How’s Eddie?
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EddieWalker
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Thank you. First day on the job was OK. I found that I was always a bit winded and tired, but had plenty of strength. The client liked what I had done before I got sick and wanted to add to it, so I took care of that and got my sheetrock up and taped the first coat of mud. I only worked for 5 hours, and today will also be a short day. I'm trying not to overdo it, but still make progress on the job.
My wife is having some new issues. She thinks it might be a sinus infection. She called her doctor and will know more later on today. She has always had sinus issues to the point where we can predict the weather by how bad it is. We are at 80 percent for a thunder storm and cold front hitting us tomorrow, so that might be it too.
Because Covid is so wacky and unpredictable, we are cautious of anything that might lead to a relapse.
My wife is having some new issues. She thinks it might be a sinus infection. She called her doctor and will know more later on today. She has always had sinus issues to the point where we can predict the weather by how bad it is. We are at 80 percent for a thunder storm and cold front hitting us tomorrow, so that might be it too.
Because Covid is so wacky and unpredictable, we are cautious of anything that might lead to a relapse.
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Mine left me with a sinus infection. I worked through the whole thing (alone) and it slowed my recovery
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The change in a person's scent perception is weird with Covid. There are lots of variations with this phenomenon.
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Thinking of you guys... listen to your body and don't be superman right out of the gate
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While I was sick, my client decided that they wanted a door to go from the upstairs apartment, into the storage area in their attic. Originally, they just wanted me to create a hallway in the corner of the bedroom of the upstairs apartment so they didn't have to crawl through the 4 foot high opening under the rafters. No problem adding a door, except I had to stop and catch my breath three times just carrying it up the stairs!!!! Every small use of strength requires more breathing, and it's like my lungs are right at the edge of doing all they can when I'm resting. Just walking up the stairs empty handed causes me to breath a little harder. Today my lungs and throat feel like they are burning, kind of raw and painful. I'm taking the day off and doing nothing. I feel like I can keep working, but I don't want to push it and make it even worse.
Karen is heading in to Tyler right now to get another inhaler and a prescription of some kind. Her lungs are congested and her voice is gone, she is afraid of getting an infection. She thinks it's because of her asthma that the Covid made worse. She works from home, but she is on the phone and in Zoom meetings a lot, so she is talking constantly, and that seems to be making it worse. She also struggles with relaxing. She says she has to take break and sit down, but that only lasts ten minutes at most, they she is up doing something for the dogs, or whatever catches her attention. I call her "squirrel" because she has the attention span of a squirrel and jumps from one thing to the next without any clear plan or path for going there.
Karen is heading in to Tyler right now to get another inhaler and a prescription of some kind. Her lungs are congested and her voice is gone, she is afraid of getting an infection. She thinks it's because of her asthma that the Covid made worse. She works from home, but she is on the phone and in Zoom meetings a lot, so she is talking constantly, and that seems to be making it worse. She also struggles with relaxing. She says she has to take break and sit down, but that only lasts ten minutes at most, they she is up doing something for the dogs, or whatever catches her attention. I call her "squirrel" because she has the attention span of a squirrel and jumps from one thing to the next without any clear plan or path for going there.
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It's been 6 weeks and my wife says everything still smells like burnt cigarettes, like how your clothes smell after a night at a bar or bowling alley. She still can't smell her coffee. I'm back at work, 1st day in several weeks. 4 hours on my feet. Didn't want to get back up when I sat down for lunch! :ashamed:
Anyhow, could always be worse. Hope everyone recovers well. :thumbsup:
Anyhow, could always be worse. Hope everyone recovers well. :thumbsup:
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Yesterday Karen sent me a text saying that she could smell the chicken in the dog food that she was making. She was so excited!!!
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When life gives you lemons, make dog food. :laughing:
Glad she's getting that sense of smell back. :thumbsup:
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Excellent updates Eddie!! Thanks for sharing this with us.
