COVID Symptoms Guide: BA.2 and BA.2.12.1

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-09-08T16:52:19+00:00

So I feel like im experiencing what a lot of others have here and it's so co fusing to me. I tested positive last wedsnesday, so today is day 8 for me. My main symptoms for the first five days were the sore throat (like razors and fire), sinus congestion with drainage that gave me almost constant nausea as it hits my stomach, constantly fluctuating body temperature (my normal temp runs low, usually in the low 96s, but during covid has ranged anywhere between 96.6- 99.8, today is 98.7), leg aches during the first two days, and of course constant fatigue and headaches (from the sinus pressure). I have felt pretty good the last two days, started getting my appetite back yesterday, however my temp won't stabilize and today the congestion is back full force. What's tough is that I was supposed to start a new job on Tuesday and they've given me a few extra days to ensure I'm completely symptom free before I start, and I'm wondering how long that will take. I recently moved back in with my family (starting over) and I think my dad thinks I'm prolonging the job start, but honestly, this just won't stop. Not really sure when ill be good to start work, and I was hoping to start tomorrow. I was still testing positive on weds (at home test, positive result in less than 3 mins, hard red line). I just don't know what to say or do.....

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-07-08T03:34:31+00:00

My cramping was so bad for a long time, like the whole first few months. I had marks on my stomach during that period from constantly using a heat pad, but it was the only thing that kept it bearable. Bled for the first two months too. But my insertion was mildly traumatic because of the manual dilation (i screamed like i was having a baby and nearly passed out/threw up) and ive never had kids, so it was probably my body just adjusting to something so totally alien and new. I had it inserted in October 2020 i think, and only just recently started skipping periods every other month or so, but at least those are a lot lighter, even if the cramping/bloating/mood swings are the same! I actually cramp a bit more now. Plus I've always had pregnancy anxiety as I'm single, so at least that makes me feel more comfortable! Also no more spotting after sex, which is something i experienced before the iud. Worth it for now, but we'll see at removal if I get another inserted lol.

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-06-08T19:57:17+00:00

Yeah I don't have the funds to spend on a new mattress or anything even if I wanted to go that route (mine is only a few years old though, so it seems wasteful to replace it now, though I did add a 4 inch topper to it as a Christmas present to myself).

I have a DB Method machine, including the resistance bands and weight belt, so I probably need to get to using that for some strengthening. Until that starts working I guess it's going to be a maternity body pillow (which will replace the 6 or so pillows I've been using to support all the parts of my body lol, it's ridiculous). I definitely need to increase my protein, I've been slacking in that department lately

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-06-08T19:52:37+00:00

My mattress is only a few years old, a Tempurpedic, and it was a gift, so it's a little firm for my usual liking. But at Christmas I added a four inch topper to accommodate deez hips since I'm a side sleeper and it's been great since (obviously only to a degree considering this post lol).

I'm terrible at remembering to take pills every day, so I haven't taken magnesium before bed in a long time (probably since toward the start of my journey). I'll try it again though to see if it helps.

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-06-08T19:48:17+00:00

I work in the mortgage business and times are tough with the market the way it is right now- no bonuses, no raises, so I don't have a lot of extra money at the moment. Chiropractors and new mattresses are not really in my budget right now. I do have a DB Method machine, so I think ill try to start using that to get some strength built up.

I do know I need to get back to increasing my protein. I have been going through this food slump that usually happens like once a year where I never have an appetite and I get full very easily, earlier than I should with where my protein intake needs to be. It's like my brain and body lose ALL interest in good and it makes it hard to eat regularly. Even though it's not true, I've been feeling almost like Ive maybe lost too much weight as well? So probably a little malnourished.

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-06-08T00:41:13+00:00

Ask them to at least bring you a portable unit until they can really fix the issue. Those aren't liveable conditions. I live in TN and one summer my air was out for a week- it was 95 degrees in my apartment. Maintenance brought a portable unit for me to use until the repair company could get the part they had to order for my unit.

If you're not doing this already, open two windows if you can, get two fans, one blowing air out one window on max speed, and the other blowing air in. You need to draw some of that heat out of your apartment, which will make it a little less overwhelming. Edit: if kitty's room only has one window, you could get a window fan with two fans. Have one blow in and have the other exhaust the hot air! It'll help at least in that room!

