36 hours into covid

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snowdog90
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9:55a, 1/8/22
Howdy. I know this board and I have had our differences, but I just wanted to share my experience so far.

I'm unvaxed and had been taking ivermectin prophylactically, but it had been at least a month or so since I took it last. I know ivermectin is a source of conflict here, so I don't want to dwell on that.

Upon onset I quickly felt terrible, achy all over, fever, shivering. I immediately started taking ivermectin, but aches persisted. I felt miserable until I popped some acetaminophen, which helped me sleep for about 3 hours. Since then i feel much better. I've been taking ivermectin, D3, C, zinc, melatonin, turmeric, acetaminophen. There are other things I need to get, I plan on getting them today.

My main purpose for posting on this board is not to stir up conflict or try to be smarter than the room. I know I probably come off that way at times, and I sincerely apologize for when that happens. I just think that covid sucks and far too many have died or had their lives tremendously altered from this virus. And I don't think it has to be that way. My goal truly is to help people survive this.

So, for this thread, I just wanted to make one suggestion that I think everyone can agree with.

Get some vitamin D3 and take lots of it. I'm kicking myself for not being better prepared for my covid experience, and I knew how important D3 was, but I was lazy, arrogant, maybe feeling a little bulletproof. I'm 36 hours in and feel much better now, but maybe if I had been taking D3 like I knew I should my body would have handled it much better.

Who knows, but there are studies that show that most people who die of covid are vitamin D deficient. It's so easy. Get some D3 and take 5000 mg a day. Don't be stupid and lazy like me.
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St Hedwig Aggie
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10:03a, 1/8/22
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…best wishes and get well soon
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In reply to St Hedwig Aggie • 10:06a, 1/8/22
West Point Aggie said:
…best wishes and get well soon


Thank you, I appreciate it.
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10:06a, 1/8/22
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Seems like this is always good advice. Hope you're feeling 100% again quickly. A little empathy goes a long way these days.
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11:01a, 1/8/22
Hope you feel better soon! Sounds like you're making good progress.

I finally started taking D3 consistently and daily in September after my docs had been on me about it for years. I was just being lazy and thought I could make up for the deficiency with Vitamin D rich foods. But that's not possible.

Please take care.
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11:07a, 1/8/22
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I was low on D as well and I am in the sun a lot at the lake. My number was 25. Way too low.
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11:11a, 1/8/22
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Best of luck for a quick recovery.
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11:36a, 1/8/22
Thanks all for the kind words. I'm still feeling pretty good, had a chicken noodle soup breakfast, looking forward to a chicken noodle soup lunch. Worst part is I'm a truck driver, so I'm quarantining in my truck in Lubbock at a Love's truck stop. Fun times!!
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11:54a, 1/8/22
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If you get a physical exam, but sure to ask to test your vitamin D levels as it many not be included in the standard tests. It is difficult to get the proper amount of sun in the winter and perhaps impossible if you live in norther latitudes.

Per Dr John Campbell Youtube on vitamin D dosing , 42% are deficient and 82% of African Americans and 69% of Hispanics are deficient. Perhaps that has contributed to the latter ethnic groups getting hit harder.
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12:05p, 1/8/22
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Get to feeling better!

I totally disagree with you on vaccines, but don't wish illness upon anyone!

Also, agree 100% on vit D, there is a pretty strong correlation between low vit D and all sorts of illness, although the cause and effect seems to be difficult to establish.
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12:12p, 1/8/22
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Hope you get better soon. Just to clarify in case people go looking for it, I think it's 5000IU vitamin D, which is like 1mg
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In reply to setsmachine • 12:18p, 1/8/22
setsmachine said:
Hope you get better soon. Just to clarify in case people go looking for it, I think it's 5000IU vitamin D, which is like 1mg


Thanks. Sorry if I misspoke.
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In reply to Diyala Nick • 12:22p, 1/8/22
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Get to feeling better!

I totally disagree with you on vaccines, but don't wish illness upon anyone!

Also, agree 100% on vit D, there is a pretty strong correlation between low vit D and all sorts of illness, although the cause and effect seems to be difficult to establish.


Thank you. No worries. Vaccinated or unvaccinated, we can all be better prepared to handle health issues, and D seems to be crucial. Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it. All the best to you.
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In reply to snowdog90 • 1:44p, 1/8/22
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snowdog90 said:
Diyala Nick said:
Get to feeling better!

I totally disagree with you on vaccines, but don't wish illness upon anyone!

Also, agree 100% on vit D, there is a pretty strong correlation between low vit D and all sorts of illness, although the cause and effect seems to be difficult to establish.


Thank you. No worries. Vaccinated or unvaccinated, we can all be better prepared to handle health issues, and D seems to be crucial. Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it. All the best to you.


Have you checked to see if you can get a Paxlovid Rx? I believe Walmart has it.
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1:55p, 1/8/22
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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.16.21262044v1

Use a nasal rinse
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1:56p, 1/8/22
I would definitely look into paxlovid. It's only been tried in the first 5-7 days of symptomatic infection so you really need to make the decision now because acquiring it may be a challenge. While you feel a bit better right now, a lot of unvaccinated people experience waves of symptoms that persistently (over a week or two) get worse and worse. Hospitalization has been shown to happen on average at about day 10 of symptoms I believe. The Paxlovid data has looked very strong.


