6 days ago I started coughing & 3 days ago I posted about getting Covid
Many of you took the time to respond and wish me well, so many that I feel I have to post an update.
The fever broke this weekend and I've been slowly improving since.
Still coughing but I'm not congested anymore.
Haven't been able to piece together more that 3 hours of sleep at a stretch yet. The coughing wakes me up, but that's still better (Much better) than just a few days ago.
I can lay down now - For a while laying down made it very hard to breathe. Yeah, that was pretty much the scariest part of the disease. Being able to lay on my bed is a relief.
Took my dog for a short walk this morning and I didn't get short of breath & I wasn't laboring to breathe like last week.
Since I'm no longer drunk on cough syrup I can telework for the next week. No more burning PTO
I want to thank you all for the support and well wishes.
Most of my posts get 100-200 views and one or two replies, so I was a little overwhelmed with the response.
Again. Thank you all.
Edited to add: Still no sense of smell 
, but I am super happy at the progress.
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Take good care of yourself. You are such a valuable member of DU.
Maybe take another week off work? When will you ever have as good of an excuse? 
That sounds awful. And imagine, as a vaccinated person, yours is probably a milder case.
I missed your original thread but I’m happy you posted a follow up and that your health is coming back.
Stay safe and continue to get better.
I must have missed your post about having the 'Rona. I've been fighting the consequences of my first Shingrix shot myself. That's not a kind vaccine, I'll tell you that.
I'm so glad you were vaxxed! Imagine how nasty that disease would be without it?
Get back to your old normal self quickly. Glad you're feeling better.
All I had with both Pfizer vaccine inoculations was a sore arm. The first two days after the first Shingrix shot were agony. I have arthritis and I'm usually pretty achy anyway, but I couldn't get out of the recliner (that's the only place I can sleep comfortably) for two days.
I'm glad you can get into bed now and get some real rest. This is one scary disease, and I'm treating it with the same respect I did at the peak of last year's infections. I just hate to be sick and feel lousy. Glad you're feeling a little better, and can get up and move around.
Mask up brother, and get totally well soon.
This is really an illness like no other. I can’t imagine being so congested as to not be able to lie down and catch my breath. Frightening stuff... thank you for sharing your experience with us.
and your antibodies continue to do their job!!! 
and many favorite foods and drinks had odd, unpleasant tastes) for several weeks while they, and her normal appetite, gradually returned. She's happy with the results of her unplanned diet, though.
I could stand to lose a few (dozen) pounds
This is wonderful news! I appreciate your update, TPMSgt.
My doctor decided not to give me the COVID test that I spoke about several days ago. I drove to her office and parked in a special area designated for those getting COVID testing. I called a special phone number they had and her nurse spoke to me at length about my symptoms. She said to just wait in my car and she would be calling my doctor (she was off but was on-call for her patients). I sat outside in my car for around 30 minutes waiting for the call. It was 96 degrees and very humid, so I was sweating profusely. I opended my car doors and sat on the passenger side where at least the sun wasnt beating down on me. Finally, I got a call and was told that they would come outside to get me for flu testing, not COVID testing.
I said, "No, thank you.....I will call you back if I get sicker.". It was a very frustrating experience.
But I do have an excellent doctor, and she called me to explain why she thought I should wait over the weekend to see how I felt on Monday. She told me that the COVID cases she has seen the past few weeks had all been unvaccinated, though she did say that I could have COVID with mild or no symptoms and also after having been vaccinated.
So, I havent had a test. I will post an update if I do end up getting one.
I am so relieved to hear that you are feeling better. I thought about you these past few days. Take care and keep us posted!
I have never stopped wearing masks. I wear them everywhere. I am so accustomed to wearing them whenever I go out that I wear them when I drive through my bank's ATM even though it really isn't necessary. It is now an ingrained habit.
My daughter and her boyfriend are both pharmacists. They recently moved to Jacksonville because he got an excellent job offer at one of their hospitals. They moved before Jacksonville became the COVID hotbed that it is today.
She FaceTimed me two nights ago and we discussed how bad it has gotten in all of their hospitals. She said that she and her SO had decided to be extra cautious, wear their masks, and not go out in public. He has Type 1 diabetes, so I know she is concerned about his picking up the virus where he works.
I think I will either go to a pharmacy to get a test or order a test that I can give myself.
I appreciate your advice. Thank you!
I hadn't checked to see if my area CVS and Walgreens were offering COVID tests. I am going to call tomorrow.
I don't think I will go back to my doctor's office for the test. I think it will be easier to get it somewhere else.
I am glad you were negative. That's good news!....
feeling so much better! I contracted covid from a workplace exposure back in December, before vaccination was available. Please just relax about your sense of smell...the vast majority recover this. It took me a couple of weeks to smell anything at all (even Vick's Vapo-rub!), and at 3 weeks it was spotty, with even some strong smells like a cut onion failing to register. But shortly after that it pretty much recovered completely. I think it will for you too! Please pace yourself and get all the extra rest you need. If you sleep on your back....don't!
I found that sleeping on stacked up pillows was the new & better way for me to sleep for lung congestion. Also, bear rubs on a wall corner helped massage the back, spine and loosen lung congestion.
Keep going, PMSgt!
You are helping us with your reminder that we're all still vulnerable to some degree. Being 73 YO and somewhat high risk, I do appreciate your shaking us back to reality.
Hope you can have a good thorough follow-up exam by a good doctor to check for long-term effects after you're back on your feet.
KY........
about the Improvements to your health, TPMsg!
Please keep us posted on your progress.
Sending healing vibes and energy to you. Hope that you start feeling better soon!
So happy you are recovering so quickly!!!
But I'm not one of the smart ones. I'm just an average adult.
Of course I got vaxxed the minute I could.
No one should expect praise for not being an drooling, booger-eating moron. Except for those red hatted rugged individualists of course.
Those intellectual titans who seem to need to be part of a crowd - while constantly being ego stroked and assured that THEY ARE THE SMART ONES!
Sorry, that's not directed at you Sheshe... The anger never stays too deep under the surface recently.
You mentioned Aerosmith in one of your posts...
Grew up near me...use to go to their concerts in the early 70's on Saturday nights.
Dream On.
Boston Strong.
but you continue to take great care and continue to get lots of rest.
This virus can come back.
So take no chances and finish the job.
All the best! 
