Anyone else going on 2 years with no colds at all?

[Not_a_Number]

Just as something to celebrate... we haven't had any colds whatsoever for almost 2 years. It's kind of wild. It makes me realize how USED we are to being sick often. 

[itsheresomewhere]

Not a cold in a year but that nasty stomach virus this year is horrible.  6-12 hours of pure misery.  We all just got over it last week.  We never got more than a cold or two a year so I can’t complain. 

Edited December 15, 2021 by itsheresomewhere

[Not_a_Number]

1 minute ago, itsheresomewhere said:

Not a cold in a year but that nasty stomach virus this year is horrible.  6-12 hours of pure misery.  We all just got over it last week.  We never got more than a cold or two a year so I can’t complain. 

Ugh! I'm so sorry. That sounds awful.

We've always some amount of childcare for social time, so we've always had a bunch of colds. This year, we have a mix of masked outdoor stuff and Zoom classes, so despite having TONS of social time, the kids aren't getting sick. It's really making think about the kinds of things we accept as normal in our lives... 

[LifeLovePassion]

We were up until this school year.  We've been on a rotation of child two getting sick than child one getting sick each for a week  at a time and then about a week of both healthy, then back to child to getting sick again and so on.  They've been covid negative every time we've tested and strep negative too.  They've just been regular old viruses

[itsheresomewhere]

1 minute ago, Not_a_Number said:

Ugh! I'm so sorry. That sounds awful.

We've always some amount of childcare for social time, so we've always had a bunch of colds. This year, we have a mix of masked outdoor stuff and Zoom classes, so despite having TONS of social time, the kids aren't getting sick. It's really making think about the kinds of things we accept as normal in our lives... 

We have always been very good with it.  I am a huge advocate for vitamin D and give a lot of credit to it for helping. Even when my kids were in public school.  The only time we have had an issue with getting sick was the homeschool groups as the stay home if you are sick doesn’t apply to everyone.  

[KSera]

We’ve been cold free since Covid started as well. Definitely a silver lining, as colds make me miserable. I know it won’t last forever, but it really has been one nice thing. 

[Not_a_Number]

2 minutes ago, itsheresomewhere said:

We have always been very good with it.  I am a huge advocate for vitamin D and give a lot of credit to it for helping. Even when my kids were in public school.  The only time we have had an issue with getting sick was the homeschool groups as the stay home if you are sick doesn’t apply to everyone.  

I think preschool is really awful for spreading colds, unfortunately... the kids are constantly walking around with dripping noses. Older kids are more sensible, I think. They don't share their germs as freely! 

[Not_a_Number]

5 minutes ago, LifeLovePassion said:

We were up until this school year.  We've been on a rotation of child two getting sick than child one getting sick each for a week  at a time and then about a week of both healthy, then back to child to getting sick again and so on.  They've been covid negative every time we've tested and strep negative too.  They've just been regular old viruses

Where are they catching them, do you know? 

[Pam in CT]

Cold free household since March 2020.  One blessing amidst all the awful.

[Faith-manor]

Yes. And if it weren't for the vaccines, I would not have been sick at all. But I have the nuclear reactor body so they take a round right out of me!

[Not_a_Number]

Just now, Faith-manor said:

Yes. And if it weren't for the vaccines, I would not have been sick at all. But I have the nuclear reactor body so they take a round right out of me!

Oh, yes. I did NOT enjoy my vaccines, lol. 2 weeks of headache, anyone? 

[Shoeless]

No colds here sinCe February of 2020. We've had some nasty allergy issues, though. I don't know what to make of that. 

[itsheresomewhere]

Just now, MissLemon said:

No colds here sinCe February of 2020. We've had some nasty allergy issues, though. I don't know what to make of that. 

There has been a massive increase in allergies lately. One of our doctors is talking about how winter allergies have skyrocketed.  

[Not_a_Number]

2 minutes ago, itsheresomewhere said:

There has been a massive increase in allergies lately. One of our doctors is talking about how winter allergies have skyrocketed.  

Interesting. Anyone have any idea why?? 

[Dmmetler]

Yes. I'm not looking forward to Spring semester classes. It's been so nice to not get sneezed on...

[LifeLovePassion]

15 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:

Where are they catching them, do you know? 

Public school 

[Shoeless]

1 minute ago, Not_a_Number said:

Interesting. Anyone have any idea why?? 

I would love to know why, too. My allergies are definitely in response to something from outside. DS13 and I spend at least an hour outside daily, but DH is inside more than us. We're all sneezing, though! 

[Farrar]

I basically am. I did have some sort of immune reaction when ds got sick, which was likely a cold (I mean, it wasn't strep, Covid, or the flu, so a cold seems super likely). But I wouldn't describe myself as having had the cold. I had a day or two of dreading that I might get sick because I felt sort of icky, stuffy, and then I never actually got sick.

It's been delightful.

