This is going to be long but so many of you have asked for specifics on our protocols and are often too sick when it hits to think right. I made a huge pot of vegetable beef stew and pimento cheese for sandwiches and got all my stuff organized in one place when I realized I was probably next and it's a good thing...I did get nervous. If you want to skip everything but the meds, they are underscored like this.
Our grands live next door and spend every weekend with us. Last Friday, before they made it over, our six year old grandaughter started running a high fever and had an extremely sore throat. They took her to the doc and she was tested for strep and covid. She was positive for strep and negative for covid with a rapid test and given Amoxicillin...huge sigh of relief, those are our babies. The next morning our ten year old grandson came down with the same thing. This child has always been down for a week or two with strep. They didn't bother taking him to the doc because granny keeps plenty of amoxicillin. This stuff didn't act like strep although they had a high fever and a sore throat and were lethargic. Within a day and a half, they were both close to normal with just a little lethargy but while they were sick, they felt really bad. I dose these kids with high doses of D, C and a multi vitamin regularly. They have been home schooled since the beginning of covid. Their immune systems have not suffered and this is the first time they've been sick in two years.
Next, my DIL came down with it and she got so sick so quick, my DS got worried because she has bad seizures and she had just had her first in a month the night before and it was worse than usual. Also one of her legs was painful from the knee down. She had some stomach symptoms and was dizzy but that may have been the high fever. They went to the same doctor...by now he's suspecting they all have covid so he orders a more involved test for her, has her take aspirin in case she's trying to get a blood clot and gives her a script for Prednisone 4mg. DDIL said it helped a lot. She ends up being positive. She had a little worse case than the rest of us but still only sick a couple days.
During all this time DS, DH, and myself are feeling off so we start taking our Ivermectin 6mg twice a day...We usually just take it every week or two. DIL and kids haven't been taking it. DH and I have been taking big doses of C and around 8000 IU's of D along with zinc 50 mg, K2 and a good multi vitamin In addition I take Magnesium, Melatonin, Famotidine, Benadryl and Colostrum containing Immuniglobulins and Lactoferrin, and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. DS takes C and D. So far DH and DS are fine and are feeling better.
Next, I finally came down with it yesterday (Tuesday)...bad. When it hit, it hit like a ton of bricks. I upped my Ivermectin 6mg to three times a day and started on Prednisone 4mg , Doxycycline and Mucinex along with all the meds listed in the preventive section above plus I tried to drink lots of fluids. I'm allergic to aspirin and leary of Quercetin but planned on trying it if I got too bad. I didn't want to sleep with DH and get him sick too so I slept in another room against his wishes...I was still close. Everything on me hurt so I took Tylenol, the drainage was horrible. I couldn't get warm and toward morning it felt like it was trying to go to my lungs. I have a few comorbidities. I may have finally slept 2 hours. When DH heard me stirring and got up, I decided to get up too and drink something hot. Even though I still felt horrible, I noticed I was feeling a little less horrible but I could only manage one cup of coffee...the taste was off. I took more Tylenol at 6:30. DH wanted to stay at home with me but that would have made two guys lose a day of work and we knew they would miss two days with this weather plus my chest seemed to be clearing up and my kids are next door. I tried to drink coffee again but it was a struggle...bad taste. My DIL showed up with Prednisone...said it was a game changer for her and I have to agree plus she broke the news that she was positive. I steadily got better and by about ten tonight, much to my surprise and shock, I started feeling almost normal but my taste is still way off. My sense of smell is still ok.
Edited to add-1...Update Thursday evening, our son has completely lost his sense of smell. Other than feeling a little off the last few days and sounding a little hoarse, his nose burning last night, a few sneezes today and no ability to smell and a slight loss of taste, he's good and feels fine. It's my opinion that he has it and should have some immunity going forward. That leaves DH, the workaholic, never say die guy who has a fantastic immune system, even at 65. He hasn't left the house or his recliner since he got up this morning (first time I've ever seen this in almost 50 years except for maybe that one time in his twenties that he had the flu but I was so sick then I can't remember). He even asked DS to do his chores. I think we can safely say it's been through the whole crew with DH having an almost asymptomatic case and praying it stays that way. DH and I will carry on with our protocol a little longer and then go back to preventive if things stay like they are.
Edited to add-2...the reason I took Doxycycline instead of the Z-pack that is usually used is because I'm allergic to all mycin antibiotics. I've also learned that Doxy has some antiviral properties. The reason I didn't start right out with Quercetin is because I'm deathly allergic to aspirin. My oldest DS has inherited a ton of my medical oddities. He took the quercitin preventively for a week or so when all this first started and it started giving him the same strange reactions aspirin does so he stopped it. He's not allergic to aspirin but has adverse reactions. I have anaphylactic reactions.
One more thing, DDIL and I have both had cramps in our legs and feet with this that magnesium and potassium wouldn't touch. I drank a small can of Schweppes tonic water with quinine as a last resort last night and it stopped them. I got that at Walmart when it was suggested as a replacement for hydroxychloraquin last year. I had to mix it with ginger ale but I got it down. It helped her a little but not much so she used Liquid I.V.. It's close to the Gatorade at WM and is in powdered form. It fixed her right up.
I've heard your body's weaknesses show up along with covid and I can vouch for that. I had the worst TMJ attack I've ever had the day before I came down with it...hadn't had one in years and had none of the warning symptoms leading up to it. My spastic esophagus reared it's ugly head in a big way plus DIL had a big seizure.
