Here is a cut-n-paste post from a guy I know down in California.
He's 50 and was partially vaxxed.
Quote: "
I'm on day 11 of COVID and I've never been sick like this in my life. The only thing I have going for me right now is no nausea. Every evening I hope I wake up in the morning better, and every morning it's hard to say if I'm better or not. It's 11 months since my second shot of Moderna and I had an appt to get my booster last week. I really, really wish I'd gotten the booster a month or two ago. I have two older friends that both got boosters and they're having a much more mild go at it.
The virus is raging through my area now. For the first couple of years it was very rare to even know someone who had it. Now, I know about a dozen people with it."
Here's another from a 73 year old guy in Pennsylvania. Not sure of his vax status but I know he and his wife were both really sick.
These posts are six days old now.
Quote:
"I got out of the hospital after 7 days on dec 26. I have been steadily getting better but am still fatigued easily and short of breath if I over do it. Blue Oaks what were your symptoms? My 1st symptom was severe back pain. It actually was so bad I could not sit or get up. Next was breathing problems which developed into pneumonia, fever and ma-be not the worse but definitely the most troubling brain fog. Brain fog is hard to explain it still comes back for short times but you actually feel like your body is one place and your brain is somewhere else. I have had hallucinations early on that were pretty crazy. Head aches nausea swollen feet with burning sensations and the most recent one cold feet. This cold feet is different it feels like you put your feet in rubbing alcohol and just the skin of your feet are cold. Last but not least is the
Lose of taste or smell. I wish would have had the presents of mind to write down every symptom I had I know I am missing some. But for about a week the brain fog messed up my thinking. I have talked to others that have had other symptoms. But to the best of my memory these where mine."
From the same guy:
"Not to gross anyone out but the first few times I coughed up mucus it actually stuck to the roof of my mouth like paste. I literally had to get a napkin and clean it off. Blue Oaks I would not wish this crap on anyone,I am glad to hear your doc says you will be recovering soon. I am back to maintaining my stove. Even though I was short of breath afterwards. I am blessed to still have my wife she was in critical condition and she cooked supper tonight."
I have a tough time seeing a lot to chuckle about with this virus, notwithstanding the couple of memes on this thread that are amusing, given first-hand reports from ordinary people.
Maybe I'm getting old or something.
Take care.