Oh, Oakley! What an ordeal! I hope you're feeling better now. Take good care of yourself.

I was wondering where you were! So sorry for your awful experiences!

Glad you’re on the mend. ❤️

So sorry Oakley; I hope you are feeling better. Covid seems to be down for now in my area, which I was surprised with school starting back. At least this variant, for most people, is much milder. My MIL had it a while back, she never felt bad, it was like a bad cold (congestion/cough). One of our little boys (friend's grandkids which we claim LOL) has it now, he is 7. He started with a headache which scared him as he'd never had one! He also has coughing. Yesterday was day 3 and he felt much better. We are getting the booster this weekend.

Did you not get the free covid tests from the government? We still have all of those on hand. Pick up a couple at your drugstore to keep on hand. Hope no one else gets it! Take care of yourself.

ohmygosh you poor thing!

Oakley! I hope you’e feeling better and recover soon.

Tina, I ordered the tests and I swear I got them and then stashed them away, and I couldn't find them. MY DIL had some extra and I messed up mine. :) I knew immediately what it was though.

Covid may seem down but those who take home tests and have no need to go to the doctor, don't report their positive tests results, so it's all misleading, IMO. And that's what scares me with basketball and softball season here, being around all those people.

I had a 100-101 temp for three days, headache, and what was weird and is a symptom is that both my arms and legs suddenly started aching at the same time. Never had leg aches before. I didn't lose my tastes or smell but everything tasted awful and smelled awful. So maybe I did, but that was unpleasant, along with fatigue which I'm just now getting over.

DH has pneumonia which is another story. He's home though.

Covid AND a kidney stone? You are an over achiever, aren't you! Glad you are on the mend and hope you DH is as well.

I'm sorry you've been so sick! I hope you and your husband start feeling better soon.

Thanks for posting this, and I'm glad you are past the kidney stone phase. I hope your Covid case has been a mild one and that you recover completely and quickly.

I am still wearing masks in public. In Los Angeles County, there are over 1,000 new known cases per day, and that does not include unreported cases of Covid. I especially keep my distance from anyone who is not wearing a mask. I'm fine with wearing a mask if it will help.

I hope your husband recovers quickly from pneumonia. My father almost died of that when he was a teenager, but that was before antibiotics were common, I think. He may not have gotten the best care.

Thank you Lars. DH said no one wears a mask when he goes to public places. I'll wear mine though.

Kind of upset with the local ER because we took DH there two Sundays ago because he was still feverish and could hardly walk. They took tests and said he just needs to rest and eat more.

Two days ago I had my video appt. with my doctor and I was feeling fine so I told him about DH. He took a peek at his records and said he thinks the ER misread the results because he saw an infectious nodule...pneumonia. He prescribed antibiotics immediately and so far the fever is gone but he's as week as a newborn kitten. Covid fatigue + pneumonia fatigue. Yikes.

You and your husband have been through the wringer. Hopefully soon this will be behnd you. It is interesting that you had a kidney stone along Covid. About a month after I had a routine case of Covid, I had a kidney stone and UTI. All better now though. Cheering for you and your husband to regain your strength very soon.

Wow, sorry to hear you had a double whammy but glad that you are on the mend now. Hope DH's pneumonia is cleared quickly and that you are both in good health soon!

Oakley, don't be so competitive!! 😁

Get better soon. It's okay to be competitive about getting better.

Sorry to hear you were ill Oakley

Fori, had Covid hit me 15 minutes later than it did, my hair would've had highlighting cream all over it! :)

Sorry to hear this. I'm glad you are on the upswing.

I agree that covid cases are currently wildly underreported (on the plus side, I think that's because people are getting milder cases on average, thanks to vaccines and previous exposure; though "mild" is obviously relative). My ex, my sister, and my daughter all got covid in a one month period (after having avoided infection for the previous two-and-a-half years and being pretty careful), and they are all in different states. And I don't think any of them reported their cases anywhere.

Oakley, I'm so sorry for the double whammy you experienced. I hope you and your DH are on the mend.

Yes with the milder cases, many cases are not counted as people are not gping to the dr. My MIL tested positive using a home test and called her dr. She is 85, so she was offered the antiviral but recommended to ”tough it out”, which she did.

So sorry that you and DH have been so ill! This is a good reminder to stayed masked in public. Hope you both are feeling much better soon!

Teeda, I'm making a grocery run in the morning to the small grocery store, not Walmart where I'd pass out before I got to the checkout, and I'm definitely wearing a mask!

Oakley, you were missed, and I’m sorry you have been so sick. I hope your DH gets better with the antibiotics and doesnt have long-Covid symptoms ahead of him.

I still have a couple of those free Covid tests but they are beyond their expiration dates so I dont know if they would still be valid.

I am still wearing a mask when I go to stores.

Oakley, i hope you are feeling better soon.

Feel better, Oakley. I still wear a mask in crowds. Flying to Portugal tomorrow. Masks are packed.

Feel better soon!

I am so sorry this is happening to you, Oakley. I would be furious about the missed diagnosis of your husband's pneumonia.

