Sumana Harihareswara
This afternoon I tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time.
I tested positive on a Metrix molecular test; also, on an antigen test, the positive line showed up within a few minutes.
I woke up this morning with a dry/sore throat, fatigue, & some nasal congestion. Symptoms currently remain mild.
Yesterday I spent multiple hours indoors (masked) & outdoors (unmasked) with several people at the #Fastly event in New York City; if you spent time near me, please test. I've tried to email also.
Paul Cantrell
@brainwane
Last day of school, and the kids at our family’s elementary all got to make ice cream sundaes with a •ridiculous• array of toppings. Ice cream sandwiches on top of ice cream scoops!! Can you believe it?!
Sumana Harihareswara
"A sick person does so enjoy hearing good news:—for instance, of a love and courtship, while in progress to a good ending.....A sick person also intensely enjoys hearing of any *material* good, any positive or practical success of the right....tell him of one benevolent act which has really succeeded practically..." - Florence Nightingale, "Notes on Nursing: What It Is, And What It Is Not"
I would benefit from hearing good news right now. I may not reply but I'll appreciate it.
Sumana Harihareswara
I still feel more fatigued than I did before catching COVID. Am gradually increasing how much I physically or cognitively do in a session or in a day. Audio-only phone call conversations take less stamina than do videocalls; I can lie down flat, close my eyes or let them wander, etc.
I have the capacity to reflect and converse, but sometimes need to stop because of a kind of exhaustion that previously only happened after many hours of intellectual labor, or when I was falling-asleep exhausted.
Sumana Harihareswara
I've now been testing negative for COVID for a week on antigen tests, and have had no respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms for several days. So as of today my spouse and I are dropping our partial isolation (from each other). Glad we were able to avoid household transmission.
I'm still significantly more fatigued than I was before the infection and am trying to take it easy. For instance, I will not be at #Readercon this month. And I am behind on correspondence.
Sumana Harihareswara
positive antigen test today :(
glad my spouse and I only loosened, never eliminated, our in-household isolation restrictions during the last few days
Sumana Harihareswara
Still in bed recovering from my COVID infection. I've started testing negative but my body is clearly not done with the effects
Sumana Harihareswara
(and please do not argue in my mentions about the ramifications of or criteria for good news)
B Haas
@brainwane There are itty bitty wild strawberries growing in my backyard
Sumana Harihareswara
New blog post: http://harihareswara.net/posts/2024/things-i-wish-id-done-before-catching-covid/ Given that I have now had my first COVID infection, a couple things I wish I'd done beforehand, such as measuring my resting heart rate, and getting over a particular fixation.
clacke
@brainwane From one of your comments:
"We had cetirizine on hand, which looks to have saved <person> from Long Covid based on symptoms before and after starting it."
That is super interesting! I hadn't heard of this before.
If I understand it correctly[0], my very clumsy summary is that Long Covid is caused by the body's overreaction to the infection, the body harming itself, and lowering that reaction with antihistamines seems to lower the risk of Long Covid. Good to know!
I've had Covid two times, and knock on wood I don't seem to have had any serious long-term effects. I'm careful not to catch it again, but if I do in spite of my precautions, I'll make sure to take any antihistamines I have around the house.
clacke
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