Popular Post JerrySTL ★ Posted September 18, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted September 18, 2022 Last weekend WoJSTL and I went to my 50th high school reunion. Lots of interaction with people not wearing masks. Monday we started our 6-day 240-mile Katy Trail ride with a group of 35. I started feeling like I had a cold on Tuesday, so we took Covid tests which came back negative. Friday WoJSTL started feeling bad, so we assumed that she caught my cold. Riding 39 miles in the wind on Saturday was tough. I offered to sag in, but she wanted to finish the ride. Today both of us were feeling bad and this time we both came up positive on the Covid test. I'm wondering when we caught it. Did I have a false negative on Tuesday? There were other people coughing on the bike ride. We signed up for a half marathon on Saturday but don't know if we will feel up to it plus our isolation may end just the day before the event. 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted September 18, 2022 Share #2 Posted September 18, 2022 I hope it’s not too bad for you & your wife Jerry. Your situation sounds similar to my wife & I in that we both felt sick, me before her but I tested negative (at first) while she popped positive right away. The next day I tested positive. Maybe it was the reunion, that seems the most likely place to get it but at this point it is what it is. Rest up sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted September 18, 2022 Share #3 Posted September 18, 2022 You could have still been incubating the germs on your first test. I suspect the reunion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted September 18, 2022 Share #4 Posted September 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Did I have a false negative on Tuesday? Was it a home antigen test, or a PCR test? My wife had symptoms for 2 days while her antigen test kept resulting as negative. We assumed it was COVID because I had tested positive by PCR (after a negative antigen test that day), but it took until day three for the antigen test to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan ★ Posted September 18, 2022 Share #5 Posted September 18, 2022 It’s hard when the caretakers are also laid out. I hope your symptoms remain manageable and you both feel better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted September 18, 2022 Share #6 Posted September 18, 2022 I hope your symptoms are no worse than what I experienced over the last week. My first symptoms showed up last Thursday but a rapid test came up negative. The next day I tested positive and still positive yesterday after eight days. Somehow my wife has shown neither symptoms or a positive test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 18, 2022 Share #7 Posted September 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Rattlecan said: I hope your symptoms are no worse than what I experienced over the last week. My first symptoms showed up last Thursday but a rapid test came up negative. The next day I tested positive and still positive yesterday after eight days. Somehow my wife has shown neither symptoms or a positive test. That was me when my wife had it but I never tested positive or had symptoms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted September 18, 2022 Share #8 Posted September 18, 2022 How are you feeling? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted September 19, 2022 13 hours ago, Airehead said: How are you feeling? Not bad. Just like a mild summer cold. On the other hand, WoJSTL is feeling a lot of aches and pains plus cold and flu symptoms. I doubt that either of us will need to seek medical treatment. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 19, 2022 Share #10 Posted September 19, 2022 11 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Not bad. Just like a mild summer cold. On the other hand, WoJSTL is feeling a lot of aches and pains plus cold and flu symptoms. I doubt that either of us will need to seek medical treatment. Good to hear. For me, NyQuil and Dayquil combination worked very well, so your wife is probably feeling how I felt. I did take a long time to feel better riding - mostly when trying to push it - but didn't feel so bad I couldn't ride, just couldn't go harder. Even these months later, I still feel like I'm a bit erratic on the bike - good days and bad days with no clear reason why. Whether it is covid, poor training regimen, or messed up diet, or something else, I never got my usual "groove" this year that I usually see this time of year It's easier to blame covid than to blame myself for laziness or mistakes. Take it easy, and I think you two will be fine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted September 19, 2022 Share #11 Posted September 19, 2022 Yeah, this Omicron one is the one you want if you get it. The Dayquil/NyQuil thing works -- primarily because it treats the exact symptoms except maybe fatigue. My month cough has finally gone away. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted September 19, 2022 Share #12 Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 11:06 AM, JerrySTL said: We signed up for a half marathon on Saturday but don't know if we will feel up to it I'd suggest you won't feel up to it at all. Get well.... Rest... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JerrySTL ★ Posted September 19, 2022 Author Popular Post Share #13 Posted September 19, 2022 11 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: I'd suggest you won't feel up to it at all. Get well.... Rest... Yep. Dropped out. Fortunately they are allowing us to defer our registration fees until next year's race. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 19, 2022 Share #14 Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 12:06 PM, JerrySTL said: Last weekend WoJSTL and I went to my 50th high school reunion. Lots of interaction with people not wearing masks. Monday we started our 6-day 240-mile Katy Trail ride with a group of 35. I started feeling like I had a cold on Tuesday, so we took Covid tests which came back negative. Friday WoJSTL started feeling bad, so we assumed that she caught my cold. Riding 39 miles in the wind on Saturday was tough. I offered to sag in, but she wanted to finish the ride. Today both of us were feeling bad and this time we both came up positive on the Covid test. I'm wondering when we caught it. Did I have a false negative on Tuesday? There were other people coughing on the bike ride. We signed up for a half marathon on Saturday but don't know if we will feel up to it plus our isolation may end just the day before the event. I guess the reunion because it was a large group to catch it from with a lot of talking, going on. I think I caught mine in June from my nephew Adam's 8th Grade Graduation/Catholic Mass where I didn't wear a mask because it bothered me while singing. I still wear a mask in stores, though I mainly do it because none in the family wants to pass a cold, flu, etc. to my BiL recovering from last Spring's lung lobe removal and weakening from subsequent chemotherapy to make as sure as possible all his cancer cells were wiped out. Today is the first day I'm feeling like I have any energy after Thursday's double vaccinations: flu and Moderna Bivalent (orig. COVID plus B4 & B5 Omicron strains) Booster. I think I reacted strongly to it because I had Omicron in June and surely still have antibodies: they build up for 100 days and then drop off for up to 500 days. Still, the reaction means I should be well protected for whatever strains peak in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead ★ Posted September 19, 2022 Share #15 Posted September 19, 2022 How are you today? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share #16 Posted September 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Airehead said: How are you today? At about 90%. I was tempted to go on a bike ride but had chores to do after being away from home for 9 days. WoJSTL is around 75%. She cut the lawn and is watering plants right now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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