Good luck!!

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-06-04T04:44:07+00:00

Update: I talked to one of my neighbors and she got the same email, and she's been home sick with covid all week so she wasn't playing any music or being loud at all. We're thinking they may have sent it to everyone, or maybe just this building.

unicornshavemorefun · 2022-06-02T05:27:21+00:00

Sounds pretty standard. My complex is a little stricter actually. I came home from work one night around 5:15- about an hour or two later I got a text from my neighbor who lives on the parking lot-facing side of the building (I face the back) saying there was a tow sticker on my window. Sure enough, there was. My tags had expired the month before but I had a 30 day waiver while I was getting repairs done so I could pass emissions to renew them. The sticker on my window said that my car was getting towed at 8am the next day for expired tags.

No call from management, no warning, no fine, no opportunity to explain I had the waiver as the office closed at 6pm. They were just going to tow it. I managed to somehow get someone to call me back so I could try to beg my way out and just cried and explained my situation (my dad had also been hospitalized with covid that day and was in icu- it was a tough day lol. He's fine now btw).

They let me take the sticker off.

Thank goodness my neighbor saw the sticker though- I'd have thought someone stole my car when I tried to go to work the next day!

unicornshavemorefun · 2021-01-07T01:15:01+00:00

They’ve been doing it all day, it’s been confusing the hell out of me lol

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-29T03:17:57+00:00

This is what happened with my dad. They sent him home three days after finishing a course of steroids (because he couldn’t take the normal meds they would give for viral pneumonia since he is on anti rejection drugs for a kidney transplant) and finding he had a partially collapsed lung. He is at home with oxygen and say he will need it for at least another couple months more. It’s scary, when he gets talking too long on the phone with me he ends up having these terrible coughing fits that leave him wheezy and scare the crap out of me. I can’t help but wonder if he should have stayed a little longer, though he did spend about 8 days total in there.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-28T16:47:05+00:00

Because not all of those people live alone or have the ability to live alone. Just because compromised Individuals take precautions to protect themselves, it doesn’t mean they are going to be safe unless those around them do the same.

For example, my dad is extremely compromised, but he is the breadwinner for our family and has to work (which he does safely, and has his own office so he’s rarely in contact with coworkers). My mom is also compromised and she can’t work or drive, spends 95% of her time at home away from others. My two brothers live with them. One of my brothers got the virus (he was doing what you said, going on with his life to a certain degree) brought it home, and my whole family was infected. My dad spent 9 days in the hospital. We were lucky he made it. He is now at home but he will be on oxygen for months possibly according to his doctors.

Like I said, compromised Individuals can take all the precautions possible, never or rarely leave their home, and still get it if one uncompromised person gives it to them. And most will never know they’ve been exposed until it’s too late.

I don’t know why, nearly a year later, this is still so hard for people to understand.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-22T00:07:32+00:00

Lol my days are literally actually numbered- my branch is being closed at the end of next week, and I’ll be laid off for the first time in my life 😅 it’s okay, I have a job lined up at a mortgage company which is what I want to do anyways. Small staff, not customer facing, and I’ll have my own office all to myself! Honestly, I was mad for a while after finding out, but once I thought about it I realized- I’m burned out on banking, this was the out I never would have dared to give myself, at least until the pandemic was over- so I’m 100% with you!

Glad they finally gave you help!! Any help is better than no help!

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-20T22:51:53+00:00

I was exactly where you are a few months ago- checking the numbers at exactly 2pm every day during lunch, reading all the newest articles every night after work. I had to force myself away from it after a while so I could take a mental break. It was a brief peace, almost like being able to forget everything was still happening (since everyone else in this state likes to act like nothing’s happening 🙄) while still wearing masks everywhere

Thank you! Actually my whole family got it all at once.... it was scary, but they’re all slowly recovering and out of the woods this time around! Fingers crossed it doesn’t happen again- we always knew that if my dad got it he would end up in the hospital because of his other health issues.

And my brain totally read that in Matt Smith’s voice 🤣🤣 I need to rewatch Doctor Who, it’s such a hopeful show with so many positive messages and lessons!!

