Had it week before last. Symptoms most apparent on January 14 and 15th. But I must have been asymptomatic before that as my training partner who I trained with Wednesday showed symptoms by Sunday (fever, exhaustion etc) and my wife and kiddos got fevers that Saturday night.
I never had fever. Just exhausted and lost a slight amount of taste and smell. Got most of it back by the end of the next week. Wife was hit a little harder but back now and kiddos had only a slight fever for a few days. My 5 year old actually tested positive for strep as well, and that was only thing he took meds for. Blessed that it was a mild case for all of us. Even my training partner is almost recovered fully and while his wife and kids tested positive, only real symptom was his wife lost taste and smell.
How I got it? No idea. Probably middle school where I work but I also do not stay home. I shop, eat out occasionally and otherwise live life so it's possible I got it anywhere. Went to HS playoff games as well though we were outside and distanced and doubt that was it. But you never know.
I took a lot of Zinc (I just take it and have since the pandemic started plus have taken it for years per doctor's advice as I take an immunosuppressant) and ramped it up with Vit D, melatonin and C on Dr. Reveille's advice once I got the kids' tests back. But by then I felt a ton better. The doctor credited the zinc and being in great shape with why my case MAY have been minor. I did test positive once I got tested.
Thant's my thankfully boring story. Seems that of all the people I know who have had Covid, this tends to be the normal situation. So the biggest thing I can say is do not panic or freak out. Just listen to your body and be proactive with things like Zinc, Vit D and C and melatonin. And if you can, start becoming physically fit. Even if joining a gym seems a risk, I feel the reward ultimately outweighs that. Or build one in your garage like I did but that took months and isn't cheap due to availability right now.
Next comments are my ramblings. TLDR if you don't care:
What I find interesting is that I never stopped training. Even hit a PR that Friday the 15th. I was tired but pushed though it. Then I read about some athletes having complications and even above in Pelayo's post he mentioned a marathon runner who went back to training too early it seems and had some complications. But one thing I have noticed is that in almost every case it is a marathoner, triathlete or person doing a cardio based training (running etc). All anecdotal and obviously the studies just are not there to be able to know if in fact the training stimulus actually caused the complication or it was just coincidence nor if the type of training was at all a factor. But again, I was lucky. I will say that I focus mostly on weights. I'm lean and lose weight easily plus feel that cardio doesn't really burn THAT much body fat anyway. In fact, it can inhibit muscle growth and overall strength if done too much. So as a skinny kid, I've always valued size and strength over cardiovascular fitness as I seem tom get enough in my regular weight training. And the nice part of weight training is when you are tired, you can put the weights down and take a 3-5 min rest. Cardio and running tend to be a different type of trained muscle (slow vs fast twitch) and involve a constant rate of energy spent vs lifting that is fast twitch and force driven. Might that be a factor? It'll be interesting to see how this truly effects athletes going forward with more studies. I know the B1G tried to claim the myocarditis card (until tOSU was possibly playoff eligible and that all went out the window, lol) , and of all the college or pro athletes out there who got Covid, I do not know of any confirmed cases of myocarditis nor any major complications with training after infection especially since they are tested and watched so that could be a great place to start a study. /end of ramblings....