Day 2 of the 'vid

[mistressofmuses]

Spoke too soon about the sense of smell and taste. I realized late last night that things smelled kind of faint, and by today my sense of smell (and therefore taste) is pretty much completely gone. ;_; I get the cold of menthol from dayquil or gum, and the heat of something spicy, and very vague hints of sour or salty, but that's about it. It's a bizarre lack of sensation! I don't think about relying on smell all that much, but lacking it is very strange. And not being able to taste things is very weird, too, because I know how things *should* taste, and there's just... nothing.

(On the "bright side", that does lead me to believe the Covid infection IS new, and that I didn't have it for the last week, not realizing I was spreading it. But that means I DO have some sort of co-infection, which isn't fun.)

Otherwise... still relatively mild intermittently productive cough, moderately bad congestion and sinus headache, and pretty bad fatigue. I spent almost the entire day in bed, but in a frustrating not-really-sleeping, not-quite-awake state. And just kinda plain don't feel good - mildly achey, brain-fogged, just feeling lousy.

There are a few pharmacies in our area that participate in the Test-to-Treat program... but due to the current surge, none of them had any of the antivirals currently available, and at least one place was strongly asking people not to try and get them unless they were at increased risk. So that sounds like a no-go, but at least for now the symptoms are pretty much all just "wow this sucks" and not anything worse.

I am not enjoying the feeling of being a plague rat. I feel like a walking contagion, even in the apartment, because I feel like it's just a matter of time before Alex has it too. :/

I texted the on-call manager this morning to let her know I wouldn't be in. My manager finally replied to me after that, letting me know that the on-call manager was trying to find someone to cover for me. I think he wound up having going in to do the sort of bare minimum to keep things from falling apart. Sounds like it may have fallen apart anyway, but... not my problem for the moment.

Definitely rating the Covid experience a 1 star out of 5 for the moment. Do not recommend.
Keep trying not to get it.

Comments

[olivermoss]

That sucks so much. I'm sorry. Too bad your system wasn't able to shrug it off. I hope ti doesn't get worse.

[mistressofmuses]

Alex said he wondered if I may have only gotten it because I was already down with the cold/flu thing. That could be - if my system was already worn down, that might be why I couldn't shrug the covid off. So far it hasn't gotten worse - just extremely exhausting.

[olivermoss]

That sucks. Sometimes there are breakthrough cases for anyone, but you got a double whammy.

[scarlipswolfwife]

It's definitely not your fault that you got Covid. You've done everything right. Your managers and the policies of your ridiculous shitheel company are at fault. They should have to scramble to find someone to take your shifts while you get better. They should suffer.

You, however, feel better soon! Rest and take care of yourself and all that. Keep trying to get the antivirals if you can.

[mistressofmuses]

Yeah, the company's (lack of) policies + the general apathy that everyone seems to have toward it (masks? what masks?) is really to blame for how it's surging again.
And it sucks, because it's actually the people who I most likely caught it from (the driver or the student) who were the ones being most responsible! The student was asymptomatic, but the family had her test when they found out about an exposure, and the driver tested as soon as he found out about his exposure as well. Then they stayed home and let everyone know as soon as possible.
(Another reason I'm a little glad the ex co-owner and ex head of HR are gone... they were the ones who directly told a sick coworker not to get a test because she'd have to stay home if she tested positive.)

But no one is masking anywhere, and a lot of people almost certainly aren't testing even when they are symptomatic. There are people who are far more worried about the "inconvenience" of a positive test than the risk of spreading it, and that is just... infuriating to me.

Another person on my f-list here recently got it, and said that basically, even when you take all possible precautions, when you're around people enough, eventually you roll a nat-1. And that's pretty much it. I got my shots, I mask in public, but... welp, I also interact directly with 10-15 people per day and encounter less directly a good 40+, so at some point the probability smacks you down.

I've definitely gotten lots of sleep! The fatigue is maybe the most pronounced symptom. Trying to stay hydrated, which is the part I keep forgetting, but I have like three drinks within reach, so I'm trying!