realm of silence

[calimac]

I haven't had anything to post for several days because I've been in isolation mode, on two counts.

First, B. and I have contacted the covid. First time for either of us. We've been highly vigilant so far, but we relaxed enough to go unmasked to a family gathering just when we shouldn't have.

Covid symptoms vary in nature and severity. Mine have been mostly cold/flu-like symptoms, plus the interesting one of loss of appetite. I cannot eat more than half of what I usually do. B. is having it much worse. Due to our age and condition, we're both on paxlovid. Picking that up from the pharmacy was just about my only exit from the house lately. We've got plenty of food and we're isolating.

Simultaneously, my computer was in the shop for a much-needed overhaul, prompted by a catastrophic glitch. This also took several days, so at the same time as I was isolating, I was isolated from the online world. I had access to e-mail, more to read than to write it, but I couldn't do much of anything else. Whole lotta book-reading going on.

But now it's back, and I can start getting ramped back up on work. I'm feeling better - so is B. - but I'm going to stay isolated for at least another couple of days before I take another covid test to see how I'm doing.

Comments

[armiphlage]

Congrats on having lasted so long playing Covid dodge-ball!

[athenais]

I'm sorry you both caught Covid. I've never been able to take paxlovid myself, so I've struggled with what feels like the absolute worst possible flu. I'm glad there's something that reduces the symptoms.

Oh noes!

[lsanderson]

Speedy and complete recovery.

[kayla_allen]

As it happens, I was exposed to COVID, in that Jill Eastlake tested positive (and stayed away for the rest of the convention), and then Don Eastlake was paired with me during the site selection ballot count. He tested positive the next morning, which I learned when he attended the WSFS MPC organizational meeting, after which he left for the rest of the convention.

I've been testing every day since then. I was coughing a lot before the convention, but I've tested negative all along. I reckon to test through Saturday and if I stay clear, figure that I dodged the bullet. I am masking up again when I go out, however, as I have been doing anyway when I am coughing.

[calimac]

It's traveling all that way to attend a Worldcon (aren't the Eastlakes from Boston?) and then having to isolate and miss it, that's so regrettable. That's why I'm relieved I wasn't tempted to attend.

[kayla_allen]

The Eastlakes moved to Florida a few years ago, but it's the same long-distance issue.

[andrewducker]

Fingers crossed for a swift and smooth recovery.