Covid Gave Me A Swift Kick In The Nuts

[cigrmaster]

Ok, that was no fun at all. i luckily got vaccinated before I got the disease. It was like being in a different world. I would wake up and have no idea who I was or where I was. I had a fever for maybe a week tops. I had to use a puffer for a while. I lost time as I don't remember when I got it or how long I had it for. The last date I remember was sometime late in August.

I never lost my sense of smell or taste and I am smoking my pipe for the first time since I got it. This thing is no joke boys and girls. If it can kick my ass it can get most as I have never gotten the flue shot or the flue

 

[Casual]

You’re flue cured!

 

[kanaia]

Welcome back to the land of the living.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I'm glad to see you're back. Hey, you never mailed that $500 to me. You said you were sending cash.

 

[STP]

Glad that you recovered ?

 

[mso489]

Everyone I've known who has had it says it is a totally stinker, and for some it hangs on. I follow all the medical advice. I'm glad you got through this and feel well enough to smoke a pipe. I think it was an urban legend, but at one point early in the epidemic, it was proposed that smoking had some kind of preventative effect, but probably not.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Any idea how you contracted? This would be useful information for all.

 

[timelord]

Glad you got through it and are back to puffing a pipe.

 

[dmcmtk]

Glad to hear you are feeling better Harris. Was that how you described your symtoms, "Doctor, I feel like I was given a swift kick in the nuts!" ?

Do not post this imbecilic crap. One warning point. - Kevin Godbee

 

[mingc]

Welcome back to the living. Glad you're better.

 

[jvnshr]

Ok, that was no fun at all. i luckily got vaccinated before I got the disease. It was like being in a different world. I would wake up and have no idea who I was or where I was. I had a fever for maybe a week tops. I had to use a puffer for a while. I lost time as I don't remember when I got it or how long I had it for. The last date I remember was sometime late in August.

I never lost my sense of smell or taste and I am smoking my pipe for the first time since I got it. This thing is no joke boys and girls. If it can kick my ass it can get most as I have never gotten the flue shot or the flue

Welcome back.

You’re flue cured!

Am I the only one who finds it really funny?

 

[telescopes]

Welcome back.



Am I the only one who finds it really funny?

Look, we take chimney maintenance seriously here. Okay! ?

 

[captaincalabash]

@cigrmaster Yeah, "the COVID" done got me, too. Laid me low for the 17-day duration (including 5 days in the hospital). Never lost my sense of smell or taste, but didn't eat at all for about 3 days in a row. Ended up with some damage to the lungs, but have almost fully recovered now. My mental processes slowed down a bit, but I didn't suffer quite as much as you described. I never got the vaccine, so I can't say whether it would have helped or not. In addition, I had a sinus infection coming on at the same time, so I'm not sure how much of a part that played in my experience with COVID. All-in-all, not fun! Bright spot: I should now have antibodies which are said to be as good as or better than the vaccine. Sure feels good to be recovering, doesn't it?

 

[cigrmaster]

Any idea how you contracted? This would be useful information for all.

I was as careful as anyone could be until I got my vaccine shot. For over a year I left my house once to go to a doctor. I never let anyone around me who could have gotten it. I am sure I got it from one of my sons or one of my daughters as each one was working in a retail store. I let my guard down because I had the vaccine and that was stupid of me.

Even if you get a shot, you are not immune, don't let your guard down even for a minute, trust me you are not totally immune even with the shot. I had the Johnson and Johnson and was ready to take the booster as soon as I could. I am still going to take the booster as soon as I can. I am not rolling the dice on this thing. I am positive that the shot made my symptoms much less than if I hadn't gotten the shot.

 

[telescopes]

@cigrmaster Yeah, "the COVID" done got me, too. Laid me low for the 17-day duration (including 5 days in the hospital). Never lost my sense of smell or taste, but didn't eat at all for about 3 days in a row. Ended up with some damage to the lungs, but have almost fully recovered now. My mental processes slowed down a bit, but I didn't suffer quite as much as you described. I never got the vaccine, so I can't say whether it would have helped or not. In addition, I had a sinus infection coming on at the same time, so I'm not sure how much of a part that played in my experience with COVID. All-in-all, not fun! Bright spot: I should now have antibodies which are said to be as good as or better than the vaccine. Sure feels good to be recovering, doesn't it?

I know this isn’t a covid conversation friendly site, but vaccines are important, even if you already have gotten covid. I think it is important to keep medical information honest and free of personal biases more appropriate for whether to wash or not wash pipes after smoking. I am not suggesting anyone or you feel different, just adding to the conversation.

 

[cigrmaster]

@cigrmaster Yeah, "the COVID" done got me, too. Laid me low for the 17-day duration (including 5 days in the hospital). Never lost my sense of smell or taste, but didn't eat at all for about 3 days in a row. Ended up with some damage to the lungs, but have almost fully recovered now. My mental processes slowed down a bit, but I didn't suffer quite as much as you described. I never got the vaccine, so I can't say whether it would have helped or not. In addition, I had a sinus infection coming on at the same time, so I'm not sure how much of a part that played in my experience with COVID. All-in-all, not fun! Bright spot: I should now have antibodies which are said to be as good as or better than the vaccine. Sure feels good to be recovering, doesn't it?

Cap, glad to hear you are feeling better. I am 63 so I decided to take the shot and I am glad I did. I know I would have been much worse without it.

 

[cigrmaster]

I'm glad to see you're back. Hey, you never mailed that $500 to me. You said you were sending cash.

Geez Cos, I am sorry I forgot. Keep checking the mail, I am sure it is in their somewhere. lol

 

[cigrmaster]

I don't want to turn this political but if I had not been a devote follower of ABBA I never would have made it. Listening to Dancing Queen day and night was the trick.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I don't want to turn this political but if I had not been a devote follower of ABBA I never would have made it. Listening to Dancing Queen day and night was the trick.

I’d just beg them to shoot me in the face.
I’m glad you’re better.

 

[sablebrush52]

Even if you get a shot, you are not immune, don't let your guard down even for a minute, trust me you are not totally immune even with the shot. I had the Johnson and Johnson and was ready to take the booster as soon as I could. I am still going to take the booster as soon as I can. I am not rolling the dice on this thing. I am positive that the shot made my symptoms much less than if I hadn't gotten the shot.

Hi Harris,
Wow, I'm sorry you got sick and am relieved that you're on the mend. Your supposition is spot on. While none of the vaccines can guarantee complete immunity, and were not presented as such, the data proves that they are effective at mitigating the severity of symptoms should a breakthrough occur.

You can bet your sweet ass I'm getting the booster when it is offered.