Fuck man, hope this turns out okay. You’ll be in my thoughts.
Have you had any likely exposure other than your wife’s work? Is she totally fine?
When you were around that client the other day did you have an N95 on?
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I posted Monday that I had a dipshit client who can’t figure out technology who I basically had to have come in for a video hearing. We were in the same room masked for 45 minutes. I wore a 3 ply surgical mask, not a n95 which may have been a mistake. From what I know about her it’s likely she was a high risk encounter for me. My wife isn’t sick (yet) not that it means anything but I would bet on my client over my wife at this point.
N95s or just cloth/surgical?
If that pulse ox reading is repeated, listen to @CaffeineNeeded and get to the ER. Don’t fuck around!
This is a sooner rather than later trip to the er if those numbers hold for even a little bit man. Stay safe
@CaffeineNeeded I woke up with some very strange numbness in my extremities and pretty crippling anxiety in the middle of the night last night. I realize you can’t diagnose me but is that more likely to be Covid symptoms or alcohol withdrawal?
I’ve probably been drinking 30-40 drinks a week during Covid and have always been a pretty heavy drinker. I’ve attempted some time off before and always feel like shit but normally not like this. The fever and pulse ox part worry me. The fact it is perfectly coinciding with no alcohol makes me think it could be that though.
Dude, go to ER and let them run tests. Good luck.
The ERs here are a complete unmitigated disaster right now.
Is there a telehealth option? I was able to talk to a doctor within 15 minutes over the phone when I had symptoms.
You have a doctor who has been treating COVID for like nine months (CaffNeeded) telling you to go to the ER. Don’t fuck around!
Even if they can’t get you admitted maybe they can get you O2 if needed, or at least you’re in line to get treatment. Go and make sure they know your pulse ox as soon as you walk in.
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Well to be fair he said if I consistently get those pulse ox readings I should go and I agree with him and will take that advice. Googling the accuracy of my phone pulse ox reader also leaves me with a lot of questions. I’m going to check again here in a bit and see if it is still similar.
ETA-a bit better:
The ER seems like a good place to get Covid if I don’t have it already so I am very hesitant to go.
I recently had a heart “episode” (first ever) where my resting heart rate was in that range. My Apple Watch reported atrial fibrillation. Of course it was a Sunday and I also didn’t want to go to the ER, so I called my doctor on Monday. They told me I absolutely must go to the ER if that ever happens again and that I’m lucky I didn’t have a stroke.
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same. it helps to get a cardiology check up these days
Yeah, that was the result of my Monday call to my doctor. He made me come to his office immediately for a real EKG, and now I’ve got a follow-up with a cardiologist in a couple of weeks.
Well you guys are doing a good job of scaring me this morning. I wasn’t even considering going to the ER an hour ago and now I obviously am. I still think I will listen to Caffeine and monitor it and if it stays poor I obviously need to go.
My health situation might be relevant. I actually have had an EKG done recently as I have mild hypertension/high cholesterol and a normal resting heart rate in the low 90s. I am on a beta blocker, crestor and a blood pressure med. So 100-112 is high for me but not off the charts. The EKG was clean btw.
My symptoms also fairly neatly fit into this category as well:
If it wasn’t possibly that I would probably already be in the car.
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That sounds a little less scary. My normal resting HR is 60 so 100+ was extremely unusual.
You are always one of the first people I think of from your 2+2 thread whenever I consider quitting btw. Just wanted you to know you have a positive impact on people you probably don’t even know the extent of.
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That sounds like a panic attack more than anything. Simple fact is that if your resting spo2 is really 90% you need an eval. Not much more to it than that
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Your tip about testing different fingers seems to be a good one. I get anywhere from 90-94 depending on which finger I test. Who knows how accurate my phone is also. I probably need to order a real one.
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People in alcohol withdrawal bad enough to make their hr in the 110s usually are too shaky to post this much online, but it’s possible I guess
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