Attention Dan Druff

[Tasha]

Dan Druff, I don't know how often you read this thread (or forum for that matter), but I am going to post this anyway. I rarely visit the poker forum, but did this morning looking to see ig you make baseball picks more frequently there than here. But what I did read was that you (Dan Druff) contracted covid for the second time last month at WSOP. Welcome to the 2 times covid club. Mine were early on thought and I haven't had another case in 3 years. I do keep up to date with the vacs.

So the point of my post. I was reading your long covid symptoms, and those symptoms don't sound like long covid to me, at least not any symptoms I have heard. The coughing and mucus and constant clearing of throat sounds like acid reflux to me, particularly LPR reflux, which I have dealt with for years, long before covid. You were complaining of something a few years back, which I actually thought sounded like acid reflux back then. Have you ever been tested of diagnosed with Acid reflux, or LPR reflux? I have LPR and it is definitely made worse for a period after covid or even just a common cold.

Point of information: LPR reflux is when the acid from the stomach makes it's way through both valves, one at the lower end, the second at the upper end of the esophagus. This brings the reflux and a damaging enzyme Pepsin into the throat which is just not equipped to handle it. The body defense system kicks in and starts making extra mucus to protect that throat area.

There is no real cure. There are several different versions of operations to strengthen the valves, particularly the lower valve, but none have a good success rate. Most people end up on longterm PPI (proton pump inhibitors), which reduce the stomach acid that you make and helps manage the problem. But you really don't want to get on long-term PPI's if you can avoid it. there are side effect, with long-term use and they are very hard to get off of if you ever decide to.

I am on them, and have been for years, but I have managed to cut the dose to about 1/3 of the original dosage. So with LPR reflux there are a million home remedy type things like the pineapple juice you mentioned to reduce the mucus, coughing and throat clearing. You can try them, but none work.

But I have found something that helps me a good deal. Drink alkaline water. You need a PH level of 9 or higher. 8.8, which is common in bottled alkaline water will do, but 9.0 or above is better. You can buy bottles at the grocery store, or buy drops (amazon) to add to regular water that increases the PH levels. The reason this works is that water with a PH level of above 9, neutralized the pepsin enzyme that is causing all the damage and mucus and coughing. I don't know if this is your actual problem, but it is worth a try. I think you will see some relief. Just take a couple swallows multiple times a day, particularly after eating. Try to hold the water in your throat for a second or two before swallowing to allow it to come in contact with the pepsin. You may not see results immediately, but after several days to a week, you start to get some relief, as you are essentially neutralizing or killing the pepsin each time, before it can do too much damage.

Hope this helps you or maybe someone else with the same issue.

My "LPR reflux" was misdiagnosed. I did have LPR, but it wasn't from reflux -- it was from a dry throat. Once I took care of the dry throat (with a over the counter rinse), the problem was solved.

What I have is definitely long COVID. It abruptly started with the COVID I contracted during the WSOP Main Event, and the cough/throat clog never cleared. It's been over 5 weeks. I can't get rid of it. This happens to about 2.5% of people who get COVID, so I ran pretty bad. It didn't happen to me from my first COVID.

Neither of my COVID infections had bad symptoms, though this one was a little worse than the first one in 2022. Both of them I confused for colds for several days.

You contacted COVID recently. A Customer told me she contacted COVID two weeks ago. My Co-workers, Customers and Managers ask me why I STILL wear a mask when COVID was declared officially over in 2023. Because to me it isn't over and you and my Customer recently got COVID. My Customers haven't seen my full face in four years and I don't know if I will ever stop wearing my masks. I hope your COVID gets better.

[MisterV]

Customers and Managers ask me why I STILL wear a mask when COVID was declared officially over in 2023. Because to me it isn't over and you and my Customer recently got COVID. My Customers haven't seen my full face in four years and I don't know if I will ever stop wearing my masks.

Karen, do you seriously think any of us give even the slightest scintilla of a flying fuck as to whether or not you currently wear a mask?

You continuosly post vapid, inane bullshit: knock it off!

I wonder how much of it you make up, e.g. "my casino friend said..." blah blah blah, all in an effort to feel that you have value.

Well guess what: you've zero value.

Get ye to a nunnery!

