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My mother and I tested positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) last week, and I want to tell you all about my symptoms. I will tell you all how it developed, all of my symptoms, and what you should watch out for.
Day 1: All was well, just a normal day. It was a few days after my work shut down due to the virus, and I thought I got off easy... but apparently not. I was completely fine. That night, I developed a really horrible sore throat.
(Also I should note that a week before I got developed the sore throat, I started feeling really off... like I just felt unwell for no reason. Now I know why.)
Now when I developed the sore throat, I thought that it was just some typical sinus infection/drainage because I get those frequently due to my bad allergies. After about an hour, I started coughing a lot and I couldn’t stop. Then I went to sleep.
Day 2: I woke up and knew that there was something wrong. My sore throat had gotten worse and now I couldn’t stop coughing. I must tell y’all that I’ve had asthma my whole life, so that could play a part in it. It was a very dry, annoying cough.
Day 3: Same thing. Sore throat, dry cough, and now I am feeling feverish. But on the bright side, my energy was coming back slowly. The past two days I just felt drained.
Day 4: I feel great. There’s still a slight cough, but it’s not bad whatsoever. The sore throat vanished, and I wasn’t having fever. My energy was very well that day. I felt like I was finally getting over it. One thing you should know is that, this virus is unpredictable.
Day 5: I woke up hoping that whatever I had come down with, was finally gone. Oh how I was completely wrong. I felt horrible all over again. The cough, bad sore throat, and fever was back... but with NEW symptoms! My new symptoms included extreme migraines.
The migraines were so bad that I could barely move my eyes. My eyes were incredible dry as well. I also started feeling body aches, nausea, bladder pain (I thought that it was a bladder infection), nausea, and horrible stomach cramps. I was so sure that I was getting better.
Day 6: All of my symptoms are still there, but far less severe. You know that feeling when i cold is about to go away? That’s exactly what I felt. I felt fine and my energy was coming back.
Day 7 (Yesterday): I felt absolutely AMAZING. It was as if all of my symptoms completely disappeared. My energy was better than ever (I felt like I could run a marathon). Still had a slight cough, but overall I felt amazing and thought that it was finally over.
That night, however, I went to sleep and my legs starting cramping a lot. i started to develop body aches, but it wasn’t bad. I ignored it because I wanted to think that it was finally over.
Day 8 (Today): I woke up with the WORST pain in my life. All of the symptoms had come back again, but with MORE new symptoms. My migraines were back but worse, extreme body aches and leg pain, sore throat (with sneezing and runny nose), dry cough, bladder and stomach pain.
So that’s where I’m at so far. I feel pretty horrible, and I don’t know if it’s bad enough to go to the hospital. Just when I felt better, I got sick all over again. This virus is completely screwing with my anxiety because it’s too unpredictable.
I don’t know if I’ll get better soon, if even at all. My 20th birthday is in 3 days, and I’m afraid that I’ll have to spend it in pain/sick. As far at treating myself, all I can do is drink tea and water, take tylenol, and sleeping. I’m just afraid of dying.
I just want to feel better instead of living in this nightmare. All I want if for my mother and I to recover. I’ll keep updating this as the days go by...
If anyone has any questions, you can ask me. I’ll try my best to answer them or help but I’m not really in the best mental state right now. Just please stay inside, everyone!
I forgot to add, those first three days, I did feel chest pains. It felt like my chest and lungs were tightening. It felt like someone was sitting on my chest.
All I’ve been doing is just playing my PlayStation and having fun on Twitter. It’s gotten to the point where it’s too painful to move and walk around.
If you’re thinking about sending me hate or “clowning” me, just block me instead. I feel too horrible and energy drained to be dealing with that. I’m just trying to inform people.
One more thing before I sleep! These are the only things I have to take. Centrum multivitamins, liquid tylenol (because I hate pills lol) but this tylenol does wonders! It especially helps with coughing and sore throat a little. Then, I take vitamin d to boost immunity!
But if you guys can recommend anything that will help me, please tell me!!!
I just woke up and realized that this thread probably made no sense because this virus is making me feel pretty brain dead. I’m also horrible at explaining things, and I have poor grammar but I hope it made a little sense.
Day 9 (Today): It was around midnight before I was able to sleep. This was the worst the virus had ever been. I started to develop horrible fever, and I began shaking so bad that it felt like I was in the middle of the arctic. The body aches were out of this world.