Gray, me too. FURIOUS. It's a small rural hospital and they don't have a doctor in the ER fulltime, so I'm hoping DH's doctor gave whomever sent him home the what for!

When he had emergency surgery in the same ER, a doctor who specializes in that field came immediately from OKC.

Sorry to hear about your ongoing illnesses, Oak. You’ve been missed. 💐

I was hoping you would check in. Sorry for the health issues, hope you both are on the way to complete recoveries.

"Dodged a bullet with my simultaneous kidney stone and covid" said no one ever, up until now.

EEeeek!

Kswl, I want to thank you again for opening my eyes when I said the vaccine didn't help. We're alive, and that's all that matters. How stupid of me to complain.

Fori, I was meaning to ask the ER people if anyone came in for stones with Covid, but I was happily doped up & forgot. :) It was my fault though, just as it was the first time around. Too much coffee and not enough water.

What timing you have! Being ill and having to take care of DH. I would be furious too if a doctor missed pneumonia. Glad for you that your doctor took the time to look at his records.

'Fori, had Covid hit me 15 minutes later than it did, my hair would've had highlighting cream all over it! :)"

I have a friend who fell off a stool while trying to hang drapes. She had just applied henna to her hair and while waiting for an ambulance to arrive, she dragged herself to the bathroom and rinsed out her hair. Turns out her leg was broken in multiple spots, but she was so worried about her hair!

Hoping you feel better soon, Oakley.

Kidney stones are very painful from what my

SIL experienced. Couple that with Covid…not a fun time for sure. Take Care and continue to check in- you were missed.

OMG! That's awful. I'm so sorry you and your hubby were both sick. Just awful! I did wonder where you'd gone off to....I was hoping it was tropical and warm....and you had a pina colada in your hand. 🍷

Good grief, Oakley! Either one of those things alone would be bad enough, but to have both together? That's awful! Glad you're feeling on the upswing. Hope your DH feels better, too.

Gigi TN

Gigi W, your friend's story is like a late and wonderful lady I used to know who had the prettiest yard in town. She somehow cut off the tip of her finger while mowing and instead of rushing to the ER, she cleaned up and changed clothes. But you know, I may have done the same thing. :)

Irish, the first stone I had was worse than labor, and I had natural childbirth both times. I drove myself to the ER not knowing what it was and ended up on my knees begging for relief, so they gave me a shot of morphine which didn't work, then a shot of demerol which did the trick. Then I had it zapped at a kidney hospital a few days later. Drinking lots of water helped relieve the pain. I was shocked this last stone passed.

Nicole, a vacay would be great!!

Gigitn, I long for the day DH gets back to normal. Taking care of the both of us I think made my fatigue worse, but that's gone. :)

I'm glad that the kidney stone passed without too much pain - I've been lucky enough to not have had one, but the pain sounds horrible!

It sounds like you are over the worst of your Covid?

T, I think I'm back to 100%. Today is the first time I've been on the pc where I do my typing in several weeks I think. And I'm finally tackling the filth that accumulated from two people who could/can barely walk. :)

So glad you're feeling better. Now no more of this illness foolishness, young lady! You stay well!

Oakley, happy to hear you are better. It's good to have you back! Hope you and your DH feel better each day.

Goodness!! I hope you both get better soon and stay better!

You are such an overachiever! Glad you are back up to speed!

Mdln, thanks for the info! After DH fell from fatigue & broke the rib which collapsed his lung, he was taken by ambulance to our local hospital, they had an OKC doctor insert the tube, then they immediately took him by ambulance to a hospital in the city. The ICU was full at the hospital so they put him in one of their makeshift private ICU rooms. He received excellent care.

Two Sundays ago, which was almost 3 weeks after his fall is when DS took him to the local ER because of constant fever and fatigue. He could barely walk. They saw him, did the xray & I bet someone outside the hospital read it. Or misread it. :)

Oh, on his second day in the large hospital someone did call me to make plans for his rehab because he'll have a tube in him when he gets home. Like you said, trying to send the patient home early. I was not happy at all, but later that day DH was told there is no way they'd send him home with a tube in him. Whew.

Pretty sure his pneumonia is due to not using the incentive spirometer accordingly. He thought once a day would be good. Stubborn.

Wow...having all that piled on at once just seems unfair. I hope you feel better really soon and the fates give you a well deserved break!

Oakley i just re-read Othello yesterday and when i saw your thread today i spit out my coffee at your unintentional Elizabethan bawdiness 😎

Thank you, Annie! I long to hug my grandkids. Got a good hug from DS the other night for the first time in over a month. Felt good.

K, get your head out of the gutter! lol. I just spent 20 minutes listening to Elizabethan bawdy songs. Will you buy a fine dog? ;)

BTW, Othello sounds like a good play but I cannot grasp Shakespeare's writing.

Just noticed this thread Oakley. You have really been through the wringer haven't you. And your DH, I sure hope he's feeling better. My best to both of you.

I'm still wearing my mask when I'm out and about. I was running yesterday with a women who has had three shots and just recently had covid which I haven't yet had. She told me to stop wearing my mask as I should get covid as that gives me the best protection.

Yea, I think I'll give that suggestion a miss.