My biggest dread of catching Covid is the long term lack of energy that is often reported. I don't have time for that.....
My biggest dread of catching Covid is the long term lack of energy that is often reported. I don't have time for that.....
EddieWalker
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Thank you. It does make getting anything done a bigger challenge, but it did give me plenty of time to plan out my next couple of projects. I totally changed how I was going to add on a goat barn to my horse stalls that makes a lot more sense and will be easier to feed all of my animals. That was a huge breakthrough in how I was looking at it.
I'm also having a lot of meetings for people wanting bathroom remodels, so I'm writing bids after I get home instead of doing projects on the farm. Almost all activity makes me breath harder, so sitting at the computer, and being productive, is better then just watching TV and killing time.
My wife picked up her new inhaler yesterday morning and the results have been dramatic. It's stronger then she is used to, but the effects of it have really opened up her lungs. It makes her feel jittery, but that's better then not being able to breath freely. This morning she didn't even use the inhaler and she feels great.
I'm also having a lot of meetings for people wanting bathroom remodels, so I'm writing bids after I get home instead of doing projects on the farm. Almost all activity makes me breath harder, so sitting at the computer, and being productive, is better then just watching TV and killing time.
My wife picked up her new inhaler yesterday morning and the results have been dramatic. It's stronger then she is used to, but the effects of it have really opened up her lungs. It makes her feel jittery, but that's better then not being able to breath freely. This morning she didn't even use the inhaler and she feels great.
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Good to hear Eddie, hope the recovery continues.
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Eddie good the recovery continues for the both of you. Also good to you both are taking it slowly
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Re: How痴 Eddie?
That made me laugh and almost spew coffee. :laughing::thumbsup:
Glad ya'll are starting to recover.
In "real" life, I only know three people who have had the virus and I know a lot of people. I suspect my family had it at the end of last Feb 2020 right before the lock down. Three people got it with different symptoms but being down and out for quite some time and having no energy was what they all had at some level. One person was tested for Flu A and B but that was negative. There was no testing then for The Virus. One person in the family works with people who travel frequently as do I. I also work with some one that had traveled to/from Taiwan in early/mid Feb. But we have no real way of knowing if my family had The Virus or not.
My dad got very sick over Christmas with a very high fever. He was tested multiple times for The Virus as Flu and B but all tests were negative. He did not have pneumonia, lung problems, no cough, but a little nasal drip. He was VERY tired but seems sorta back to normal now.
I have been a bit shocked at how many people I "know" on TBN who have had The Virus.
Later,
Dan
That made me laugh and almost spew coffee. :laughing::thumbsup:
Glad ya'll are starting to recover.
In "real" life, I only know three people who have had the virus and I know a lot of people. I suspect my family had it at the end of last Feb 2020 right before the lock down. Three people got it with different symptoms but being down and out for quite some time and having no energy was what they all had at some level. One person was tested for Flu A and B but that was negative. There was no testing then for The Virus. One person in the family works with people who travel frequently as do I. I also work with some one that had traveled to/from Taiwan in early/mid Feb. But we have no real way of knowing if my family had The Virus or not.
My dad got very sick over Christmas with a very high fever. He was tested multiple times for The Virus as Flu and B but all tests were negative. He did not have pneumonia, lung problems, no cough, but a little nasal drip. He was VERY tired but seems sorta back to normal now.
I have been a bit shocked at how many people I "know" on TBN who have had The Virus.
Later,
Dan
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Eddie's 'squirrel' comment reminds me of my wife, who inherited her Mom's nickname "Hoppy", as she is always busy 'hopping' around the house doing chores. Folks also said that they feel safer eating off of Hoppy's floor than their own dining room table.:licking:
My COVID seems to have leveled off at a steady 'drained' condition. Still fighting stomach issues and low grade fever. Hoping to get out today for the first time in 12 days.
My COVID seems to have leveled off at a steady 'drained' condition. Still fighting stomach issues and low grade fever. Hoping to get out today for the first time in 12 days.
