No worries @3SailAway
I think it was the WaPo article on clotting that did the deed (scared the pants off of me).
We are doing well, thank you.
Well if they tested negative for Covid 19, that might have opened up different options for treatment, depending on underlying diagnosis. As I noted there were probably plenty with flu or pneumonia from different causes, but if Covid could be ruled out, then that would be a factor that might factor into a decision NOT to hospitalize. The problem is that with Covid, things can go south pretty quickly in ways that arenât typically seen with many other diagnoses.
The outside the box thinking on treatments being studied is encouraging. If only the process didnât take so long, but the ideas are wild and woolly. I just saw an in vitro study about ivermectin, for example. So many possibilities in the works.
@evergreen5 â yes, we need a real treatment breakthrough, donât we! So thankful for all the dedicated and brilliant minds working on this the world over. Fingers crossedâŠ
Mold: âincreased risk for critically-ill COVID-19 patients to develop co-infection with Aspergillus, which is likely to increase mortality rates further.â https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32339350?fbclid=IwAR1O4N0SrZjxNAhNeZd7YHJiTijoo2fskxKIV_jLzokjJ5eLzfjTFx4JVnM
I cannot smell!
I hadnât noticed until I was loving the dog and I suddenly realized I could not smell his stinky doggie breath!
Iâm on Day 15, but who is counting!
Super glad to have my appetite back and to not feel exhausted.
The clotting thing makes me nervous too. Iâve gone back to having a baby aspirin every day, which I had decided was unnecessary since I wasnât really in any risk groups.
https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/Scientists_to_Stop_COVID19_2020_04_23_FINAL.pdf
This gives me a bit of hope . . .
I saw my cardiologist yesterday and asked her if I should take a baby aspirin. She said she didnât think it would help, but didnât think it would hurt either. I read something about Pepcid (famotidine). Hmmmm.
The ingredient in Pepsid is for massive IV doses in carefully monitored situations.
I know that they are studying high doses of IV Pepcid (famotidine) What is interesting is that I checked my wholesaler (I am a pharmacist) and oral Pepcid and all generic versions are suddenly all out of stock. The same thing happened a few weeks ago when amlodipine and azithromycin were talked about.
Thank goodness my pharmacist gave me 180 pills last time I saw him. That should last me many months. I hate this crazy âstocking up/hoardingâ cycle we have going with this SAH. 
Found out last night that a good friend who was S1âs partner on a pandemic simulation that won awards in middle school is now a resident at a hard-hit NY hospital. Sheâs doing cardiology and pulmonology. She has posted stories, both horrendous and beautiful, of whatâs been happening.
Link?
Itâs on Instagram â would be a violation of TOS.
Remdesivir pivotal trial has met primary endpointâŠjust an announcement so far, details to follow. Great news obviously⊠gives us all some hope!
Have there been any studies or published numbers about the risk level of bad results other than death (e.g. long term lung or heart damage, etc.)?
Have there been any studies or published numbers about the risk level of death or other bad results by more fine grained criteria than age (exclusive-)or risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, etc.? E.g. by age and risk factors, as in, is it more risky to be a young person with diabetes and hypertension, or an old person with none of the risk factors?
Long term? Only time will tell. We are only on month 4 of this virus circulating in the US (and I donât trust any M âstudyâ that has not been vetted by peers coming out of China now, sorry).
Our doctors and hospitals are pleading with the Governor to open up âelectiveâ procedures:
The numbers of cancers that are likely not caught are scary.
Itâs looking possible that elective surgery will re-open here maybe at the start of JuneâŠor sooner. But there are trickle down issues. I am having elective surgery. One month before, I need a CT scan that needs to be sent to my ortho. Within a month before my surgery, I need a pre-op visit with my PCP. A week before my surgery, I need to see the ortho again. Will all of that be able to be scheduled before June 1? Not likely as some of these other places wonât be doing elective things until June 1âŠ