[DGenBen]

Dan Druff, I don't know how often you read this thread (or forum for that matter), but I am going to post this anyway. I rarely visit the poker forum, but did this morning looking to see ig you make baseball picks more frequently there than here. But what I did read was that you (Dan Druff) contracted covid for the second time last month at WSOP. Welcome to the 2 times covid club. Mine were early on thought and I haven't had another case in 3 years. I do keep up to date with the vacs.

So the point of my post. I was reading your long covid symptoms, and those symptoms don't sound like long covid to me, at least not any symptoms I have heard. The coughing and mucus and constant clearing of throat sounds like acid reflux to me, particularly LPR reflux, which I have dealt with for years, long before covid. You were complaining of something a few years back, which I actually thought sounded like acid reflux back then. Have you ever been tested of diagnosed with Acid reflux, or LPR reflux? I have LPR and it is definitely made worse for a period after covid or even just a common cold.

Point of information: LPR reflux is when the acid from the stomach makes it's way through both valves, one at the lower end, the second at the upper end of the esophagus. This brings the reflux and a damaging enzyme Pepsin into the throat which is just not equipped to handle it. The body defense system kicks in and starts making extra mucus to protect that throat area.

There is no real cure. There are several different versions of operations to strengthen the valves, particularly the lower valve, but none have a good success rate. Most people end up on longterm PPI (proton pump inhibitors), which reduce the stomach acid that you make and helps manage the problem. But you really don't want to get on long-term PPI's if you can avoid it. there are side effect, with long-term use and they are very hard to get off of if you ever decide to.

I am on them, and have been for years, but I have managed to cut the dose to about 1/3 of the original dosage. So with LPR reflux there are a million home remedy type things like the pineapple juice you mentioned to reduce the mucus, coughing and throat clearing. You can try them, but none work.

But I have found something that helps me a good deal. Drink alkaline water. You need a PH level of 9 or higher. 8.8, which is common in bottled alkaline water will do, but 9.0 or above is better. You can buy bottles at the grocery store, or buy drops (amazon) to add to regular water that increases the PH levels. The reason this works is that water with a PH level of above 9, neutralized the pepsin enzyme that is causing all the damage and mucus and coughing. I don't know if this is your actual problem, but it is worth a try. I think you will see some relief. Just take a couple swallows multiple times a day, particularly after eating. Try to hold the water in your throat for a second or two before swallowing to allow it to come in contact with the pepsin. You may not see results immediately, but after several days to a week, you start to get some relief, as you are essentially neutralizing or killing the pepsin each time, before it can do too much damage.

Hope this helps you or maybe someone else with the same issue.

My "LPR reflux" was misdiagnosed. I did have LPR, but it wasn't from reflux -- it was from a dry throat. Once I took care of the dry throat (with a over the counter rinse), the problem was solved.

What I have is definitely long COVID. It abruptly started with the COVID I contracted during the WSOP Main Event, and the cough/throat clog never cleared. It's been over 5 weeks. I can't get rid of it. This happens to about 2.5% of people who get COVID, so I ran pretty bad. It didn't happen to me from my first COVID.

Neither of my COVID infections had bad symptoms, though this one was a little worse than the first one in 2022. Both of them I confused for colds for several days.

You contacted COVID recently. A Customer told me she contacted COVID two weeks ago. My Co-workers, Customers and Managers ask me why I STILL wear a mask when COVID was declared officially over in 2023. Because to me it isn't over and you and my Customer recently got COVID. My Customers haven't seen my full face in four years and I don't know if I will ever stop wearing my masks. I hope your COVID gets better.

How do you contact covid? Viruses aren’t able to communicate.

Did you mean contracted covid?

[jdog]

If a mask significantly contributed to a human's well being you'd have been born with one. Don't forget the body has undergone millions of years of evolution to reach it's current state.

[coach belly]

If a mask significantly contributed to a human's well being you'd have been born with one.

Does that apply to all prophylactics?

[pinchingyourballs]

How do you contact covid? Viruses aren’t able to communicate.

Did you mean contracted covid?

She constricted it, like a python.

[Rob.Singer]

You people are simply paying the piper for choosing to be in crowds where brainless morons cough and sneeze without fully covering up, and most present don't give any of it a second thought.

