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Hi world. On Friday, March 27, I began experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, including a pounding headache, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and a sore throat. Taking no chances, I isolated myself from my fiancée @lanyatoshiko before proceeding to board the roller coaster.
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Fever and body aches came and went, teasing a sunny outcome one day only to slap me in the face the next. I had spells of extreme dizziness, including a messy tumble during a bathroom trip. I lost all appetite, though I did not lose my sense of smell or taste like others did.
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On days 3 and 4, I began to experience burning chest pain and pressure, moments of elevated heart rate, as well as difficulty breathing when I tried to sleep at night. As someone with a heart disease and asthma, this made me a high risk for complications, which scared me.
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Still, my symptoms were relatively manageable. But because of my health history, I was approved for COVID-19 testing. They warned that results could take 4-10 days to arrive. Since I would have recovered or been in the hospital by that point, I decided I would not get tested.
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Today is day 7, which by many accounts is when mild to moderate cases begin to resolve. Yesterday, a doctor virtually diagnosed me with presumed COVID-19, but noted that I looked like I was reaching the tail end of my symptoms.
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Per CDC guidelines, I'm actually able to leave the home in this state, having gone 72 hours without a fever and 7 days since my symptoms first appeared. But I'll wait a while longer before even daring to step foot outside. My breathing is still 75-80% capacity at best.
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Ultimately, we don't even know if what I had was COVID-19. So #StayHome 
if you can, #WearMasks and keep your distance if you cannot. I furiously masked, social-distanced, and hand-sanitized every step of the way, and the pandemic still found me. It can happen to anyone.
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if you can, #WearMasks and keep your distance if you cannot. I furiously masked, social-distanced, and hand-sanitized every step of the way, and the pandemic still found me. It can happen to anyone. 7/
Thank you to the many friends, family members, and experts that I consulted in a panicked state over the last few days. It took an army to make me strong, and I now have the task ahead of me to be strong for myself.
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The last thing I'll say is that I'm extremely privileged to have the access to these support networks. Some couldn't afford rent this month. Some still have to brave the outdoors to go to work. Some don't have health insurance.
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If you're in a more stable place right now, please pay it forward. Call for a rent freeze. Call for release of nonviolent inmates and safe shelter for the homeless. Equip healthcare providers and emergency responders with masks, gowns, gloves, ventilators, and warm meals.
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Support small businesses. Watch over the elderly and the immunocompromised. Be vocal about warehouse workers, drivers, grocery store workers, and delivery workers' rights to a livable wage, hazard pay, and paid sick leave.
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The next few months will be tough. Take care of yourself and others. Be strong, be vigilant, be kind. Hugs on the other side.
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