sigh I've got a faint positive #COVID test today. So either I got it from my wife and mother in law who both had it last week or I picked it up while traveling.
I'm not feeling very bad. Just congested.
This is the first time I've had COVID as far as I'm aware since the start of the pandemic.
Back awake and now I need to plow through a dozen conference paper reviews because people who agreed to do them didn't do them and we need reviews done by midnight tonight 🙄
Being sick sucks. I got through teaching and giving an oral exam today. I think it's time for me to take a nap and worry about everything else tomorrow.
I managed to stay awake all day today so I'll take that as either getting over jet lag or starting to get slightly better. Maybe tomorrow I'll be able to accomplish a few more work tasks.
I slept soundly through the night and had a hard time waking up at 730 this morning for an 8am meeting. I feel like I'm halfway through the flu except with more brain fog and fatigue.
I've got one more meeting today and then I'll be able to rest.
My dentist's office called to offer me an opening today to get crown prep done that I have scheduled for the end of the month. They said I'm the second person to have turned down the appointment because of having COVID which they found abnormal so I guess it's starting to rip through the Monterey peninsula.
I managed to get out of the house for a couple hours each day this weekend. Each time wiped me out. Last night I had a hard time sleeping. This morning I've got a headache and in general I ache.
I'm thinking I'll be working from home again today although they want me back in the office.
I managed to be on my feet for about 12 hours yesterday with only routine bouts of nausea and fatigue plus some weird sensations in the skin on my face.
I'm taking it easy today and am working slowly on things. I've still got brain fog and some fatigue. No more congestion.
The immuno compromised partner of one of my students just got #covid (not from me) so it's definitely active here on the #Monterey peninsula.
Ugh my brain isn't working very well this morning. This #COVID recovery isn't very fun.
My primary issues are 1) not being able to review technical documents, 2) forgetting the occasional word, 3) moving slowly in general with getting things done.
At least I'm able to run meetings, teach classes, and meet with students but I can't get them feedback on their work. And I've had to ask the editor of a journal I'm an associate editor for to temporarily take over several editorial duties.
Well if I want it, my doctor has prescribed a five day course of Medrol. He said some of his patients have found that to be useful in speeding up recovery from #COVID brain fog.
I ended up sleeping most of Saturday. Sunday I felt pretty good and I was able to work on my truck for several hours, and went to Costco. Today I woke up with a headache and brain fog. This is pretty annoying.
@ai6yr it's not very fun. I've got stuff to do but I'm unable to do much of it. But I've still got to keep plugging away because there's no one to cover for me and student timelines don't change.
The only way I was able to get my since deceased colleague coverage was him literally going to the hospital with a brain tumor. So that's how things are going at my office.
Every day it's a bit better but I'm still having issues doing more complex editing that requires developing new things. Or just in general, new things are challenging.
@douglasvb I am really sorry you are experiencing this. It is so crazy how people have different experiences with it. I had it for the first time in early Feb. About a month later despite having mild respiratory symptoms, a nasty post-covid bronchitis set in that I am still dealing with. I hope you heal fast with minimal symptoms. Hot it from my parents. My 75 year old mom was asymptomatic.
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