I have been trying to be sooo safe. temp yesterday 98 .7 NEW TEMP 10/11 99.8

[demtenjeep]

Last edited Sun Oct 11, 2020, 07:33 PM - Edit history (1)

I am a teacher and I have not had students in my room but across the hall the Mixed Abilities students have been in class for 2 weeks.



I am so praying it is allergies or strep and NOT covid



I woke up this morning at 9 at breakfast and went back to bed slept till 2 pm

can not stop coughing

[live love laugh]

1. Hoping you're okay keep us posted...

[elleng]

3. Be WELL!

I often hoped for strep for my kids, now do so for my grandkids and YOU!

[BigmanPigman]

4. Have you had a flu shot yet?

Take Vit D too. Maybe get one of those pulse things. Set up a test ASAP! Do not go back into school until you do.

[Niagara]

15. +1000 This!

[Native]

18. And until you can get a pulse oximeter, see if your phone has this capability.

It's not quite as accurate, but it's better than nothing and will certainly tell you if there is a downward change. I'm only telling you this because several months ago they were hard to come by because people were buying them up. Hopefully they are readily available now.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. how is your sense of taste and smell? that seems to be a pretty significant tell

in the majority of cases.

I do hope you are fine. Positive thoughts coming your way!

[demtenjeep]

6. I can still taste and smell

My chest is kind of tight and my middle back hurts a lot

taking temp every hour and will be calling my doc first thing Monday morning


if things get worse tomorrow , will go to ER

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. seems the dry cough, temperature and loss of taste and smell are the big tells

keep us informed and best of luck

[Meowmee]

30. Go get tested

I hope it is not covid and that you feel better asap * pain in your back middle or right shoulder blade area can be a sign of pneumonia referred pain. Get a chest xray too.

When I had covid double pneumonia, the pain alerted me that it could be pneumonia. Unfortunately I was right. I thought it was bronchitis at first until the terrible pain. I never have that kind of pain with bronchitis. It started out with severe headache, joint pains, and low fever and runs for 1-2 days, which I thought was a migraine, then it went to my lungs after several days. I had no loss of smell or taste. The joint pains and headaches continued throughout as well as the low fever and other symptoms.

What I did- zithromax, vit d, high doses of C, lysine, zinc, lots of juice, humidifier, inhalers, pain killers, lidocaine patches, heat. I tried to walk and do breathing exercises but they made me worse although he breathing helped clear my lungs a bit, it was too painful. Lots of rest and sleep with 4 pillows, not on my side or stomach that made me worse. And I was on eliquis already. I ate and drank juice as much as possible, the pain was terrible if I didn't eat constantly.

[WheelWalker]

7. With our thoughts we create the world.

Strength, honor and blessings.

[Disaffected]

8. I know how you feel,

both physically and emotionally.

I have had two similar bouts over the past month or so and am just now recovering from the second. I too have allergies and,as yourself, hoped to hell that was the cause. Or a cold or even the flu. It's kinda nerve racking alright.

Had a test during the first bout and it was negative. Considered going again for the second but thought what's the point as all I could do is keep on isolating even if it was positive.

BTW, I find gargling with warm salt water and, using one of those "neti-pot" devices to be very helpful.

Looks like in my case(s) it was not covid but I cannot help wondering why rigorous mask wearing, hand washing and isolating as much as possible did not prevent my contracting whatever it was i.e if it can't prevent catching a cold, how can it prevent catching covid?? Maybe it was just allergy flare ups after all (it is fall season and things tend to get worse then at least for me).

Your temperature is normal so that's a good sign. Hang in there - it's probably not what you fear. Can you get tested reasonably soon?

[NJCher]

62. maybe it was allergies, then

I am having a tough time with coughing, but I know it is allergies because as soon as I take a pill, I'm OK.

My poor little kitty, who has asthma attacks in the fall, is having a terrible time. I bought two new air purifiers to help out and I also vacuum a lot. I take any rug she or the other cats lie on and wash or at least tumble dry them to get any dandruff or dust out. The medication she has from the vet does help, but she still has this horrible congested sound sometimes when she breathes.

