The week before Christmas I was hit by a nagging cough, it started mildly enough. It came on as one of my seasonal allergies, no big thing! Nose spray will control the cough, wrong! Fast forward 3 days and my nose was dripping like a frozen pipe! No fever, a plus I thought. Chain sneezing was next, I wear a mask for my bypap machine, at 3am on night five uncontrolled sneezing within the mask. Spent an hour cleaning up the mess only to suffer the same attack two hours later. Enough is enough, I thought to myself. Since I was up at o dark thirty I proceeded to "sick call", Urgent Care at 0810. I was late, there were 4 people ahead of me. In another 10 minutes the entire waiting room was full with a lot of kids and "old timers". It seemed everyone had the same malady. Covid was my first thought. I got called in to see the "doc" a few minutes later, first thing he did was pullout two nose swaps and tested me for covid and for the flu. It takes 30 minutes to get a reading. Results: negative for both tests. He wrote me a script for an antibiotic for 7 days worth 2x a day. And now the kikker: my brother called to wish us a merry Christmas and all was not right in "mudville". His wife has been sick with the same symptoms and is on her second batch of antibotics and doctor 2. My son called me and he had the same symptoms only it was over in 3 days, his son is in for 6 weeks and going to doctor #2. We all live 400 miles apart. My brother took his wife to Urgent Care and they sent them to the ER. Which presented as chaos. With sick people overload. Anyone here have the same recent experience ? I'm still fighting it, not a very happy Holiday.
A New Beast
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Day after Christmas.
Drippy nose and occasional sneezing fit with maybe a deg. of temp, bit tired and no allergies. I'll go a couple years without so much as a sniffle and I'd be wondering what's up by the 3rd day but I feel improvement on the way. I'll stick with Alka Seltzer Cold twice a day and extra vit. C. Never understood the antibiotic regimen for a virus but it seemed to help me some years back.
Hope you're up and running soon d-419.
Drippy nose and occasional sneezing fit with maybe a deg. of temp, bit tired and no allergies. I'll go a couple years without so much as a sniffle and I'd be wondering what's up by the 3rd day but I feel improvement on the way. I'll stick with Alka Seltzer Cold twice a day and extra vit. C. Never understood the antibiotic regimen for a virus but it seemed to help me some years back.
Hope you're up and running soon d-419.
gjgalligan
Member
And here it I thought the heart attack i had on Christmas eve was a problem.
JET4
Member
My wife and I are going through it now. Mine lasted about 4 days. She been fighting it now about 3 weeks. She on her 2nd set of antibiotic now. She seems to be getting better. Time will tell.
smithman 10
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The beast here
Seems to be uncomfortable clogged sinus problems. Very bothersome but not debilitating.
Seems to be uncomfortable clogged sinus problems. Very bothersome but not debilitating.
Relax, by end of Summer we will all be in our houses "locked down for our safety." Should be over by next Christmas 
Joe
Joe
LVSteve
Member
Damn, that’s ugly luck. How are you doing.
We just went thru the same here. I slept for almost two days.
Probably a test run for next year.
Probably a test run for next year.
LVSteve
Member
Some kind of creeping crud went through quite a few workplaces in Vegas just before Christmas. Not sure if the symptoms were the same.
chuckie
Member
My wife went to a Sons Of Italy dinner 2 weeks ago, the president of the group showed up coughing and hacking, claimed it was just a cold. Two days later my wife and 10 of the 23 people in attendance came down with Covid and of course I got it.
Relax, by end of Summer we will all be in our houses "locked down for our safety." Should be over by next Christmas
Earlier, we'll all be allowed out of lockdown on November 6th.
gjgalligan
Member
Feeling better, 2 stents in the widow maker made things better. Doc told my daughter than if I had been 20 minutes later he might not have able to help me.
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gigalligan
Glad to have you with us! Its a bummer to be sick at Christmas, much less something like having heart stints. I know! I have 3. I wish you a more Happy New Year! And may the Good Lord look after you.
Glad to have you with us! Its a bummer to be sick at Christmas, much less something like having heart stints. I know! I have 3. I wish you a more Happy New Year! And may the Good Lord look after you.