[Farrar]

11 minutes ago, itsheresomewhere said:

There has been a massive increase in allergies lately. One of our doctors is talking about how winter allergies have skyrocketed.  

Okay, but have they really though? Because one thing I've learned in the last two years is that... holy carp, I am having allergic reactions a LOT of the time. Like, what I would have dismissed before this to "I might be getting something" I now am AWARE is likely allergies, not a cold coming on. So I wonder if allergies are actually worse or awareness of allergies is just much higher.

[itsheresomewhere]

6 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:

Interesting. Anyone have any idea why?? 

One thought was due to the increase of the amount of cleaners being used.  Personally, I think it is a combo of things. 

[itsheresomewhere]

8 minutes ago, Farrar said:

Okay, but have they really though? Because one thing I've learned in the last two years is that... holy carp, I am having allergic reactions a LOT of the time. Like, what I would have dismissed before this to "I might be getting something" I now am AWARE is likely allergies, not a cold coming on. So I wonder if allergies are actually worse or awareness of allergies is just much higher.

I do think have for some people it has and there are others like you who have become aware of their bodies.  

Edited December 15, 2021 by itsheresomewhere
Autocorrect hates their/there

[Not_a_Number]

15 minutes ago, Farrar said:

Okay, but have they really though? Because one thing I've learned in the last two years is that... holy carp, I am having allergic reactions a LOT of the time. Like, what I would have dismissed before this to "I might be getting something" I now am AWARE is likely allergies, not a cold coming on. So I wonder if allergies are actually worse or awareness of allergies is just much higher.

OK, yes, I've definitely had this happen. I used to also feel "I might be getting something" whenever I felt stuffed up or had a sore throat. But now I know very well I'm getting nothing, because I've been exposed to nothing. It's been HIGHLY educational. 

[Not_a_Number]

23 minutes ago, LifeLovePassion said:

Public school 

Just for my data point, are kids masking in school? 

[LifeLovePassion]

2 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:

Just for my data point, are kids masking in school? 

This is 6-12 grades. Masking optional, I've left it up to the kids so far. Minimal masking overall. My kids are jabbed though. 

The local docs have seen more rsv cases and a lot of this strep mimic virus (both had a sore throat and I was surprised neither had it). 

[Not_a_Number]

Just now, LifeLovePassion said:

This is 6-12 grades. Masking optional, I've left it up to the kids so far. Minimal masking overall. My kids are jabbed though. 

The local docs have seen more rsv cases and a lot of this strep mimic virus (both had a sore throat and I was surprised neither had it). 

Got it. Makes sense! 

[EKS]

No colds here either.

[EKS]

25 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:

OK, yes, I've definitely had this happen. I used to also feel "I might be getting something" whenever I felt stuffed up or had a sore throat. But now I know very well I'm getting nothing, because I've been exposed to nothing. It's been HIGHLY educational. 

THIS!  It's really weird.

[Not_a_Number]

7 minutes ago, EKS said:

No colds here either.

The interesting thing is that we've actually been very social for the last semester. It has just all been masked and outside. But we've had playdates with large gaggles of children, some of whom would have colds later or earlier (they didn't come to playdates sniffly or anything, though.) We've even started taking the subway again. 

[Frances]

No colds here. But I don’t think I’ve had one since the winter of 2014 when we travelled during the holidays. 

[Not_a_Number]

Just now, Frances said:

No colds here. But I don’t think I’ve had one since the winter of 2014 when we travelled during the holidays. 

That's very different from our life, which used to include a lot of childcare :D. 

[Frances]

Just now, Not_a_Number said:

That's very different from our life, which used to include a lot of childcare :D. 

It was different here when my son was home and my husband was in academia. But even then, I would very rarely get sick. But the two of them would exchange colds throughout the winter.

[Not_a_Number]

1 minute ago, Frances said:

It was different here when my son was home and my husband was in academia. But even then, I would very rarely get sick. But the two of them would exchange colds throughout the winter.

Lucky! I pick up everything that's going around... 

[rebcoola]

Almost the high schooler brought home something she and the 2yr old had sniffles for a day or so.  Otherwise nothing and we are not very locked down anymore. Masks are required in public though.

[regentrude]

3 hours ago, itsheresomewhere said:

There has been a massive increase in allergies lately. One of our doctors is talking about how winter allergies have skyrocketed.  

3 hours ago, Not_a_Number said:

Interesting. Anyone have any idea why?? 

One major contributor is climate change. With warmer weather, pollen season gets prolonged and pollen concentration increases. Especially bad with ragweed, one of the main culprits for fall allergies.
Right now, a major allergen is juniper (cedars). Yes, they release their pollen in winter. Just so that there's always a plant to make us miserable.

 

Edited December 15, 2021 by regentrude

[Tanaqui]

I was stuffed up last week, with a little chest congestion... but then it cleared, and now I'm fine? I can breathe, didn't have to steal anybody's rescue inhaler? I'm never ever ever ever going into the grocery store unmasked again. Or on the bus. Or anywhere. (Jury's out on the bookstore. I do like to linger....)

