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Mz Pip

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33. I had a stuffy nose
Sun Sep 17, 2023, 09:24 AM
Sep 2023

And a bit of a cough. Didn’t think much of it. We were traveling and the symptoms disappeared after a couple of days. I did a test after we got home a week later and tested positive for another 5 days. No symptoms.

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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
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