I got COVID this one time. | Poal: Say what you want.

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I went through an airport to visit some family. When I get to their place, I feel fine for like, two weeks. The first person to show signs of sickness was my little boy. He got super sleepy and would just fall asleep anywhere. Very slowly, over the course of days, I started to fatigue like that too. I was soooo tired, I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. The very comfy bed I was sleeping in felt so uncomfortable because my muscles wouldn't relax. after a week of this, i started getting massive headaches and worse fatigue. It'd take alot of work to get exhausted enough to forget my aching body and fall asleep.

After Half a month at my family's house, Toddler had nearly completely recovered. He was previously crying because of his headaches so that was the first time we gave him 'baby safe' pain meds. I was pushing the limit of how many Ibuprofen i could take a day.

If I remember right, the next symptom to pop up was coughing, and there were occasional new volleys of stuff to cough out of my lungs. Made my head throb like a bitch, but it was unlike any desire I've ever had to cough before from being sick. Sometimes, exhaling was enough to get it out then suddenly my need to cough would end (which was awesome because when I've been sick in the past i wouldn't stop coughing, day in and day out sometimes). The way the mucus gathered to be coughed up was extremely odd in my opinion because i had to hack up large hunks at once but then I was fine until the next volley.

eventually my family member remembered she had a COVID test in the house. I was skeptic since we all know how stupidly flawed those tests were. Surprise surprise, I had COVID.

its been about three weeks of this 'slowly accumulating symptoms' thing; about a week and a half later, coughing, hacking oddly, throbbing headaches, and massive fatigue, I got a new symptom. Difficulty breathing. It felt like I had to take deliberate deep breaths to keep up my oxygen supply. Very odd, it wasn't quite like asthma because there was no constriction or inflammation that made breathing hard, it seemed that simply my lungs were not absorbing oxygen like it used to.

I have to admit, that was one of the most confusing and debilitating sicknesses I've ever felt. After my last symptom arrived, It took another 2 weeks for me to start feeling normal again. The first symptom to alleviate, almost in sync with the next, was my breathing returned to normal, followed by my body aches stopped so i could sleep at night. The headaches went away and eventually, the only things left were fatigue and a tiny bit of coughing, and it took about another week before that, ever so slowly, went away.

I was pampered and well taken care of and it took me so long to recover, it was such an exhausting ailment. I was very lucky they were willing to host me for so long! Before that, I didnt think COVID existed at all except as a fear monger word. Now i kinda think its COVID but would still hear someone out if they say that something like that has been around a long while and this is just the first time i've caught it.

Anyways thank you for reading what kinda turned out to be a journal entry. I'm interested about what you think!

This story is a little frustrating because I didn't really think there was a mysterious new disease. Even still, I know COVID was a scamdemic but hear me out, this is simply storytime. Take note I'm still anti-covid-vaccine. I went through an airport to visit some family. When I get to their place, I feel fine for like, two weeks. The first person to show signs of sickness was my little boy. He got super sleepy and would just fall asleep anywhere. Very slowly, over the course of days, I started to fatigue like that too. I was soooo tired, I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. The very comfy bed I was sleeping in felt so uncomfortable because my muscles wouldn't relax. after a week of this, i started getting massive headaches and worse fatigue. It'd take alot of work to get exhausted enough to forget my aching body and fall asleep. After Half a month at my family's house, Toddler had nearly completely recovered. He was previously crying because of his headaches so that was the first time we gave him 'baby safe' pain meds. I was pushing the limit of how many Ibuprofen i could take a day. If I remember right, the next symptom to pop up was coughing, and there were occasional new volleys of stuff to cough out of my lungs. Made my head throb like a bitch, but it was unlike any desire I've ever had to cough before from being sick. Sometimes, exhaling was enough to get it out then suddenly my need to cough would end (which was awesome because when I've been sick in the past i wouldn't stop coughing, day in and day out sometimes). The way the mucus gathered to be coughed up was extremely odd in my opinion because i had to hack up large hunks at once but then I was fine until the next volley. eventually my family member remembered she had a COVID test in the house. I was skeptic since we all know how stupidly flawed those tests were. Surprise surprise, I had COVID. its been about three weeks of this 'slowly accumulating symptoms' thing; about a week and a half later, coughing, hacking oddly, throbbing headaches, and massive fatigue, I got a new symptom. Difficulty breathing. It felt like I had to take deliberate deep breaths to keep up my oxygen supply. Very odd, it wasn't quite like asthma because there was no constriction or inflammation that made breathing hard, it seemed that simply my lungs were not absorbing oxygen like it used to. I have to admit, that was one of the most confusing and debilitating sicknesses I've ever felt. After my last symptom arrived, It took another 2 weeks for me to start feeling normal again. The first symptom to alleviate, almost in sync with the next, was my breathing returned to normal, followed by my body aches stopped so i could sleep at night. The headaches went away and eventually, the only things left were fatigue and a tiny bit of coughing, and it took about another week before that, ever so slowly, went away. I was pampered and well taken care of and it took me so long to recover, it was such an exhausting ailment. I was very lucky they were willing to host me for so long! Before that, I didnt think COVID existed at all except as a fear monger word. Now i kinda think its COVID but would still hear someone out if they say that something like that has been around a long while and this is just the first time i've caught it. Anyways thank you for reading what kinda turned out to be a journal entry. I'm interested about what you think!

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