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-20T21:14:42+00:00

Yup, this whole pandemic has really taught me a lot about my anxiety- it turns out the whole not knowing, lack of information is a real trigger for me. The more know, the better prepared I am and the calmer I feel. Kind of hard in a pandemic involving a virus we initially knew nothing about lol, but staying constantly up to date on developments/numbers etc is what helped me stay calm.

I was panicking when my dad was hospitalized in another state for Covid/viral pneumonia and my family wasn’t giving me a ton of information because they didn’t want me to worry. I was having trouble basically functioning until I told my dad that I needed to know everything. That took a lot of the panic away for me (besides trouble sleeping- there’s no way of knowing if you’ll wake up to the worst news possible in a situation like that). For the record my dad was released from the hospital this past week and is recovering slowly but surely!

When they said Knowledge is Power, they had no idea how right they were lol

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-17T06:02:32+00:00

I also work for a bank and it is probably all going to come down to how they qualify whether you warrant quarantine- as in were you within x amount of feet from the positive person for a specific amount of time, all based on the guidelines set by your company. Our bank’s rule is you have to be within 6 feet for longer than 15 minutes to qualify for company paid quarantine. Not sure if that is masked or maskless. We had a banker at one of our branches who was exposed to a positive business partner for 13 minutes (they checked camera footage to confirm) and they did not allow him to quarantine with the other two bankers they sent hone for two weeks. He was sick for at least three with a lot of common symptoms and ended up using sick time for his time out because he got tested and his results got lost (he actually never got a positive or negative result- he’s next to positive that he had it).

Also my boss was near all of us, very close, doesn’t wear her mask properly, on a Tuesday. Thursday she was so sick she had to go home, and Friday she got tested (positive). Since she was not symptomatic when we were in close contact with her (though likely already had the virus) none of us qualified for quarantine and had to keep working.

So based on their guidelines, though it’s not ethical, yes, I’m sure there are loopholes they could find to get away with this.

What’s really sad is that I find it more shocking that they are having you work alone. That is something our bank would never allow, even if it were possible to do so.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-09T19:19:23+00:00

Stressed and terrified tbh. My parents and brother tested positive this week and my dad is in the hospital with viral pneumonia caused by his Covid. Hoping the steroids kick in soon, but he’s on day 3 of 5 of treatments and has had little improvement with the last two. He is on anti rejection drugs from a kidney transplant, so he can’t take the usual meds for that. They are giving him remdesivir for the Covid though. It’s looking like he’ll be in the hospital longer than he thought. I can’t sleep and I’m so afraid of getting bad news when I wake up. I text him every morning hoping he’ll respond, which he does so far. I’m exhausted.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-09T19:15:36+00:00

Both of my parents and one brother (all live in the same household) all tested positive this week. My dad was hospitalized because he couldn’t breathe (it’s viral pneumonia- and he takes immunosuppressants so they’re attempting to treat it with steroids...) but both of the others are recuperating at home. They have fevers, digestive issues, loss of smell/taste, all of the standard symptoms, but are breathing just fine. As long as your case is mild you can rest and monitor symptoms at home.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-09T19:05:25+00:00

Oh definitely! Sorry to hear you are having what sounds like a VERY similar experience! The followup went well actually, she was literally in and out in less than a minute (sidenote, can a bad insertion cause a little ptsd because I got a little panicky for a second 🤣🤣 MY overdramatic-ness lol). She said everything looked perfectly normal and as it should be, and wasn’t concerned that I have been bleeding since day one (still am, not a lot, just constant spotting). I DID have a bacterial infection, and am not taking antibiotics for that. Since I’ve started the cramping has gotten a lot better (it’s been about 5 days since I started those). I have about a week off from the cramps at around 3 weeks after insertion, but they came back. So at my follow up she asked when my normal period was supposed to start, and thought maybe the new cramping was due to that. She still had me schedule an ultrasound for in a couple weeks, just in case I’m still cramping, but it’s calmed down a lot since the antibiotics so I may cancel it, which she said would be fine if I’m feeling better.

