I've had all the "variants" and figured I'd just tough this one out as it was to be the most mild of them all.
Well after 3 days of everything aching and ibuprofen and acetaminophen not touching it, I had to hit the horse paste. I felt relief in 4 hours and have felt great since.
My wife just started showing symptoms. She was flupping me shat yesterday about catching it and her not....because she took the J&J. She has been getting worse today and I imagine she'll be taste testing the bitter apple despite the shat talking she's done.
No, we didn't test. Neighbors did and popped hot. I offered for their daughter to hang out over at our place because they were run down. I figthis was a good week to be sick anyways.