They've pushed the expiration date of those tests out a few times.

I hadn't heard that and was wondering the same thing as mine expired in July.

I definitely felt like I had a very bad flu with Covid despite being vaxed and boosted until about a day after I started Paxlovid, and then I was just exhausted and had the disgusting Paxlovid taste in my mouth.

Here's test info from the FDA: [link]

Thanks, Dana!

I so love the government. The subtitle says "9-month to 12-month self-life extension granted by the FDA July 8, 2022," but all of the extensions seem to be 6 months. Right? Not just my bad math?

So, if I have a test with an expiration date before the ones listed on the form, do I presume that it's good for up to six months?

I remain Covid negative according to the test I just took. I'm going to continue to isolate as much as possible and see how it goes.

And the soup I made was a hit. It was pretty simple but M's mom not only told me how much she liked it twice but she told whoever she was talking to on the phone how good it was. Which almost never happens, usually I just get a "that was good".

I'm Skyping with E-- or rather he is doing his thing on minecraft and I'm surfing the internet. His first day of 8th grade was today. They have a new principal who is a "Karen". I asked why and he said she talked like one at an assembly they had and her hair cut.

I'd think so, Vortex. What I read (grain of salt) is that they're revising dates as they get more information from the tests being used in the real world.

Timelies all!

Sorry that folks are testing positive.

I'd also caution that I was testing pretty dark until day 7 or so. I started to get lighter lines for days 8 and 9 and only tested negative on day 10. I was being extra cautious and didn't stop isolating until then, and I wore my mask until I tested negative.

I fell down and went boom in a parking garage on Sunday... I am fine, but, OMG I thought I had broken my nose for a hot second when it smacked hard on the concrete.

I did get a cut on my forehead... earning me my first ever stitches-while-conscious.

Between my nose and my forehead, there was so. much. blood. And I'm on a blood thinner, so I was slightly terrified that it wouldn't stop, but it did, and fairly quickly.

Because of the blood thinner, the ER took me in right away, did all three imaging, etc. to make sure I wasn't bleeding internally. I was not.

The only thing that still hurts is my right arm, but it's improving daily. Not broken but sprained, I guess? Couldn't do much with it Sunday, but definitely improving daily. Turning it hurts.

Now, here's the funny part... to me. I was wearing a super cute outfit on Sunday. These cool, flowy Boho pants and a top, but, you know, some days you just rock it, right? Got two compliments from random strangers on my outfit! Nice.

Yeah, it was the flowy pants that got me -- I caught my toe in the hem of the opposite leg and went down hard. My cute outfit laid me low!

And then, as I'm being wheeled into the ER, a nurse says, "Oh, I love your outfit!"

The outfit that tried to kill me.

I'm not sure what the lesson is other than watch out for flowy shit. It's cute but deadly.

Tl;dr - I fell but am fine. Thank you, universe.