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Message: [QUOTE="OviedoFLHusky, post: 3491665, member: 4388"] I'm in the "at risk" category: over age 60, with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). About 3 weeks ago, I got up one morning to keep a chemo appointment -- and I felt terrible, with fatigue, dizziness, and vague body aches. I thought, well, maybe I'll feel better if I have a short nap before I have to leave. So I napped. But when I woke up, I felt even worse. It felt like every particle of my body hurt. And I was so COLD! I hadn't felt that cold since, honestly, the last time I visited the old home state of CT. Regardless, I made it to my chemo appointment. When the nurse took my temperature, the thermometer read 102.8. They called an ambulance for me per my doctor's orders. I ended up spending a couple of days in the hospital. They did many tests on me and dosed me with anti-everything. However, it wasn't Covid-19; it wasn't even the flu! Their best guess was that I had an extreme reaction to the chemo that I had been given the day before this latest appointment. But I appreciate the precautions taken and the good care I received. PS -- thank you for the good info re: nasal spray above! Off and on, due to allergies and colds, I've been "addicted" since I was 5 years old; doing periodic "cold turkeys" from the nose spray were not fun. [/QUOTE]