Well, this is familiar...

[feng_shui_house]

Last time I had what in retrospect I'm sure was COVID-19, I never had any very serious symptoms, (never to the point of even thinking to call a doctor) but what I did have was annoying. And it's back again...



I had the unexplained chills, and slight sore throat, just barely a headache, following quite a while of no sense of smell or taste, and now I'm at the stage of feeling like I need to clear my throat all the time, but it's generally unproductive, so I try to ignore it. Mostly I don't HAVE to cough, so I can usually repress it- drink tea, drink hot lemon & honey water, etc to soothe the throat.

BUT... when I eat warm/hot food, right after eating I suddenly find myself with an uncontrollable raspy ouch cough that's slightly productive, and makes me start to pee while I'm coughing.

So glad my bathroom is nearby. Walking in damp undies is uncomfortable.

I have a weird body. Coffee makes me sleepy, Aspirin makes my ears ring, Gluten-- yeah, gluten does a total brain/body number on me including making one patch on the outside of my left knee completely numb- I'm WTF Body?

I wish I'd been given an instruction booklet with this model body.

Comments

[vera_j]

Oh dear, what a body...totally weird. What confuses me - where could you contract the virus? I suppose you don´t meet people face to face...

[feng_shui_house]

I'm not sure whether it's a new infection, or if it's possible for it to go dormant in a body and then come back later.

Or, you know, as careful as I am, I do get mail, bills, and packages and food from outside. While the officials all say mail and groceries are safe- what they're really saying is that they have no proof you can get it that way. I think this is probably not the cause, but I don't absolutely rule it out.

Or, third possibility-- the sewer lift station across the narrow street from my house- untreated sewage can carry live virus, and there have been times I could even smell it just walking to my trash can, let alone doing yard work/cutting tree, etc. I rate this as not totally improbable.

Fourth, and least likely, sometimes an unmasked neighbor will walk past unmasked me (as I was digging rocks) to put out their trash - never closer than six feet away, and never lingering to talk, so I think that very unlikely.

[vera_j]

Well, all these are really not very probable sources of infection - or I would have had to be infected many times. Could it be psychosomatic?

[feng_shui_house]

I'm sure it's not my imagination. :^) The sudden inexplicable chill, and the rasping cough don't seem something I dreamed up. If I forced a cough, it wouldn't be like this raw grating kind. The muscle aches and exhaustion and even the loss of smell and taste could have other causes, but taken as a whole, I'm pretty sure this is it.

A bit of googling shows that sometimes people get it, seem to recover, but then have more symptoms later, so you know... I don't know why I've got it, but I'm pretty sure WHAT I've got. ;^)

https://www.advisory.com/en/daily-briefing/2020/06/09/long-haul-symptoms

[vera_j]

Oh yes, I understand! I didn´t want to offend you, my dear, not at all. And you are right, there are often those postponed symptoms which are worse than at the beginning. Watch yourself and if it gets worse, please, call the doctor! You are there alone, don´t risk anything! Let´s hope you will get better...

[feng_shui_house]

I wasn't offended. :^) Today I'm mostly just exhausted, with the coughing if I eat, and so much 'brain fog' I can't do anything. Will try to sleep early & hope I'm more functional tomorrow.

[pebblerocker]

That sounds no fun at all! Take care, I hope you recover in a reasonable time frame this time!

[feng_shui_house]

Thanks! Today I'm just stupidly exhausted without having done anything to justify it, but nothing else beyond coughing if I eat. I'll just relax and go to sleep early, hope there's energy tomorrow.