This acid reflux Dr. Kew talks about is also something that is well-deserved, from years of eating fried and junk foods, too much sugar & alcohol, way too much red meat, and thinking you can just keep piling down the carbs like you did when you were a teenager. And what about the drugs and smoking....and the obesity? You really think you're getting away with abusing your bodies? Acid reflux is one of our bodies' gentler ways of scolding us. I'm 75 and have yet to get it.

Even for you poor souls who've weakened your immune systems (which is why you get covid while unvaccinated people like my wife & I don't) with your bad habits, I'll give you a few pointers that'll help keep you from continually getting sick. (and wtf is "long covid"?).

Like going out to eat? Bring hand sanitizer so you can clean your hands before touching your food and eating it. Do you realize how much bacteria are on door handles, salt & pepper/ketchup/mustard/hot sauce containers, as well as those filthy menus?

If some asshole nearby sneezes without FULLY covering up so the thousands of droplets are allowed to permeate the entire room, don't be afraid to cover your mouth and nose with your shirt or hat or something for several minutes. And fully covering up means completely catching the whole sneeze within clothing, a hat, a scarf, etc. When someone sneezes into their hands, arm, or puts 2 fingers under their nose, if they're carrying a virus, it's you who will get it without these precautions.

You like to stay in hotel rooms? No one does so more than us. Aside from the obvious, NEVER touch the remote. Those things get slept on, people get food on them, they're coughed on, they see more unclean hands than a toilet seat sees genital-wiping hands, and there's more folks than anyone realizes who watch TV while chewing on the remotes.

Have to gas up your vehicle? ALWAYS use a paper towel to hold the nozzle. Do you know how many people touch those things? And how many of you run into the store after gassing up and get a snack like pretzels, chips, candy etc.? You're asking for misery.

Like to suck dick or eat pussy? Make them thoroughly clean up before chowing down.

There's many more smart living tips, but these are the ones that'll help you most.

[MDawg]

I don't think anyone read whatever UNKewlJ wrote in detail I know I did not, but I gather he was whining softly. This time - about his poor health?

Which would then support what Rob has been saying for some time that he expects to outlive the perennially UNKewl one. Tragicomic.

[MHF]

I don't think anyone read whatever UNKewlJ wrote in detail I know I did not, but I gather he was whining softly. This time - about his poor health?

Which would then support what Rob has been saying for some time that he expects to outlive the perennially UNKewl one. Tragicomic.

I bet that Max retired from the forum because he realized that it was never a matter of KJ et al telling the truth on a gambling forum. Ie, that Max never should have given it any credence to begin.

[monet]

My "LPR reflux" was misdiagnosed. I did have LPR, but it wasn't from reflux -- it was from a dry throat. Once I took care of the dry throat (with a over the counter rinse), the problem was solved.

What I have is definitely long COVID. It abruptly started with the COVID I contracted during the WSOP Main Event, and the cough/throat clog never cleared. It's been over 5 weeks. I can't get rid of it. This happens to about 2.5% of people who get COVID, so I ran pretty bad. It didn't happen to me from my first COVID.

Neither of my COVID infections had bad symptoms, though this one was a little worse than the first one in 2022. Both of them I confused for colds for several days.

If you believe you have Long Covid, your body will believe it too.
It doesn't matter.
You gonna die anyways.
#metoo

[MHF]

Not me.

[MisterV]

Not me.

Wanna bet?

You like the rest of us only have a finite, indeterminate amount of time on this orb, don't fuck it up.

[Dan Druff]

My "LPR reflux" was misdiagnosed. I did have LPR, but it wasn't from reflux -- it was from a dry throat. Once I took care of the dry throat (with a over the counter rinse), the problem was solved.

What I have is definitely long COVID. It abruptly started with the COVID I contracted during the WSOP Main Event, and the cough/throat clog never cleared. It's been over 5 weeks. I can't get rid of it. This happens to about 2.5% of people who get COVID, so I ran pretty bad. It didn't happen to me from my first COVID.

Neither of my COVID infections had bad symptoms, though this one was a little worse than the first one in 2022. Both of them I confused for colds for several days.