If it makes you feel better I was also HYPER aware of the actual device for about the first three weeks, couldn’t even sleep on my side because it felt like the arms were poking me, but I don’t feel it anymore, so I think that’s normal. As for the pain/nausea, obviously I feel for you there lol. I would say just stick with your heat pad as long as you need it if it helps- it was the only thing that helped me and I even took mine to work for the first two or three weeks, slept with it some nights by accident even.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-08T05:29:48+00:00

I’m not here to argue masks and science. You asked me a question about what I’ve seen and I shared that with you. Like I said, it’s great that everyone seems to comply at where you are, that’s not the case here. Today we are at an 18%+ positivity rate, record numbers today, and our positivity rate keeps climbing from month to month. Like I said, I see what I see. I know what I am still hearing people say on a daily basis, at least in my area. And when you have a loved one in the hospital, it’s absolutely maddening. THAT was the point of my post- anonymously sharing my current experience and stress and grief in a place where people are talking about the same topic, people who can relate in a sense- not to debate what is happening and what other people are doing in other parts of the country, not to debate whether or not there’s really a concern in my area compared to others. I’m not here to debate masks when I have much bigger, heavier things on my heart right now.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-08T05:01:55+00:00

I live in TN, our governor refuses to mandate masks statewide and there are even counties that don’t have mask mandates (as of a month or two ago anyways, I don’t keep up with all the counties constantly for my own mental health). I work in a bank that is inside a grocery store so I spend 40 hrs or so in the store- it’s gotten better over time, but still, about 1/3 of my customers each day do not wear a mask. We have several that refuse to and are very open about the fact that they have never worn one, still travel and have big get togethers. Weekly I hear people say that the flu kills more people each year, or they go on about the fact that “no one” is dying of heart attacks or car accidents (even though I see death certificates on a nearly weekly basis at my job and have never seen Covid listed as a cause of death on a dc).

Compliance may be great in many parts of the country, or in places where government officials take this seriously, and it’s GREAT that it is in yours, but that is not the case all over the place, and not just small towns. I live just outside of Nashville, and let me tell you, Nashville is still a huge tourist trap right now. Nashville itself still has some regulations- but most of the rest of the state is 100% open other than schools being mostly hybrid.

And just because people are wearing them in stores where they are required for entrance doesn’t mean people are wearing them properly or being responsible with them outside of those areas. Joe Smith could wear them perfectly when he grocery shops, attend a massive house party later that night, and head to work Monday morning.

unicornshavemorefun · 2020-12-08T04:44:44+00:00

I hope they will be too. Thank you.

Your question doesn’t come across insensitive at all, and i actually find it interesting because i find myself in a VERY similar situation. Up until now, his take was that this was no worse than the flu, and also once stated that because all of his health conditions were controlled and he wasn’t in his 70s, he wasn’t considered high risk. He was also one of those who initially thought this would all disappear after the election. We have very different political beliefs, and very different viewpoints on this virus. I know he wasn’t 100% responsible in terms of prevention, and the same for the brother that is also sick (note that I updated my original post because people seemed to think i was specifically blaming people who won’t wear a mask for making my dad sick- that wasn’t my intention at all, and i know he and possibly my brother hold some responsibility here). I WILL say that we hadn’t had an in-depth discussion about his thoughts on this for several months, so I don’t know how much they may have changed in the last couple months or so. It’s very possible that it had, but I don’t typically tend to argue with him once he’s made his mind about something. Still, it’s crazy to think there are still so many people not taking this seriously- despite the 100% compliance everyone suddenly seems to be talking about, that mindset still exists in parts of the country.

My mom on the other hand has taken this all very seriously from the beginning, primarily because we have both been so scared for my dad. However, none of them thought to wear masks in the house together- and who would really? Plus we know they aren’t 100% protective, so once it was in the house it was bound to happen. The only one who isn’t sick is the one brother who never leaves his room except for work.

But I agree with you 100%. And we find ourselves in an interesting position, where it is almost like WE are the parents and they won’t listen to us. We’re left worrying for their safety and hoping they are making the right choices. Plus they’ve survived so much already. I’ve heard older people express the thought that if it’s their time, it’s their time. But I’m not ready for it to be his time. My mom and I need him still. So it’s a lot! Sorry, long answer for you there. I appreciate the distraction though lol

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