Well, dayum.

[sheshe2]

My sister just tested positive for Covid.

I live in her attached apartment. I moved there to take care of mom. We did that for five years. It was 24/7 home care and much of that time was during trump’s pandemic. Neither of us came down with Covid, we were so very careful. We had to be.

I have been exposed, we had dinner together on Tuesday for her birthday and I was in and out of her house Wednesday. I will test tomorrow.

Like all of you I am so damn depressed right now with a psychotic nuclear orange man along with his team of fools in charge. I just don’t need this on top of his threat to our existence. He is destroying everything that was good in this country. Everything.

[malaise]

1. Take care and get well soon

Damn is right.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Try not to stress too much as it impacts your immune system functioning.

Try to relax, get sleep, stay hydrated and have good nutrition.
This will help your body fight the virus.

Sending you good vibes.

[sheshe2]

9. It is my sister that has Covid, though I have been exposed.

TY

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes I know, that is my point.

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You have been exposed to a potentially serious virus.
Your body may be trying to fight it off right now.

Some people get the virus and have no symptoms or very mild ones.

Do what you can to help your body fight it off if need be.

[fierywoman]

18. This. Saying this 'cuz we love you.

[sheshe2]

20. Thank you.

[MadameButterfly]

47. If you are worried, what cured my Covid

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before there were vaccines was the Healing Broth from the Medical Medium
My symptoms were getting worse, I had 2 bowls of the soup and symptoms disappeared except for a trailing cough. I ate the soup for two weeks until the cough went away. This happened both times I had Covid, though by the second time I'd been vaccinated.

I'm not trying to promote the Medical Medium (no affiliation) but I do share this recipe with friends who have Covid. Ever since I didn't one time, and she died. You can Google the recipe. The Medical Medium is too far out for most people, but its a vegetable soup with some roots in in. It can't hurt.

It claims to be an antiviral soup. I've had success eliminating colds too.

[peggysue2]

3. Sorry to hear about your sister, sheshe

Take care of yourself. Despite the exposure, here's hoping you're negative.

[StarryNite]

4. How is your sister feeling?

What are her symptoms? I’m wondering just what it means to have COVID now. I had it in 2022 and was quite miserable for about 10 days. It took weeks to feel really normal again.

[sheshe2]

6. Temp 101/102.

Cough, aches and tired. She is a retired nurse and knows to hydrate and ibuprofen to get the fever down.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. Are doctors still recommending Paxlovid?

My partner and I got on it right away last year because our friend (vaxxed) had just gone through it and was miserable for a month.

We were taking no chances. It seemed to work really well but who knows maybe it would have been mild without the medication.

The only side effect was the weird taste a couple ours after each dose.

[sheshe2]

22. She didn't call her doctor.

She did however have her last Covid shot a few months ago.

Glad things worked out for you and your partner. Better to be safe than sorry.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. There's a new variant starting to hit. Cases just doubled in Taiwan and it's highly contagious.

[sheshe2]

8. That is what I have heard, lucky us.😪

[bsiebs]

33. The new variant is highly contagious however the symptoms are not as bad ...

Hope your sister recovers quickly and you test negative!

[raccoon]

7. Sorry to hear that. Wish her a speedy recovery, and hope you don't get it.

[vapor2]

11. his regime is sadistic

[Cha]

12. Ohh, she... I hope your sister has a mild

case of it.. And you Don't get it At All!

💙🌈

ETA~ After reading Upthread.. it doesn't look so "mild"... I hope she heals well.

[sheshe2]

26. Thank you, Cha🥰

She has been sleeping a lot and I bought her more juice and tea to keep hydrated.

Lol...I hope I don't get it either. As a kid I always got sicker for longer than my sibs did.

[Cha]

36. Best of Good Luck on the

outcome of your test tomorrow!

Best of Healing to your sister, she.

[BurnDoubt]

13. Wishing you and your Sister well. Lay low and

Try to bask in some positivity if you can find some. I'm sending you my good wishes. Take Care.

