Been not posting for a bit for bad-feeling reasons and now this

Shit just keeps getting worse and worse doomjak

One antigen test (all I had/can afford) is negative but I’m almost certain its covid cuz my friend I see all the time is sick and someone they live with has a confirmed case :(

I have never felt more doomer in my life, can’t stop thinking about not living

I don’t want to get worse anymore

At least this time I don’t feel so sick

  • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    There’s a lot of viruses going around because everyone is immunosuppressed from covid. You can have multiple infections simultaneously. There was a tweet recently from someone whose nasal PCR in hospital came back as covid, RSV and influenza. Which would suck.

    So it’s possible you don’t have covid but caught from them something else that makes you feel dogshit. If that is the case good news you’ll feel better faster and are less likely to have post infection complications.

    However you can also test false negative early on. If you can afford to test in a couple days you should. Brand doesn’t matter, whatever is cheapest. You should rest and keep contact with others to a minimum. Even if you don’t have covid don’t spread what you have.

    If you do test positive and there’s any chance of antivirals get them, these are expensive privately but many different places have funding/programs for at risk infected, embellish your history if you need to. Antivirals make you recover faster, have less risk of dying or getting long covid.

    If not possible and it is covid. Rest as much as possible. Like actual sleep rest, not inertia on a computer or in front of a TV. Don’t exercise either.

  • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    2 months ago

    Idk if anyone still reading but I don’t wanna make a new thread

    I managed to get a real PCR test and it was negative

    Wtf, literally worst time for any other illness, right after my friend I see all the time got it

    It’s a relief but having some doubt about the result still… I guess I’m lucky

    Will go get the new vaccine when I’m better

    • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      Hopefully, thank you

      Just can’t stop thinking about all those studies about increased risk of strokes, heart attacks, cognitive impairment etc, brain shrinking, etc etc etc doomjak

      • vovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        While what you say is true, we should keep in mind that those effects are rare overall, and that COVID being one of the most studied (and most tested) diseases at this point, we’re bound to find more effects than for other illnesses. You’ve beat it before, you can do it again 💪💪 keep us updated, comrade

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          we should keep in mind that those effects are rare overall

          This is untrue. I get that you’re trying to be positive here, but it’s not worth minimizing the dangers.

          Around 1/5 Americans (18.3% or 60 million people) have had long COVID in total, and around 5-7% (1/20-1/14 or 16-23 million people) seem to be experiencing it at any given time (the latest CDC survey from June-July says 5.5%). For Trans people, the percentage currently experiencing long COVID is 16%; for people with disabilities, it’s 12.6%. Around a quarter of the total (1.4% or 4.5 million people) reported having long COVID symptoms that caused “significant activity limitations”.

          The VA study from 2022 had a 52% increased rate of stroke, and 63% increased rate of cardiovascular issues in general.

          These are not “rare”.