Covid Support Thread
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Wendy, I hope you feel better very soon! So sorry to hear you’re feeling poorly again. Please let us know the results of your test.
So it ended up I did have to go to the doctor to give a urine sample. I wore a mask and was in and out, and washed my hands like a crazy person. I got an antibiotic – may have to get another/different one depending on the test results – and am 3 doses in. I feel rough, but it’s definitely a kidney infection from a UTI and not COVID. Might also be a kidney stone – but I’ll be ok eventually.
Cases in our county are relatively low. I’m in NC. Charlotte is seeing the worst of it, with more than double the cases in my county. The mandatory stay at home rule was lifted somewhat on 4/29 and the beaches and parks reopened. I didn’t leave my house except to walk my dogs today. Two houses down, my neighbors came home with friends in their SUV and got out in bathing suits and towels – I guess they went tubing? When I walked around the neighborhoods I saw at least 2 groups of 6+ people each sitting around fire pits. It made me pretty lonely and also wonder if we’re going to see another surge because people are getting “quarantine fatigue” and going out.
Up in Boston, my sister’s boyfriend stayed with her for a week and just moved into his new apartment a mile away from hers with a new roommate who is a nurse. Now my sister feels like she can’t see him again until there’s a vaccine because it’s too risky. I feel for her.
I haven’t gotten to hug my boyfriend in six weeks. If I had known that was going to be the last time for this long, I would’ve hugged him way more. 🙁 Looks like allllll those years I spent single are doing me good in the time of not being able to have physical contact with the man I love.
My boss told our team on Friday that we will almost certainly be one of the last teams to actually go into the office once they start bringing everyone back. My company is a well-known, global software company and they will be modeling their return to the office on Facebook’s strategy, which is apparently waiting longer than normal to see what happens for the safety of everyone. I’m grateful. I like working from home, honestly. I could go in 2-3 days a week and be fine, but 5 days a week is a lot for me with the commute and being away from my dogs. I’m trying to cherish this time with them.
I was never a person who traveled a lot during the summer or spent a ton of time at the beach, so whatever. Really, I just want to be able to hug & kiss my boyfriend again. And do comedy. I really miss performing. 🙁
Wow, this is really going around. I’d love for the people who call their state’s governor a dictator to see what’s going on with actual people.
My state reopened a few counties on Friday effective 5/8, though there still isn’t much change, really. No hair care places (mine is driving me crazy, but I’ll live with it for now) dining rooms in restaurants, malls, or some box stores (like Best Buy). Everyone in my city is calling the talk shows crying foul because none of the counties around here were included.
One thing that gets to me is that the same people who bitch that their job is shitty and about traffic also bitch about the break from it.
I hope every one of you gets out of this okay.
LadyE, sorry about your kidney infection! I used to get them all the time during my pregnancies (even with a preventive antibiotic I took during my pregnancy with Joanie, I still got one). I was hospitalized three times with kidney infection. I think that’s the sickest I’ve ever been (though the shingles I got a couple years ago was the most painful ailment I’ve had). I’ve wondered if what I’m feeling now could be a kidney infection but I wasn’t tested for it. I did get antibiotics – a z-pack – which I started yesterday and felt a little better within a few hours. I hope the antibiotics work quickly for you too! I’m sorry you haven’t been able to have a physical connection with your boyfriend for so long. That really sucks.
Thanks for the intel Wendy! I think my nearest urgent care is 8 blocks or so. My personal doctor is 3 miles, they’d do a virtual meeting though. It is something I think about if we get sick. I’m glad you’re starting to feel a little better!
@copa, the husband had a car when we first started dating. He had it since college and only used it on Sunday’s to go bowling with his dad in the burbs. About 2 years ago, it finally pooped out and was more expensive to fix than its worth. He did the math and it was cheaper for him (us) to use Uber/Lyft (even on the Sunday’s) and public transportation than buy or lease a car. And I never minded walking the 2.8 mile round trip to the nearest grocery store. Although like I said, I wouldn’t mind one now. We have a garage space. We’re assessing options.
Feel better @LadyE! I hope these meds work.
