Waiting... Waiting
3/20/2020 05:29 PM
Third day after my COVID test and I have no results, other than the diagnosis of a "mysterious viral lung infection". 

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.
2 Comments
JillyNSane
6:23 AM
It is terrifying that it takes so long to get the results. I hope all of this stops soon. 
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deeterz
3:50 PM
It is. I talked to them today and they said it's taking 4-5 days to get results, so maybe I'll know by monday. 

On the bright side, my state has so few people that have gotten it so far that I may get to be tje 69th person here to get it * immature giggling *
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