Covid Day 5

 So with my symptoms starting on Saturday I will consider this day 5 of my infection. A little scared since one of my friends that has had covid twice said that the breathing problems for her and her husband started on day 7. She lost her husband on their second infection. So yah, I’m scared. I’ve also read about the damage that covid has caused to its survivors. So I have that to think about as well. 

Since I am not getting any help from my so called “medical providers” I’m trying to do as many different over the counter options as I can do. So here is what I have started so far. 

-Dayquil & Nyquil: these don’t seem to be really helping with the congestion I have. I have had sinus infections before, but this one burns like nothing I have experienced before. Plus, I’m having a higher percentage of blood then I’ve seen before as well. The only thing these seem to be doing is keeping the fever in check.

-Zinc: Stared a 50 mg tablet once a day.

-Multivitamin: Yes, I know that this should be a part of my everyday health plan, but I forget to take them more then I take them. Right now adjusting that so that my body has as much as it can to fight this.

-Adjusting my drinking: I normally fight with drinking a lot ever since my kidney stone incident. (That’s another Kaiser nightmare/covid timeframe that I will cover in a different post). As part of this I am drinking more orange juice, Gatorade, and tonic water. Yes, tonic water. I know about all the arguments around quinine. My take on it is at this point it is better than nothing which is what Kaiser is giving me. I figure that having some in my system is better than nothing and the more I can make my body a hostile place for covid the better. Quinine did prove useful in the history of men’s fight against disease and who knows what other uses it can have. When talking to the Kaiser nurse she said that I didn’t understand that medicine are only approved for specific things. She must never have heard of the off use of drugs. From personal experience I can say that beta blockers (normally used for heart issues) are a wonder drug for migraines. I had a neurologist that was willing to do what was needed to help his patients which Kaiser seems to be lacking. Like I said I have had a lot of personal experience with medicine, doctors, and a large variety of health issues to know when a doctor or medical group is pulling BS from their ass. This also doesn’t count formal training I also have. LOL. Anyway sorry for going off so much on this one. 

So that’s it right now. Not much, but better than the “Tylenol” the nurse told me to take to keep my fever in check. I told her I wasn’t taking Tylenol because Dayquil and Nyquil already has acetaminophen in them and she seemed taken aback that I knew that. Medical providers really believe that people are stupid. Joke on them.