I'm fully vaccinated, with the latest shot over 6 weeks ago. The only conceivable place I could have gotten it was at the Dr.'s office last Thursday. I was wearing a mask, as usual, but also, as usual, no one else was, including the Dr. and the gal who did my renal ultrasound. I only removed my mask for about 10 minutes in the Dr.'s office, and wasn't that close to him anyway. But although I was masked during the ultrasound, the gal was at times pretty close to my face.

I self-tested positive - very clearly positive - twice yesterday with two different brands of COVID tests (the free ones from Uncle Sam). By than, I was taking Tylenol and a cough suppressant. My temp was still under 99 and pulse ox was high. My first symptoms started 2 days after the Dr. visit, but it was just a mild sore throat. I thought nothing of it. The next day, it was a little worse, and then I began feeling feverish. I wasn't even entertaining the possibility of COVID, since I thought given my precautions, it was much more likely to be the Flu or just a common cold.

So, after the positive test results I did a telehealth with my PCP in the afternoon. He prescribed Paxlovid (effective within 5 days of symptom onset - the earlier the better), which I've been taking. So far not much improvement, though it causes a weird taste in the mouth, and for me anyway, diarrhea. I wish I had tested earlier before the virus got as well entrenched as it seems to have.

Ugh.