How Did This Happen?
On October 11th, 2022 I tested positive for COVID-19. I got through 2 years and 9 months and 10 days without being affected. My luck ran out that morning. I remember asking the doctor how did I get it and he said that you can wear a mask but others are not and that is possibly how I got it.
I took a second test on Wednesday to be sure.
To backtrack on that Saturday I went out for Sushi for the first time in a long time, and it was great. I used my chopsticks till my fingers gave out and I had to switch to the fork (I’m not that good with them and I think I should invest in a pair and use them at home till I get the hang of them). The rolls were great and the conversation was just as great. After lunch, we went back to my house and played music and Scene It and had fun. The next day was cool, did a quick mall run and I was fine until I ordered the Cactus Plant Market Happy Meal from McDonald's (which was cold by the way because it took close to an hour for Postmates to find someone to pick it up) later that evening my throat started feeling funny and I started coughing. I thought it was the food so I didn’t think much of it. The next day was Monday and it was like a normal workday. I worked out for 30 minutes that morning and started my workday like normal but as the day went on I felt horrible. I was exhausted, coughing, and couldn’t concentrate on my work. I even took an at-home test after work to see and it was negative. I woke up the next morning with my muscles tight and still tired. So I walked down to the Urgent Care and that’s when I got the news. When I tell you I was fighting mad I wanted to beat the next person that walked near me. I almost yelled at a guy trying to move close to me at the store after I left the doctor. I went home and cried. Not just because I got it but because I was scared of what was going to happen over the next few days. I live alone and when I get sick it is scary that you don’t know how this is going to affect me. I tried to work as much as I could but working from the bed was not cutting it. After some thought and looking back over that weekend it was determined that it was contracted while at Sushi. Our masks were off to eat and that was the only long period we were without masks.
Trying to get some work done.
It's been 2 weeks since and I’m still not the same. I haven’t been able to work out, I still have a cough (especially in the mornings), but my blood pressure has been very good. Not just good it is normal and that is unusual for me even being on medicine since 2016. Also, I did lose weight (that was welcomed but I know it won’t last). My appetite is not fully the same because I have moments when I don’t feel like eating. It is weird but not something I think it’s great. I have heard from others that they had brain fog and I did during that week but I’m not foggy now I’m just more aware of what I am writing. I wonder if I caught this in 2020 would I still be here or what would have happened? I’m fortunate that I got it when I did (after being vaccinated), and I was able to get through it pretty quickly. But in my head, I keep coming back to the what ifs. Now I am back taking vitamins, I’m slowly trying to work out (fingers crossed that I can start this week), and I am going back to cooking at home more. I don’t think I will be dining in much anymore or at all. I have been on Pinterest looking at recipes trying to see if I can make more good food at home so I don’t have to go out if at all. I went to a gathering in my building for owners and renters to meet the neighbors. It was fun to meet new people but I was still cautious thank goodness the crowd was not very big.
I tried to eat a little something
Yes this has changed me but I am still wearing my mask and doing all the things I was doing before now I am being extra careful with when and where I take my mask off and for how long.