[Laura Corin]

Me. I used to get Freshers Flu every year from the new students.  I plan to carry on masking in winter.

[Ausmumof3]

We had something the Easter when Covid first started but couldn’t test at the time.  I’ve been for a test a couple of times with minor sniffles.  Kids got one really nasty thing in April last year from the pool.  Youngest got something nasty from his cousin (unfortunately totally different approach to Covid to us) but otherwise not too bad.

[Ausmumof3]

3 hours ago, Farrar said:

Okay, but have they really though? Because one thing I've learned in the last two years is that... holy carp, I am having allergic reactions a LOT of the time. Like, what I would have dismissed before this to "I might be getting something" I now am AWARE is likely allergies, not a cold coming on. So I wonder if allergies are actually worse or awareness of allergies is just much higher.

Yes this.  I’ve also had people swear it was allergies and I’m 100pc they were sick.  My kid has bad seasonal allergies and I know the difference. Plus they literally never had allergies beforez

[The Governess]

Dh had Covid in February. My youngest dd caught a cold (not Covid, tested twice) in November. Neither of them passed them on to anyone else in the family. That’s it since January 2020. I did get strep over the summer (no idea how...) but other than that it’s been almost 2 years since I’ve been sick. 
 

It’s almost like being sick is no longer a normal part of my life. Next time I catch something I’ll probably be a big baby about it...

[bookbard]

No colds during lockdown, but within a week of the kids going back to school, colds again. We've only had maybe 2 months of school and had at least 3 colds. But, not totally a bad thing, I think, for the kids; probably good for their immune systems. 

[LauraClark]

Nope 😞 We got the normal colds last year and in the past 6 weeks we have gotten a stomach bug, a mild cold (just stuffy noses), and the world's worst cold (all kids got mild pink eye, I got an ear infection, and the coughing will. Not. Stop.) In good news: we haven't gotten covid as far as I know.

[alysee]

My husband and I have had zero colds since November 2019. 🙌

My kids caught a cold in September this year after visiting cousins even though no one had been sick before or during the visit. 

 

[Guest]

No colds, no flu, no strep throat for me or my son who lives here. Dd did have a non-Covid cold recently. Ds22 had COVID (despite vax) but no other colds, flus or strep. Dh had COVID but no other illnesses either. 

[historically accurate]

We all had one cold that passed around the family (tested 4 out of 5 for Covid, so not Covid). I had one cold this spring; nobody else caught it. One DD caught a cold at a different time than me, but didn't pass it to the rest of us.

I'm surprised the teens haven't caught more - their friends attend public school (although it has mandatory masking) and we stopped requiring our kids to mask when hanging with friends following their vaccines.

Considering pre-Covid, I caught anything and everything respiratory going around, I am pretty durn happy with 2 colds in almost 2 years. 

 

[TravelingChris]

No sinus infections, bronchitis or even the probable RSV that most of my family hot om September.   I don't get colds and haven't since I returned from living in Europe 15 years ago.  I have AI diseases and also on immunosuppressants . That mskes me get bacterial infections super quickly. So fast, that normslly within 24 hours I need antibiotics. 

 

 

  

[klmama]

Actually, we've seen the opposite. Our teen has gotten sick four times just  since summer, with different symptoms every time; dh and I have each been sick once in that time. There's just a lot of stuff going around here.  As for allergies, I've heard local people complain about it, and when I took in our dog for what I thought was illness, our vet said it was allergies and that they are much worse than usual this year; she's seeing lots of first-time cases. 

[fraidycat]

I rarely ever got sick even when the kids did bring home colds from school in pre-covid times. But, this summer when they were both working at McD's, they brought one home that got me. I felt like I had an elephant sitting on my chest for about 3 days, and mildly miserable for another 2-3 days with congestion and sinus pressure. Neither of the kids ever really developed into full on cold symptoms, but each had complained of mild sinus pressure and dry scratchy throats about a day apart from each other and about 3 days before I was knocked out. It was my first cold in I honestly can't even remember how long. Maybe 4 or 5 years. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Indigo Blue]

Gosh, I don’t want to say because it might break the good luck streak!

[ScoutTN]

I have had multiple sore throats that I treated with extra vitamin D, hydration, and sleep. None turned into colds.

Ds has had several colds, but he goes to school. His school: fewer than 40 students, all masked, all teachers and  most vaxed, hepa filters running, everything that can be outdoors is. His last cold became a sinus infection that he just finished antibx for. 

My family cannot live in lockdown mode, so our exposure is higher. We are vaxed and wear masks and stay home if we have even a small symptom, but not so for everyone we are around.

 

 

Edited December 15, 2021 by ScoutTN

[Mrs Tiggywinkle]

My kids have not been sick for about two years despite being in public school.  DH and I had a sinus infection/cold the last few weeks but the kids never got it.