My husband & I got the coof. Started Friday night, Saturday was the worst. Chills, fever, body aches, coughing, no appetite, weakness. We've stayed in bed all day & night since then. This morning still weak, intense sporadic headaches. Honestly, this felt like something we experienced in the late 60s early 70s, back then the fever was so high we were hallucinating (we were about 10 y/o). I reached out to Dr. Stella Immanuel. frontlinemds.com I filled out the form at 9:30am by 10:00am she was consulting us by phone and by 12:30pm I was picking up our meds. We're both feeling so much better. I won't be surprised that in the morning we will be back to our normal routine.
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My entire family was hit with COVID in the past two weeks. I have a serious lung illness and diabetes. I have a great, long standing relationship with my pulmonologist. I can text and call him and his lead nurse at any time. He’s part of a major health system in a major city. I expected a year into COVID they would have a system and provide the best care possible. They did not prescribe me any outpatient COVID-specific treatments. I got the sense they weren’t encouraged to prescribe . I was offered Regeneron early on if things got bad. Early on everything was fine. It felt like the flu. Oxygen levels fluctuated which scared me, the fever sucked, and breathing difficulties ebbed. 6 days in I decided I needed some treatment. My doctor said it was too late and Regeneron wouldn’t do much. So I was forced to manage COVID with ibuprofen for a week. They hospitalized me after a week and the COVID team at the hospital wanted to send me home the next day again without any COVID-specific treatment. My oxygen levels were too good and my chest xray was relatively normal. Thankfully my usual nebs provided some relief. I did vitamin D 25k UIs/day, vitamin C 1000mg/ 2x per day, NAC (my usual 3600mg), and zinc. Home now and on antibiotics for the secondary bacterial infection. Feeling like I will be back to normal in a week (3 weeks after initial symptoms). I will use Dr Stella if there ever is a next time with COVID. Thanks for sharing :)
Sure thing. Don't let it get out of hand, though.