Positive for Covid
I am triple-vaxxed. I got my first two Pfizer vaccinations on
February 4 & 25, 2021 and my Pfizer booster on August 18, 2021. If I had not been vaccinated, I probably could
not be writing this. I most likely, would
be intubated in an ICU.
I returned to Dallas from Massachusetts on
Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
I had been self-quarantining since Friday, January
7, after I observed cold/flu-like symptoms, particularly a 2 degree increase in
temperature that night, which mitigated the next day, a cough that I had for
several weeks, and diarrhea. I thought
that I just had a cold or flu, but immediately treated it as Covid in this
Omicron world.
I tested positive for Covid on Tuesday, January 11,
after canvassing the Dallas area, and finally receiving a Covid home test kit
from Walmart. I followed up with a more
thorough “drive-by” Covid test at a large CVS drug store on January 13. No
results yet.
I advised family and close friends, the management
where I live and my personal physician, of my positive test. I continued treating myself with Tylenol, Mucinex,
and plenty of liquids and rest. Even the
mild symptoms I had abated quickly. I
did not have a headache, sore throat, fever (other than + or – 1 degree), just
some muscle soreness, lack of appetite, and a cough and nasal drip, but no chest congestion.
I’m counting from the 11th when I first
tested positive, which will take me through the weekend of January 15/16 as my
official quarantine period, followed by 5 days, thru Friday, January 21 of
wearing a mask, as dictated by the CDC (if they don’t change the rules in the
meantime).
So, I should be up and out, with a mask, the week
of January 17th, and back to normal the weekend of the 22nd.
Ray Gruszecki
January 13, 2022
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