WN can go 4 ways;
no symptoms (80%)
symptoms (20%)
and 'symptoms' can go from the fever, to spinal meningitis to cerebral meningitis (I think I got that right)
I had the fever, and it was the sickest I've ever been as a grown up, and realize, I've had the e coli that kills people, twice. The meningitis is extremely dangerous. For the old and infirm, even the fever can be life threatening.
I was really sick for 2 weeks, and then had a couple months of recuperation. It was a long slow slog getting strength back, and not having to put up with soaking my clothes in sweat with the slightest exertion. Strangely, I was impervious to cold, I was comfy at 50 F and could be outdoors with no coat down to freezing if I was active. That finally cleared up mostly, although I can still tell 65 F is a very comfortable temperature for me still.
As for the first 2 weeks, I didn't throw up after the first night, but I didn't eat the whole time. Terrific joint and muscle pain, literally everything everywhere hurts. I am not kidding, I could feel the pain in the 3 muscles that steer each of my eyeballs. The fever would peak every evening, and I'd actually be below temp in the morning, 96 - 97 F. I didn't have the rash, although I can't imagine it would have made it any worse.
Had a door to door meat salesman (happens in this rural backwater) knock on the door right in the middle of it. I managed to answer the door, I started to tell him how sick I was, he already could see I looked like a fucking corpse, and he couldn't get out of here fast enough.
no symptoms (80%)
symptoms (20%)
and 'symptoms' can go from the fever, to spinal meningitis to cerebral meningitis (I think I got that right)
I had the fever, and it was the sickest I've ever been as a grown up, and realize, I've had the e coli that kills people, twice. The meningitis is extremely dangerous. For the old and infirm, even the fever can be life threatening.
I was really sick for 2 weeks, and then had a couple months of recuperation. It was a long slow slog getting strength back, and not having to put up with soaking my clothes in sweat with the slightest exertion. Strangely, I was impervious to cold, I was comfy at 50 F and could be outdoors with no coat down to freezing if I was active. That finally cleared up mostly, although I can still tell 65 F is a very comfortable temperature for me still.
As for the first 2 weeks, I didn't throw up after the first night, but I didn't eat the whole time. Terrific joint and muscle pain, literally everything everywhere hurts. I am not kidding, I could feel the pain in the 3 muscles that steer each of my eyeballs. The fever would peak every evening, and I'd actually be below temp in the morning, 96 - 97 F. I didn't have the rash, although I can't imagine it would have made it any worse.
Had a door to door meat salesman (happens in this rural backwater) knock on the door right in the middle of it. I managed to answer the door, I started to tell him how sick I was, he already could see I looked like a fucking corpse, and he couldn't get out of here fast enough.
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