My Experience with Coronavirus.

Hi there.

How's it going?

The Dressing room is coming on nicely now, and I've been able to free up some space in my bedroom that's been crying out for a clear up!  It's looking a bit bigger and it's been nice to re-arrange things there too. I've got a big bag of shoes and am working my way through my wardrobes getting rid of pieces that are too small, out-of-date or I don't want - it's quite therapeutic isn't it!  It's keeping me entertained until there's a chance of actually going out!  Until then I urge you to heed the advice of the higher powers and stay safe indoors, I from my own personal experience can say Coronavirus isn't very nice and we need to eradicate it ... soon! 

My post might be a bit daunting, but I'm happy to say I'm feeling so much better now, and most definitely am over it!

It started with a cough! .....

Not a bad one - I didn't think it was classed as persistent.  Having had my flu jab a few days before I was certain it was a side effect!  My daughter had the same symptoms and decided to have a test, with hindsight I should have had one too, but was convinced it was just the flu vaccine.  The next day her results came back positive and I figured it was more than likely I had the dreaded lurgy too.  I went for a test on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day wasn't actually too bad, I had a couple of drinks and helped cook a not-too-bad dinner, eating a fair portion.  I had back ache, felt cold and spent the afternoon curled on the sofa with a furry blanket nursing a headache, feeling tired and more coughing.  No test result came back, so I just thought they weren't working over the holiday period.

Boxing day arrived and I still felt the same, extremely tired and generally feeling unwell, but no achy joints like I imagined, but with a tight chest - feeling like I had a very tight vice clamped around my chest and neck!  We cooked more roast potatoes and had another turkey dinner - to my horror when I put the first mouth full in I could not taste it!  I picked at each individual item, still no taste.  I tried smelling, no I couldn't smell anything either.  I was stunned as I hadn't believed this was a real symptom, yes it was and my whole dinner was ruined.  For someone like me who "lives to eat" this was a real blow.  I was frightened it wouldn't return ... ever, well at least I would be thin. 😅 As the evening went on I still felt unwell but not as bad as I imagined it would be, unwell but able to cope. 

I still had a cough, tight chest and headache and still felt immensely tired and by now my son too felt unwell.  Still no results, but they had said they were very busy and results may take up to 6 days so I tried not to be too concerned.

I felt much the same over the next couple of days with the amount of sleep I was needing absolutely crazy.  Still no news on my result and I had gone off eating and drinking, merely eating a small amount just to keep my strength up, but honestly it's no fun eating something you can't smell or taste!  Hubby had taken on similar symptoms, but more flu like, being freezing cold, so very tired and he stayed in bed for a day or so.

On Monday I decided to ring about my test, they said they would look into it and I should hear back within 24hrs.  Later on that day I got my results back saying negative!  I felt a bit of a fake, but had felt really unwell with symptoms the same as my son and daughter who's test's came back positive, I must have had it, but maybe they'd lost my results or I hadn't done the test correctly!

You have a test stick that you have to run over your tonsils either side for 10 seconds (a lifetime) which makes you gag, then up your nose either side which makes your eyes water and feel like you want to sneeze. Yucky!

Tuesday I still felt the same, but all my symptoms were manageable.  The main issue for me was being oh-so-tired, I was in bed and asleep by 8 pm most nights over the holidays - what a shame to feel ill over Christmas and not just me all the family - what a shit Christmas!  The next morning I got my results - positive, I wasn't a fake after all - ha ha! 

Each day I got slightly better, but kept myself indoors & isolated from everyone.  I also missed my grandsons 2nd birthday, couldn't see him even from afar!  Such a shame and we will have a party for him in the future.  Poor thing didn't have hardly any presents, no cake (my daughter was going to make him one) no cards and no kisses 😞 New year's eve was the same, very quiet and not much happening, we were all tucked up in bed early and didn't see the New Year in either.

Two weeks on and I'm feeling MUCH better, more like my old self AND my taste and smell has come back, not fully but about 80% so I'm sure that will be back up to scratch soon.  There's not much going on at this time of the year, so I've been holed up inside since my 10 day isolation finished. I've only ventured out to Tesco and the Post Office.  I must say it's a funny feeling to actually go out, I wanted to tell everyone "I've had Coronavirus and I'm okay" but as many people haven't been so lucky I kept my mouth well and truly shut!

So what does the future hold?  I'm longing for having the vaccine and according to the UK Vaccine Calculator  mine will be due early June, quite frankly it can't come quick enough.  What are your thoughts on the jab, will you be having it?

I'm open minded about whether or not a ski holiday will be happening late in the season, that will depend on how the next months go, but I can always live in hope 🤞

Have you any experience with Covid19?  I do hope you've not been hit too hard by it and wonder if I may have given you a little hope if you are unfortunate to get it!

Until Thursday, stay safe and well and at home.

Bye bye for now. X