Glad you are feeling well enough to post.
Thanks! Not as much as I am. Not sure if you're working again, if you are, respect! Firemen see fires every so often, you're in hell fire daily. Stay safe.
We're getting through it, it hasn't been easy but it hasn't been as disastrous as others have had it so I'm grateful. We've got great support from friends and family checking in and offering help.
I'll share a few things from the whole experience with the hope it helps anyone, we went down this road with no point of reference, it was learn as you go. It started with my sister in law who is a nurse at a local hospital. She received part one of the vaccine on 12/28 (YES, you can get infected after receiving half of the vaccine, this is widely and openly documented). She got infected sometime the first week of January, no one knows for certain where she got it, but the obvious bet is the hospital. She spent some time at my in laws and spread it to my mother in law who then gave it to my son who gave it to me and my wife. Another sister and son got it, as well as the nurse's husband and infant. In all, 10 out of 13 people in that "bubble" got it. Luckily, my wife's 93 yr old grand mother lives with my in laws, she has not shown any symptoms. My father in law and daughter have also not shown symptoms, my daughter did test negative when my son tested positive.
As for symptoms, it varies widely. My son was barely affected as were a few others. Very light cold like symptoms. I had symptoms that yo yo'd for 4-5 days. No fever, no cough, no loss of taste. One night after dinner I just hit a wall and had no energy, had a slight sore throat and runny nose here and there. Fatigue was the worst of it. My wife and mother in law got the breathing symptoms, flu like aches n pains, no energy at all. MIL has been out of bed for a week, but still can't do steps. My wife is on about day 8, no energy, headaches, chills, diffuculty breathing after doing steps or showering.
It's a small set of data, but from what I've seen...do what you can to avoid it. It will COMPLETELY disrupt your life, your house gets split into sections, your kid gets locked in a room for 2 weeks, you wash your hands 50 times a day, etc... Then mental anguish is no fun either. If you do get it, it's manageable, don't spread it. Everyone has their thoughts about masks, vaccines, etc...be smart and be good to each other, please.
