zero contact with anyone but my wife.

She has had almost no contact. She saw her sister and brother in law once. I don’t go to the store. My wife dies once a week and wears a mask. I’ve gone into restaurants masked to pick up takeout several times. That’s about it.

[Johnny2X2X]

45. I have had zero contact with anyone but my wife.

She has had almost no contact. She saw her sister and brother in law once. I don’t go to the store. My wife dies once a week and wears a mask. I’ve gone into restaurants masked to pick up takeout several times. That’s about it.

[BobTheSubgenius]

39. All the best of luck and health to you, your family and friends!

I hope the nasty thing is kind to you.

[calimary]

40. Thanks for letting us know, Johnny2X2X. Dayum...

It just reminds me how much we still don't know about this virus.

Take gentle care of yourself, and lay low. And remember: you have every right to be lazy and boring right now! You probably should be. Rest. Stay hydrated. Stay mellow - it can't help to get all worried and fearful. Keep yourself as isolated as you can, and make sure you have a mask handy! We keep extra masks in the car in the storage pocket inside each door, just in case. And there's all kinds of things available in take-out form, ordering, and there'll be some good holiday viewing on TV, even if there isn't a parade or much in terms of football.

And take a deep breath and remind yourself that as of today (Tuesday, November 24th), it's only 57 days til we are officially, formally, and fully, DONE WITH DONALD! Joe Biden's coming to the rescue, and he's already deep in very professional preparations.

Just remind yourself that the adults will finally be back in charge - after four long miserable frustrating and sometimes horrifying years.

[lambchopp59]

41. Give yourself credit for getting along, protected for over 9 months!

I haven't asked my doctor about the immunity test, but I may if only out of curiosity.
This virus has been around longer than the first detected cases hit the media.
It was detected at a local university cadaver of a man who passed away of "pneumonia" last December.
Working in patient care, and caring for an extraordinarily sick person, before we knew much about this...
I got really sick over the weekend and two sick days, tight chest, substernal burning, short of breath all day and night.
Dismissed it as a flu so bad that I figured I'd caught a touch of pneumonia.
Then, as the literature emerged, and the symptom of losing taste and smell, I remembered everything tasted like metal for a couple weeks ever since just before I got really ill.
Symptoms lingered ever since. Arthritis and body aches, exacerbated asthma and tremendous fatigue.
I haven't looked good this whole damn year.
Only recently have I been able to sustain a full day like before.
Luckily, I haven't had stroke or blood clot symptoms I'm aware of, and my recent EKG was okay.
I've been on twice the dose of my blood pressure medicine ever since, and go through asthma inhalers at more than twice the rate as years before.
I'm finally taking some time off, and going to see my doctor next week for tests.
Others at work who have also been vigilant about precautions, PPE doffing, hand and face washing have also still managed to catch this damn thing.
Indoor spaces where some idiot has been coughing, yelling or generally being an ignorant jackass... are air spaces loaded with COVID.
I get so upset seeing these obstinate fools who still wander about stores maskless. They're everywhere.

[crimycarny]

43. Studies have shown that viral load can have a lot to do with severity of symptoms

I don’t know if this helps or not, but UCSF put out an article with compelling evidence that wearing a mask, while not 100% effective in prevention, could reduce viral load to an extent that COVID-19 infection presents with milder symptoms.

So even though you ended up with COVID, the fact that you were so careful could mean you will have a milder case.

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/07/418181/one-more-reason-wear-mask-youll-get-less-sick-covid-19

Not saying people don’t need to be super careful of course! Just wanted to pass on some potentially reassuring info now that you ARE infected.

I also second getting an O2 monitor. Besides it alerting you to any drop in O2, it can also be very reassuring to see O2 remain stable.

Get natural sun if possible and take Vitamin D as others have already mentioned. Keep us posted!

[RobinA]

46. I Think All The Mask

talk has given people the idea that COVID is a lot more controllable than it is.

[Johnny2X2X]

52. It's a group effort

We needed to have 95% mask wearing here in MI and we got 65%. It’s all about getting everyone to comply for the benefit of the group. Americans suck at that type of thinking.

We’ve been so careful, but when it’s everywhere it’s harder to avoid.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

47. Past contact tracing showed most people get it...

... from someone in their own household.

That's how my sister-in-law ended up in an ICU (still there after she seemed to be improving several days ago). She caught it from a young granddaughter who never had symptoms.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

49. My doctor's ( yes plural) have told me to put on ...

My mask and clime under my bed. Don't come out till they have me come in for my vaccination shot ready. With the way the numbers keep going up, think think it is good advice.

Hang in there.

[NNadir]

51. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. My Sister in law just tested positive.

She's a preschool teacher and of course it's disruptive to her students and their families. She was very careful at least at school and got it anyway.

Your advice with respect to all those affected by your diagnosis is well taken.

Again, wishing you a speedy recovery.