[JMCKUSICK]

14. I'm sorry Sheshe2

I pray you stay well and please call your Dr for Paxlovid if you test positive for it and recommend to your sister as well.
God Speed

[calimary]

15. Um... if I may...

Could I interest you in a well-deserved little change of mood, sheshe2? Sure seems like you need it! I just oozed though a read that made me wish I had a soup spoon and a vat of chocolate syrup!

On second thought, never mind the soup spoon. Make it a diving board!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220352734

[sheshe2]

30. O.M.G.

In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was “accessorize.”


Thank you! That was delicious, with or without the chocolate!

[MLAA]

16. Sending you and Sis healing vibes! 🩷🩷🩷

[Hekate]

19. Take care, and may Sis get well soon and completely

[Wicked Blue]

21. Stay well, sheshe2

And I hope your sister recovers quickly.

[slightlv]

23. Take care, sheshe2...

Hopefully you'll test negative. Been where you were at... took care of mom, first in her house and then moved her in with us before the dementia got bad enough we have to move her to a memory home. The stress of caregiving will leave you immune weakened. I'll be thinking of you... good luck!

[sheshe2]

37. You had it a lot harder, slightly.

My mom didn't have dementia. She was pretty lucid until the end...and she hated trump! She passed a few months before her 96th birthday.

Thank you.

[slightlv]

57. How'd your testing go, sheshe2?

My mom died this past Jan 3. She detested trump with every fiber in her body. It was the ONE thing you could ask her about and she'd always have plenty to say about him - clear of all filters as only one with dementia can be! (LOL) There was all this talk on the TV about the coming Inauguration, etc., and I think she just decided she wasn't going to stick around for that all over again. I had her buried next to my dad at the National Cemetery. Sis and I are headed there on Sunday. They finally got the headstones engraved and put into place, and we're anxious to see them.

96 is a great age to have made it to. Mom was 88 when she passed. Dad was 77. Grandmother was the age I am now, 69. Kinda brings it all in close to home and makes you start thinking of the future in a whole different light.

Hubs and I are going to get caught up on our Covid vax on Saturday. We pick up my meds then, and I figure we'll just have them do it while we're there... before anything trump says or does affects us... especially money-wise on vaccines.

[sheshe2]

59. I am so sorry for your loss, slightly.

It is hard, I know. I am so glad you be able to view the engraved stone in their memory.💙 They will be together again.

I have not tested yet, some said it was to early and I felt fine today. I will see where I am at in the AM. I had 5 shots total, though I did not get the last one. I think I will do so now, as you say, that might be taken away from us because, per RFK Jr, vacines are bad!

Thank you.

[Gore1FL]

24. Take care of yourself. Let's hope the vaccine protects you.

Best wishes for your sister.

[Niagara]

25. Here's hoping that your sister recovers quickly

Please take care of yourself and keep us posted, sheshe.

[highplainsdem]

27. Prayers and healing vibes, sheshe2, for your sister to recover quickly and for you not to catch it at

all. I'm so sorry she caught it somewhere and that you now have this stress.

[sheshe2]

41. My sister and her daughter spent a few days in Boston.

Sunday-Monday, ballet and dinner in the North End. That could be where she got it, yet my niece is fine.


Thanks, highplanesdem.

[IcyPeas]

28. I finally caught it last Fall after traveling... (had to go thru Heathrow)... 😷

I'm vaxxed so it was tolerable. I did call my doctor.... more just to inform him. He said paxlovid sometimes causes a rebound effect. He suggested just taking Dayquil and Nyquil for a few days which I did.

Hope she recovers quickly. Take care.

Rebound effect:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/digital_first_content/paxlovid-rebound-what-you-need-to-know

[JustAnotherGen]

29. sheshe

A very gentle hug.

[wendyb-NC]

31. That's too stressful

I send positive vibes, that you don't get covid, that your sister gets better quick. On top of the surreal, non stop, house of horrors happening minute by minute in our country, no you don't need covid.

Please, hang in there, hope your Covid test tomorrow is negative and you don't have any symptoms. Keep us posted on how you are doing.

[homegirl]

32. If you have

been vaccinated and boosted it should be mild. I was vaccinated twice and boosted twice. When I did come down with COVID it was very mild, five days and I have had worse colds. And I am a senior with many of the ailments of old age!

