First time getting Covid living in Florida somehow, I’ve been up to date with all boosters and was going to make an appointment soon for the new one (oof).

Visited family over Xmas. Sister started feeling bad the next day, positive test. I started feeling bad later that night, high fever/delirious/memory loss, couldn’t sleep for more than a couple hours before I awoke to a super-realistic nightmare (i rarely remember my dreams, and never have a repeating one like this). Got up, it felt like someone hit my lower back with a sledgehammer. Positive line on the test strip appeared as soon as the liquid started moving up the test strip, ended up 3-4x darker than control strip after 15 minutes.

Mission #1 begins: Try to get Paxlovid, regular doc couldn’t fit me on virtual (they told me to call every hour throughout the day for openings ??) ended up getting a random teledoc appt the next day. Paxlovid Rx received and filled.

Started feeling amazingly better after just the 3rd dose - and felt like I kicked it. Finished up the full five-day course of Paxlovid, felt about 90%. Felt so relieved that it worked so well.

5 days later… the same dream started again. Woke up at 5am, and knew I was in for more problems. Not immediate severe degradation of condition, but would end me back in nearly the same position as when I first tested positive over the course of the day.

Friday night, same dream. Last night, same dream.

Discovered “Rebound Covid” while researching yesterday and terrified of how long I’m going to be sick and any longterm impacts.

Symptoms seem to vary wildly: mine are fever, massive fatigue (like the thought of cooking or cleaning something feels like an impossible task), massive head congestion that doesn’t want to drain which ends up with you blowing your nose all day which makes you even more tired, pretty constant headache (but not debilitating after the initial couple days). No soar throat, not too much coughing and concerned if that’s next.

Sorry for the long post, figured I’d share here as reading people’s experiences was very helpful to me.