@KTFran, consider used rather than leasing. I’ve bought new cars and leased new cars, but when the lease was up on my last one, I didn’t have a commute that required a car. I was taking a bus to work. Now I take the T (well, now I go to the spare room down the hall), so I don’t NEED a car, but it’s nice to have one and I do need a way to visit my aunt and sometimes go to work meetings for my other thing. So I got a used BMW last year that I love. It was 5 years old but with only 48k miles, great condition, and red, which is my favorite color in a car. It has AWD too for snow. It only cost like $13 or $14,000 and is a great, reliable car.
Also, if you want to put some money down and finance the rest, interest rates are nothing these days. Like seriously nothing. And that way you’re not stuck in a lease, which is costly to break. You can sell the car if anything changes.ETA my husband set up alerts on his phone for certain types of cars, and this one popped up at a local dealership chain with a good reputation. So we weren’t buying it from a private citizen and it was all detailed and everything, no scratches etc.
Wendy, if I may make a suggestion, if you are on a z-pack, I’d take a probiotic as well. The z-pack is powerful and kills everything, including the good stomach bacteria needed for digestion. That happened to me a number of years ago, I was on a 5 day z-pack for a different reason, but then developed digestive issues. I found that suggestion on e medical site, and then confirmed it with the doctor at the urgent care center who prescribed it. I felt way better after that.
KTFran, I agree with Kate’s suggestion about buying rather than leasing. I am a certified financial counselor (even though I am not doing any of that right now), that would be my advice. In addition, since you are only looking for a car for a few years, I’d go used, even in the $3000-$5000 range. Let someone other than you absorb the depreciation. Sounds as though you wouldn’t be using it much. There are a lot of cars that have fewer than 80,000 miles that were gently driven by elderly people, for which the remaining life of the vehicle exceeds the cost.
Thanks, Wendy & everyone else. 🙂 I feel silly for not realizing what it was. Last Saturday my lower back was in an enormous amount of pain and nothing worked: not yoga, stretching, or Advil. I thought it was how I was sitting at my new job on the couch or on my kitchen chair, but I should’ve known. I was also peeing a lot but because it wasn’t COVID symptoms it didn’t even register. TBH it might be a kidney stone as well as a kidney infection, who knows? I get a lot of intense pain but it comes and goes.
The biggest thing is that I have zero energy and my brain is definitely fuzzy. Today I have: taken my dogs out, made lunch (slept til 11:30), emptied the dishwasher, cleaned up the lunch dishes, put away a grocery order from Aldi via Instacart, took the dogs out again, and did a load of laundry. Now I’m wiped. I’m back in bed for awhile before I get up and actually shower. Hopefully I’ll be feeling well enough to take my pups for a walk this evening when it cools down a bit (it’s in the 80s here now). So much for starting my intense workout plan with the exercise bands I bought last week. 🙁
The nice thing about dogs, even 7 month old puppies, is they’re pretty much always down to nap with me. So that’s good. <3
The antibiotic helps when I first take it but I can tell when it’s wearing off, which is odd. I’m waiting on the results of the urine test because they may have to give me a different kind(?). Anyway, ugh. I’m glad I don’t have to commute to work right now, let’s just say that.
In good news, Aldi had paper towels and napkins today. I haven’t tried to get Lysol or wipes yet but maybe next time!
How is everyone else feeling?
I’m very much in the Bell Jar lately. Just really feeling trapped by my wreck of a life. I’ve painstakingly examined it from every conceivable angle and there is just no even vaguely optimistic future for me. Things can and will only get worse and worse. And worse.
Well dinner was admittedly delightful. We used mostly disposable stuff and mom broke out the hand sanitizer and there were no hugs. We played canasta until the bugs were too much.
@Wendy – I’m sorry that you’re dealing with this mishegas again and I hope you feel better soon. I read somewhere that NY is doing aggressive antibody testing and has found 20% of those tested have been exposed.I can’t imagine how stupid we look to the rest of the world – demanding to be exposed to something that if we end up in the hospital will absolutely and totally bankrupt us if it doesn’t kill us first. At least if you’re protesting in France or Italy your medical bills are covered. Sure you might die because there are no respirators available but at least no one will present you with a million dollar bill for 15 days in the ICU.
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