Today I slept until noon. I remember when I first opened my eyes and looked over at the clock. I immediately touched my arm, to see if this was real. I couldn’t believe I wasn’t trapped in yet another hyper-realistic Corona dream (did you get dreams like this too with C?). Thank goodness my husband is responsible and cared for our 8-year-old son because I was stone cold OUT. I’ve not slept until 12, uninterrupted, since I was pregnant. That was over 8 years ago. I wonder when confetti will drop and champagne will pop, because this is definitely a rare moment worthy of a good rejoice. But there’s more.
My Corona test this afternoon was negative.
YES.
Okay so let’s discuss this goddamn Corona. I can’t even get into the hell of it but each day for the past week, something new and horrible presented itself as yet another symptom that would quickly disappear. I woke up one morning feeling like I had a mask of bees on my face - the movement, the heat, then the rushing away after about 30 seconds. I never in my life felt bees on my face. This happened twice. And no, it’s not peri-menopause related (my husband sent me a link to a peri website when I told him). Feeling bees in, or on, some part of the body is a totally legit Corona complaint from some others out there too, at least according to Google.
Another morning I woke up feeling like my throat had been sliced from the inside, a thousand slices, the rawness, the pain, excrusiating. And I have a PhD in sore throat illness from childhood and let me tell ya this - I never had a sore throat like that. It lasted about an hour and disappeared like it had never been a symptom at all. But we are talking extreme I-can’t-talk pain then Poof!
Oh and this. Over the weekend I was walking to the kitchen and suddenly felt stabbed in the intestines. Like someone ran down the hallway and put a sword through my body. I’m not kidding. I nearly fell to the floor. The pain lasted about 3 minutes as I laid in a ball-shape on my bed. When I straightened my body and tried to stand up, pain ran down my legs and out of my toes and it hasn’t returned since - that was on Saturday. Yeah, thanks Corona.
I have more stories but another stands out as just weird. About 3 days in, I woke up and felt incredible. Like I was pumped full of pregnancy hormones again and I could run the friggin’ world. I felt this way for about 4 hours. I tested. Positive still. But I felt like I was on some kind of extreme high, almost a drug-like euphoria.
It kinda hit me that maybe Corona affects some people in a very “mental” way - as in neurological. I can’t explain my illness any other way than feeling like someone was systemically screwing with my wiring - pulling one wire, laughing manically, then reconnecting another, for 7 days. Even when I write 7 days I can’t believe it because I feel like I’ve been in my home for 4 months and that I’ve lost extreme amounts of time, not just a week.
I experienced this virus a lot differently that my son and husband have.
Corona, to me, felt like a very desperate snake searching for something. Slithering into every single part of me trying to find a weak point. There was my extreme muscle fatigue, cold chills like I’d never imagined in my life, throat pain, ear pain, you name it… and still no ability to smell. I’m not hungry at all - I’ve had a bowl of soup and some scrambled eggs in a week - the rest has been tea, water, and protein shakes. Tonight, I’ll make some more eggs with a piece of salmon and some cucumbers and avo. I’m not hungry but I have to try.
Here’s a list for of some things my Corona didn’t have, that most websites will tell you that you definitely need to have to be positive with Covid.
I had no fever beyond 38,6 and that was only for a day, the other 6 days no fever
I barely cough
No fluid on my lungs and no lung problems
No diarrhea
No extreme tiredness
No breathing problems
No headaches for more than one day for about an hour.
No sore throat apart from that experience that I described above.
Yet I suffered in so many other strange ways.
When I read about Corona online, what to expect, I guess I don’t really understand this virus anymore than the next person. It presents itself so differently in everyone I’ve talked to about it. But you know something? If it’s true what they say about it, that once you have it you’re off the hook for 8-9 months, then good. I won’t get sick from this ridiculous virus for awhile and thankfully so, because I’ve really hated having it. I never slept so much in my life as I have this week.
So I’m on the mend and back here soon again to write about decor, design, and interior lifestyle topics. There’s so much planned for this space as I begin to roll it out into a mostly subscription-based community. But more on that later. Thank you for sticking around and staying on board with me while I get better. You’re a sweetheart.
And before I go, have you had Corona? What was YOUR experience?
Love,
Holly
Hello dear Holly,
thank you for sharing this rather personal information. It is a sign of trusting our little community. As far as Corona is concerned, so far I have been fortunate and have not caught it. (Or it has caught me, would be more appropriate).
One of my friends described it as a Disease From Hell. She was able to support her recovery using Homeopathy but, only because she is rather experienced in that area.
What you discribe sounds horrible. It does make me wonder why one does not read more about such descriptions in the "official channels"? Be that as it may I hope you continue to grow stronger, day by day.
With friendly greetings,
SuSa
I hope I don't JINX myself. But, no we haven't gotten the virus. I don't know if it is due to getting all shots & 2 boosters; we stay away from people & places where people tend to be flippant about the virus or that we are lucky?
But, we have traveled by car & plane quite a bit since March 2021.
We have tested quite a few times when we've felt like we are getting sick, but test negative.
Feel better soon. Sleep as much as you need to.