OT: Covid alive and still going this Summer.

TJ123 said...
Just read an interesting Reuters article. When vaccine recipients has dropped sharply since 2021 when the shot first became available. At that time it was reported that 240 million Americans (about 73% of the population) took one or more shots. By the fall of 2022 only 50 million Americans continued getting the shot. Growing skepticism?

I think partly lack of trust, but partly complacency, especially when Omicron was creating mostly mild cases. The problem is most people don't know what they don't know. The potential for long term problems is very real and has affected millions. Some in a devastating way. The virus gets into your cells, especially epithelial cells which make up the lining of the arteries, which is why it affects the heart very often. Originally it was thought to be a respiratory disease, but now it's known that it gets into the cells of many parts of the body, heart, arteries, brain.

I had a positive nuclear stress test on Thursday, showing a blockage, so I am having an angiogram tomorrow. I had started loosening up, wearing my mask less, eating indoors regularly. No more. If they stent me, last thing I need is a blood clot which is another thing that COVID is known to cause.

Be careful brothers

Pratoman: "The problem is most people don't know what they don't know. The potential for long term problems is very real and has affected millions. Some in a devastating way. The virus gets into your cells, especially epithelial cells which make up the lining of the arteries, which is why it affects the heart very often. Originally it was thought to be a respiratory disease, but now it's known that it gets into the cells of many parts of the body, heart, arteries, brain."


Well said. Viruses are cunning foes and there is still much about SARS Cov2 and its variants that we do not know. My wife has Long Covid, so we are extra--overly?--cautious.

Post Edited (Tim G) : 8/20/2023 12:47:00 PM (GMT-8)

Pratoman, sorry you need a stent, but happy you caught it before any major illness and will it get treated. Stay positive and best wishes.
Jack

Hope the stent procedure went well. Give us an update when you get a chance.

95% sure sounds scary--glad they caught it and glad you're doing okay!

Pratoman, I started this thread as an off topic thread about Covid and to not let down our guard. However, many of us have underlining medical issues that need attention to just to stay alive and be able to keep posting here to help us all. I know that there are many specialized threads on Healingwell.com that support these issues. Your heart problems, even off topic, certainly affects your ongoing fight against PC. Your diet, and exercise routine going forward will either be positive or negative in that fight. Everyone can feel free to, as you say,”Hijack” this thread, if the need arises, to seek support for underlying conditions that can affect their PC adventures. Or maybe, you could start a new off topic thread that is less specific about those diagnosed with PC with underlying conditions, because I can’t think of a title.

So happy your doctor was able to find and treat what could have resulted in your not continuing to help us all here. My best wishes going forward.
Jack

The hits keep coming. Pirola the new Covid strain is on the rise and is said to be more contagious than other strains. Also, Pirola has the ability to nullify any vaccine to date and more than likely the new one coming in the fall. I heard a report that some are recommending masking up again. I might just check into a manufacturer that makes moon suits. LOL
Jack

60Michael said...
Last week a little over 3,000 cases in Georgia and this week a little over 5,000 cases. The new vaccine might be ready next month.
Michael

I have seen estimates, based on wastewater samples, of 650,000 new cases a week, nationally UGH

Jack64: how is everything with your wife?
Pratoman: I hope the stent lasts 50 years!
Tim: I hope long covid is becoming shorter by the day.

Covid has finally passed through my house. My wife tested positive 11 days ago, was prescribed paxlovid, and is now fine. No severe symptoms. Going out for some pizza tonight.

I'm back to school, kicking off a new school year.

We had a big open House event a few nights ago ... hundreds of students and parents.

I'm used to covering a couple of "bases" each day, due to staff shortages.

Well, I'm REALLY covering bases this week, as we have a few staff members missing the first week of school due to corona virus.

And so it goes ...

I'm ready for that new corona booster that is supposed to be rolling out this fall!

C-Y-C-L-O-N-E # Iowa State University

Day 9 of being sick as a dog, mostly a cough to die for. Tested negative for covid at home. None of my usual way out there tricks that usually keep me from getting sick when all around me are, worked this time. Those things have worked for 2 decades but just didn't seem to be helping now. Or, the one or 2 times I did get sick in the previous 10+ years, I got over it in a day or 2, never got worse after day 1. But this time, total failure.

Of course, I can't positively say "total failure", because it could have always been worse, a lot worse. And has been in the past. I have a history of similar symptoms progressing to pneumonia twice within a few years time, long ago. Back when I didn't do things that I do these days. But, I did not really progress much this time, just failed to get well. So was that a total failure? Maybe, I have no way of knowing. I only know it could have been worse.

I was exposed to the whatever in my PCa doctors- 3 month check up- small exam room by a sick nurse, on previous Tuesday the 15th, 1430 hrs. I had planned to do several things preventative that evening, but was too lazy. Woke up with 1st minor symptoms Thurs morning, ignored it, having forgotten about that nurse. I shouldn't have done that! By that night I knew I was sick for sure.

Finally could not take it anymore- mainly the prospect of another sleepless night from coughing, so I went to the doctor hoping for the big guns last Monday, 8/21. He volunteered them, didn't have to ask. Decadron shot, Doxycycline, Prednisone dose pack and that cough syrup with Codeine. Thank you, Doc.

I slept better that night and every night since, but I'm still up probably twice a night with coughing fits lasting about 30 minutes. And still have a bad cough intermittently during the day, 4 days later. Better, but not well, even with all of the above.

At the Doc's last Monday, I tested negative for Covid for the 2nd time in a week PLUS negative for flu. What the heck is this demon bug? Lungs were clear(no Pneumonia, "just" bronchitis, thank you Lord) I highly suspect that my ADT drugs(Erleada and Orgovix, still my only regular prescription drugs), in addition to all their well known negative side effects, have messed up my immune system. But I can't prove it. Just a hunch. It has seemed messed up since I started taking them 2 years ago.

Be careful guys! There are some nasty bugs going around out there, other than Covid!