Will probably have COVID

[bin_tenn]

Hey all. My oldest (who's in high school) tested positive for COVID today, via the rapid test. Chances are the rest of us may get it, though it's not guaranteed. I've been experiencing a bit of a scratchy throat since this morning, and a "sour stomach" taste in my mouth. I'm not sure if that's the effect covid has on taste or not. My child is experiencing loss of taste and smell, nothing more, so far.

I'm not worried to the point of being consumed by anxiety / worry, but I do generally worry a bit about it - probably still more than I should. Overall, I'm in good health. I'm a smoker, and I have mildly elevated BP although it's well controlled by a beta blocker. Otherwise, I don't have known heart disease, diabetes, not overweight, etc. So, generally speaking, I would say I'm not considered high risk or close to it. But I still kind of worry.

At this point I'm just looking for some help rationalizing and keeping a level head. Everyone else in the home seems fine at the moment, no known symptoms. I still don't know if mine is legitimate, or if it's psychosomatic (which is very common for me).

Any pointers to keep my thoughts level and rational about this?

 

[EMJ]

2 of my nieces and a nephew.... as well as a brother-in-law had Covid ......3 of them had barely any symptoms ... nephew lost sense of taste for a couple days.... my niece who teaches school had body aches and no sense of taste or smell for 2 weeks .... I have a friend who had it .... he is a prison guard .... no symptoms except a slight cough ...

 

[bigjetplane6]

For what it’s worth, and not sure if it’ll ease your mind. My husband was positive last month.
I was 120% sure I was going to test positive as well, for obvious reasons - I tested negative. I quarantined with him while taking safety precautions at home, tested a week after - negative. Tested again a week after - negative.
During the time I thought I was positive, I thought I felt sick. Long story, short. It was my mind playing tricks on me. You and your family are going to be FINE!!!

 

[Belizz]

Yes I have two friends kids tested positive but none of their family members got the virus.
But in case, many people with the virus most likely to have mild symptoms, if not. So try to ease your mind meanwhile, get some zinc and vitamin C supplements to boost and rest.
I hope all will be good.

 

[bin_tenn]

2 of my nieces and a nephew.... as well as a brother-in-law had Covid ......3 of them had barely any symptoms ... nephew lost sense of taste for a couple days.... my niece who teaches school had body aches and no sense of taste or smell for 2 weeks .... I have a friend who had it .... he is a prison guard .... no symptoms except a slight cough ...

Thanks for sharing! This is the closest it's hit for me. I've always been rational about it, and I've been able to help calm others down. But now that it's this close, I guess it just "feels" different. Haha.

For what it’s worth, and not sure if it’ll ease your mind. My husband was positive last month.
I was 120% sure I was going to test positive as well, for obvious reasons - I tested negative. I quarantined with him while taking safety precautions at home, tested a week after - negative. Tested again a week after - negative.
During the time I thought I was positive, I thought I felt sick. Long story, short. It was my mind playing tricks on me. You and your family are going to be FINE!!!

That is indeed good news, makes me feel more hopeful! I'm glad you all are well. I do accept that we could all get it, or no one else may get it at all. That's fine. I suppose my worry is mostly just because the virus and its effects are rather unpredictable - typical "uncertainty" that we tend to latch onto as anxiety sufferers.

Yes I have two friends kids tested positive but none of their family members got the virus.
But in case, many people with the virus most likely to have mild symptoms, if not. So try to ease your mind meanwhile, get some zinc and vitamin C supplements to boost and rest.
I hope all will be good.

Thank you, Belizz. I'm sure all will be fine, too. It's just stressful dealing with all this. I just need to maintain a good attitude, and look for support (e.g. this forum) when needed.

Thanks everyone!

 

[BrokenArrow]

We thought someone at work had it. He had all the classic symptoms. Turned out to just be a chest cold. I spent a few days freaking out, but it wasn't AS bad as I thought I would be.

