After my covid days July 2022, this time the symptoms are a bit more than usual
Day 1, sunday, jan 8: rorys bday! The usual bday preparation started with a trip to grocery and buying ingredients. Felt sluggish, with bad/painful throat. The whole morning was spent lying in bed while wife prepares dinner. The bday celebration went successfully without any hitch. My daughter in law gave me zinc and vitamin C in the evening. Got myself tested prior to facing my inlaws during the party. Feeling better now I said…
Day 2, monday, jan 9– first thing to do is consult doctor for sick leave paper. Got myself tested- negative. Well this is probably a mild case of low grade flu i said. Had breakfast with wifey. Then went home and just rested. Picked up Rory during lunch time and went home afterwards. Many liquid remedies were given by my daughter in law and wife. Ginger tea with manuka honey. My throat feels better every time i take those concoctions. Cooked brunch made of potato and carrots for the young family.
Day 3: tuesday, jan10-sent rory to school as usual and lie in bed afterwards. Took wife to the grocery store and bought lunch for my son and his wife. Too tired to cook i said. My throat is getting more and more painful. Finally in the evening I took the anti inflammation at medicine. on the contrary, i Did not sleep almost due to body heat.
Day 4, wednesday, end of my sick leave. i sent rory to school during a rainy morning! On the way my tummy went crazy. It feels bloated and so painful. I was soo nauseous that I had to abort driving and let my daughter in law drive. I had myself tested and behold – solid line positive! Jeez, this is it I said, all the while this bug is causing my unusual body joint ache (mild), severe throat pain, and unusual body heat, heat. The weird thing is I dont have a high fever compared to a normal flu. I just slept the whole day with occasional bfast lunch dinner interruptions from family members. Symptoms wise, my body is really very heaty and every now and then I would sweat. Finally in the evening I took panadol so I could sleep better.
Day 5 Thursday Jan 11: I began my day with feeling the heaty body and continues profuse sweating. Im still feeling weak and nauseous. My runny nose continues as well as that pesky dry cough. For the first time, my taste has gone south. So I ended up sleeping almost whole day in bed that by night time, I tossed and turned due to my dry cough spell.
Day 6 Friday Jan 12: I feel slightly better overall today. So I ended up cleaning and dusting my room. Aaah that feels good I said. After which I rested and slept. By lunchtime, I picked rory at school and bought takeaway food from KTPH hospital. On hindsight, I shouldn’t have done this, why? A since few days later, Rory has been infected during this brief encounter! 😦
Day 7 Saturday Jan 13: my sweaty body and heaty body continues. For some unknown reason, my coughing intensified. I can almost feel the pain started from my upper sinus areas, upper throat and now goes lower and lower my throat. My worry is that this indicates the virus going down the trackway to my lungs. Another unknown symptom, I had a headache at lunchtime. So I sleep again during the day. My cold feet continues. Still zero taste bud. To feel not guilty, I went to dry cloths to the laundry wash.
Day 8 Sunday Jan 14: my headache is lesser today. But my sweaty body and cold feet continues. Coughing continues. My runny nose is better. I continued to take medicine to make the phlegm thinner. I cleaned my room and toilet and bought more test kits at Greenwich Guardian. Of course while here, I tried my taste buds and to my surprise, its slowly coming back.
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