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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:22 am

This virus hits everyone differently as it multiplies and tests our defenses ...it can be very good at what it does in many of us ....

It has such crazy outcomes from death to no symptoms to permanent damage in those who who survive ..it loves to attack lung tissue and either cause issues itself or forces your own immune system most of the time to cause collateral damage that is the hardest and longest to recover from .

Our damage we are undoing is the damage our own immune system did as the fight left airways inflamed and mucus covered.

I feel very good now , I don’t know if my wife is ready but today I will take the elevator to the basement and try the stairs , at least to the first floor walking but .

I am fully mobile now all over the apartment and out of bed and off oxygen...amen
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Post by barrett » Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:40 am

Gosh, what a saga you've been through with your wife. I feel the same as Vinny... that your experience with the virus has made me more cautious. Hope you both continue to improve and that you can eventually get back close to 100%.
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:43 am

Thanks very much
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Post by Cortopassi » Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:36 am

mj,

Glad you are doing better!

I am curious, what was your position on Covid before getting it and has it changed the view you had?
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Post by Don » Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:05 am

Mathjak, what were your early symptoms and what would you recommend that a person do if experiencing those symptoms?
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:38 pm

The day the symptoms started I was jogging that morning running 3 miles ....late afternoon I had a tickle in my throat ..

I had a little tiny bit of not even a cough but more like you would do with a drip ..I didn’t even think about it .

Next day 101.4 ....felt crappy but not bad , wife and I were playing scrabble .....

Then I felt not so good 3rd day ..still fever , no appetite, the no sleeping started ...every time you doze off the body jolted me with a little adrenaline walking me up . Went to get tested and positive.

That went on for 8-9 days ..no sleep at all .

Day 10 holy shit .....oxygen levels were in the 80’s around 3am ....I was unstable standing ....my wife called an ambulance ...the virus generally regroups day 10 to 14 and attacks with a vengeance ..

I was admitted and released 14 days later ....home now , no oxygen needed although they provided us with oxygen generators .they make oxygen out of the air .

I am up and around , no bed all day and try to move and groove all day long .

Lung capacity is improving daily .

My wife is just a tad behind me ..tomorrow is day 29 from first symptoms for me ...I was treated with remdesivir infusions and steroids for weeks.

Mind you when my wife and I were tested my wife showed negative, I showed positive...having symptoms she went for another test elsewhere a week later and negative .

These are the tests where they roll a q-tip in a nostril not the swab that feels like it’s going to your brain .

When she went to the hospital they only use the long stick swab not the nostril one ..bingo she showed positive...the hospital said the tests being done can be inaccurate compared to the long swab .

How scary is it that after two negatives she would have just gone about thinking all’s well
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:49 pm

In retrospect I should have gotten to an emergency room way sooner ......the earlier they start the remdesivir the better it may be for you but no guarantee...we kept talking to our doctor and he felt we were fine .

But the virus was multiplying and every day adding something else in to the mix ...then around day 10 it is like it leveled off ...okay not so bad .

The hospital said most show up there days 10-14 when it regroups and does a full head on attack like nothing prior
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Post by Don » Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:00 pm

Thank you. I'm glad you're feeling better. I have cancer, so I'm doubly worried. I'm 64, in NYC and can't seem to get a vaccine shot.
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:39 pm

Best of luck , stay safe
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Post by GT » Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:02 pm

mathjak107 wrote:
Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:38 pm
The day the symptoms started I was jogging that morning running 3 miles ....late afternoon I had a tickle in my throat ..

I had a little tiny bit of not even a cough but more like you would do with a drip ..I didn’t even think about it .

Next day 101.4 ....felt crappy but not bad , wife and I were playing scrabble .....

Then I felt not so good 3rd day ..still fever , no appetite, the no sleeping started ...every time you doze off the body jolted me with a little adrenaline walking me up . Went to get tested and positive.

That went on for 8-9 days ..no sleep at all .

Day 10 holy shit .....oxygen levels were in the 80’s around 3am ....I was unstable standing ....my wife called an ambulance ...the virus generally regroups day 10 to 14 and attacks with a vengeance ..