[sheshe2]

9. Take good care of you.

[JCMach1]

11. Test immediately... I can 100% tell you Covid is super idiosyncratic

Almost to a person...

Me 10 days of horrific joint paint fever and stomach flu. Perfect O2 levels and NO COUGH

Until day 11 when my oxygen crashed and I found myself on hospital touch and go for ventilator. Fever completely went and all flu like symptoms. Except now my lungs were fighting for life. I was likely saved by remdesivir and dexamethasone which kept me off of respirator

I made it, but now I am facing all sorts of post hospital challenges

But the only part to listen to is test ASAP!

[Dem2theMax]

12. I didn't lose my sense of taste or smell.

Didn't feel like eating, but I could still taste and smell things.

If you can, sleep in a recliner rather than flat in the bed.
Just in case it is Covid-19.

I had no idea I was helping myself at the time, but sleeping in a recliner greatly reduced the congestion.

The one night I slept in bed, I woke up in the middle of the night, coughing my head off, congestion much worse. When I finally got up the next day, my cough was 50% worse. I did not crawl back in that bed for a good two more weeks. I think I slept in the recliner for almost a month.

Keep a list of your symptoms, when they first appeared, along with any temperature readings. That will help your doctor.

Hoping for you that it is something a lot less serious.

[cannabis_flower]

23. Even if it isn't COVID

If you are having respiratory symptoms, sleeping sitting up is better.

[Dem2theMax]

32. I did it by dumb luck.

I was aching so badly, and I could not get comfortable in bed. The only TV in the house is in the living room, where there are two recliners.

So I would recline in the recliner, and turn on the TV, in the hopes that it would somehow distract me enough to fall asleep. Sometimes it actually worked.

I swear the recliner is what saved me from getting a lot worse. I never knew about sleeping sitting up when you are having respiratory issues. Learned the hard way!

[NJCher]

63. recliner sleep

There is a book called The Chair and it covers the history of the chair. Long story short, the author, a scholar, says that recliners give us the "Z" shape for our bodies, which is better for backs, breathing, and all kinds of things. I have recliners, but I buy the kind that look like chairs since I don't like the look of them.

[UCmeNdc]

13. Yes, Test ASAP!

Better to be on the safe side!

[Roland99]

16. I've taken my temp twice today. 98.4

Didn’t sleep well at all last night. Had chills for an hr at one point

Have felt flushed most of the day. Took Tylenol a few times during the day

Feeling much better now

Get REST. Stay offline for a while. De stress and hydrate!

And get a covid test. Please

[MartyTheGreek]

29. Look up that Tylenol and fever thing. Something about letting the fever run it's course...

the higher temp helps kill the virus. And something about Tylenol affecting certain organs. I remember when my mum was a young nurse and Tylenol was the "cure" all. As the years passed, she and I knew better.

I like that de-stress and hydrate part too!

[Mossfern]

45. Tylenol

stresses your liver.

[LisaL]

46. If you take too much of it.

NT

[Totally Tunsie]

17. Oh noooo. Hope you feel better and receive only good news.

[marlakay]

19. Fingers crossed for you

Hubby was hoarse for 10 days and feeling yucky last week, I caught some of it feeling tired and one day of low fever. I took Vitamins D & C and zinc and luckily we got better.

I made my hubby call doc on Friday after he was sick all week but because he had no fever they wouldn't test him.

Even normal colds or allergies freak me out now.

[demtenjeep]

21. I am hoping it is just allergies and I am freaking because of the mess

last year I wouldn't be freaking about it...



it is typical for teachers to get sick when school starts. Even though we have 5 kids in the building.

[marlakay]

24. Hang in there

We have two teachers that live across the street and it was a mess for them last year with both teaching at home with 3 kids learning at home. One of the teachers taught in his trailer.

He said this year him and wife are teaching at school but no kids. Her mom lives with them and helping kids now.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. I doubt allergies.

