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I am staring at my 75th birthday, male, have asthma, don’t exercise a great deal and have type-A neg. blood. I completed the first two shot Pfizer series in early March and had the Booster 9 days ago. My wife and I don’t socialize with anyone outside of family and are seldom out amongst the public, except for getting groceries or gasoline. All in all, we live a very secluded lifestyle.
About 5-6 days ago I started to get a sore throat, a slight fever, fatigued and developed a whole lot of congestion. I must have have spit up 5 gallons of phlegm-really nasty crap. I went in Monday and got tested and sure enough I have the bug, which has been reconfirmed again today.
I have had worse colds than what I am experiencing to date with my case of COVID-19, and I believe it will be a short ride to get this thing behind me. I just wanted to pass on my experience with this damn bug and let you guys draw your own conclusions.
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Smart getting the vaccination in your condition.
Best to you and I hope you keep getting better.
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Hope you have a full recovery soon, and no one in your family contracts the "Wuhan Wobblies."  L.W.
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"About 5-6 days ago I started to get a sore throat, a slight fever, fatigued and developed a whole lot of congestion."
Good luck. I'm curious about how long you were sick before you saw a Doctor and what did he prescribe? 5 days is a long time for the virus to multiply if you do have the covid.
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There is no doctor involved-only the Gallatin Co. Health Department. I am tracking my temperature and blood oxygen levels, which are now in their normal ranges. I am quarantined until Sunday along with a pile of my grandkids that I saw this past weekend, but I think this event will be in my rear view mirror shortly. If I have an excursion-I’ll see if I can find a doctor in Bosangeles that will see me.
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you going to do any ivermectin or anything ?
and- hoping for a speedy recovery CP
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Hope for a speedy recovery
We should note you mentioned the symptoms started a few days after the booster, could be something to that, could not be something to that.
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Confirmation bias. Get well soon.
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You are 300% more likely to catch Covid if you've had a vax within the past 2 weeks.
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Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Thanks for sharing and best on a complete and fast recovery.
My 93 year of mom got covid last winter. She had a nasty cough for quite a while and lost appetite. Also she had to monitor her blood oxygen for a while. Now she is fully recovered. She caught covid before shots were available.
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At this time, I am going to let the Pfizer vacs. fight the fight. I believe I was exposed to this bug when I was milling around at the hospital waiting on getting my booster shot. Outside of family, I just have not been around any other groups of people and the symptoms timing fits with my hospital visit.
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I hope you can survive being sick for a few days.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Best of luck
I wouldn't doubt you picked it up getting the booster.
Any loss of taste high fever?
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I have had no loss of taste or appetite.
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So far so good, I would say. Your age alone had you in the risk zone, not helping is asthma, and my feeling is, unvaxxed it could have hurt you permanently. Still, it goes to show how imperfect the vax can be, but still be much better than nothing at all. Have a couple of unshot friends who have been going through the nasties. But thank you for the information on your experience.
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Can you post differentials of your Lymphocyte levels before and after exposure?
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my feeling is, unvaxxed it could have hurt you permanently. Still, it goes to show how imperfect the vax can be, but still be much better than nothing at all. I agree. It would likely be much worse if you were unvaccinated. I have a friend who was a loud mouth anti-vaxxer until he contracted covid and nearly died. Now there isn't a person alive who supports the vaccine more than him.
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my feeling is, unvaxxed it could have hurt you permanently. Still, it goes to show how imperfect the vax can be, but still be much better than nothing at all. I agree. It would likely be much worse if you were unvaccinated. I have a friend who was a loud mouth anti-vaxxer until he contracted covid and nearly died. Now there isn't a person alive who supports the vaccine more than him. ^^^^^^ COVTARD
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