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I'm getting over a pretty wicked case of the rona. As I've read, many have experienced dizziness, motion sickness, fatigue, and some pretty serious brain fog. I'm also experiencing these things. I'm curious if there are any among us on POA who have had a serious case, and if so, how long did it take before you felt comfortable flying again. I'm at about 3 weeks since I first got it, and finally back at work, but dang, I barely feel comfortable behind the wheel of a car. I don't think I have the brain power currently to fly an airplane. It's fairly concerning. I have no doubt that I'll continue to improve, but I was just curious about others' experiences on this issue.
 
Dad went into the hospital for a week. Was on oxygen after that for a month. Finally hacked up a bunch of fluid in his lungs, was off 02 and back to normal within a week after that. The fluid in his lungs was what required the being on O2.
 
It took about five weeks for me to get back to 85-90%, then another three months before no noticeable fatigue...
 
The folks I know who'd long haul symptoms had them for months. @OkieFlyer were you vaccinated when you picked up the infection? Either way good luck. Don't try and rush things.
 
Lots' 'O garlic, and other immune-rebuilding stuff, vit. C supplements, etc? This is a time to eat and get healthy. NO junk food at all...
 
steingar said:
The folks I know who'd long haul symptoms had them for months. @OkieFlyer were you vaccinated when you picked up the infection? Either way good luck. Don't try and rush things.
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I've heard the same. It hasn't been long enough to know if I'll be in the long haul category. I have already got my taste and smell back, which many don't get back for several weeks, so hopefully that's a good sign.
I was not vaxinated. I'm a young-ish, healthy-ish, tough guy, have never masked or changed my habits at all during the pandemic, have been directly exposed multiple times, sometimes for long periods. Honestly, after all this time and so many exposures, I figured I was immune or asymptomatic or something. I was wrong. This time, I was barely in contact at all with the guy(s) I got it from, and for no more than a few minutes, and I got it pretty bad. No hospitalization or extremely acute symptoms, just moderate misery for two weeks solid. It was the fever for days on end that wore me down.
 
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Hope you feel better soon, Andrew. The rest of the family ok?
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Thanks, buddy. Getting a little better every day now. The boys are just fine. My wife caught it from me, but fared much better than me. She's having the fatigue issue like most seem to and some headaches from time to time, but functional.

We're on the downhill side. I just have a hard being patient. I usually don't stop moving for very long at a time, and I'm a little stir crazy. Nobody ever taught me how to take it easy ;)
 
OkieFlyer said:
I've heard the same. It hasn't been long enough to know if I'll be in the long haul category. I have already got my taste and smell back, which many don't get back for several weeks, so hopefully that's a good sign.
I was not vaxinated. I'm a young-ish, healthy-ish, tough guy, have never masked or changed my habits at all during the pandemic, have been directly exposed multiple times, sometimes for long periods. Honestly, after all this time and so many exposures, I figured I was immune or asymptomatic or something. I was wrong. This time, I was barely in contact at all with the guy(s) I got it from, and for no more than a few minutes, and I got it pretty bad. No hospitalization or extremely acute symptoms, just moderate misery for two weeks solid. It was the fever for days on end that wore me down.
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Perhaps the previous exposures were the original and the latest was the delta variant?

In any case, hope you get better soon!
 
OkieFlyer said:
No hospitalization or extremely acute symptoms, just moderate misery for two weeks solid. It was the fever for days on end that wore me down.
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Hope you get a full recovery real soon .... that "moderate misery" statement above had me feeling sick:confused::eek:;)
 
Get well soon, Andrew! I was wondering where you’ve been…
 
Bad break but not as bad as it could be. See you at RR next year:cool:

Cheers
 
My sister contracted the virus just about a year ago, from a coworker who had inadequate PPE. (She's an RN) Her case was complicated by a previous mycobacterium which had been slowing her down a bit. The combination of the two have essentially disabled her. She lost her senses of taste and smell at that time, they have partially recovered but she is unable to taste many thing. She developed a severe heart arrhythmia, and needed an ablation to correct it.

She was up last month, we went to a ball game. It was about a 15 minute walk from the car to the ball park. She had to stop twice to rest. She's OK driving a car, but there's no way someone in her condition could fly an airplane.
 
FormerHangie said:
My sister contracted the virus just about a year ago, from a coworker who had inadequate PPE. (She's an RN) Her case was complicated by a previous mycobacterium which had been slowing her down a bit. The combination of the two have essentially disabled her. She lost her senses of taste and smell at that time, they have partially recovered but she is unable to taste many thing. She developed a severe heart arrhythmia, and needed an ablation to correct it.

