Been sick…

[marc2211]

All the best to you both for a speedy and complete recovery!

I also had 'the plague' last week (for the second time, 3 jabs and all) and it's knocked the stuffing out of me, so know how you feel.

 

[Cpb2020]

Feel better. For me and my wife it was several weeks of fatigue. For my kids it was less than a week.

From anecdotal data that I have from dozens in my office that range in age from late 20s into their 70s, I’d say the vast majority was a few weeks of fatigue, with a minority going out longer than that on the order of months. Not necessarily correlated to age.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

My wife got it this summer but somehow I avoided catching it from here, or at least I had no symptoms. It was like the flu for her and she continued working, but from home. She had lingering fatigue but she says the worst thing was losing her sense of smell for a week or so. She loves smelling things!

 

[Cpb2020]

She had lingering fatigue but she says the worst thing was losing her sense of smell for a week or so. She loves smelling things!

I haven’t had a sense of smell in years due to decades-long chronic sinusitis. It does drive you bananas without it. And I didn’t know how much I liked smelling things until I lost it.

But along with losing my sense of smell came a decreased need for deodorant and infrequent showers. For some reason they tend to go hand-in-hand, to my wife’s extreme disappointment.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

I haven’t had a sense of smell in years due to decades-long chronic sinusitis. It does drive you bananas without it. And I didn’t know how much I liked smelling things until I lost it.

But along with losing my sense of smell came a decreased need for deodorant and infrequent showers. For some reason they tend to go hand-in-hand, to my wife’s extreme disappointment.

You're like the deaf guy who didn't mind Nickelback!

 

[LGOberean]

I didn't initially put this together, but it just occurred to me that my mother, then 89 years old, got this a year ago this very month. Up until that time, Mom lived on her own, even still drove. For the last year she has lived with my sister. Occasionally Mom will go back to "the farm" (no longer a working farm, but we still call the property that out of habit) for the day, but my sister drives her there and picks her back up and brings her "home" to her place.

It's actually a good thing that Mom is no longer driving. She was doing the drive-25-in-a-65-zone thing. For Mom, the fatigue wore on for months. Because she no longer keeps house, she's been more sedentary than ever before. There's still some fatigue, and there's also some disorientation/dementia going on.

 

[Telekarster]

Plenty of good advice here so I don't have anything to add other than to say - water is your friend Lots and lots of it, and plenty of rest too. Best of luck to you and yours mate, and praying all will be quite well for you soon

 

[blowtorch]

nearly everyone I know has had it.

it about killed me.

one good (?) thing that came of it- I wrote this song while in the throes of it.
sorta a fever-dream type thing.
pardon the bad singing. I could hardly breathe at the time

 

[nojazzhere]

I didn't initially put this together, but it just occurred to me that my mother, then 89 years old, got this a year ago this very month. Up until that time, Mom lived on her own, even still drove. For the last year she has lived with my sister. Occasionally Mom will go back to "the farm" (no longer a working farm, but we still call the property that out of habit) for the day, but my sister drives her there and picks her back up and brings her "home" to her place.

It's actually a good thing that Mom is no longer driving. She was doing the drive-25-in-a-65-zone thing. For Mom, the fatigue wore on for months. Because she no longer keeps house, she's been more sedentary than ever before. There's still some fatigue, and there's also some disorientation/dementia going on.

My mom was close to ninety when we basically had to take her car away from her. Even though both me and my daughter were available to take her anywhere, that loss of independence really took a mental toll on her.
Please don't misunderstand me when I say her passing last year at nearly ninety-six was a blessing.....she was NOT really very happy in her last years.

 

[pope858]

Hope You and the Missus get to feeling better!

 

[MarkieMark]

Larry,
Without going into details...

Wildly variable with many underlying contributors is the correct answer.
So unpredictable...

 

[RetiredUnit1]

I was sick with brain fog and fatigue for 11 months. My wife and I did not get chest problems, and she was an asthmatic her whole life. She did, however, have a 110f fever. When it was gone we thanked our stars that everything was ok.

But that temperature causes damage to organs. Her heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, SKIN and brain suffered damage. This caused a slow motion total failure of all her organs and she passed 21 months after the fever.

 

[djh22]

I share the well wishes, Larry. My wife and I had it the first of June (when we moved). She had had it before and her conditions were much worse then mine.

 

[2HBStrat]

I haven’t had a sense of smell in years due to decades-long chronic sinusitis. It does drive you bananas without it. And I didn’t know how much I liked smelling things until I lost it.

But along with losing my sense of smell came a decreased need for deodorant and infrequent showers. For some reason they tend to go hand-in-hand, to my wife’s extreme disappointment.

The good thing about not having a sense of smell is that okra tastes just as good as ribeye

You're like the deaf guy who didn't mind Nickelback!

Like the guy with no sense of smell not minding eating turnip greens.

 

[nojazzhere]

The good thing about not having a sense of smell is that okra tastes just as good as ribeye

Like the guy with no sense of smell not minding eating turnip greens.

Glad you apparently don't like okra or turnip greens.......
Leaves more for me to enjoy!

 

[Toto'sDad]

Had it, for us, it was not that much of a deal, kind of like the flu. For me it was less troublesome than for my wife, but she was only down in bed a couple of days and bounced back. I never missed a day of walking Alex.

I had a mild case of things tasting salty, other than that, my wife and I were back to normal in a couple of weeks. Our doctor said there seems to be a correlation between having proper vitamin D levels, and the severity of the reaction to the virus. Both of us were fortunate not to have respiratory problems from the virus.

 

[kuch]

Wife got it a little over a month ago, and I got it 4-5 days later. She got over it in a week and went back to work. I still feel like I have a head cold but that's about it, no congestion, just feels like sinus pressure. I hope it goes away soon....

take care guys and gals

 

[Old Plank]

As others have said, continue to get as much rest and sleep as you can. I had it in early May and instead powered thru, and altho the fatigue and light-headedness spells are diminishing, it has been ever-so-gradual. Sometimes after riding my bicycle my head feels really weird, like nothing else; and sometimes not. And all summer long my legs have definitely had sub-par strength when cycling and I've had to cut all my regular loop routes to shorter versions. That all being said, I know lots of people have experienced far worse than me, obviously. Still able to disc golf and hike regularly which has been a huge plus. Unfortunately as to the original question, there seems to be no set pattern as to who, what age etc. someone will be fully over it. Hope you are both back to 100% soon!

Edit: and oh yes, the brain fog, which has been experienced and not helpful at gigs ...

 

[NWinther]

Had it this summer, got wiped out for 10 days.
Horrendous fever and such! It was one of the milder ones as the fever only lasted 1 and half day!

 

[daddyplaysbass]

Are you talking about COVID? I have had 2 shots and 2 booosters thruy the VA, wikll get another shot later this month. SO far have not had it