I also hashed out a few details about the move to Japan, and did some serious budget balancing. We are tentatively still planning to move to Japan in August, but aren't going to do anything that commits us to the move for a bit longer. At the very least it's something to do.
Have y'all been keeping up with the coronavirus stimulus bill? It's HUGE. It was sucessfully passed by the Senate yesterday, and the House plans to vote on it Friday morning. Then it will head to the President, who has promised to sign it immediately. I actually spent several hours reading the text of it, and it's suprisingly well thought out. I'm so used to our politiicans being just half a step short of drooling rocks, so I'm extremely pleased with some of the details they included. Also legal documents of that size usually have a significant amount of typos, but I guess this time they realized everyone was watching and someone actually proofread it.
Although it's not COVID, I'm still feeling moderately sick. I've basically had a fever of 99 or higher since the 13th. The rest of the symptoms are mostly gone or improved, at least. My dry cough is now very phlegmy, and not as common. I'm still having mild trouble breathing, but it has improved a noticeable amount. I can now carry a basket of laundry across a room before I run out of breath, where previously simply walking across a room would be enough to make me short of breath and turn my nail beds blue.
Based on the current rate of improvement I predict I should be back to normal within a week or so.
I have had surprisingly little anxiety. Maybe it’s because my anxiety stems from in-person human interaction, and I’ve had none of that. I’ll probably have some mega anxiety when it’s time to go back to work, but I’ll just have to deal with that if/when it happens.
My husband made me go out into the sunlight today, for the first time since quarantine started 11 days ago. He claimed it would be "healthy". It was terrible. Have I married a monster?
The doctor that just called me literally said "Well, I wish I knew what was causing it"
Fortunately I'm improved - the doctors at that hospital don't inspire confidence. If we didn't have a plague going on I would try to get more care and tests, but as is that's a hard pass for me.
Also, it took 6 days to get my results. I've been sick for 10 days.
I'll go over my symptoms (and when they started) here, but keep in mind that this is just what happened to me. We don't know if I have COVID-19 or not, or how typical this is. Also be aware that I have pre-existing health conditions that mess up my immune system and result in me having a fever often, and getting sick often. As a result, I have to take a daily log of my temperature and symptoms, so at least I'm not doing this by memory. From this symptom log I've learned that I normally run in the mid 97's when healthy.
Also, if I do have it.. it's a very minor case. If there wasn't a health crisis going on right now I would for sure be demanding some help from the doctor to relieve the symptoms. However, with the current situation I am not going to take up resources that can be better used by someone who feels worse than me.
- 3/7-3/11: a scratchy itchy throat (which I get from allergies, or could have gotten from my co-worker who had the flu). Temperature ranging from 98.0-98.5 (except for one day when I had really bad joint pain and it went up to 98.8). Otherwise feeling fine
- 3/12: cough started, temperature of 98.6. Felt fine otherwise.
- 3/13: Felt mostly fine in the morning, but in the afternoon I suddenly felt VERY bad. Headache, body ache, bad cough, and I just felt like I'd been hit with by a truck. I also suddenly had bad period cramps, and my period started (which was like... 2 1/2 weeks early). I started runing a mild fever of 98.8-99.2.
- 3/14: I felt like absoltute garbage. Headache, body ache, chills, cough, period cramps, suddenly breaking into sweats. I took a shower and coughed up some bloody phlegm. Fever bounced all over the place, between 98.9-100.4
- 3/15: Same symptoms (Headache, body ache, cough, chills, suddenly breaking into sweats) Period stopped after only 2 days, and no more cramps. This is the day I started feeling short of breath, and considered trying to get tested. I took an advil, but my fever was 99.4 (so not that bad)
- 3/16: Same symptoms (Headache, body ache, cough, chills, suddenly breaking into sweats), but I was increasingly concerned with the difficulty breathing. Fever of 99.1. I decided to call the hotline the next day if my symptoms worsened.
- 3/17: Same symptoms (Headache, body ache, cough, chills, suddenly breaking into sweats). Fever between 99.5-100.5. Went through all the shenanagins in my previous post, and was diagnosed with "mysterious viral lung infection", but they said I don't have cold, flu, or strep. They took a sample for a test of COVID.
- 3/18: Same symptoms (Headache, body ache, cough, chills, suddenly breaking into sweats). Fever of about 99.3. Super bad fatigue, trouble breathing.
- 3/19: Started feeling slightly better. I slept 16? hours. Only had headache, body ache, and cough. No chills or sweats. Fever bounced between 98.5 (at which point I felt awesome) and 99. I did start having constant chest pain, not just pain when I have to breath deep, though.
- 3/20 (today!) I feel worse than yesterday, but better than the day before. I slept like 12 hours. Right now I have a headache, body ache, chest pain, and cough. I still run out of breath going across a room, or just trying to lift my cat (kitty does not weigh much). I still have to take breaks after doing anything. My current temperature is 99.0.
So, there you go! I will let you guys know any results when I know. If they ever tell me.
Still waiting on the results for my COVID test from that absolute shitshow yesterday. It's unnerving to realize that the numbers presented by the CDC and media are actually 24-72 hours behind, since that's how long it takes to get your test results.
I'm following directions like a good panda, and in quarantine.
I still feel like I’ve been hit by a bus. Which makes sense, since the doctor has declared I have a “mysterious viral lung infection”.
I just cannot get over that phrase he used. That’s a gem I’m going to be keeping for a while.
Today has been a hell of a day.
I woke up feeling extra shitty, so per the directions that the Department of Health has been spamming, I called the Coronavirus hotline for my state today. After waiting on hold for an hour and a half I was told that I definitely have the symptoms, and if I had travelled out of the country they would immediately test me based on my symptoms... but because I haven't travelled out of the country they cannot. Instead I was told to call 911.
I called 911, who proceeded to panic and send an ambulance.
The very nice EMT's said that the dispatcher definitely overreacted... but I do have all the symptoms so they were going to go ahead and take me to the ER and make sure I got tested and proper care. (They were super nice, especially after I explained that I was literally just following directions)
I was then transported to a negative airflow room. They did a fuckton of tests, including some chest x-rays. I was told that I have a "mysterious viral lung infection" (literally the doctor's words) and that I do not have a cold, the flu, or strep. He very carefully mentioned COVID, and explained that the tests for that have to happen in a different place, so I won't get the results until tomorrow at the earliest (it can take 24-48 hours). However, based on the x-ray and other test results they expect a full recovery from my “mysterious viral infection”. I was ordered to be under complete quarantine in my house, and to rest and hydrate.
Did someone want a sexy shark?
What a cute couple!
Cute suit, AND cute sweater!!!
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My fever is up to around 100, and I've been steadily feeling worse. I can't really walk across a room without running out of breath, and some of the phlem I've been coughing up has blood in it (though just a little bit). Considering all those details, I don't feel all that bad? I'm definately tired and ache all over, but I don't feel like I'm dying or anything. I've felt worse from a cold. The specific symptoms just sound really bad.
I'm just going to keep up the self quarantiene thing until my nails turn blue or I have trouble breathing.
Disney+ is glorious. I've also played so much sims 4.
My goal once I start feeling better is to catch up on all the laundry/dishes/cleaning I've fallen so behind on.