She was up last month, we went to a ball game. It was about a 15 minute walk from the car to the ball park. She had to stop twice to rest. She's OK driving a car, but there's no way someone in her condition could fly an airplane.
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That's terrible. I'm thankful I don't have anything quite that serious going on. I feel for her, and all of those who have had it so much worse than me.

Hearing stuff like that makes me sorry I have worried at all about something as trivial as flying.
 
Don't feel.bad for worrying about flying, it's important to you. Sounds like you are still recovering, give it another week or two you'll probably feel a lot better.
 
Today marks one week since my earliest symptoms (tiniest chest tickle). Cough is there, occasional nasal congestion but not from mucous. Can't taste or smell.

If my past is any indication, I suspect the cough will subside by week's end. The real fever only lasted 8 hours for me. Then a low-grade one for the next 48 hours (maybe 99 degrees? 100.3 after moving about in the shower).

Was not vaccinated and also exposed numerous times over the last year. Perhaps this is a variant. Who knows? IDC really. I've seen to it to isolate and just play lots of guitar and drink lots of water.

The plus side: it's really easy to drop a few pounds when nothing tastes delicious OR atrocious!
 
OkieFlyer said:
I'm getting over a pretty wicked case of the rona. As I've read, many have experienced dizziness, motion sickness, fatigue, and some pretty serious brain fog. I'm also experiencing these things. I'm curious if there are any among us on POA who have had a serious case, and if so, how long did it take before you felt comfortable flying again. I'm at about 3 weeks since I first got it, and finally back at work, but dang, I barely feel comfortable behind the wheel of a car. I don't think I have the brain power currently to fly an airplane. It's fairly concerning. I have no doubt that I'll continue to improve, but I was just curious about others' experiences on this issue.
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I got hit pretty hard last November. Looking back I’d say maybe a month before feeling back to a 100%. Idea. Grab a CFI, tell him what’s going on, get some dual and see how it feels. Maybe getting back up in the air will perk you up and restore your brain power.
 
I had it last March for 4 or 5 days and 10 to really recover. The cough lasted 3 months.
 
OkieFlyer said:
I've heard the same. It hasn't been long enough to know if I'll be in the long haul category. I have already got my taste and smell back, which many don't get back for several weeks, so hopefully that's a good sign.
I was not vaxinated. I'm a young-ish, healthy-ish, tough guy, have never masked or changed my habits at all during the pandemic, have been directly exposed multiple times, sometimes for long periods. Honestly, after all this time and so many exposures, I figured I was immune or asymptomatic or something. I was wrong. This time, I was barely in contact at all with the guy(s) I got it from, and for no more than a few minutes, and I got it pretty bad. No hospitalization or extremely acute symptoms, just moderate misery for two weeks solid. It was the fever for days on end that wore me down.
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Sounds like you're likely going to dodge a bullet. Cautionary tale here, the vaccine is way easier than a case of COVID. Glad yours isn't too bad. My neighbors got it before the vaccines were available, they were really sick for two weeks, and then got better. No lasting symptoms I'm aware of.
 
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Today marks one week since my earliest symptoms (tiniest chest tickle). Cough is there, occasional nasal congestion but not from mucous. Can't taste or smell.

If my past is any indication, I suspect the cough will subside by week's end. The real fever only lasted 8 hours for me. Then a low-grade one for the next 48 hours (maybe 99 degrees? 100.3 after moving about in the shower).

Was not vaccinated and also exposed numerous times over the last year. Perhaps this is a variant. Who knows? IDC really. I've seen to it to isolate and just play lots of guitar and drink lots of water.

The plus side: it's really easy to drop a few pounds when nothing tastes delicious OR atrocious!
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I actually had really mild symptoms at first. Low fever for a da or so, a little tickle causing some coughing, mild body ache, and some mild tummy issues for the first few days, then they subsided. Heck, I even started staining my deck on the 4th and 5th days. I thought I had it whipped. On day 6, all hell broke loose. Fever went to nearly 103 and stayed there for a solid week. I had to alternate tylenol and ibuprofen every 3.5 hrs around the clock to keep it down to a tolerable level. I ended up having every symptom in the book during the second week. I lost 24 lbs in 16 days.

Good luck. Drink a lot. Pedialyte was a big help, and if you have crud starting to set up in your respiratory system at some point, keep it loose with mucinex or something before it sets up like concrete.
 
