Where did I catch it???
By marguicha
@marguicha (223107)
Chile
October 16, 2022 8:10pm CST
Friends. Two days ago I started feeling not my best.
But last night it was awful. I had a runny nose (very runny) and such a big bronchitis that I had to sit in my bed to cough and get everything out of my system.
I called Claudia and she said that she had other plans so why didn´t I call a service called HELP (I knew that it wasn´t very good but my daughters signed me there when I was at the hospital).
As I supposed, the service did not do a PCR or any exam. I could talk with a doctor though. And what I wanted was to know if I had just a flu or cold or if I had the covid.
Claudia came against her wishes (she saw no reason to do the test) but this is when I insist. After all, she lives near me.
She brought an antigen test (the drugstore did not have the PCR) and I´m covid positive.
Leticia had come to visit me when I called her crying in the morning that Claudia was a beast. We went to the drugstore to get my inexpensive meds for my knees and I had thawed salmon so we ate a good meal.
Tonight, after the test, I called her to stay away from her family. And to tell Anita not to come this week.
I will also cancel my appointments with the dentist and my therapy. I hope I can survive with the 4 covid vaccines I have.
I bet those Uber with no masks are what got me into this mess. There´s no other place else where I could have caught it.
I feel better than yesterday. Let us hope that I get well soon.
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31 responses
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
17 Oct 22
I hope you get better quickly. I'm sorry you've caught Covid again.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
THis is my first time. I hope it doesn´t get too bad. I have all the vaccines one can have.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
17 Oct 22
@marguicha Oh, I'm sorry. For some reason I thought you'd had it before.
Since you have all your shots, it should be a very mild case...
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
@DaddyEvil I had an awful stomach problem that ended with me at the hospital for a week. As for this covid, for me it has been like a BIG flu. I am worried about the lack of defences I have had since I had the chemotherapy. That does not help. But I don´t think that that will mean ending up in the hospital again. I´ll rest and drink lots of water.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
Last night it was awful. But today I I´m feeling much better.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
@RubyHawk I felt terrible for over a week and badly for another one.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Oct 22
@marguicha I hope you feel even better tomorrow and the covid will fade away quickly.
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@peachpurple (13962)
• Malaysia
17 Oct 22
Take your medications 3x a day, take anti biotics, you will get better. Drink lots of water sleep and eat bkand food. No spicy, no fried, cough up the phelgm as much as you can. I had covid for 14 days and it was horrible. I got mine from supplier who did not wear mask
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
I am drinking lots of water. I don´t usually eat fried food lately. Last night, the phlegm kept me awake. But I sat up to cough it out as much as I could. I´m using toilette paper as handkerchiefs and old cotton handkies for the runny nose. Now that I feel better, I put plenty of vaseline on my nose as it is sore.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
17 Oct 22
You poor thing, get well soon! Holy Christ help you in every way, thank you, amen. Glad you got help too!
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
I am feeling better now. I think that last night was the worst.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
@oahuwriter My youngest daughter came some days and called me every day.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
17 Oct 22
@marguicha
Great, be well soon! You've family checking in on you?
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@MarieCoyle (37570)
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17 Oct 22
I am so sorry. I know I have been fortunate so far not to get Covid. It's an elusive virus. My best friend insisted on going on one of those fancy bus tours recently, of course no one wore a mask. She came down terribly sick the day after she got home, and so did the sister in law she traveled with, and many other people on the trip. I continue to wear my mask. I don't want to, but I do, I am trying to stay well and trying to keep my son well, too, which isn't easy.
Rest all you can, I hope you improve quickly!
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
I have been using masks all the time. But now masks are not mandatory here and I have been driving in Uber for some time.
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@MarieCoyle (37570)
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17 Oct 22
@marguicha People here have mostly stopped being cautious, so it is difficult to stay safe.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
@MarieCoyle I know. Now I´ll just stay home until I feel I´m healthy again.
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@shaggin (72141)
• United States
9 Nov 22
@marguicha wow I didn’t know there was a 5th one. My daughter and I have had 3 and that’s all we can have.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
@shaggin I have 4 and now they are offering the 5th one for older people or chronic patients.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
I got rid of the covid. Now I´m thinking about getting the 5th vaccine. They are offering it for people over 70 years of age.
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
17 Oct 22
I do hope you will get well soon.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
I finally discovered that my 99 year old aunt had had it. I got it when I visited her.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
@LadyDuck And thanks to mylot I also know when I fell ill. So I can tell the people who are vaccinating when it started.
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@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
9 Nov 22
@marguicha - Now at least you know who passed Covid to you.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
Wear a mask to go out. I was ill for at least 2 weeks and the first week I had an awful bronchitis in spite of the vaccines.
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@TheHorse (218927)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Nov 22
@marguicha How are you now?
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
I was mostly in bed for 2 weeks. I am fine now.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
10 Nov 22
@nela13 I had a severe bronchitis the first week. Mostly I was in bed the next week because I live alone and had not much to do. I got up to cook, wash my clothes and take care of Luna and water the plants of my containers. It is basically what I would do any day.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
10 Nov 22
@marguicha 2 weeks?! It took you some time to recover, I am glad you are fine now.
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@LindaOHio (178877)
• United States
17 Oct 22
I'm so sorry you have COVID-19. Hopefully with your vaccines you will get better quickly. Thinking about you.
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@Beestring (14563)
• Hong Kong
17 Oct 22
Sorry to hear this. Hope you recover soon.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
17 Oct 22
I hope so too. I have taken so much care of myself these 2 years that I did not think that I would have the covid.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
@Beestring I feel well now. I´m resuming my normal life.
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@Beestring (14563)
• Hong Kong
17 Oct 22
Covid is highly infectious. How are you feeling now?
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@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
18 Oct 22
When Bob and I had it it was very mild. We were told it was because we were well vaccinated. I hope it is the same for you. He is in hospital now for something else, but tests positive for covid, although he has no symptoms. It is a crazy world.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
I think that the vaccine has helped a lot although some people did not have it.
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@snowy22315 (180838)
• United States
17 Oct 22
Oh no...not good. Have you had the shots?
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
I had had the 4 shots. So it was like a big flu. Now I´m thinking about getting the 5th shot.
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
17 Oct 22
Vaccines should actually make one safe but that is not how these vaccines work .
Inhaling steam in which vicks is added is good for bronchitis.
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@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
9 Nov 22
I am prone to bronchitis because I smoked for many years. But it is over now.
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