How are we getting through it?

[Steve J]

Fingers crossed you begin to feel better soon.

[FierceKitty]

Hang in there!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Dogs will be dogs.

[Heedless Horseman]

Well, at least Dog is back to his normal efforts. Myself... not as bad as previous occurrences... managed to drive to local shop for tab replenishment... but definitely poorly. Cannot face food and retching on empty.
And... the Hot Sun! Felt I was going to drop. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be ill in a Hot climate area, Absolute Hell, I would think.
But... I have been worse.... and others will be. A pub friend from long ago died the other week... and he was younger than I. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Hang in there, lots of liquid and nowt strenous

[T13A]

Hi

Ok, so it has got me at last.   Just got back, today, from a wonderful holiday in the US but been feeling pretty crap for the last 36 hours or so. Put down to the heat over there, in the 90's F everyday and several days over 100 F (not sure why they still use F?) and exhaustion simply through the amount of walking we did. Also a dodgy tummy, put down to something or other. Anyway feeling much worse today, just did a COVID test which came up positive. Probably not surprising given that we used the subway system in Boston, NYC and Washington.

Any tips for a 67 year old (on this coming Tuesday) with a heart condition (heart attack a few years ago), Angina and stents on what I can take and generally to help get through it greatly appreciated. 

Cheers Paul

[Steve J]

My fever broke on day 2 of feeling properly poorly and after that I was OK, but took about another 7 days to feel normal. All I can suggest if paracetamol, lots of fluids and plenty of rest. Fingers crossed for you!

[Heedless Horseman]

If getting on and with health issues, Family, Friends or Neighbors will probably be glad to assist... but you have to let them know!
If you get hit bad, you can't drive and can barely stand up... but someone may get in some shopping? Heart conditions could be dangerous if you try to walk any distance... I felt that I was likely to collapse, so asked next door to post stuff if convenient... fine! 

A major issue is the total loss of appetite... with some retching possible. You may REALLY not want to face food... but 'Food Is Fuel', as they say. A couple of days with nothing and you get very weak and wobbly. Cereal or tinned fruit may be possible... best to add sugar for energy levels. Some like soups ... but I could not face 'savoury'... only tried once. If on the way back out of it... soft meats like Spam or Corned Beef are a thought.
Good plan is to have some emergency rations in tins, just in case.
Just had a 'thought'... maybe Cooked Rice without additions, could 'go down'? Hmm.

I am 60 with no 'known'conditions but I was 'Taken Down' for 5-6 days, (Middle 3 days Bad!), 3 times in 4 months...and appear to be in another bout! Myself... I find that G&Ts or Beer can help to get to sleep... sometimes it can be difficult. 'Original' Lucozade can help with 'Sugar Levels'... maybe? But not sure whether as beneficial, now, as when I was a kid and 'off food'!

I never had any'original' Covid symptoms... had shots and then booster... and then got hit! Probably coincidence... new strains appearing about that time... but... just possibly attending an inner city Vac Centre for booster? Don't know...but better to have shots. If ageing, could pass it on to others... and newer shots may work better?

Mask when shopping... and I usually glove!

[toxicpixie]

You could try stuff like Nourishment meal shakes (lots of vitamins, sugars, fats and proteins in a can of milkshake), or other meal replacement drinks (Huel etc) - they're mostly ok to awful anyway so perhaps with no sense of taste they'll go down easily!

Although I suggest Nourishment first as it's actually quite nice

[FierceKitty]

Loathsome though the stuff is, Coke is quite good at settling nausea, and has sugar content.

[John Cook]

Loathsome though the stuff is, Coke is quite good at settling nausea, and has sugar content.

That is a useful tip.  I had never thought of it.  I lived on a honey, lemon, soluble aspirin and Scotch drink when I was feeling rough, though that wasn't in this weather.  It could be chilled I suppose.  It tasted pretty good but I'm not sure what effect it had on what ailed me.  Come to think of it, when I was 'up the jungle' in similar temperatures, the army's solution to almost everything was tea made with condensed milk and lots of sugar.  It had a remarkable reviving effect when you were really knackered.   

[John Cook]

not sure why they still use F?

For the same reason they still use gallons.  Centigrade and litres are communist

Just take it easy, lots of fluids and paracetamol, and normal food intake if you can manage it.  At least the jabs will lesson the symptoms.  It took my 37 year old son 7 days to fully recover.

[Steve J]

We've had gentle rain on and off for a good few hours now, which has freshened things up a tad. I don't think I've been so happy to see the rain!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Same here - it is just now. Mind you one of the laptops did say we had a thunder storm bout an hour ago...

[Gwydion]

That's weird Steve. We're about ten miles away from you as the crow flies, across the river and while it's a tad cooler, we haven't had a drop of rain. Sunny with fluffy blue clouds at the mo.

[jimduncanuk]

Poured on and off all day here in Edinburgh. OK for a hosepipe still.

Never seen anyone in my house succumb to covid, maybe we were lucky. We did wash our hands a lot.

[John Cook]

Nothing today.  Light rain promised for tomorrow here in the east.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looks like it's happening!
https://www.blitzortung.org/en/live_lightning_maps.php?map=12

[Steve J]

Rain stopped, then it got very, very humid and now is cooling down a bit. Inside the house still warm and stuffy, despite all the windows being open all day. No breeze to clear the air through. God I'm looking forward to it being cool to get a good nights sleep in!

[Leon]

We had a little flurry about 7pm ish but only half-hour or so and definitely not the storm/monsoon we were promised!