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Eko

(10,101 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 09:09 PM Aug 2022

Been sick since wednesday. Thought for sure covid

but I took 3 tests and they came back negative. Lungs feel like bricks in them, finally starting to cough and sneeze stuff up though. Ugh.

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Been sick since wednesday. Thought for sure covid (Original Post) Eko Aug 2022 OP
Hope you're well soon The Blue Flower Aug 2022 #1
Thanks, Eko Aug 2022 #2
Don't get it close enough to actually breathe it in. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #6
My grand daughter has a bad bug but it's not Covid. herding cats Aug 2022 #3
Hope she feels better. Eko Aug 2022 #5
I hope you do, too! herding cats Aug 2022 #8
Sorry-- viva la Aug 2022 #4
No, If I dont feel a marked improvement Eko Aug 2022 #7
Pneumonia? Karadeniz Aug 2022 #9
Could you have pneumonia? thecrow Aug 2022 #10
Mucinex, Sudafed tylenol. bottomofthehill Aug 2022 #11
As Shrek said" better out than in" bottomofthehill Aug 2022 #12

leftyladyfrommo

(20,026 posts)
6. Don't get it close enough to actually breathe it in.
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 09:17 PM
Aug 2022

It's an oil and you don't want it in your lungs.

I use it all the time for lits of stuff.

herding cats

(20,056 posts)
3. My grand daughter has a bad bug but it's not Covid.
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 09:15 PM
Aug 2022

She's been tested multiple times, and it's definitely not Covid. The little Angel has missed three of her first 5 days of kindergarten.

herding cats

(20,056 posts)
8. I hope you do, too!
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 09:18 PM
Aug 2022

All our immune systems are shot since we've been so careful the past 2.5+ years now. Almost every darn virus we meet now it's like is like it's for the first time.

viva la

(4,636 posts)
4. Sorry--
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 09:15 PM
Aug 2022

I kept thinking I had Covid, but it was bronchitis. Had steroids for a week. I'm still not really back to normal.

Do you have an oximeter to check your oxygen levels?

Eko

(10,101 posts)
7. No, If I dont feel a marked improvement
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 09:18 PM
Aug 2022

I will get one though. Thanks for letting me know.
Eko

bottomofthehill

(9,422 posts)
11. Mucinex, Sudafed tylenol.
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 10:52 PM
Aug 2022

Treat the symptoms. The first two will help your body get the crud out. Lots of fluid to flush the system.

Hope you feel better.

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