Kiwis kissed by Corona - Official coofer thread

[Eldritch]

Both my parents got it a couple weeks ago. Totally lost their sense of smell and taste, and had hot and cold flashes. I was in close proximity to them the whole time, so I'm pretty certain I got it and had no symptoms.

 

[MysteriousStranger]

When I see a name I don't recognize on KF, I always hover over their username to see what their join date and last seen dates are. Usually, it's someone new, but a number of people have been members for years and just not posted much, or hung out in different places on the site so our paths never crossed. It's interesting. Lately, I've noticed a scary number of mature, active accounts that just stopped abruptly some time during the lockdown.

Makes you think.

 

[Medical Hawaii]

getting tested in a couple hours, thanks to a part of my family who was part of the "hurr durr masks are just the government trampling on our rights, let's go visit elderly grandparents and shiet"

and now one of them just tested positive

hope all of you in bred are doing well if you're not just shitposting about having it

 

[The 3rd Hooligan]

Welp. 2 week vacation for me. Any good tv shows lately?

 

[AnOminous]

Welp. 2 week vacation for me. Any good tv shows lately?

They all suck.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

It’s not been bad for me, just can’t smell anything anymore, and I’ve been having bad headaches and throat pain.

There must be a great deal of severity difference between strains, this feels like a mild cold so far.

 

[cuddle striker]

It’s not been bad for me, just can’t smell anything anymore, and I’ve been having bad headaches and throat pain.

There must be a great deal of severity difference between strains, this feels like a mild cold so far.

there's variation in strain and viral load matters as well (how heavy your exposure was) as your underlying health status.

how far in are you now? hope your nose cones back quickly, it's pretty hard to eat at all with no sense of smell.

 

[Miss Misery]

there's variation in strain and viral load matters as well (how heavy your exposure was) as your underlying health status.

how far in are you now? hope your nose cones back quickly, it's pretty hard to eat at all with no sense of smell.

CS, do you know anything about post-covid fatigue (or even covid-related post-viral fatigue syndrome)?

 

[cuddle striker]

CS, do you know anything about post-covid fatigue (or even covid-related post-viral fatigue syndrome)?

It seems to be a thing, like any other post-viral syndrome. It's too soon to know if it's a thing that lasts a few weeks, months or is permanent. We just don't know.

The cardiovascular effects of the disease implies that some of these cases are actually not "fatigue syndrome" but damage to different organ systems. The lungs, blood vessels, and others are hit hard enough sometimes to do permanent damage even without any of this other. (Edit: people who had a cytokine storm can have damage to the function of their immune system, temporary or permanent.)


If your capillaries got fucked, you're just not going to have much energy until/unless they heal. If your lungs are scarred, you won't be getting as much oxygen ever again. That'll make you tired for life.

They do respiratory capacity tests on people who have fully recovered and tested negative, plenty of them are testing on the edge where there's damage but they don't need to be on oxygen. In that situation your muscles would be unable to function as well, you'd lose stamina and strength.

The difficulty is that even the earliest infections are less than a year old. Being on a ventilator can take a long time for physical recovery, so people who were in that situation, we won't know what the repercussions will be for another year or two.

People who had less/no symptoms but now have these post-infectious responses probably did have symptoms, but they ignored them. A mild cough, a headache, feeling a little worn out. These are all symptoms of low blood ox, over a prolonged period. But they're easy to dismiss, you wouldn't think you were sick really. Certainly not compared to someone who was hospitalized.

We've seen damage to all kinds of odd things. Back in March we were taking samples of testes. They can be affected by this, reproductive ability might be affected. It looked like mumps to us.

It's a weird bug. It'll be a while before we know what it all shakes out as.

double edit: another negative test for me. Admin at the worksite came in to pick up papers after feeling sick, before getting tested, and we all had to test again. I've tested negative multiple times now, but have lost coworkers to this. I'm very tired of it all, but really interested in the disease processes. Some of our autopsy materials have been cited and used now which is fairly exciting.

 

[Orange Rhymer]

I already had to go to the ER last week. My doctor told me to go. They said respiratory virus. They didn't swab me for the flu since I didn't have a fever. My chest was burning but as luck would have it, since I am only really coughing when I walk around, I was not coughing in the ER since I was always sitting or laying down. I felt somewhat better for a few days and now I feel hot and have a sore throat again. My stomach is messed up and I am dizzy. I hope it's just a cold. Might be the flu. Might be the sweet kiss of Corona-chan. But I may have to go back to the ER if it gets any worse.

Jesus, why didn't they test you for Corona?

 

[Alba gu brath]

We had any confirmed deaths from the kiwis yet? Ken it'll be hard to confirm, what with the site being anonymous, but still.

 

[Orange Rhymer]

It seems to be a thing, like any other post-viral syndrome. It's too soon to know if it's a thing that lasts a few weeks, months or is permanent. We just don't know.

The cardiovascular effects of the disease implies that some of these cases are actually not "fatigue syndrome" but damage to different organ systems. The lungs, blood vessels, and others are hit hard enough sometimes to do permanent damage even without any of this other. (Edit: people who had a cytokine storm can have damage to the function of their immune system, temporary or permanent.)


If your capillaries got fucked, you're just not going to have much energy until/unless they heal. If your lungs are scarred, you won't be getting as much oxygen ever again. That'll make you tired for life.

They do respiratory capacity tests on people who have fully recovered and tested negative, plenty of them are testing on the edge where there's damage but they don't need to be on oxygen. In that situation your muscles would be unable to function as well, you'd lose stamina and strength.

