The great medical people checked me out and I went home. But that ended the next day, returning to normal, as registered on my Apple Watch. This is the one time when my temperature spiked a little, to 99 degrees.ДЄlso, my pulse was racing this whole day, at more than 100 bpm, even resting. My oxygen level through that device they put on your finger held steady at a strong 95 percent. She said she had applied many doses and never seen any reaction. And they would keep me there another hour to see if there were any adverse reactions to the treatment. She said it was not a cure, but should help with the symptoms. Shortly after, through the IV she infused me with the Regeneron, which took 15 minutes. She put in an IV device, only slightly painful. I asked if four qualifiers would mean four doses. Any one of them qualified me for Regeneron. Any questions?вЂќДЄlthough my case has been mild, it was and is worrisome because I have several co-morbidities: obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, age 66. вЂњJohn, this is doctor вЂ¦вЂќ didnвЂ™t catch her name. Her voice seemed disembodied, beaming down from the ceiling. Alone in the sealed room, a patient un-etherized upon a table. The doctor gave me the news through the PA system. They gave me the PCR test, more accurate than the home test. But everyone was wearing those billowing yellow antiseptic gowns over their medic outfits. Usually I would read their name tags and remember them. I wish I had gotten their names, but wasnвЂ™t at my peak during my time there. The nurses and other medical people all were fantastic. They checked me in and took me back to a single room and closed the door to seal me in. This time I chose Hoag Irvine, because itвЂ™s a little closer and thereвЂ™s less traffic from where I now live. They treated me for diverticulitis in 2010 and a separated left shoulder in 2017. IвЂ™ve had good experience with Hoag Emergency. The government pays for the test, Regeneron, etc.

I asked if I should go to another hospital where my new Medicare insurance is good. I have gone to Hoag for decades, but recently switched insurance. It was late at night, so he said go at 7:00 am the next morning. If positive, get monoclonal antibodies-Regeneron. He reiterated his advice from then: Go to Hoag Hospital, get tested.

The last time I saw him for a checkup was a couple months ago. I called my personal physician of 20 years. I waited 10 anxious minutes as the test strip rested in the little vial of liquid. I used one of those store-bought test kits, $26. I did not lose my sense of taste, as some of my friends have, but did lose 90 percent of my appetite. Sort of like a mild cold-which I knew it was not. Symptoms: dizziness, chills, coughing, wheezing, exhaustion. It would stay there throughout the ordeal, with one exception on Day 2. IвЂ™ve taking my temperature almost daily since the pandemic started in March 2020, using a hand-held device like they have in hospitals. In the afternoon I started feeling a little weird. Maybe IвЂ™m just an ornery American who doesnвЂ™t like government dictates. Several of my friends have gotten it and have done fine, avoiding COVID. I never discouraged anyone from getting it.

IвЂ™m only going to mention briefly that I didnвЂ™t get the vaccine. I thought readers might like to know what itвЂ™s like getting through it in California.

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