Read my update! I have a summary at the end.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2684932758456331&id=1998386763777604?sfnsn=mo

Reveille said:

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Read my update! I have a summary at the end.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2684932758456331&id=1998386763777604?sfnsn=mo

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Very good info. I have been taking ashwagandha for a year and a half, and I took up running. In my first 6 months, I got a little faster, but didn't lose any weight. BMI was 25-26. I started the ashwagandha, and noticed weight loss. Over the next year, I lost about 12 lbs, and am now down about 15, BMI 23.

That's all good, but what's really interesting is that I'm running 30-35 miles per week, including a half marathon several days ago. I don't stretch. I don't get sore. I mean, I'm 47, so there are aches and pains, but no different whether I run or not. I really think this ashwagandha is doing something for recovery by REDUCING INFLAMMATION. FYI, I take about 5g/day. BP runs 100/70.

Any thoughts on ashwagandha?

Marcus/Reveille (and any other medical individual who cares to share their thoughts)...

I got a call this morning from the head nurse at the county health department in which I live. My test results are not back from Nashville, but based on my symptoms, they are going to identify me as 'Probable Covid-19.' Even if my results come back negative I will still be listed as Probable. She said the tests aren't as accurate as one would think, that a positive test is based on a certain viral load, and one could test negative if their viral load wasn't high enough to trigger the positive.

Thoughts please?

Good thread on the politics board about Vitamin D

ToddyHill said:

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Marcus/Reveille (and any other medical individual who cares to share their thoughts)...

I got a call this morning from the head nurse at the county health department in which I live. My test results are not back from Nashville, but based on my symptoms, they are going to identify me as 'Probable Covid-19.' Even if my results come back negative I will still be listed as Probable. She said the tests aren't as accurate as one would think, that a positive test is based on a certain viral load, and one could test negative if their viral load wasn't high enough to trigger the positive.

Thoughts please?

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Yes the nasal swab as a pretty good false positive rate so what they are saying makes sense. The higher the viral load the more likely you are to turn positive. Some people have taken multiple test to turn positive. If a doctor feels you have it clinically you should heed his or her advice for sure.

I requested to the mods the thread to be relocated ,
Of course there were a handful of posters
Who were of the opinion
"We don't need no stinking supplements"

Just giving you a hard time.

Tell them that if they go outside they'll get supplemented with Vit D, so they should probably just stay in the basement

are you checking your O2?

Hope you are on the backside of this and your family stays safe.

ToddyHill said:

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Thank you.

Just got a follow-up call from the Health Department. I've transitioned from Probable to Positive.

Fortunately, I feel great today. First day I haven't had a fever or chills/shakes in a few days.

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I'm glad you are feeling better. Those supplements are showing good anecdotal results too! I pray for your continued recovery!

I am not. However, my youngest daughter is a critical care nurse, and she ordered a 'pulse oximeter' on Amazon that should arrive in the next couple of days.

Thanks. Today was the first day in a long time that I haven't run a fever, and I'm not going through the chills/shakes (which is the worst part of it). And my breathing has never been affected, so I feel very fortunate.

good deal

just anecdotal evidence that it's the thing to be watching even as other symptoms alleviate

that people progressing from flu-like to really sick are dealing with unapparent hypoxia for a long period of time

Sq 17 said:

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Good thread on the politics board about Vitamin D

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I wonder if Italy and Spain had required everybody to take a scheduled 30 minute walk every day if things would have been better.

Marcus Aurelius said:

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She is relatively "quarantining" from us for a while. He is much improved. Afebrile. So probably a cold. He got swabbed at UAB. Locally they are probably the best technique IMO.

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Are tests readily available in the area? I've got a couple of employees (our office is in Homewood) who have been tested multiple times (one due to pneumonia gone wrong/taking a really long time to heal) and one who had multiple exposures to people testing + (its like she doesnt take it seriously or something) and was curious. 2nd employee i mentioned also a) keeps asking when we are going 8back to the office and b) happens to sit closer to me than anyone. Needless to say i am not in a hurry to go back to the office.

(Accidental choice of icon, and i can't change it, great...)