The difficulty is that even the earliest infections are less than a year old. Being on a ventilator can take a long time for physical recovery, so people who were in that situation, we won't know what the repercussions will be for another year or two.

People who had less/no symptoms but now have these post-infectious responses probably did have symptoms, but they ignored them. A mild cough, a headache, feeling a little worn out. These are all symptoms of low blood ox, over a prolonged period. But they're easy to dismiss, you wouldn't think you were sick really. Certainly not compared to someone who was hospitalized.

We've seen damage to all kinds of odd things. Back in March we were taking samples of testes. They can be affected by this, reproductive ability might be affected. It looked like mumps to us.

It's a weird bug. It'll be a while before we know what it all shakes out as.

double edit: another negative test for me. Admin at the worksite came in to pick up papers after feeling sick, before getting tested, and we all had to test again. I've tested negative multiple times now, but have lost coworkers to this. I'm very tired of it all, but really interested in the disease processes. Some of our autopsy materials have been cited and used now which is fairly exciting.

personal anecdote
I have a family member that has lung scarring and lost 1/2 of a lung due to pneumonia. He has no fatigue, just has to take EXTRA precautions due to chance of Corona infection.

He is active, athletic, and trim. Even in his middle-age.
The body adapts to the loss of lung tissue. You aren't fucked forever. Whatever happened to 'Power of Positive Thought' in healthcare?

The body and mind adapt and overcome. Health workers that say otherwise are either pushing an agenda, terrible at their job, or (most likely) both.

 

[cuddle striker]

personal anecdote
I have a family member that has lung scarring and lost 1/2 of a lung due to pneumonia. He has no fatigue, just has to take EXTRA precautions due to chance of Corona infection.

He is active, athletic, and trim. Even in his middle-age.
The body adapts to the loss of lung tissue. You aren't fucked forever. Whatever happened to 'Power of Positive Thought' in healthcare?

The body and mind adapt and overcome. Health workers that say otherwise are either pushing an agenda, terrible at their job, or (most likely) both.

Why don't you ask your family member if they'd like to go through all that again? I somehow feel like not wanting others to go through a terrible experience similar to one you've had isn't an "agenda", just being a regular, non sociopathic human being.

I'll give you a second hint. How long did it take him to go from the hospital bed to "active and trim"?

 

[Buttigieg2020]

there's variation in strain and viral load matters as well (how heavy your exposure was) as your underlying health status.

how far in are you now? hope your nose cones back quickly, it's pretty hard to eat at all with no sense of smell.

Thanks. About a week in now, feeling pretty normal outside of a lack of smell.

 

[Muttnik]

My dad is the only one of us with lingering post-covid complications but he's actually way better than he was weeks ago. They just had a look at his heart and found no inflammation but he still feels pressure there from time to time. Lots of lingering fatigue. It's okay though because me and my sis are walking with him every day to keep him in shape and it's helping a lot.

As for me, I didn't get it that badly. I remember feeling like shit for a few days and then I was fine. I'm breathing fine and pretty much no fatigue. It was essentially nothing, not even as bad as the flu I had last year where my entire voice was cut off.

 

[Alba gu brath]

Thanks. About a week in now, feeling pretty normal outside of a lack of smell.

Pretty odd that it attacks the sense of smell and taste, smell would be an obvious thing, what with the similarities to the flu, but they feck is it doing mucking about with the tongue. Weird Chinese bastard of a bug.

 

[cuddle striker]

Pretty odd that it attacks the sense of smell and taste, smell would be an obvious thing, what with the similarities to the flu, but they feck is it doing mucking about with the tongue. Weird Chinese bastard of a bug.

Neurological shit. Also if you can't smell, you can't taste. It's pretty close to the same sense.

 

[Jan Ciągwa]

I pray every day and never keep my hands under bedsheets.

No corona. Take that, Dawkins!

Protip: embrace Nurgle, then you can have every real and imaginary disease and feel no discomfort or pain. No STDs! Fuck every cokewhore on the planet and kiss them in the mouth and pussy, too, without stress!

 

[Looney Troons]

About a month ago, I tested positive for COVID-19. I’m not sure how I managed to catch it because I primarily keep to myself, but I did. I only recall stopping into the UPS Store to get something shipped out. Earlier today, my PCR came back negative.

I’m a pretty healthy person. I don’t have any past medical issues. I first noticed that my skin was getting clammy despite being indoors and not engaging in any physical activity ; temperature was mild. The following day, I ran a very small fever and had muscle fatigue/soreness that I would best describe as an extreme hangover - it sucked and I was unable to crawl out of bed without extreme effort and motivation. I did not suffer a loss of appetite, but I couldn’t taste anything. I poured salt onto a spoon and placed it on my tongue, nothing. Same with sugar and other spices. Something odd that I haven’t seen reported on (maybe because I haven’t looked) was the impact of capsaicin. I took a spoonful of ghost pepper hot sauce and placed it on my tongue. Not only could I not taste it, I also didn’t feel the heat of it until it reached my stomach.

And... that was it. I was mildly inconvenienced for about two weeks. I’ve had colds that have kicked my ass more than this. It was pretty wild to not be able to taste anything.

One thing I don’t want to do is talk too much shit or denounce the potential threat. I’ve known some people who have been totally fucked by this thing, but they are all older and have generally poor health.

 

[CrazyRandomZyn]

I have a story: before my mom retired, she attended a patient that was Covid-positive.
For weeks my mom had exams testing her and we were quarantined at home. Mom turned out negative and afterwards she retired from the local Health Dept.