Both hubby and I have tested positive for the latest virus strain. We both are in our 70's, he has a heart valve and 2 stents and I've got a compromised immune system having crohns/uc all my life, but in remission since 2002. Neither of us have fever; he came home from golf w/sore throat and tested positive w/old covid at-home test and next day I tested positive; we both were prescribed paxlovid but i hesitate to take it because of the various side effects and i don't want it upsetting my gut w/diarrhea so I've opted to use ivermectin and to increase vitamins c, d, zinc, quercitin, nyquill/dayquill, coldeze and in 1 day I feel almost back to normal. I know we have to quarantine for 5 days with this strain. What if we test positive after those 5 days? Can we return to our lives of golf/going to gym?
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Hubby and I never had a fever with this new strain; his blood pressure was a little high, which I believe is a side effect of Paxlovid and I took another 36 mg of ivermectin this am. We are heading to the grocery store and resuming our lifestyle and I just hope I don't get additional long-haul symptoms which I have been struggling with since we got the original December 2020 but I can still work out every day which makes me a grateful hauler. Thanks for your input

Just got back a 20 day Mediterranean cruise. Started feeling like crap (chills, tiredness, sore throat) on Friday. No pharmacy will dispense Paxlovid without an Rx from a doc, and of course all S&W docs are off until Monday. And they don't diagnose COVID virtually. So, I'll see how I'm doing in the morning and head over to their walk-in clinic, probably expose a few people, and get an Rx.

Up to date on COVID vaccines (5) so hopefully it will be mild and over soon.

hubby and i tested at home and came up positive; we live in az. and are with honor health; honor health said he had to go to urgent care and not one of their offices and he was not tested again at e.r. but paxlovid was called into walgreens. a day or 2 later i had a video call from a dr. at honor health; not my pcp but i did ask about ivermectin and she smiled and said she couldn't discuss it. she called in paxlovid to walgreens and i picked it up but used ivermectin instead. our lives are back to `normal' tho on some level i hope i don't get any additional long haul symptoms as i've been dealing with a few of them since the 2020 exposure. won't get anymore vaccines or boosters. hubby agrees. good luck on your recovery.