Update: it’s Sunday morning and I made it to urgent care and picked up Paxlovid! Getting ready to have some soup and take my first dose. I slept through the night and had the energy to load the dishwasher this morning. Thank you to everyone who responded. This shit really is no joke!

I tested positive for COVID on Thursday morning and I’m absolutely miserable. My doc told me to stop the methotrexate but safe to continue the hydroxychloroquine. I’ve got chills, fatigue, nausea, headache, loss of smell and taste, constant cold sweats, sore throat, body aches, and an awful cough. I’ve had COVID before but was asymptomatic and that was before I was taking meds for RA.

Anyone else have a bad bout of it? How did you cope? I’m so tired and I was supposed to celebrate my birthday this weekend. As if I already didn’t feel constantly betrayed by my body!