I went to a store on July 30th. 100% of the people were wearing masks, me included.
I was there about 2 hours then came home. The next day I was talking to a friend on the phone.
I had this small cough and she said it's probably allergies.
The cough was getting worse. That night I had the hardest and roughest night of coughing I'd had in my life.
The next day the hard coughing abruptly stopped but my sides ached from coughing so much.
The 3rd day I took my temp and it was 101. I called my doctor and the nurse said, "Don't come here. Go to the Emergency."
I was so sick I told her I could barely walk let alone drive anywhere.
She told me, "Call an ambulance."
I don't have the money for an ambulance so I made an appointment with CVS Minute Clinic.
I'd always had good luck with this one NP. Unfortunately she wasn't there this day.
The NP who was there was very poor. She took my temp and BP and then asked me if she could take my BG (which was 147, not good, not bad.)
To make a long story short she did nothing for me. Every time I asked her a question her answer was, "I don't know." She behaved like she didn't want to be there.
I told her my symptoms and asked her if I had Covid-19 and she said she didn't know.
Here is the list of symptoms I told her:
Hard, rough Cough
Shortness of breath
Loss of smell/taste
Vomiting
Fatigue
Lightheaded/dizziness
Fever
Blurry Vision
Nose itches/tickles
AND she said, "You're blood pressure is 172/85. That's dangerously high."
I asked her if there was anything I could take to ease all of this and she said, "No" and told me to "go to the Emergency room."
I asked her what they would do once I got there and she said they'd get my BP down.
I asked her how they do that and she said....wait for it...... "I don't know."
In 14 days of having this flu I lost 13 lbs. I never ate a thing cause I felt nauseous all the time.
When I'd get up from lying down I'd have to stand for a minute because of the dizziness. I had to walk slowly as I was so dizzy.
I could barely read things on TV because my vision was blurry. More blurry than a blood sugar high.
It's now been 2 months and I still have this odd cough. My nose tickles as if there is something blowing around in there and it strangely itches. I read it may take 3-6 months to get completely over it. The other symptoms have gone away. My vision cleared up.
I still have shortness of breath.
The first time I mowed the front yard after I was better it took me 4 tries when usually I mow it in one try.
I was so out of breath.
I remember President Trump saying at the beginning,
"It's just the flu!" So I wasn't too concerned. Boy was HE wrong. Let me tell you, this is no regular flu.
It is something evil and it doesn't go completely away. They did something awful in that Wuhan lab and I believe in the end they will pay for it.
I told my sister about me being sick and she was upset that I didn't call her. But when I was sick I just didn't think of those things. My cucumber and green pepper plants died from no water.
Somehow my tomato plant made it...LOL
When/if you get Covid-19, if you're anything like me you'll mostly just deal with it.
I got my lab results back and the covid-19 antibody test says I am positive. So I guess that settles that.
I'm not complaining, just sharing.