They don't produce an elevated temp. Although 98.7, is barely elevated, depending on how you normally run.

I hope for the best for you.

[smirkymonkey]

22. Please take care of yourself, demtenjeep!

And don't hesitate to go to the hospital if things should get any worse. This could be serious and you don't want to risk it. Wishing you all the best!

[Rice4VP]

25. Normal temperature is 98.6

[justgamma]

28. My normal temp is low.

If I get up to 98.6, I've already have burning eyes and the chills. Always wonder when they take my temp in Dr. office if it really tells them much.

[Turin_C3PO]

42. Same here.

My normal temp is around 96.8. If I'm 98.6. I feel like a have a burning fever.

[Mosby]

43. Not any more, if it ever was.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/01/human-body-temperature-has-decreased-in-united-states.html

[Crunchy Frog]

47. "The "normal" body temperature of 98.6F (37C) is actually not so normal."

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/forget-98-6-humans-now-have-lower-body-temperature-on-average-heres-why

[SunSeeker]

26. Please call your doctor & get tested.

Please.

[orangecrush]

27. Please test asap

You are one of my favorites here, the earlier you know the better.

[MartyTheGreek]

31. ASAP: Vit D-3 10,000 Units per Day if Symptoms, 5K if not...

Take with Fatty Food! It's fat soluble!~ I don't have time or patience at this point to reference. You'll find it WRT covid! This is why more people of darker skin are affected. They are not getting enough Vit-D via. sunlight! This is a thing and why people are dying disproportionally along dark skin folks. The lighter the skin the more Vit-D is made so dark skinned people don't get enough! Look up this topic!

General Def:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamin-d/

[ecstatic]

59. Wow! That's a lot of vitamin D!

I've been taking a calcium, magnesium, zinc combo with 600 IU of vitamin D ever since my dental appointment last week.

[MartyTheGreek]

68. Because the RDA is incorrect and based on a bad study...

The toxicity on D3 is through the roof. No expert but GTS. Stuff... Google that stuff... There's a great YouTube vid where three D3 Professors go over the data WRT covid and D3. You'll see... GTS!

[CountMyVote4Reality]

33. OTC helpers: Cold-EEZE Zinc Lozenges, Vitamin D, early on Tylenol was recommended over Advil, plus

the usual wash your hands, liquids (some electrolyte bevs could come in handy), sunshine (VD and UV). De-stress as much as possible.

[electric_blue68]

34. Good luck to you! Hopefully not cv19.

[TrevEB]

35. Urgent Care

If you have them where you live, call your local Urgent Care and find out if they can help you given the symptoms. Preferable to spending hours in ER.

[orleans]

36. what post 31 said (vit D3) and sleep sitting up

i got some weird kind of sick back at the end of feb.
i'm in classrooms around kids too

a very sick kid had been coughing on me. i would see him once a week and for that short time (2 x) in two weeks he seemed really sick. i remember touching his forehead and he was hot.

so i got a lot of the covid symptoms (but at the time i thought it was a weird flu--had aches and pains in my legs whenever i get flu). i felt hot but don't own a thermometer, had respiratory problems, sore throat, horrible cough, slept a lot, didn't want to eat, made myself drink lots of water, took my vitamins, had the runs for a day, and used my asthma inhaler a lot.

the big difference with the way i get hit with flu and whatever the fuck was going on with me in february was that cough. i'd never had anything like it before.

the cough lasted the longest. and it was harder to breathe so i kept sleeping sitting up but everything else didn't seem to last for more than two or three days.

i told my kid later: maybe i had covid.
she said: don't count on it and think you're safe now.

then came mid march and schools were shutting down, then the state shut down at the end of march.

i've never been tested for it.

glad you're calling the doc monday. ricola cough drops helped more than no cough drops. i might have used chloraseptic spray for the sore throat. that helped too.

take good care!

