The never ending Covid?

[question everything]

I was diagnosed two weeks ago. Was prescribed Paxlovid and Benzonatate for cough.

Was immediately feeling better. I spent several nights on an easy chair in the den. Did not help, spouse had it two days after me, but is not allowed Paxlovid. We both postponed doctors appointments.

Last week spouse tested the kit - bright red line.

Two says later I did - a faint one. OK.

And today, spouse's test is weak and mine is bright red.

What is going on? I talked to a nurse who said that these positives could last for weeks but that i should not worry. As long as i don't have a fever I am no longer contagious. More than ten days. Just continue with routine tasks including seeing a medical provider.

OKay..

[brewens]

1. I'm laying low and checking with two local pharmacies to get the new vax. I might wear a mask to Costco.

Our Costco is pretty empty if you're one of the first in the door in the morning, so I usually haven't worried much. If I have to go when it's packed, I still wear a mask.

[hlthe2b]

2. You can get a rebound with Paxlovid. Pres. Biden and Anthony Fauci did as well.

The latter resumed Paxlovid after testing positive again, but your nurse is most likely right that you are not contagious sans fever. Mask, though if you have to go to the doctor or pharmacy as a precaution.

[question everything]

3. Certainly. I have been wearing mask for the past two weeks. Yes, I was going out. Had to pick prescriptions for both

of us, the Covid kits and some groceries.

[Blue Dawn]

4. My husband and I both had COVID at the same time about a year ago.

We had received all our COVID shots and boosters but still were sick about two weeks.

Our self-tests remained positive for 3 weeks. I had called our PC to ask if that was a normal occurrence, and his nurse informed us that it was not unusual to continue to test positive after the symptoms had gone.

We wondered at the time if we'd ever get over it, especially when so many people were saying they only felt sick with COVID for a few days.

I hope you feel back to normal very soon. COVID really did feel pretty awful for those two weeks.

[question everything]

5. Thank you. I really was feeling OK after the first three days. Spouse, in the other hand is still sluggish

One thing that worried me that I was losing weight. About five lbs in a week. Of course, I did not eat much, mostly frozen food - Trader Joe's pasta - but was getting worried. Then after 10 days I was out, grabbed a Jersey Mike's sandwich and all that salt stopped the loss..

One less thing to worry..

One thing though, both of us are seniors, closer to 80 than 70 so we are considered "susceptible."

[twodogsbarking]

6. Got it a month ago. Really nasty. Messes with other medical conditions. Details aren't pleasant.

Symptoms can rebound. Paxlovid is gross but I took it. Have had every vax available.

[Warpy]

7. Either it rebounded after your antiviral

which has been known to happen or the test is picking up dead viral debris, also known to happen. If you're running a fever, even a low one, and feel ill, it's the former. If not, it's most likely the latter.

Best policy: if you have a fever, stay home. If you have a cough with it, mask up around the spouse.

This is advice I take as well as give. I've never bothered with the tests. If I'm sick, I isolate.

Covid is an incredibly fast mutating virus. Chances are we'll need boosters every few years ujntil it finally mutates into the sixth coronoavirus which causes colds in humans--but no worse--and it does seem to be heading in that direction.