Preventive protocols are powerful

How I got COVID again when not using the protocols correctly.

Note: the following is not a medical advice. It is my experience of the COVID and its management during the acute phase in outpatient setting.

Koolest Beens,

I believe I contracted COVID on the way back from Charleston. Here is how it went:

1. Returned from Charleston on Tuesday. No mask. No nasal spray. Ivm daily during the travel. Low on vitamin D. No other prophylaxis. My thought was that with my previous infection I am fine. Clearly not.

2. Thursday evening and Friday I developed bronchitis.

3. Developed high-grade fever (>= 102F).

4. Called Dr. Berkowitz. He prescribed ZPack.

5. Night between Friday to Saturday was rough as I could not sleep. I will wake up every hour to urinate.

6. Missed my morning walk on Saturday. Which is an indicator of how exhausting this episode was.

7. Started vitamin D, B12, Nigella, Manuka Honey, Allegra, Ibuprofen, Curcumin, Quercetin, zinc, Saline nasal spray, lozenges, hydration, sunbathing, etc. (These should have been a regimen as prophylaxis, but, here we are.)

8. Started feeling better. Cough was not going away. My wife made me Ajwain tea (just once) and cough reduced. Fever and tiredness continued.

9. My son came down with COVID as well. He was handling it better, till two days ago when his high grade fever started spiking between 99F to 104F. I tried all my medical tricks to keep the fever in control but nothing. Took him to emergency. They did nothing but tested him for COVID, gave him antiemetic and IV saline. Sent him home in a few hours.

10. Started him on the same regimen.

11. Two days ago my wife came down with COVID. She never had fever in her life. This is the first time since I know her that she developed fever.

12. My son did not develop anosmia. I did. And, my wife started olfactory paresthesia.

13. I increased my Ivm for anosmia and added more zinc. Got a little bit dizzy and blurry visioned but anosmia improved within a day. Today I felt 60% back to smelling things.

14. For my wife and son's sleep issues Dr. Zaharakis asked to administer Afrin and to give Nyquil. Afrin is a real potent nasal decongestant. It worked so potently that my son has refused to take another spray of it at all because of the rapidity of mucus drying.

15. Nyquil, was the best thing that happened to both of them. They slept with it and got up almost recovered.

Status today: I am back to working from the morning. Wife is recovered but fatigued. My son is recovered but has a nasal congestion.

Fastest recovery was by my wife. 2 days. I was the slowest to recover.

Sunlight is miraculous during COVID. Sun is anti-inflammatory, offers vitamin D, and improves immunity. What a wonder sun is.

My lessons are the following:

1. Must take a break after an infection from further exposure to allow immune system to fully bounce back, or you are vulnerable to COVID again and other infections.

2. Prophylaxis are powerful recipes. I spent two years during the most intense time of the pandemic with simple solutions like mask (can be replaced with nasal sprays now), distance, preventive regimen from FLCCC and my cocktails. Spraying the lids of the Starbucks' cups with sanitizers etc. and was safe. As soon as I went lax on the prophylaxis I contracted the infection multiple times.

3. Starting the prevention again. Will see if I get the infection again or not. It will be an interesting test.

4. Ivm alone now a days may not be good enough. Rest of the regimen is important.

5. Sun is amazing.

6. Keep cough in check as it can cause pressure on lungs, can cause microscopic injuries in the bronchi to invite secondary infections, and cause pressure in the head and neck area which can result in stress on the brain, ears, and eyes. If cough is dry lozanges are great. But, Ajwain Tea is the best. If cough is productive then control it with meds but do not 100% suppress it. The phlegm needs to exit.

7. Nyquil is so important during the sleep disturbed time.

Keep on taking the preventive regimen in FLCCC protocols.

p.s. my family has banned me from going to Starbucks :-(

Love you all.

Mobeen