[Thrax]

37. Take this advice or leave it.

But, this will help you.
1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of baking soda. Place in a glass and add 3 ozs of warm tap water. Stir until clear. Then gargle for 30 seconds. DO NOT SWALLOW IT!
Spit it out.
Do this 2 to 3 times a day.
The PH level from the soda will be out of range for most viruses, even Covid, to survive and replicate.
Get well.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. The Science Is Not Supportive.

You should consider deleting your post. This is not a sound preventative measure.
First cite:
https://apnews.com/article/8703572316
Now my view:
Sodium bicarbonate is a very weak ion. Unless it absorbs CO2 from air to transform to the divalent carbonate salt, the pH won't be much above 8, even at it's saturated solution point of 11-12% at body temperature.
A pH of 8 suggests insufficient ionic strength to cause the viral load to undergo saponification unless at very high temperature. (90°C minimum)
The hydrolyzing of the protein absent high temperature (at least 130°C) won't occur with a weak base like bicarb.
The RNA is nearly impervious to hydroxyl influenced cleavage unless the pH approaches 14, there is a stoichiometric excess of the strong base, and the temperature far exceeds body temperature.
Sodium chloride has essentially zero influence on pH because both anion and action have very high ionic strength and exist individually, with no inherent interdependence.
That does help reduce swollen tissues in the throat, but has zero influence on the virus.
Also...
Once in the throat, the virus is already invading cells. They are not at the surface, so the chemical attack you suggest wouldn't occur, even if the mechanisms existed.
Gargling (swallowing doesn't hurt either) with this mixture might reduce some localized inflammation by triggering cell diffusion, mechanically liberating water and shrinking inflamed tissues.
But, this solution will do nothing against the virus. The ionic activity is too weak to trigger such reactions.
This is not good advice as a viral prophylactic.

[scipan]

38. Anything to help with the congestion

Good advice in this thread.

Also: steam: turn the shower on hot and sit in the bathroom 5-10 minutes, expectorant, lie on stomach (they do this in hospital but it's hard for some, but it opens up lung area).

Hope you get over it fast, whatever it is.

[Roland99]

39. And keep us updated as you're able

[malaise]

40. Hope it's just a cold

[BainsBane]

41. get tested

That's the only way to calm your nerves. I've been tested twice. The last was because I had a high fever. Fortunately, both tests were negative. It was an enormous relief.

They will test anyone who is manifesting symptoms. Not all places have the same criteria for testing, so if one place tells you no, call another.

[AnnieBW]

44. Please get tested

If not today, then tomorrow. If only for your peace of mind.

[MustLoveBeagles]

48. If you suspect you've been exposed I would get tested right away

It may turn out to be allergies or strep like you said but I'd get the test anyway for your own peace of mind. Call a local clinic or Urgent Care. Describe your symptoms to them and why you think you may've been exposed. They may determine that you need a test and will schedule an appointment for you to come in. Call more than one place if you need to.

About a month ago my husband went to a barber he wasn't familiar with to get a haircut. His regular place that had followed all the guidelines, was closed and he was desperate. The new place didn't follow social distancing rules and he was the only one with a mask. This place also had a life size cutout of Typhoid Donnie that he wanted to punch, but I digress. They didn't hassle him wearing a mask but he had to take it off for several minutes so they could trim by his ears. Three days later he woke up with a sore throat, a low grade fever and a persistent cough. Later that evening I started feeling poorly. I had the sore throat, a mild cough and generally felt like crap. The following day we called a local clinic explaining our symptoms and got an appointment for the following day. Three days after we tested, they came back negative. It was probably just the weather change. A year ago we would've thought nothing of it but Covid changed all that.

[NJCher]

64. that sounds like a frightening experience

the experience itself is bad enough, but then the possibility of Covid and worrying about it had to make it even worse. And all because some jerks couldn't be wearing masks! Today my spouse cut his own hair and did a pretty bad job of it. I will think of your experience every time I look at this bad haircut and be damned grateful for it.