Honestly, I think that the media is making it a billion times worse than it is. Obviously, no one wants to be sick and no one wants to deal with this "horrible" covid but personally, I don't think it's as bad as they say. Yes, it has killed people but to be fair so has a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I follow it pretty closely and literally over 99% of the people that are positive right now have no or very mild symptoms.

 

[bin_tenn]

We thought someone at work had it. He had all the classic symptoms. Turned out to just be a chest cold. I spent a few days freaking out, but it wasn't AS bad as I thought I would be.

Honestly, I think that the media is making it a billion times worse than it is. Obviously, no one wants to be sick and no one wants to deal with this "horrible" covid but personally, I don't think it's as bad as they say. Yes, it has killed people but to be fair so has a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I follow it pretty closely and literally over 99% of the people that are positive right now have no or very mild symptoms.

The PB&J comparison cracked me the f*ck up. Probably more than it should've. I don't disagree, frankly. I still feel that it's blown way out of proportion. I'm not saying I feed into the fear mongering, and I hope it doesn't sound that way. But because it's still so "unknown" (to some degree) and its effects are rather unpredictable, I think that's what gets me.

Either way, yeah, I think we'll be fine. The kiddo is quarantined to the bedroom. No leaving except for the restroom. Everyone else is using thr master bathroom in the meantime, to reduce the contact and such. Reasonable precautions, we're not going to be extteme about it. I refuse to let it completely alter our lives, overall.

 

[bigjetplane6]

Hey @bin_tenn, how are you and your family doing?

 

[bin_tenn]

Hey @bin_tenn, how are you and your family doing?

So far, so good. Thank you for asking. Kiddo still lacks smell/taste, but no other symptoms. Still quarantined to the bedroom. We'll be doing a temperature check later, as the nurse said once a day is good, because fever can pop up any time. Apparently a fever itself is no cause for concern, it's just good to know so we can manage it appropriately / as needed.

My anxiety about the whole situation is much less today. I think the worst part is that this ruined our entire weekend. LoL. We were supposed to have a kid free weekend. We're finding ways to enjoy it anyhow, no biggie.

 

[bigjetplane6]

So far, so good. Thank you for asking. Kiddo still lacks smell/taste, but no other symptoms. Still quarantined to the bedroom. We'll be doing a temperature check later, as the nurse said once a day is good, because fever can pop up any time. Apparently a fever itself is no cause for concern, it's just good to know so we can manage it appropriately / as needed.

My anxiety about the whole situation is much less today. I think the worst part is that this ruined our entire weekend. LoL. We were supposed to have a kid free weekend. We're finding ways to enjoy it anyhow, no biggie.

I’m glad your child hasn’t gotten any worse, and hoping if anything, better.
I’m glad you are doing good with this situation. Sucks when life throws a curveball, but the way you are managing it is great. I hope you guys continue to be symptom free and negative.

 

[bin_tenn]

I’m glad your child hasn’t gotten any worse, and hoping if anything, better.
I’m glad you are doing good with this situation. Sucks when life throws a curveball, but the way you are managing it is great. I hope you guys continue to be symptom free and negative.

Thank you! Checked temp, but it's normal. Lack of fever is better, IMO, because I know having a fever feels awful, at least for me.

 

[EMJ]

Glad everyone is feeling well. Keep us posted on how everything is going .... sending good thoughts your way!

 

[Jgriffin]

Hey all. My oldest (who's in high school) tested positive for COVID today, via the rapid test. Chances are the rest of us may get it, though it's not guaranteed. I've been experiencing a bit of a scratchy throat since this morning, and a "sour stomach" taste in my mouth. I'm not sure if that's the effect covid has on taste or not. My child is experiencing loss of taste and smell, nothing more, so far.