I can't believe I got better this fast. Last night I was laying there wondering what I was facing. Was it my protocol? I can't be positive but I do believe it played a large part and the fact that I had my levels up on some of those. Would we have fared so well if it had been Delta, probably not. I'm sure it was Omicron...and thankful.
Our grands live next door and spend every weekend with us. Last Friday, before they made it over, our six year old grandaughter started running a high fever and had an extremely sore throat. They took her to the doc and she was tested for strep and covid. She was positive for strep and negative for covid with a rapid test and given Amoxicillin...huge sigh of relief, those are our babies. The next morning our ten year old grandson came down with the same thing. This child has always been down for a week or two with strep. They didn't bother taking him to the doc because granny keeps plenty of amoxicillin. This stuff didn't act like strep although they had a high fever and a sore throat and were lethargic. Within a day and a half, they were both close to normal with just a little lethargy but while they were sick, they felt really bad. I dose these kids with high doses of D, C and a multi vitamin regularly. They have been home schooled since the beginning of covid. Their immune systems have not suffered and this is the first time they've been sick in two years.
Next, my DIL came down with it and she got so sick so quick, my DS got worried because she has bad seizures and she had just had her first in a month the night before and it was worse than usual. Also one of her legs was painful from the knee down. She had some stomach symptoms and was dizzy but that may have been the high fever. They went to the same doctor...by now he's suspecting they all have covid so he orders a more involved test for her, has her take aspirin in case she's trying to get a blood clot and gives her a script for Prednisone 4mg. DDIL said it helped a lot. She ends up being positive. She had a little worse case than the rest of us but still only sick a couple days.
During all this time DS, DH, and myself are feeling off so we start taking our Ivermectin 6mg twice a day...We usually just take it every week or two. DIL and kids haven't been taking it. DH and I have been taking big doses of C and around 8000 IU's of D along with zinc 50 mg, K2 and a good multi vitamin In addition I take Magnesium, Melatonin, Famotidine, Benadryl and Colostrum containing Immuniglobulins and Lactoferrin, and two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar. DS takes C and D. So far DH and DS are fine and are feeling better.
Next, I finally came down with it yesterday (Tuesday)...bad. When it hit, it hit like a ton of bricks. I upped my Ivermectin 6mg to three times a day and started on Prednisone 4mg , Doxycycline and Mucinex along with all the meds listed in the preventive section above plus I tried to drink lots of fluids. I'm allergic to aspirin and leary of Quercetin but planned on trying it if I got too bad. I didn't want to sleep with DH and get him sick too so I slept in another room against his wishes...I was still close. Everything on me hurt so I took Tylenol, the drainage was horrible. I couldn't get warm and toward morning it felt like it was trying to go to my lungs. I have a few comorbidities. I may have finally slept 2 hours. When DH heard me stirring and got up, I decided to get up too and drink something hot. Even though I still felt horrible, I noticed I was feeling a little less horrible but I could only manage one cup of coffee...the taste was off. I took more Tylenol at 6:30. DH wanted to stay at home with me but that would have made two guys lose a day of work and we knew they would miss two days with this weather plus my chest seemed to be clearing up and my kids are next door. I tried to drink coffee again but it was a struggle...bad taste. My DIL showed up with Prednisone...said it was a game changer for her and I have to agree plus she broke the news that she was positive. I steadily got better and by about ten tonight, much to my surprise and shock, I started feeling almost normal but my taste is still way off. My sense of smell is still ok.
Edited to add-1...Update Thursday evening, our son has completely lost his sense of smell. Other than feeling a little off the last few days and sounding a little hoarse, his nose burning last night, a few sneezes today and no ability to smell and a slight loss of taste, he's good and feels fine. It's my opinion that he has it and should have some immunity going forward. That leaves DH, the workaholic, never say die guy who has a fantastic immune system, even at 65. He hasn't left the house or his recliner since he got up this morning (first time I've ever seen this in almost 50 years except for maybe that one time in his twenties that he had the flu but I was so sick then I can't remember). He even asked DS to do his chores. I think we can safely say it's been through the whole crew with DH having an almost asymptomatic case and praying it stays that way. DH and I will carry on with our protocol a little longer and then go back to preventive if things stay like they are.
Edited to add-2...the reason I took Doxycycline instead of the Z-pack that is usually used is because I'm allergic to all mycin antibiotics. I've also learned that Doxy has some antiviral properties. The reason I didn't start right out with Quercetin is because I'm deathly allergic to aspirin. My oldest DS has inherited a ton of my medical oddities. He took the quercitin preventively for a week or so when all this first started and it started giving him the same strange reactions aspirin does so he stopped it. He's not allergic to aspirin but has adverse reactions. I have anaphylactic reactions.
One more thing, DDIL and I have both had cramps in our legs and feet with this that magnesium and potassium wouldn't touch. I drank a small can of Schweppes tonic water with quinine as a last resort last night and it stopped them. I got that at Walmart when it was suggested as a replacement for hydroxychloraquin last year. I had to mix it with ginger ale but I got it down. It helped her a little but not much so she used Liquid I.V.. It's close to the Gatorade at WM and is in powdered form. It fixed her right up.
I've heard your body's weaknesses show up along with covid and I can vouch for that. I had the worst TMJ attack I've ever had the day before I came down with it...hadn't had one in years and had none of the warning symptoms leading up to it. My spastic esophagus reared it's ugly head in a big way plus DIL had a big seizure.
I can't believe I got better this fast. Last night I was laying there wondering what I was facing. Was it my protocol? I can't be positive but I do believe it played a large part and the fact that I had my levels up on some of those. Would we have fared so well if it had been Delta, probably not. I'm sure it was Omicron...and thankful.
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