Definitely keep checking your pulse ox regardless of how you are feeling.
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In reply to DadHammer • 1:57p, 1/8/22
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DadHammer said:
I was low on D as well and I am in the sun a lot at the lake. My number was 25. Way too low.


My number was 12.6. I've started taking 10,000 IU/day, but no idea how long it will take to get my level up to a decent number.
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In reply to Diyala Nick • 1:58p, 1/8/22
Diyala Nick said:
snowdog90 said:
Diyala Nick said:
Get to feeling better!

I totally disagree with you on vaccines, but don't wish illness upon anyone!

Also, agree 100% on vit D, there is a pretty strong correlation between low vit D and all sorts of illness, although the cause and effect seems to be difficult to establish.


Thank you. No worries. Vaccinated or unvaccinated, we can all be better prepared to handle health issues, and D seems to be crucial. Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it. All the best to you.


Have you checked to see if you can get a Paxlovid Rx? I believe Walmart has it.


I haven't. I'm doing pretty well so far using what I'm using, so I'm gonna keep on with it. Haven't even seen a doc, so if all keeps going well, I hope to be back to work Tuesday or Wednesday. We'll see, fingers crossed.
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2:18p, 1/8/22
I'm also 36 hours into covid, first timer, unvaxxed. Seems like we have similar experiences, although mine was less severe. First night was the worst, then continually improved.

I've been taking querecetin, C, D, Zinc and NAC consistently since March 2020. Started IVM at onset of first symptoms. Also have been using antiseptic mouthwash and nasal rinse per FLCCC recommendations to reduce viral replication in nose and mouth.

My timeline:

Started feeling off 1/6 in late afternoon. Took temp and had slight fever. Fever slowly rose and bounced between 101 - 102 F all night. Had a very restless sleep and constantly woke up hot. It was weird though, no body aches or chills like a normal fever. Also had a very high heart rate, verified by fitness tracker. I could feel it pulsing in my ear drum. Tried to let fever run it's course but ultimately took some Tylenol at 2 AM. Fever and heart rate dropped and I got some decent sleep.

1/7 - didn't take any additional pain relievers. Temperature fluctuated between 98-100 all day, fever off and on but no other symptoms. Felt ok, a little run down.

1/8 - woke up this morning with no fever and feel pretty good. If I didn't know I had covid and was just a regular virus, I would be out and about as normal and wouldn't hesitate to go back to work.

Not sure if any of the supplements or medications I took definitely helped or not, or if I'm just experiencing a mild case of omicron or both. Also I'm not 100% sure I'm out of the woods yet as I'm only 36 hours in.

Good luck to you and congrats on your natural immunity.
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2:22p, 1/8/22
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Get well By-Tor!

Consider seeking Fluvoxamine, growing evidence it is effective at preventing severe cases. Paxlovid is probably better but in short supply.

Fluvoxamine for the Early Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Review of Current Evidence - PubMed (nih.gov)
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In reply to Philip J Fry • 2:26p, 1/8/22
Philip J Fry said:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.16.21262044v1

Use a nasal rinse


I am doing that too. Pretty funky.
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2:29p, 1/8/22
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Best wishes for short lived infection and speedy recovery
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In reply to KidDoc • 2:33p, 1/8/22
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Get well By-Tor!

Consider seeking Fluvoxamine, growing evidence it is effective at preventing severe cases. Paxlovid is probably better but in short supply.

Fluvoxamine for the Early Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Review of Current Evidence - PubMed (nih.gov)


Thank you. I'll check into that.
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In reply to AJ02 • 3:27p, 1/8/22
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AJ02 said:
DadHammer said:
I was low on D as well and I am in the sun a lot at the lake. My number was 25. Way too low.


My number was 12.6. I've started taking 10,000 IU/day, but no idea how long it will take to get my level up to a decent number.

Holy Cow! That's low.
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In reply to DadHammer • 4:37p, 1/8/22
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AJ02 said:
DadHammer said:
I was low on D as well and I am in the sun a lot at the lake. My number was 25. Way too low.


My number was 12.6. I've started taking 10,000 IU/day, but no idea how long it will take to get my level up to a decent number.

Holy Cow! That's low.


Ok, I've tried to look it up... what is a good number? 12.6 being low...
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4:42p, 1/8/22
are you still improving this afternoon snowdog?
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In reply to snowdog90 • 4:49p, 1/8/22
snowdog90 said:
DadHammer said:
AJ02 said:
DadHammer said:
I was low on D as well and I am in the sun a lot at the lake. My number was 25. Way too low.


My number was 12.6. I've started taking 10,000 IU/day, but no idea how long it will take to get my level up to a decent number.

Holy Cow! That's low.


Ok, I've tried to look it up... what is a good number? 12.6 being low...


There isn't a consensus on the ideal vitamin D level. 12.6 is low by any measure though. There have been a lot of recent studies showing a higher optimal level that was previously considered "unsafe". Many of these doctors recommended dosing of 10,000-25,000 iu vitamin D per day.

