Severe cold weather and a white Christmas

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

I’ve have a history of bronchitis so hard coughing isn’t anything new but the bronchitis is a dry hacking cough . This was a very wet cough so I knew it wasn’t my “norm” . I did lose weight no appetite at all and very weak . Was way worse than the Covid I had last fall .

I know the cough and all the rest. When I had a really high fever I saw a doctor who gave me horse pill antibiotics. I fought through it at home using Theraflu. I sweated all night, changed bedding daily. Theraflu every 6 hours meant two hours before feeling relieve, two hours feeling less miserable and less coughing, two hours back to miserable before Theraflu with two more hours before some relief. I lost 30#. All muscle it seemed. Never got the muscle back. I was alone with my son in 9th grade. He was in the ski club and I'll never forget days he had ski trips (once a week). They'd get back to the school about 11pm. I'd bundle up, scarf wrapped tight, and head to school to wait in the vehicle. It was the most miserable time I can recall.

I had Covid in August. It lasted a few days with one day I did nothing (Sat). I wasn't even sure I had it. I had visited my mom the weekend before. She called to let me know I should test myself because someone she was exposed to ended up having it. That's why I tested, and the result was positive. When I came down with I was doing a job where I skimmed all the plaster walls of a bedroom. I was achy the next day, but that's work I wasn't used to. Next day was sanding it all. I was wearing a dust mask but still sneezed a lot, it was tiring, I was sweating a lot, and made me sore. That was Friday. I had windows open, 90* day, and the job would be miserable in my best health. I was able to go back and paint on Monday. My temperature was slightly elevated when I checked. With pneumonia I felt great when it dropped to 100-101 for a couple hours