[MustLoveBeagles]

65. He nearly walked out when

He saw the life sized cardboard cutout of Typhoid Donnie and now wishes he had. Our new dog likes to sleep with us and he'd gotten his paws tangled in my hubby's hair and kept pulling on it. That's the only reason he went to the barber. He said he was going to find another place that respects the rules. I'm also thinking of getting a trimmer for him and watching tutorials on YouTube. I haven't been to the salon since January and I've been cutting my own hair since July. Right before our scare I was thinking of going back. I'm glad I didn't. It took three trims for me to remove the split ends and the dead weight and at three inches shorter it finally looks decent again. It's curly so it's harder to cut but that also makes it easier to hide any mistakes.

[demtenjeep]

50. I am getting tested tomorrow. We have a school hotline and I can test because I am a teacher. I sle

woke up at 9 am and started to watch Chiefs Football at 12 and slept through it and most of the cowboys game. Actually I just woke up. It is 6:23


I had intended on working an IEP but not going to do it right now. I can barely handle getting a soda.


gonna take my temp and take a shower.



Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes. I am scared

[demtenjeep]

51. new temp 99.8

if it gets over 100 before morning

off to ER

[MustLoveBeagles]

52. Thank you for the update

I really hope it's nothing serious. Please take care of yourself and post an update when it's convenient for you.

Eta: Fix some chicken noodle soup if you're up to it. It'll be easy on your throat and stomach and keep you hydrated.

[demtenjeep]

53. good idea...right now only ice water is the only thing I want

not even hungry

[Meowmee]

58. try some juice, that is great you are getting tested

My fever never went above 100.2

[MustLoveBeagles]

60. Okay

Don't force yourself to eat. Drinking fluids is the most important thing along with plenty of rest. Take care of yourself.

[Roland99]

61. Keep this in mind if you do go to the hospital

Florida doctors found a coronavirus [treatment] that’s nearly 100% effective
https://bgr.com/2020/09/26/coronavirus-cure-icam-protocol-florida/#

“The ICAM protocol has the potential to trigger the reopening of the country,” Director of Pharmacy at AdventHealth Ocala Dr. Carlette Norwood-Williams told Fox 35. “We will know the next step after our outpatient study.”

The scientists have not yet tested their combination of drugs in a clinical trial to prove beyond any doubt that the treatment is safe and effective. But according to the researchers, ICAM therapy has yielded a 96.4% survival rate since April. It’s unclear how many patients have received ICAM, but Florida was one of the hardest-hit states in the US over the summer.

ICAM isn’t a new drug, it’s an acronym for a combination of existing medications used simultaneously on patients. It uses Immunosupport drugs (Vitamin C and Zinc), Corticosteroids against inflammation, Anticoagulants against blood clots, and Macrolides to help fight infection.

Vitamin C is widely used to boost the immune system against infections and might help prop up the immune system as it fights the novel coronavirus. Zinc also has a role in immunity, and the mineral rose to prominence during the height of the hydroxychloroquine controversy. Zinc was often associated with the anti-malarial drug and azithromycin in COVID-19 therapies. Studies have since shown that hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin can’t prevent COVID-19 complications or infections.

I remember a couple of articles back in the spring about how certain steroids prevented the cytokine storm that caused the worst conditions from the virus. This seems like a version of that

[Niagara]

55. I'm relieved that you have access for testing.

Good luck. I sincerely hope that your illness isn't too serious.

[demtenjeep]

54. just found out that my nephew testing positive today for covid

He is a park ranger at ElDorado Lake

He and his wife have a 2 month old baby girl



it was mid August last time we were at their home.

[LisaL]

56. Incubation period is up to 14 days.

So August it's too far back for infection to be spread at that time.

[W_HAMILTON]

57. Do you have a pulse oximeter? If you are able to afford one (and can find one)...

...they are really good to have on hand. When I got COVID earlier this summer, I would regularly check my pulse oximeter reading, even more so than my temperature.

[hamsterjill]

66. I think just about everything is already covered here.

I just want to wish you well. Please take all necessary care and give your body all it needs to do its work. Please keep us posted and know that we are all hoping for a negative test for you.

Hugs!

[Totally Tunsie]

67. Hoping to hear you're not among the positive!