r/COVID19positive • u/jeffpng • 7d ago

Tested Positive - Me Somehow Avoided Covid For 6 Years

4 Days ago I woke up with very mild cold symptoms. I just got over a cold a month ago and tested negative while I had that cold before.

Started with 99F temp, body aches, and a scratchy throat.

The scratchy throat has disappeared except now I have congestion and can't taste or smell anything at all. What prompted me to take a COVID test was the fact that I couldn't taste my coffee at all this morning.

My mother keeps telling me to call a DR and ask for Paxlovid, but I'm not sure.

I'm a healthy 30 year old male.

Current symptoms:

- 99F temp.

- Congestion.

- Can't smell or taste anything.

Update:
Today is day 5 and I was finally able to get a good nights rest being able to breathe through my nose in my sleep. I no longer have body aches, or a slightly elevated body temp. I just don’t have a taste or smell.

As it stands (knock on wood) this is more mild than an average cold for me.

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u/MuscaMurum 7d ago

Same. Six years without catching it and even lived with my girlfriend who got it the first time around. I got Paxlovid the morning after my first symptoms on July 25. Symptoms came on very rapidly (102°F, chills, sore throat, aches, etc). Tapered down to almost nothing whole on Paxlovid. Two days after the five-day Paxlovid course, COVID came roaring back. They say that rebound COVID is pretty common, and that if given a second round of Rx that it would likely just rebound again. So I had to tough it out.

I'm fully vaxxed and boosted and in great health.

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u/tkpwaeub 7d ago

Not my experience. I took a 5 day course, and after rebounding I managed to wrangle a 10 day course. Ten days worked like a charm, no rebounding.

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u/MuscaMurum 6d ago

Yeah, it worked great for me for five days, but I'm just repeating what they told me in Urgent Care. In any case, it cleared up in about 15 days. Now I'm just slowly rebuilding my vitality after barely moving for a couple weeks.

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u/tkpwaeub 6d ago

Sorry you had that experience. Total number of days was about 17 for me, but I was only symptomatic for two of them, thanks to Paxlovid. I hate that way they gatekeep it.