Thanks guys!
OOM, I thought about this too. Symptoms came very quickly, and soon after a couple of dinners with friends, so I also think it probably isn't COVID. I had an old COVID test kit at home, which had already expired (about 1 year past expiration). I did it nonetheless, and it came out negative.
Quite harsh indeed, high fever, shivers, cycling on/off between painkillers. Came in the most unfortunate of times...
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Sounds like classic flu, yep. Shit can be tedious, but you can speed recovery up with NAC (2x500mg/d) and Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C, works as NAC metabolism catalyzer).
I gave my last capsules of NAC to a friend of my father in law (60+ yo) after a two week flu episode, which had a holiday booked nine days later. He fully recovered before packing his suitcase. I only had NAC/AA once, after Covid (Omicron B1) and it helped much with shortbreathedness. Athletes are using it to increase O2 absorption of the lungs before training for events. One can take it for a month safely, but i never read of problems from those who took it longer.
EDIT: Sorry, forgot why i came online today
Merry Christmas! (delayed, because of christmas eve offline challenge in my family)Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it. Never heard of NAC, had to Google it, interesting, will keep that in mind. Was already taking vitamin C (1000 mg) daily as a precaution. I took an entire packet (3 days worth) of Panadol Cold & Flu (this is paracetamol combined with some other stuff for the runny nose). It helped a lot, but still I was not expecting this damned flu or whatever it was to feel so severe. It literally disabled me for 3-4 days. Now feeling a little better, but still not recovered.
Have been reading WO on and off, checking the price ticker on the phone, etc. Noticed an ant dump, followed by a recovery, and now another mini dump. 30 min chart looks like a square wave signal... Oh well, this is Bitcoin so I'm not so surprised. Although I'm a bit skeptical about the long-term effects of the ETF thing, I still expect a big positive price action in January. Hopefully this will prepare things for the new cycle, ultimately going well into 6-digit price territory by the end of it.
Not a religious person myself, but I understand and respect the importance of this time to many of us, so
Merry Christmas to all, religious or not. Take care of yourselves!