Back to work after 3 weeks. TLDR, I caught the 'Rona

"DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By" (ducst3-red-1liter-standing-by)
08/11/2020 at 12:35 • Filed to: None

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Tested positive 3 weeks ago. Symptoms were really mild ( knocks on ALL the wood ). Honestly would have taken Tylenol and just got on with life if it weren’t for the hole pandemic thing, but glad I got tested to say the least. Only had a mild fever for one morning and a headache that lasted about a week. Tested negative last week, so I’m back at the working place as of today, whoop whoop!

DISCUSSION (23)

Svend > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:44

Nice one, congratulations.

But take extra care a t work, there's a lot of deniers, non mask compliant a-holes out there.

Sovande > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:46

How’d you contract it? Not at work I hope...

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:47

Glad to know you rode it out and not part of the 163,000 who c ouldn’t

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:47

Hooray for not dying!

I haven’t checked my work email since march...

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Svend
08/11/2020 at 12:47

No kidding, getting antibody tested tomorrow, expecting a positive result, but who the hell knows now

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
08/11/2020 at 12:48

Amen x100000000000

Grindintosecond > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:48

Man it’s all over. Worked two days ago with someone who got it back in March. Took her 4 weeks to get over it. She’s aout 53 and in d ecent shape. Felt better and walked in her neighborhood, got to the end of the street and had her husband get the car and pick her up to take her back. Really got her lungs good. Such variance.

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Sovande
08/11/2020 at 12:49

Not a damn clue, the only place that makes sense is work. I do work at a hospital , but no contact at all with patients of any sort, let alone covid

Sovande > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:50

Crazy. Glad you didn’t suffer through any too bad. Stay safe!

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Grindintosecond
08/11/2020 at 12:51

That’ s the scary part for sure. Not many infectious diseases out there that can be totally asymptomatic in one person and lethal to the next

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:52

Glad you made it through. This thing is no joke...stay safe.

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Sovande
08/11/2020 at 12:52

Likewise!

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
08/11/2020 at 12:53

same to you!

PartyPooper2012 > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 12:55

Sometimes you gotta stop to smell the roses... that is of course unless you catch the rona and lose the smellovision abilities.

Glad you’ve made it. Now go donate some of your plasma

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > PartyPooper2012
08/11/2020 at 12:56

Already in line. Red cross is making we wait a couple more weeks, but I have an appt scheduled with them in September

For Sweden > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 13:05

I’m not even sure where my office is anymore

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 13:21

Been 8 months and I still can’t breathe properly. Feel like I’m back to smoking 2 packs a day again.

Didn’t die though, so that’s a plus. I guess.

The healthcare system here was (and probably still is) doing it’s best impression of an ostrich with it’s head stuck in the sand, so I never even got counted. They basically told us to stay home and recover on our own; call us if you’re actually dying.

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
08/11/2020 at 13:29

Damn dude, crossing everything I got for you

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
08/11/2020 at 13:36

Damn... hoping the best for a full recovery.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 13:54

Glad you’re okay and back at work.

I’ve got a coworker who has it right now, fortunately I was out of the office on travel when he got it. But he had 3 days of sniffles and is already feeling better.

Then again I have a neighbor who got it who is in her 30s , in good shape, etc. and it knocked her out for 25 days, and shes still not 100% better.

Its just crazy how different it is for different people. Glad your symptoms were on the mild side.

functionoverfashion > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/11/2020 at 14:05

Ah, man, glad you’re okay. Relating to the cartoon: I was furloughed in late June for 4 weeks. I took a week’s vacation (previously planned staycation) after that, then came back to work in time to give 2 weeks’ notice, starting teaching in 2 more weeks after that. No idea what I’m doing. So there’s that, lol.

user314 > For Sweden
08/11/2020 at 14:12

I vaguely remember working in an “office”, in the Before Times .

facw > For Sweden
08/11/2020 at 14:15

I’ve been remote for 2 and half years. In theory I belong to an office somewhere, but they moved and I don’t know where they are now.