It was incredibly painful. The bladder pain also got worse, too. I was also having nausea where I was about to throw up. My sore throat got worse as well. But then, my body eventually fell asleep. However, I just woke up and I feel great again. It’s like the symptoms vanished.
I woke up with the body aches being 95% gone, my fever is back to normal, my sore throat is 90% gone. Bladder pain is somewhat gone. My energy is back and I feel like I could dance or run or something. Coughing is barely there, too. Overall, I feel great right now.
I don’t know if the worst is already over or if I will get sick AGAIN, I’ll just have to wait and see.
I saw people asking me about my travel history. No, I didn’t travel. I got it in my own city. As of now, my county has about 50 cases (maybe more since the last time I looked). How I think I got it? Well, I do work in a clothing store.
I was always touching people’s clothes and money, so that’s an easy way to get the virus. I also wasn’t cautious and never washed my hands or anything. My mom, however, got it from being at work. She thinks she got it because she said she was exposed to people who were +
suspected to having the virus. I started feeling sick a few days before her.
As of now, me and my mom are feeling well. Still feeling sickly, but overall a lot better. If I can think of anything else, I’ll add it to this thread.
One more thing, my mom, one of my relatives, and my family friend who have the virus explained to me that they have been having the same exact symptoms as me, only in different stages if that makes sense.
This virus is so back and forth. It makes you feel great but also horrible at the same time. One second you’re completely fine, the next second you feel like you’re going to die. And the cycle just repeats and it’s annoying and scary.
I forgot to add that my mother is a nurse so that’s how she was exposed.
I read some articles saying that Corona can make you lose your sense of smell and taste but I never experienced any of that personally.
this is basically my life now... taking it one day at a time.
I’ll let y’all know if things get worse or better from this point on.
It’s still day 9, but the day is already over. it’s night time here now. I must say, I’m feeling so great now. the only thing that’s bothering me is my cough, but my mom said that even when I get better, my cough will still be there for a few weeks because of my asthma.
I also have a really stuffy nose now, but maybe it’s just allergies. All I know is that I’m almost feeling like normal again. I hope this lasts because the last two times I felt better, the symptoms just came back harder. I’ll have to just wait and see until tomorrow.
I’m just at the point where I’m seriously about to give up. My cough came back more and now my lungs hurt and it hurts to breathe. The chills came back as well. I just want to cry. I keep asking what I did to deserve all of this. I just want to feel better.
Day 10: I don’t even know what’s going on anymore at this point. I give up on trying to understand this virus. For now, I feel somewhat okay. Sore throat and coughing is gone. The only things I’m having is a really, stuffy nose and my lungs feel tight again, but I don’t have +
any breathing problems. I had a really horrible leg cramp in my left leg that I could barely walk anymore. Luckily, I laid down and wrapped a heating pad around my leg and put it at the highest heat. It completely took the pain out of my leg.
Also felt slight chills a few times.
I just woke up. It’s still day 10. I’m feeling okay. Not 100% but I’m getting there. I have a headache and lots of nasal congestion. All of the other symptoms are gone. It almost feels like a way for my body to expel the virus. I hope I’m right and it doesn’t get bad again.
Well, the day is almost over. I’m feeling 10x better. I still have a cough, my lungs still feel tight, and I’m having lots of nasal congestion, but overall I’m feeling good! I don’t want to jinx anything but, I know this virus is finally ending... I really hope!
Tomorrow I’m going to my mom’s clinic that she works at to get checked up on because I’m supposed to be going back to work soon.
I just donated... and I encourage everyone to do the same if you can!
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It’s now day 11 and it’s finally my birthday. I finally did it. I defeated Coronavirus. I’m finally free from this nightmare. All of my pain and suffering was worth it in the end. My body is so strong for fighting this off. I’m so proud of myself.
I just want to thank everyone for all of the love and support and hate lol. Thank you for living this experience with me. Hopefully, my thread helped someone and to bring some clarity to this mysterious virus. And thank you to everyone for the help.
It only took 11 days, but those were the longest & scariest 11 days of my life. I hope I brought more awareness towards the virus. That was my only goal. My last words, stay at home, be very clean, donate, & treat others kindly. Humanity needs to stick together during this time.
All of the attention and support truly overwhelmed me but everyone’s support is what made me want to keep fighting. To Coronavirus, let’s never meet again.
Be cautious and be safe.
-End of thread.