I'm not worried to the point of being consumed by anxiety / worry, but I do generally worry a bit about it - probably still more than I should. Overall, I'm in good health. I'm a smoker, and I have mildly elevated BP although it's well controlled by a beta blocker. Otherwise, I don't have known heart disease, diabetes, not overweight, etc. So, generally speaking, I would say I'm not considered high risk or close to it. But I still kind of worry.

At this point I'm just looking for some help rationalizing and keeping a level head. Everyone else in the home seems fine at the moment, no known symptoms. I still don't know if mine is legitimate, or if it's psychosomatic (which is very common for me).

Any pointers to keep my thoughts level and rational about this?

My whole family had it. I had a dry cough a sore throat and felt like I had a cold coming on but that was it for a couple days same with everybody else. Except the little kids had pretty much nothing

 

[Aries]

Statistics show that if you are under 65 healthy and not obese covid is no more dangerous than flu. I probably had it but it was so early that there was no test for it. Last January I got the worst flu I ever had with such bad fatigue that I passed out. Extreme fever chills, body aches, nausea, dizzy spells and headaches lasted all through February. Then in March people started saying that many people got no cough but they got nausea. But antibody tests were not considered reliable then so I never got one. I just got the vax and had zero side effects from that. Probably because I already had covid.

 

[bin_tenn]

My whole family had it. I had a dry cough a sore throat and felt like I had a cold coming on but that was it for a couple days same with everybody else. Except the little kids had pretty much nothing

Thanks for sharing! I've been experiencing a bit of dry cough and sore throat, and that sort of "run down" feeling. But I tend to experience this throughout the year, probably due to allergies. I've wondered if it's covid, but if so, what difference does it make? Haha. I'm already quarantined for at least 10 days, so we'll see what happens. If I don't get worse, I won't even get tested.

Statistics show that if you are under 65 healthy and not obese covid is no more dangerous than flu. I probably had it but it was so early that there was no test for it. Last January I got the worst flu I ever had with such bad fatigue that I passed out. Extreme fever chills, body aches, nausea, dizzy spells and headaches lasted all through February. Then in March people started saying that many people got no cough but they got nausea. But antibody tests were not considered reliable then so I never got one. I just got the vax and had zero side effects from that. Probably because I already had covid.

Yeah, that would probably explain things. We had a bad cold / flu like virus early last year. Not sure if it was related to covid or not.

 

[Jessco11]

Your son being kind of non symptomatic (in a sense that he's not coughing or mucous-y) is a good thing too. Much less chance of spreading the virus to the rest of the family.

 

[bin_tenn]

Your son being kind of non symptomatic (in a sense that he's not coughing or mucous-y) is a good thing too. Much less chance of spreading the virus to the rest of the family.

I hadn't thought of it that way, but that's a good way to look at it!

 

[Walking Circles]

Sorry to hear that your boy is sick. If it makes you feel any better two the people I know in the worst shape possible had Covid and were barely sick at all, and these two live on death's door!

 

[bin_tenn]

Sorry to hear that your boy is sick. If it makes you feel any better two the people I know in the worst shape possible had Covid and were barely sick at all, and these two live on death's door!

Thanks! All is well, I'm sure. I think the fact that it hit inside the home just sent my anxiety into a frenzy for a bit. I'm more accepting now. Haha.

 

[Cuchculan]

You know the health experts have said that all the normal illness you might get during the Winter months are not out there this year due to people wearing masks and social distancing. In the same breath they said Covid numbers are high due to people not social distaancing and not wearing masks. But I did ask about the regular flu. What would happen to it with the pandemic. Would it show up as Covid? Still something I wonder about. As nobody seems to have had it at all. Like it has vanished all of a sudden.

Can only hope things stay mild for you. The mild version seems to be similar to the normal flu. We have heard of famous names getting it and then they are better within a week. Like when / if Trump really had it. He was in and out of hospital in record timing. I called his version the posh version. All the big names seemed to have gotten that version. Better in a few days. Here's hoping you have the posh version. That it doesn't get any worse for you and your family.