MaksiSanctum he/him3/
Had plenty of quick hot/cold flashes during this event, but now I seem to be experiencing straight-up hot flashes that last around 30 minutes or so where I'm covered in sweat by the end. Luckily, I have fans handy but whew...😓
I'm pretty sure this is making my wife happy as she already went through "the change", says I can now "relate"...
The afternoon BP spike didn't happen today, I'll take slightly elevated over stroke levels any day.
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Still using Metformin (and no, hot flashes are not a side effect). For people interested in the oral titration schedule:
500 mg on day 1, 500 mg twice daily on days 2–5, then 500 mg in the morning & 1000 mg in the evening up to day 14.
I'm currently on day 2.
To be extra careful, I've been monitoring my blood glucose level and today it's been 86-99 which is perfect, so no worries yet.
To be clear, the published paper did not mention if they monitored BG, I figured rather safe than sorry.
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Still waking up with a daily headache, but I can say for sure that it is not pounding nearly as hard. Like yesterday, BP starts a little high but after the metoprolol today, it is currently 122/83! Hoping this is a new trend.
Just wish my head would stop hurting.
Still on metformin titration schedule, BG still level.
I've now gone through 4 boxes of tissues in 8 days...😷
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Headaches increasing-BP is up to 140/93. Better than previous high but still sucky (another strict med term).
My sense of smell seems to be staying this time (yay!). Thankful for the wicks air fresheners I installed for making it easy to find out 🤧
Congestion also still sucky. Original carrier tested negative 2x & now having a life. My wife visits the outside windows when walking the dog and feels like she visiting a prisoner.
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I can't believe how lucky I am to have the privilege of being able to isolate, insured, being able to afford to miss work while having a med team contact me without asking to work my issues while being supported by a loving family. If this were just 20+ or so years ago I would have had none of those things and would likely have not survived this, either physically, mentally of financially.
It pains me to know that there are many in the U.S. who may never have these options.
#COVIDJournal
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Important note, by 10 PM almost every night this week, I feel almost human. I get a bunch of work done between 10-1 because I can actually think with only a mild headache. I've mentioned cyclic symptoms before and this is one of the positives of that effect. Would obviously prefer the cycle to be earlier but I'll take what I can get.
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Took another rapid test with older ROCHE test, shows positive but faded...no way I trust this test. Ordered fresh supplies and will PCR test tomorrow using home Lucira molecular PCR test that I always keep handy.
The updated test also has Flu A/B included: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL7S9F4P?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
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Rapid test vs PCR test
On the left is a rapid test from Carestart (never used b4) vs the Lucira PCR. Innaccuate rapid tests are the bane of infections and quite common, it's why we say multiple negative tests spaced out are needed. But if you have a bad test kit, then what? You'll keep getting false negatives unless you get a newer/better test. And of course swab back of throat, cheeks, and nose.
So yeah, still positive after 10 days...☹️
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Had chinese food last night which left me incredibly congested this morning so been coughing my head off (sort of worth it, yum😋 ).
Like previous days, BP starts around 127/89 and slowly creeps up, currently 132/94
For the first time ever, blood showed up on a test swab.
Never thought about it before but it makes sense that for some people this would be common. Haven't heard of this effecting a test but something to note.
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BP has been only getting slightly elevated, currently 126/90 which is a good trend.
Coughing was at it's worst yesterday where I would hack something up approx every 20 min's. Used Tylenol w/codeine to sleep again.
Woke up with slight headache and very sore throat. After breakfast and shower, feeling better.
New rapid test showed positive within a minute. Shows the difference between old vs newer test (used Binax)
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I can't believe I'm still testing covid+ after 12 days!
For people who go out without(even with) a mask after 5 still coughing, they are undoubtably spreading it.
My symptoms get progressively better daily, even if only slightly. Tomorrow I ramp up the Metformin. Impossible to know if it's helping; just have to trust the science. Look forward to getting out of isolation...
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Still testing covid+ (ugh!).
Symptoms improve slightly every day, end of day headache sucks.
Upped the metformin dosage until it runs out in 9 days.
Original carrier gets a monthly blood test due to upcoming treatment. Surprise find, platelet counts went way up after the covid infection- after being stable for months. More evidence that the virus can cause thrombosis and other CV issues.
Alx 🐈
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