Honestly, I thought I was probably immune at this point.I mean sure, I got the first vaccine back and the first booster in 2021 but after that nothing. Managed to avoid getting after my wife and son went through it. I remember finishing his half eaten apple the day before he tested positive!
Well finally happened, holy shit no joke. First day I was basically in the fetal position with a 40° fever in full sweatsuit and blanket just writhing. Didn’t sleep much for like 30 hours. Things felt a lot better day 2 until the blocked nose and everything starting tasting super bland. Most surprising almost no cough for me.
It’s now day 3 and I feel almost fully recovered, I assume 1 or 2 more days and I’ll be fine. Sort of relieved to get it over with but really don’t want to go through that again. Just in case there are others out there like me 3.5 years COVID free, we are probably more lucky than immune.
Anyway, don’t know why I posted this other than the fact I’m starved for attention after isolating for 3 days in my room.
People keep leaving out the important bit. Vaxxed or not vaxxed?
Both you and OP. From what I’ve heard, the 1-3 day experience is for vaxxed people and the 18 days is for unvaxxed.
(Some people got Covid well before a vaccine was available. We don’t have to assume that being unvaxxed was a choice.)
OP got the vaccine and booster in 2021.
If this is their first exposure (shockingly unlikely, unless they’re something of a hermit) then their immunity may have waned somewhat since then.
The second or third time I had COVID I only found out I had it because of work, I was working on a clinical trial with cystic fibrosis patients so we were getting tested daily before we went on site. This was maybe 6 weeks after my third vaccine. I tested positive but at no point did I display any symptoms whatsoever, not even a cough or a fever of any kind. Had I not been doing regular testing for work I would have had no idea I’d had it.
I had it only once, before vaccines were available. Terrible experience. But I’m kind of an hermit.