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Marthe48

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14. Thanks for the information about catching colds

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #11)

Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:33 PM

Sep 2023

I am rarely lay-down sick. I am around my grand kids a lot, and even though they bring home anything floating around school, I don't usually get symptoms. They get pretty sick, but snap out of it pretty well.

I get sinus pretty often, but it doesn't usually slow me down. We call it the Marietta Crud.

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Sore throat, then congestion: Common Covid symptoms follow a pattern now, doctors say [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 OP

It's exactly what I just had but I tested negative. Twice. Novara Sep 2023 #1

It's possible it was just a cold (which can be caused by a number of different viruses) BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #3

My guess is you had an unknown virus mercuryblues Sep 2023 #5

Ran through our house... Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #22

Fevers Delphinus Sep 2023 #44

Exactly, and that's why I suspect it was a bit of COVID or RSV Novara Sep 2023 #45

Daughter just got over it. justgamma Sep 2023 #2

Did she get any paxlovid or just toughed it out? BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #4

Not sure what they gave her justgamma Sep 2023 #21

Okay BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #27

Dizzyness was my wife's biggest issue Lasted about 4 days. oldsoftie Sep 2023 #6

Wow, I'm glad you and another posted about dizziness onlyadream Sep 2023 #40

The Lancet study . . . Richard D Sep 2023 #7

The article was using that data to validate the changes that happened between 2021 BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #10

I think I have allergies but- Marthe48 Sep 2023 #8

I think your information about mucus is accurate. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #11

Thanks for the information about catching colds Marthe48 Sep 2023 #14

"waiting to be eligible for the next booster, the one in the news lately." BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #13

Husband and sister both well over 65 got booster that became available in early July. MLAA Sep 2023 #15

Thanks for the info. Marthe48 Sep 2023 #16

Yeah sometimes BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #26

We can say we injected some levity Marthe48 Sep 2023 #28

That's what's so frustrating Novara Sep 2023 #30

That describes my experience. TomSlick Sep 2023 #9

Paxlovid has side effects? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #12

The listed adverse effects are also Covid symptoms. TomSlick Sep 2023 #19

Yes, as TomSlick says (post #19), there is an unusual taste sensation that most... keep_left Sep 2023 #25

Thank you for this information. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #36

My nephew tested positive last week dflprincess Sep 2023 #17

I had the same reaction to Covid: just extreme fatigue. I think I slept brer cat Sep 2023 #18

Not sure how many read Medscape, but whenever they have a report on vaccines, and covid vaccine JohnSJ Sep 2023 #20

For as long as I live I will never understand why people are against taking measures NOT to get sick Novara Sep 2023 #31

Same here, and I have never seen it as bad as it is now. JohnSJ Sep 2023 #34

That's my recent experience. VERY slight, hardly noticeable scratchy throat but live love laugh Sep 2023 #23

My family got it last month and were horribly ill. mahina Sep 2023 #29

I had something like that too milestogo Sep 2023 #32

Testing negative still. czarjak Sep 2023 #24

I had a stuffy nose Mz Pip Sep 2023 #33

We've got it right now Unwind Your Mind Sep 2023 #35

Maybe I should test again..... Bayard Sep 2023 #37

I think I may have been exposed to someone with COVID within the past 5 days. 4lbs Sep 2023 #38

No body aches, no sore threat, no breathing problems? Aussie105 Sep 2023 #39

Good news! mahina Sep 2023 #43

These last variants last almost exactly 8 days JCMach1 Sep 2023 #41

There's a head cold making the rounds of my county Deminpenn Sep 2023 #42