I'm Sick
By patgalca
@patgalca (18366)
Orangeville, Ontario
October 18, 2020 12:42pm CST
A couple of nights ago I had a sore throat. I threw back two echinacea and 4 vitamin c and it went away. Woke up early the next morning with an even sorer throat. So I took the same stuff and went back to bed. I was fine when I woke up later and I have been drinking my echinacea tea with lemon but...
A little stuffed up, coughing, got a scratchy throat, sometimes warm sometimes cold, just not feeling great. I'm constantly taking my temperature because of COVID. I can't go shopping because one mustn't go into a public place if one is sick even with a mask on. Hubby said he was going to go but he doesn't know what I like in particular. We'll see what happens there. I just hope and pray I don't have COVID.
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@AmbiePam (92719)
• United States
18 Oct 20
Can you get tested? It sounds pretty suspicious. My dad thought he had allergies, got worse, and then tested positive. He got so sick I worried about his life. You don't have to get a fever to have it, although my dad did have a fever. One woman I know simply lost her sense of taste, and that's why she went to get tested; and she had it.
I don't mean to scare you. I'll be praying for you.
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@patgalca (18366)
• Orangeville, Ontario
19 Oct 20
You're not scaring me. I am on high alert. I feel a lot better now than I did last night and this morning. My throat is scratchy but I'm not coughing like I was this morning. I'm not stuffed up either. I think my echinacea tea really helps.
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@BarBaraPrz (47313)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Oct 20
Oh, I hope so, too. Take it easy and get well.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Oct 20
In some reports, Covid starts out as a dry sore throat. I hope you didn't contract it, some way.
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@patgalca (18366)
• Orangeville, Ontario
19 Oct 20
@kobesbuddy I have but you know millennials' attitude. I did tell my daughter's fiance that I didn't like that he brought a couple of his friends into my house on two separate occasions. He said he wouldn't do it again.
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@patgalca (18366)
• Orangeville, Ontario
19 Oct 20
I had a sore throat one evening last week and took echinacea pills and 4 vitamin C and that made it go away. Woke up with an even worse sore throat the next day, took the same thing and it eased it again. I've also been drinking a lot of echinacea tea with lemon wedge so yesterday was coughing in the morning which made my throat scratchy and sore the rest of the day. I feel much better today.
If I contracted COVID it's from my family members who are not following the no socializing rule. They keep expanding my bubble beyond my control. I have spoken to them but... they work. What can you do?
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 Oct 20
@patgalca I guess, just chance getting the deadly virus, that's all you can do. Have you tried saying NO?
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@patgalca (18366)
• Orangeville, Ontario
19 Oct 20
I am feeling better, but still a bit of lingering discomfort. Here we cannot get tested for COVID anymore unless we have some symptoms. I should get a test while I have symptoms just to set my mind at ease. My family members come in contact with so many people during a day which I have no control over.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
18 Oct 20
I hope not as well. I like fresh pineapple or pineapple juice when I have a sore throat and horse radish for congestion. Horseradish works even if you just breathe it in.
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
19 Oct 20
It's also flu season right now as well
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
12 Nov 20
@patgalca I'm so sorry you've been sick. I really hope you're feeling better! I really hope it isn't COVID either. 
Get well soon!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
14 Nov 20
@patgalca I'm glad it only lasted for a short time. Well done on doing what you did to fight it! 
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@patgalca (18366)
• Orangeville, Ontario
20 Oct 20
@andresbp6 It was temporary. I started feeling yucky later in the afternoon. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.
@iamsantoshpatnaik (217)
• Mumbai, India
20 Oct 20
Don’t worry be strong, make your immune system strong due to this situation people so worried about health. Have good food nothing will happen you will fine very soon
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