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Re: How痴 Eddie?
I would not so easily dismiss the reaction to the B12 shot. I will bet back to that in a second...
A few years ago, maybe 4-5 at this point, I finally went to the doctor to have a checkup. Never had one before. :laughing: The Doctor did blood work that included checking my vitamin D level.
I have read for years that vitamin D deficiency is rampant in the industrial world but I figured I was spending enough time outside in the sun, eating food high in vitamin D, and I was ok...
I was wrong. Very wrong. My vitamin D level was at 17 but it should have been between 30 and 100. :shocked:
I finally got serious taking supplements and with my next checkup my vitamin D level was 44 or there about. I modified my dosage and with my third checkup the vitamin D was around 70. Figured that was good enough. I should have gone back to the doctor last March but that did not happen.
Part of my exercise routine is watching YouTube videos while I walk or run in place. For some reason, YouTube showed me a video created by a UK doctor, Dr. John Campbell, that was about The Virus and vitamin D. He has a series of videos on the pandemic, and I had never watched anything he had produced or anything close to it so I don't know why YouTube showed me the video. Anyway, the vitamin D caught my eye because of my experience with low levels of the vitamin.
Campbell has a long video or two about The Virus, vitamin D and Zinc. The bottom line of it is that there are studies out there, and there need to be more studies on this, that show if your vitamin D level is under 30, you are many times more likely to end up in the ICU, or dead, because of The Virus. Symptoms with people who have the recommended amount of vitamin D in their systems are much less severe than people who are deficient. Some hospitals in the US and else where are giving massive does of vitamin D, or better yet, the chemical(calcifediol), that the body produces from vitamin D, as a treatment for The Virus.
Vitamin D is helps out is many different ways for general health but also for respiratory illnesses. The cytokine storms we used to hear about are reduced, if not prevented, by vitamin D. D is really, really, really important not just for fighting The Virus. Looks like Dr. Campbell has published some other videos on vitamin D, but here is one of the one's I watched:
The three main ways for one to get enough vitamin D in their system is to eat fish, sit in the sun and/or take supplements. The problem with the sun, is that at this time of year, once you get to just north of the NC and VA border, you can sit naked outside in the sun all day and still not get enough exposure to top up one's vitamin D level. That leave one to take supplements and/or eat the right kind of fish.
The UK, among other industrial countries, has a population low in vitamin D. I saw a UK program about this years ago and they had three groups deficient in vitamin D, eat fish, sit in the sun, or take supplements to get their vitamin D levels to normal. It really makes one wonder if vitamin D levels, as well as some minerals and other vitamin deficiencies in the population are showing up in the COVID hospitalization and death rates. For instance, at the start of the pandemic, the experts were saying Africa was going to get wiped out. That has not happened. Why? South Africa has been hit very, very hard but not the rest of Africa. Could it be sun exposure has increased vitamin D levels in the population?
Once I watched the linked video, I got other videos. :laughing: One of the videos, at least I think it was a video and not something I read, stated that one of the reason obese people are hit hard by The Virus is that it uses fat cells as part of it's attack on the system. The more fat one has the more virus that is produced.
And back to B12.
A video from another doctor showed up the other day talking about a variety of vitamins and minerals and their affect on The Virus. Some vitamins and minerals don't affect The Virus, but vitamin D is highly likely to have a positive affect while zinc and B12 might.
Later,
Dan
I would not so easily dismiss the reaction to the B12 shot. I will bet back to that in a second...
A few years ago, maybe 4-5 at this point, I finally went to the doctor to have a checkup. Never had one before. :laughing: The Doctor did blood work that included checking my vitamin D level.
I have read for years that vitamin D deficiency is rampant in the industrial world but I figured I was spending enough time outside in the sun, eating food high in vitamin D, and I was ok...
