[theoddz]

Originally Posted by clay

Oh no, my friend, theo!!

So sorry to hear you have covid. Sends you healing energies & vibes, and a gentle hug!!

I KNOW Ms. Lori will take excellent care of you!!

This sucks...I will be thinking of you, my dear friend, A!! much love...clay

Hey, thanks, brother!!! I sure do appreciate your kindness, as usual, and the healing energy coming my way. You know, this thing has made me feel pretty damned dragged out and sick, but truth be told, I had H1N1 in Vegas, when I was still working, and it was far worse. I almost ended up on a ventilator that time. I have asthma, you know, and when I was in the military, I smoked cigs, so I'm sure I have a little touch of COPD. I haven't smoked in 25 years, though, and I don't vape or imbibe on the "left handed cig", so that's made things a bit easier on me, all in all.

I do consider myself to be *extremely* fortunate to be able to get Paxlovid for this COVID. I'm in a high risk group, with my asthma, my history of throwing blood clots to my lungs (PE's) and being over 60 years old now. I took my first dose of the Paxlovid this evening, and it's a medication where one has to take 3 pills, twice a day. Interestingly, one of the two medications in the Paxlovid is the same one given to HIV/AIDS patients!! It makes absolute sense, though, because both COVID and HIV/AIDS is caused by a virus. I have to say that I've heard word that we can probably expect a better, more broad covering COVID vaccine this Fall and it should protect us better against not only original COVID, but also all variants of the Coronavirus. I have been vaccinated the original 2 times, but I've also had 3 more boosters, too. Still, I got it. So I'd like to remind everyone here to get vaccinated if they aren't already, and get the booster shots, too......ALL of them!!!

Anyway, I'm on the mend. I'm just very, very thankful that I was able to contact my doctor at the VA and she was very willing to prescribe the Paxlovid for me. We Vets may gripe and complain about the VA, but when the rubber meets the road, the VA really does try to take good care of us and it's a pretty nice little benefit to have.

I'm on the mend!!!

~Theo~