I’m a Type 1 diabetic who also has high blood pressure and high cholesterol. My most recent A1C in January was a 5.4 . All my other labs came back good as well.
A few days ago I started feeling under the weather. Extra tired. Sinus pressure. Post nasal drip and a runny nose. Sensitivity to light. Seemed like either a sinus infection or a cold to me, so I started treating it symptomatically with things like Tylenol, Mucinex and real Sudafed.
Well, last night i wasn’t feeling well, and I remember that we received our 4 COVID19 home tests from Uncle Joe a few days ago and asked a trusted friend on one of the boards if I should test as every time in the past I’ve felt similar I came back negative. At her suggestion, I did and I’m glad I did!
The test is supposed to come back with results within 15 minutes. It didn’t take even 5 minutes for mine to come back positive! My wife was hacking and coughing as well, so I tested her as well, and she too turned up positive.
So today we went to the urgent care for a rapid PCR test which confirmed that we had it. We had to ask, but they did confirm that they are still doing monoclonal antibodies! My wife had hers this afternoon and I’m scheduled for tomorrow.
Moral of the story - if you think you might have it, it doesn’t hurt to test! Don’t just blow it off as a cold or sinus infection!
Today is Sunday evening 2/6/2022 as I write this. I slept about 6 hours last night thanks to Nyquil. Watched church virtually. I had my monoclonal antibodies infusion today at 12:45 and was home by 3pm. It was really easy and uneventful. Took a nap after having a salad with chicken noodle soup and crackers. Food wise I have no loss of apatite. Sugar wise I’ve noticed a slight uptick in levels and need for insulin, but nothing I can’t handle. I’m sitting at 103 right now. What is hard about this one is that I still feel like I have a cold. Lots of drainage, mucus, sneezing, stuffy head, sinus pressure, and occasional cough from post nasal drip. I also have no energy. Wife is going through the same thing.
From what I can have read, omicron seems to go through you quicker and isn’t as hard symptom wise as the previous variants. I’m hoping I will be better by the end of the week as I’m supposed to user for a Christian concert on Thursday and have a men’s Bible Study on Friday. Will have to play all of that by ear.
I’ll write again if there is any changes or anything or if anyone has any questions. Prayers appreiated.
Please be careful for the sake of others. If you are positive on Sunday, you should not go anywhere on Thursday or Friday. You may still spread it to others. Quarantine for a full 10 days just to be on the safe side. I am immunosuppressed due to medication that I must take, and I would be furious with you if you were at a Bible Study or concert with me only a few days after testing positive for Covid. “Love one another” also means perhaps skipping a few things you want to attend for the health and well-being of others. Your strong faith comes through in what you have written, so I am sure that missing a concert or one Bible study will not impact you in any way, but your attendance may be detrimental to the health of others. Please be careful. My prayers are with you and your wife that you both will feel better soon.
Totally understand. Met virtually with my doc today and they said that I can’t go anywhere for a MINIMUM of 5 days and even then 5 more days of masking. She said a good rule of thumb is symptom free 24 hours without any meds. So now my new goal is Sunday church, but maybe not even that. We will have to see.
I went back to work today, though, because I work 100% from home. I’m off in 90 minutes. It was exhausting but I made it. I work for AAA as a dispatcher so take calls coming in and making outbound calls.
sugars wise, I’ve noticed that I am definitely needing more insulin to knock highs down. Three times in a row I’ve been woken u by alarms in the 170-190 range at 3-4AM. No fun.
I did an entire 10 hour shift as a AAA dispatch from home yesterday and it went better than expected for day 3 of COVID19. It was mentally exhausting, but my voice held up and I didn’t cough too much. I’m doing another 10 hour shift today then off tomorrow and half day on Friday. THinking about making friday a full day but we’ll see.
Meds wise I finally got a Precision Xtra meter at my cost $30 on amazon since the insurance won’t pay for the meter but they WILL pay for the Keytone Test strips. Normally they are $1 each so I got 90 for free! Not bad.
I also got my endo to write me a script for 2 GVOKE pens and showed my wife the video on how to use them. Never needed them in the past, but nice to have just in case.
I changed out my Dexcom today. Sometimes it goes wonky toward the end of the 10 day wear, so that may have explained some of the weird highs. Unsure.
Energy wise, I’m still tired and could use a nap, but I’ll rest tomorrow.
What’s weird is that this entire time it has felt like a common cold or sinus infection. No loss of taste/smell or anything.
I’m so glad this is has been mild. I think a lot had to do with gettting those monoclonal antibodies within 72 hours of diagnosis, so I can’t recommend those highly enough.
Loss of smell/taste is less common with Omicron. If you are vaccinated and boosted, odds are good Omicron will feel a lot like a cold, with maybe more fatigue than typical (but not always).
Also monoclonal antibodies are no longer FDA approved for treatment–I’m surprised you got them. Shouldn’t cause harm, but probably will not help with Omicron and were not a factor in your mild presentation, which is why they have been phased out. What can be effective are the new pills; if someone has reason to think they need extra help fighting off covid, that is what should be sought out, but they do interact with statins and some other stuff, so that’s a consideration (I suspect in those cases though, a temporary d/c of statins for a few days might be recommended).