I've dosed a fairly high amount in preparation for covid. I'm probably going to dial it back now. I got my level checked and I was pretty high. Over 140. The author of "the optimal dose" who treats patients with high dose vitamin D says the optimal range is around 150. However, older guidelines set in the WWII days would consider this level toxic.
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In reply to setsmachine • 5:10p, 1/8/22
setsmachine said:
Hope you get better soon. Just to clarify in case people go looking for it, I think it's 5000IU vitamin D, which is like 1mg


Should be required to list mass and IU together. It's not safe or accurate to use esoteric nomenclature that is arbitrarily defined and only understood by a very limited set of professionals. 1 mg of vitamin D is actually 40,000 IU, so you were only off by a factor of 8. No biggie.
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In reply to Skillet Shot • 5:43p, 1/8/22
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snowdog90 said:
DadHammer said:
AJ02 said:
DadHammer said:
I was low on D as well and I am in the sun a lot at the lake. My number was 25. Way too low.


My number was 12.6. I've started taking 10,000 IU/day, but no idea how long it will take to get my level up to a decent number.

Holy Cow! That's low.


Ok, I've tried to look it up... what is a good number? 12.6 being low...


There isn't a consensus on the ideal vitamin D level. 12.6 is low by any measure though. There have been a lot of recent studies showing a higher optimal level that was previously considered "unsafe". Many of these doctors recommended dosing of 10,000-25,000 iu vitamin D per day.

I've dosed a fairly high amount in preparation for covid. I'm probably going to dial it back now. I got my level checked and I was pretty high. Over 140. The author of "the optimal dose" who treats patients with high dose vitamin D says the optimal range is around 150. However, older guidelines set in the WWII days would consider this level toxic.


Awesome info, thanks. Im doing pretty well. Could definitely be much worse.
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In reply to DadHammer • 7:56p, 1/8/22
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DadHammer said:
AJ02 said:
DadHammer said:
I was low on D as well and I am in the sun a lot at the lake. My number was 25. Way too low.


My number was 12.6. I've started taking 10,000 IU/day, but no idea how long it will take to get my level up to a decent number.

Holy Cow! That's low.


Yep. I was pretty shocked myself. I wonder if that's the cause of a host of other "ailments" I've been suffering from. I've been on the extra vitamin D for amount a month now. I'm told it takes at least 6-8 weeks before you notice a difference in how you feel.
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In reply to 94chem • 8:04p, 1/8/22
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Should be required to list mass and IU together. It's not safe or accurate to use esoteric nomenclature that is arbitrarily defined and only understood by a very limited set of professionals. 1 mg of vitamin D is actually 40,000 IU, so you were only off by a factor of 8. No biggie.

My bad, I was thinking 5000IU = 1.25mg, should have been .125mg, thanks
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My bout with it is pretty similar to OP. It hit me like a freight train at 9am yesterday. Within the hr I was running fever, had a splitting headache and my lower back ached bad. Took home test which came back positive. Oxygen stayed between 90-93 throughout the day. I was layed up in bed for most the day struggling. I started ivermectin & fluvoxamine at around 3p

I didn't sleep real well last night between the crazy amount of sweating episodes and back pain.

This morning I woke up feeling better. No fever but the back pain had moved down to my hips. Still had a Headache but not near as bad as yesterday. Diarrhea started today but not the worst I've had of it.

Throughout the day I've steadily gotten better to where the only issue I has now is some hip/leg soreness. Oxygen hasn't dropped below 95 all day. I would say I'm feeling 90% at the moment. Incredible 24hr turnaround. I know I'm not out of the woods but damn happy with the progress so far.
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In reply to STL_aTm • 8:27p, 1/8/22
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Did you have chronic back pain pre-COVID? I have a pretty bad back, and when I got covid, the back pain ratcheted up and was so uncomfortable I couldn't sleep at night. I had to sleep in the recliner with a heating pad just for a couple of hours of shuteye.

Hubby doesn't have back issues, and he never had back pain when he had COVID. Wondering if there's a correlation between already having back issues & then it's exacerbated by COVID.
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In reply to AJ02 • 8:42p, 1/8/22
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Yes, ive had back issues since high school. I haven't had any flare ups recently tho.
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9:31p, 1/8/22
I am on day 4. I am vaxxed but no booster. Day 1, I got thru the day but was in bed by 7:30 with 100 temp. Took advil. Day 2 woke up with fever, took advil and never looked back. Wore down as day went on though. Had 100 temp again that evening. Tested that night to find out positivity. Day 3 woke up with no fever, but have some slight aches outside of cold. I really think it is from being cooped up in room all day. Day 4, no fever. Feels more like a sinus infection now. Tired of sitting in this room. I have had a persistent cough (bronchitis like). Looking forward to tomorrow as I hope no symptoms. If I have them again tomorrow, what do I need to start taking? I am not good at this cooped up thing. Like a poster has stated, if not for the word Covid, I would have worked everyday and honestly probably felt better if I did. I have done a bit of yard work to get out of this room when nobody was around.
Oxygen levels have maintained at 95-96 throughout.
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