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OkieFlyer said:
I actually had really mild symptoms at first. Low fever for a da or so, a little tickle causing some coughing, mild body ache, and some mild tummy issues for the first few days, then they subsided. Heck, I even started staining my deck on the 4th and 5th days. I thought I had it whipped. On day 6, all hell broke loose. Fever went to nearly 103 and stayed there for a solid week. I had to alternate tylenol and ibuprofen every 3.5 hrs around the clock to keep it down to a tolerable level. I ended up having every symptom in the book during the second week. I lost 24 lbs in 16 days.

Good luck. Drink a lot. Pedialyte was a big help, and if you have crud starting to set up in your respiratory system at some point, keep it loose with mucinex or something before it sets up like concrete.
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This thing is so random on who gets hit with what symptoms and how bad. The first 20-30 people I knew that tested positive, only knew they had it because of required testing because someone else they came in contact with it that also only tested positive and didn't know they had it. Mom got it, and it kicked her ass from Friday to Monday/Tuesday, but she was back at 95% by that Saturday. Dad was about 3 days behind mom, and you know what happened there. My 95 year old grandmother (who thinks it is 1960 something) got it, had a fever for about 18 hours and kicked it. One of my bowling partners got it, no symptoms but did the quarantine, another bowling partner (in his 30's) ended up in the hospital for about a week, but was back on the lanes as soon as his transmission window was closed.
 
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This thing is so random on who gets hit with what symptoms and how bad. The first 20-30 people I knew that tested positive, only knew they had it because of required testing because someone else they came in contact with it that also only tested positive and didn't know they had it. Mom got it, and it kicked her ass from Friday to Monday/Tuesday, but she was back at 95% by that Saturday. Dad was about 3 days behind mom, and you know what happened there. My 95 year old grandmother (who thinks it is 1960 something) got it, had a fever for about 18 hours and kicked it. One of my bowling partners got it, no symptoms but did the quarantine, another bowling partner (in his 30's) ended up in the hospital for about a week, but was back on the lanes as soon as his transmission window was closed.
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Yeah, that’s what’s so bizarre about it. I’d be curious to learn what it is that causes the large variations in severity. Blood type perhaps?
 
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Yeah, that’s what’s so bizarre about it. I’d be curious to learn what it is that causes the large variations in severity. Blood type perhaps?
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My guess is there's some gene that causes vulnerability or resistance, or maybe a combination of multiple genes that results in varying degrees of severity. Whether we ever know or not...well...I have my thoughts on it, but it would send this thread way off into the weeds.
 
I just got a third vaccine shot and it was no worse than the first two. Just a sore arm. So no worries there.
 
Ok Okie, the million dollar question, are you going to get vaccinated now?
 
Why some people get some symptoms, others nothing, and others dead? Really good question. Part of it is of course comorbidity. Older folks and ones already suffering maladies get it worse, young healthy folks not so much. But there is quite a bit more to it.

I suspect that the strength of the inoculant has a lot to do with it. If you happen to inspire a few viral particles at Ed's Bowling alley (bowling, really? Haven't done that since high school) you might not get hit so hard. If you French kiss that infected supermodel with lots of tongue, probably get it worse. Beyond that, yeah genes, phase of the Moon, whatever. Some folks just get things worse. Mrs. Steingar takes every damn thing to her chest, a cold that sidelined me for a day sits in her chest and stays there a week.
 
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Why some people get some symptoms, others nothing, and others dead? Really good question. Part of it is of course comorbidity. Older folks and ones already suffering maladies get it worse, young healthy folks not so much. But there is quite a bit more to it.

I suspect that the strength of the inoculant has a lot to do with it. If you happen to inspire a few viral particles at Ed's Bowling alley (bowling, really? Haven't done that since high school) you might not get hit so hard. If you French kiss that infected supermodel with lots of tongue, probably get it worse. Beyond that, yeah genes, phase of the Moon, whatever. Some folks just get things worse. Mrs. Steingar takes every damn thing to her chest, a cold that sidelined me for a day sits in her chest and stays there a week.
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Yes, really. Started 5 years ago. Got my 300 this summer. Probably bowl a couple PBA regionals in the 21-22 season. Bowled against 3 pros a few weeks back and went 2-1 against them. So yeah, it's a thing.
 
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Ok Okie, the million dollar question, are you going to get vaccinated now?
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Why would he if he *knows* he's already had it, and we *know* that the variants seem to be breaking through the vaccinated anyway - like Gov. Abbot down here in Texas?
 
RyanB said:
Sounds like a perfect sport for Ed. :)
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