I was admitted and released 14 days later ....home now , no oxygen needed although they provided us with oxygen generators .they make oxygen out of the air .

I am up and around , no bed all day and try to move and groove all day long .

Lung capacity is improving daily .

My wife is just a tad behind me ..tomorrow is day 29 from first symptoms for me ...I was treated with remdesivir infusions and steroids for weeks.

Mind you when my wife and I were tested my wife showed negative, I showed positive...having symptoms she went for another test elsewhere a week later and negative .

These are the tests where they roll a q-tip in a nostril not the swab that feels like it’s going to your brain .

When she went to the hospital they only use the long stick swab not the nostril one ..bingo she showed positive...the hospital said the tests being done can be inaccurate compared to the long swab .

How scary is it that after two negatives she would have just gone about thinking all’s well
wow - glad you are feeling better - sounds worse then I would like to admit.
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Post by mathjak107 » Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:56 pm

Added a piece of the gold position back

SPDR GOLD TR GOLD SHS
Print Order
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Order Number 10J00XQ2
Status Filled at $172.34
Symbol GLD
Description SPDR GOLD TR GOLD SHS
Action Buy
Quantity 290 Shares
Route
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Order Type Market
Time in Force Day
Conditions None
Trade Type Cash
Market Session Standard
Order Date 01/19/2021, 02:38:55 PM ET
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:24 pm

Took profits in gold today
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Post by amdda01 » Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:09 pm

Was that 6% drop in GBTC too irresistable?
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Post by mathjak107 » Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:16 pm

Actually it was ha ha ha. I didn’t buy much
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Post by dualstow » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:43 am

Not daytrading, but a mathjak question:

Are you a landlord in NYC? Are the tenants paying rent?
Or is that too personal?
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:52 am

No longer own any real estate ....we sold the last two apartments in 2019 and officially closed the LLC THIS YEAR .

The best thing e ver would have been if our tenants did not pay the rent ...because they were coop but had original rent stabilized tenants who did not buy in the 1980’s the only way to eventually get them out is if they didn’t pay the rent
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:54 am

Just added gold back , 1317 Gld and 633 shares gbtc a Bitcoin proxy .

No Tlt yet but I may add just 10% of the position ....I think the inflation fears have more to go
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:12 am

Dup
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:13 am

With the new rental laws out in effect last year I can’t see even being a landlord in New York anymore
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Post by modeljc » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:31 am

mathjak107 wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:54 am
Just added gold back , 1317 Gld and 633 shares gbtc a Bitcoin proxy .

No Tlt yet but I may add just 10% of the position ....I think the inflation fears have more to go
Is there a way to get the present premium on GBTC? One site had a +6.28 for yesterday. Lowest for a while?
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:42 am

Not sure where to see it but at one point it was going for a discount to value.

I won’t buy much , Bitcoin is way to volatile but the fact it crashed and fell 25% from the high made it interesting
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:45 am

mathjak107 wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:52 am
No longer own any real estate ....we sold the last two apartments in 2019 and officially closed the LLC THIS YEAR .

The best thing e ver would have been if our tenants did not pay the rent ...because they were coop but had original rent stabilized tenants who did not buy in the 1980’s the only way to eventually get them out is if they didn’t pay the rent
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Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:13 am
With the new rental laws out in effect last year I can’t see even being a landlord in New York anymore
I'd been considering renting out my current house when I move, but now I think I'll just sell it. Live-in flipping/ buying houses to rehab and sell looks like the winning play.
You there, Ephialtes. May you live forever.
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:58 am

To much of a job to rehab and flip .

We won a house in a tax lien sale and had to do that ...not something I would ever do again ..I had it with tenants after 33 years of being a landlord .

I want only passive investments that can be traded , sold or swapped with the push of a mouse
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Post by mathjak107 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:13 pm

Added 166 shares Tlt ....just dipping my toes ....eventually I need it to match the gold / Bitcoin position which is 10x that ...

I think we will have an inflation fake out for a bit longer ...then rates may settle in
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:18 pm

mathjak107 wrote:
Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:58 am
To much of a job to rehab and flip .
I meant a winning play for me :D :D :D
You there, Ephialtes. May you live forever.
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