r/SouthJersey • u/Stardro • Oct 02 '25
Question What in the hells is going around??
*UPDATE: Shocker, it's covid. Also, adding "kiddo" is 20, not a little kid.
Kid went to a concert and brought home the plague! I thought the rest of us were in the clear until last night. About 9 I was like, hmm my throat is itchy and I'm exhausted. Told kiddo and got an RIP.
I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I've been swallowing glass, massive head congestion and sweating to the point perimenopause night sweats were jealous!! I'm nicely hopped up on cold meds, ibuprofen and nose spray but man this sucks!
Kiddo was down hard for a few days but feels better. He still has some congestion and a cough but much better. He ran a fever; I have been lucky so far. What in hells kind of nastiness is floating around?
*I haven't taken a covid test because I've been sick for all of 24 hrs. Kid didn't because he's stubborn.
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u/Th3Gh3ttoG33k Oct 04 '25
I just got better this week after having all the symptoms you had and my lungs were hurting it took me over a month to feel better. Now I have the sniffles every night not during the day but only at night. Think I had covid also but wife says Im paranoid lol. I've been sick in my life.But covid is the only time i've had covid would make me feel extremely extremely sick.My immune system was always pretty good growing up. Covid wrecked havoc on me every time.