#covid chronicles

[ssteamingtea]

do not let Sebastian be a parent rn 😭🙏// Don't worry he won't be for now. He's not the dog dad that shippers think he is😭

he’s a cat guy anyways at heart

[sap-woods]

This is the worst infectious illness I have ever had in my life. It was just a sore throat at first, a few sneezes... like a normal cold. Then came the other respiratory symptoms—runny nose, congestion, the usual. But then... the fatigue settled in. I can barely tolerate typing this because my fingers are so tired. I can only sit up intermittently. The headache came next... pressure, from every direction. Like my head might pop.

The sore throat has gone from normal to... intolerable. I've had horrible sore throats before, like strep. This feels similar. Desiccated. But it doesn't just feel like its in the pharynx. It feels like a shard of glass lodged between the vocal folds. It hurts even at rest: a sharp, burning, stabbing pain. It feels like it's on fire. It wakes me up at night, and I have to go cough down a Ricola with menthol to try get back to sleep. It feels like the pain elevates, expands as I swallow; a sharp, unbearable ripple that makes me gag when I eat. When I do manage to eat, the digestive symptoms hit me. But the less I eat, the more the fatigue seeps in. If I drink, it burns as it goes down. If I don't drink enough, I wake up in more pain, dried out, in the middle of the night.

I'm just trying to get through this doing the bare minimum that ensures the survival of me and my cat. But the more time passes, the more the panic seeps in for how I'm going to get what is easily a couple months of work done between now and the end of my school year contract, twelve days. But I can't even think straight... never mind writing three outstanding evaluation reports and 50 progress reports.

[flowercrowngods]

how are you feeling? are you taking care of yourself? you were up kinda late yesterday. (forgive the nurse in me.) 🫶🏼

i actually woke up not feeling like a train wreck today! i was up until 4:30am sure but also i slept until 2pm and also am still in bed so that’s a diversity win 😌 i can also (currently) breathe through my nose!! definitely planning on getting more oranges (clementines??) later because life’s not so bad when you’re eating an orange 🫶

[awakemysoul69]

I’m alive. Just feeling shitty.

Fourth day of paxlovid. Worst symptoms: sore throat, fatigue. Also, “paxlovid mouth” - the horrible taste paxlovid causes - is disgusting and nauseating.

I know a sore throat sounds pretty mild, but it’s like I have a ball of thumb tacks in my throat. I can’t remember having a sore throat like this before. I’m living on mints, cough drops and popsicles.

However, considering the severity of this virus, I’m very lucky. Thankful for early diagnosis and treatment.

Happy hump day y’all - may you be as humpy as you desire, whether it’s a lot or not!

[queen-skiia]

100 Days of Productivity: Day 13 🤎✨

September 9th, 2022

Hey besties 🤧

So it turns out ya girl has Covid 🙃

I was really hoping it was a cold but ofc the universe has play me somehow 😤

I’m quarantined for the next week so it’ll be interesting to see how much I can get done from home. Other than that I’m grateful I can stay in my apartment🥺

I didn’t do too much yesterday. Well actually I think I did a lot.. after testing positive and telling the health center and ofc griping over it 😅 I cleaned down my room, re spread my bed and ordered some groceries oh and got Playa bowls 🥰

After that I made some ginger tea and chilled in my room. I had some make up work to turn in and some BSA content to post too… I went to bed around 1 am I think? But yea that’s how things are going rn 😭

See y’all in the next post! ✨

🎧- Lightning and Thunder by Jhené Aiko ft John Legend

[bundibird]

It got me

[shayna365x]

Saturday, 12/24/22. Seventh Night. After a day in which my husband rested a lot. He’s still sniffly. A bit achy. Very tired. He still maintains that it’s not too bad.

[body-knows-best]

Took a little walk