If you believe you have Long Covid, your body will believe it too.
It doesn't matter.
You gonna die anyways.
#metoo

I don't want to believe it, but I do. It's obvious. I got a cough and throat congestion which came on from COVID caught on July 5 (symptoms showed July 7), and they haven't gone away.

What else is it? A shocking coincidence?

[MHF]

Not me.

Wanna bet? You like the rest of us only have a finite, indeterminate amount of time on this orb, don't fuck it up.

You overly analytical guy, you! Achieving immortality was never about one long session.

And depressed, Monet, wringing his hands, in just about every single one of his posts.

[jdog]

Achieving immortality was never about one long session.

Well said. Once in a while you spit out something I appreciate.

[Half Smoke]

I don't want to believe it, but I do. It's obvious. I got a cough and throat congestion which came on from COVID caught on July 5 (symptoms showed July 7), and they haven't gone away.

What else is it? A shocking coincidence?

why not get a free Covid test at a pharmacy near you just to be sure_____?

if it's something else there may be a treatment plan

from the link:

"Symptoms of influenza (flu), respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus (RSV), and COVID-19 are similar and may include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Because the symptoms are similar, it can be difficult to distinguish between illnesses caused by respiratory viruses."


https://www.nfid.org/resource/how-to...e-common-cold/


hope you feel better soon

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[MDawg]

Long COVID refers to the lingering symptoms of COVID and are probably more due to damage the virus has done to the body than direct ACTIVE presence of the virus. So I doubt Dan Druff would still test positive for COVID after all this time. I assume he did test positive at some point?

Another problem with current COVID testing is that pretty much only the antigen (rapid) version is available. When COVID was an issue, we used to drive up to pharmacy drive through windows and present a nose swab for a free PCR test - which takes at least one day to get back results, and is much more accurate.

A virus is not alive - so it cannot be "killed." What it does, after it has run its course or been treated with anti-viral medications, is rather go to "sleep" in the body, stop replicating, stop attacking cells, and reside / hide in some part of the body. At that point it is no longer an issue. It may come back to become an issue again though under certain circumstances, which is why people who contract certain viral diseases are tested for the virus regularly to make sure further treatment is no longer needed.

[jdog]

I don't really see much point in continuing to test for Covid. It has mutated into what usually becomes a very, very nasty sinus infection for most people. Coronaviruses have been around forever, so this stuff is not going anywhere. You're probably going to get Covid once or twice every year, no big deal most of the time, it's not the deadly bogeyman it was in 2020.

[MDawg]

So as not to expose others to it. You can’t know to isolate unless you know that you have it.

[jdog]

You can’t know to isolate unless you know that you have it.

Ah yes, the narrative again... 6ft and masks The idea that you can stop from exposing others to an extremely tiny aerosolized virus is a bit silly. Let's break it down then.

First of all if you have enough viral load that it is detectable on that test you have already spread it. But that's ok, it's probably gonna be around everywhere you go anyway... remember Covid is now very contagious. But I'll indulge you with the concept that if you take a few precautions maybe you can reduce the amount of virus spread to others in your household. Maybe enough to where they won't get symptoms... maybe. The problem is by the time you're getting any real symptoms your viral load is already dropping, so the damage has already been done. Keep in mind coronaviruses mutate very quickly and you are constantly being exposed to different variants, most of which your immune system will handle just fine.

My wife worked with the public throughout most of the pandemic so I was never under any illusion I could keep from getting Covid. I can think of at least a half a dozen times I had unusual symptoms, with the summer of 2020 being the most unusual. The only one time it really kicked my butt was more related to severely running down my immune system. I had just come home from a Vegas trip in Nov 2021 and only had a few days turnaround to another event. Massively sleep deprived I got the sinus infection of my life, my sense of smell is still slightly affected. Omicron was making the rounds at that time. Guess that shot was useless after some months.

Wife gave me something again in Oct last year. My guess it was Covid again because strong sinus infections like these are something I've never experienced in my life prior. In fact I rarely ever even get sick. Point is it's not going anywhere, vaccines will not stop it and you can't avoid being exposed unless everyone in your household stays home all the time. No need to test, if you have symptoms take precautions to limit the spread no matter what disease is making you ill.