I was wrong. Very wrong. My vitamin D level was at 17 but it should have been between 30 and 100. :shocked:
I finally got serious taking supplements and with my next checkup my vitamin D level was 44 or there about. I modified my dosage and with my third checkup the vitamin D was around 70. Figured that was good enough. I should have gone back to the doctor last March but that did not happen.
Part of my exercise routine is watching YouTube videos while I walk or run in place. For some reason, YouTube showed me a video created by a UK doctor, Dr. John Campbell, that was about The Virus and vitamin D. He has a series of videos on the pandemic, and I had never watched anything he had produced or anything close to it so I don't know why YouTube showed me the video. Anyway, the vitamin D caught my eye because of my experience with low levels of the vitamin.
Campbell has a long video or two about The Virus, vitamin D and Zinc. The bottom line of it is that there are studies out there, and there need to be more studies on this, that show if your vitamin D level is under 30, you are many times more likely to end up in the ICU, or dead, because of The Virus. Symptoms with people who have the recommended amount of vitamin D in their systems are much less severe than people who are deficient. Some hospitals in the US and else where are giving massive does of vitamin D, or better yet, the chemical(calcifediol), that the body produces from vitamin D, as a treatment for The Virus.
Vitamin D is helps out is many different ways for general health but also for respiratory illnesses. The cytokine storms we used to hear about are reduced, if not prevented, by vitamin D. D is really, really, really important not just for fighting The Virus. Looks like Dr. Campbell has published some other videos on vitamin D, but here is one of the one's I watched:
The three main ways for one to get enough vitamin D in their system is to eat fish, sit in the sun and/or take supplements. The problem with the sun, is that at this time of year, once you get to just north of the NC and VA border, you can sit naked outside in the sun all day and still not get enough exposure to top up one's vitamin D level. That leave one to take supplements and/or eat the right kind of fish.
The UK, among other industrial countries, has a population low in vitamin D. I saw a UK program about this years ago and they had three groups deficient in vitamin D, eat fish, sit in the sun, or take supplements to get their vitamin D levels to normal. It really makes one wonder if vitamin D levels, as well as some minerals and other vitamin deficiencies in the population are showing up in the COVID hospitalization and death rates. For instance, at the start of the pandemic, the experts were saying Africa was going to get wiped out. That has not happened. Why? South Africa has been hit very, very hard but not the rest of Africa. Could it be sun exposure has increased vitamin D levels in the population?
Once I watched the linked video, I got other videos. :laughing: One of the videos, at least I think it was a video and not something I read, stated that one of the reason obese people are hit hard by The Virus is that it uses fat cells as part of it's attack on the system. The more fat one has the more virus that is produced.
And back to B12.
A video from another doctor showed up the other day talking about a variety of vitamins and minerals and their affect on The Virus. Some vitamins and minerals don't affect The Virus, but vitamin D is highly likely to have a positive affect while zinc and B12 might.
Later,
Dan
GeneV
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Oh wow, sorry to hear you got it! Speedy recovery.
EddieWalker
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Just to let other know what Covid is like, I've had a setback. All last week I was doing good. I was able to put in full days and get a lot done. Saturday I picked up some round bales, and finished off a project in my shop, then relaxed with a six pack of good beer and watched a movie. While watching the movie, I felt tired. More tired then normal, but I'm not sure what normal is anymore. When the movie ended, I went to bed and woke up the next day feeling sick again. Achy joints, no energy, fuzzy head and unable to concentrate. That stayed with me all day Sunday and it was an effort just to go from the living room to the bathroom. I went out to get some firewood and that just about did my in. Today I'm a lot better, but still week and still a little fuzzy headed. My wife is calling it "Long Hauler" Long haulers suffer long-term coronavirus symptoms | UC Davis Health
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Hang in there. Also consult with your DR. I was just talking to my wife about this yesterday. We now know over 30 people in our immediate family/friends/coworkers circle that have had it and the symptoms range from almost nothing to 4 dead. Can't think of any long haulers in our group, but have read about it. Lots of folks with lung scarring. Maybe get it checked out if possible.
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