[BumRushDaShow]

34. Sending healing thoughts to your sis

and crossing fingers for you!

Both of my sisters have gotten it including one who had a 2nd time as "flurona". Their kids also got it and one's hubby did although the other hasn't so far (knock on wood since he had a kidney transplant and wouldn't want that).

I am still holding on with not having gotten it yet and am still masking in any public "indoor" space (stores, post office, pharmacy, doctor's office, etc), but have faded out of wearing one outdoors (but try to keep my distance).

[blogslug]

35. I hope your sister gets better quickly. ❤️

I hope you avoid coming down with it. ❤️

[Emile]

38. It's completely understandable why you're worried.

Remember the Majority Recover who do catch covid.

Check in with us and let us know how you're feeling.

[ananda]

39. Hug

I hope it turns out well for both of you!

[Quiet Em]

40. Hopefully your sister's previous vax and boosters will keep it mild.

I'm just getting over a Covid infection. It's my second one. I finally caught Covid the first time on my birthday in 2023. My husband brought it back from a business trip. This time my son gave it to me.

My case has been mild even though I missed getting a booster last fall. My only symptoms were a little less energy and a raspy voice.

I hope if you do catch it your case will be mild as well.

[B.See]

42. Just seeing this, Sheshe.

Here's hoping your sister gets well soon and best of health to you too. I know it's scary stuff, and hopefully it's the milder variant, and that shot will hopefully make it less severe.

Missus and I tried dodging the original starting back 2020. For almost four years, avoidin movies, malls, super markets, etc. Then a relative brought it home.

Was rough going for two weeks. Coriciden and Mucinex were close allies. Took a lot of C too.

Stay strong.

[JohnnyLib2]

43. Aw, rats!

Best wishes, get well wishes, prayers, and a virtual hug.

[radical noodle]

44. Oh she! This on top of everything else

Healing vibes for your sister and lots of wishes that you don't get it too. Keep us updated on how you're both doing.

[greatauntoftriplets]

45. My fingers are crossed for you.

Back in February, my sister tested positive for COVID. She made it through the pandemic without catching it, then boom.

I am immunocompromised and had been with her the day before she had the diagnosis. To my great surprise, I didn't catch it from her. Neither did her husband, who to this day has not had it.

Every day for a week, I'd take stock when I woke up in the morning to see how I felt. And everyday I felt fine.

So there's a chance that you may not get it. Testing tomorrow will be too soon. Wait a couple of days and then test. Best of luck to you.

[sheshe2]

50. Thanks, gaot.

I will wait a few days as you said. I too am feeling fine this morning.

[greatauntoftriplets]

52. I hope that continues, she she.

I had a mild case of COVID four years ago and it took too long to go away.

[brer cat]

46. I hope your sister recovers quickly with no lasting

problems, and I hope you don't have it.

[sheshe2]

51. Thanks, brer.

She feels like crap this morning but at least her temp is down to 99 degrees. Me, so far so good. Huge back at you.

You take care of you now...and sending healing vibes to your sister as well.

[BComplex]

48. Paxlovid is a game changer, sheshe2!

I caught COVID for the first time last September...the first time I had been on an airplane since before the pandemic started going across country, and, sure enough, came down with it. I was vaxxed, of course, but it hit hard.

I hope you dodge this bullet!

[BlueMTexpat]

49. So sorry to hear this, She!

Please be well and, if not, may you soon recover!

[Bayard]

53. Well wishes to your sister, sheshe,

And stay well wishes to you.

[gademocrat7]

54. Sending you and your sister healing hugs.

Please keep us updated. Take care💙

[LittleGirl]

55. I force myself to step away

To keep from getting overwhelmed.

I pick a day of the week and all day is either silence or music. No tv. No doom scrolling either.

I believe it helps to keep a perspective. I even watched about 30 minutes of Hannity last night just to see their slant b.s. I had to shut it off because I just can’t stand them.

[HeartsCanHope]

56. Sending your sister healing vibes and hoping you stay well.

[pansypoo53219]

58. after dan quale + before w + dumber got elected i read a comforting book by a former SPY writer.

"IMPERIAL CADDY'will make you relax. good book. also came up w/ short fingered vulgarian.