hiii ive had the coronavirus for two weeks & only told my roomies & a few ppl. I didnt want 2 worry ppl. finally told my fam last night. i still have it but hopefully almost at the end of it. in case it's helpful, heres a thread abt my experience w/it.

the wk before big symptoms, I was waking up w/headaches every day and dry throat. thought it was from being inside for so long. then on 3/27 I lost my sense of taste. that i realized I had it on the 5yr anniversary of jido dying intubated in an icu is a stupid poem not lost on me

had intense nausea, fatigue, diarrhea, acid reflux, and chest pain the next day. waited 4hrs for teledoc, was prescribed nausea meds & put on a high risk list & was told id get a call the next day assessing if I could get a test. got no call.

next day I went to urgent care. my heart was beating really fast, I felt like it was working harder than it's ever worked. I was short of breath but could still finish my sentences. no fever. doc said she cldnt give me test bc I wasnt urgent enough, but safe to say I had it.

strep test came back negative and i had already had the flu shot. she told me my heart was fast and in pain from working rly hard to fight the inflammation in my chest and the infection overall. she said to go totally liquid w my food and hydration & to keep tylenol in my system

the next couple of days were manageable enough. sleeping was hard. kept waking up w nausea & chest pain. had some panic attacks. was only eatin bone broth w lemon, then was able to eat clems & eventually bananas. cldnt watch TV or listen 2 music w words or b stimulated in any way

b/c it made my heart rate go up and down and that made the pain worse. I literally just laid in bed & listened to lofi beats while staring at my twinkly lights and drifting in and outta sleep.

then I had a night I almost called an ambulance. my breathing was shallow, chest pain was severe, I would drift to sleep then wake up gasping & my fingers numb. still no fever, temp actually dropped v low? breathing was hard. was able to drink tea & eventually sleep a few hours

next morning still felt shitty, was able to get a video appt w my doc. he prescribed me albuterol inhaler & codeine for the chest pain & for sleeping easier. zenaida picked them up for me ♡ this was the turning point. was able to do solid food, bowel movements started improving

and as the days went on talking became a lil less tiring. I could concentrate & handle goin online & watching TV. I was still sleeping super early and doing three bone broths with lem a day. which is something marwa swears by & now I do too. she sent me them thru the internet ♡

I still have some congestion and phlegm and a stubborn but mild cough. I tire myself a bit when I work on emptying my phlegm, b/c I'm paranoid itll fall in2 my lungs ??? idk enough abt bodies

some close calls: i took one mucinex fast max the first day of my inhaler and it raised my blood pressure and I felt like I had a glowing vibrating crystal in my chest. turns out the phenylephrine in the muccinex fast max interacted w the inhaler, which is a stimulant.

ramy caught this b/c hes an ICU nurse & they use that stuff in there for reasons I forget. ramy is an angel and made me feel less scared thru this. he also mailed me regular muccinex so I could take it & still use my inhaler.

zenaida brought white pine tea for our house b/c it's good for ur bronchial health. ive been drinking a cup every day w ginger. pao made lebanese lentil soup w lots of ginger and lem and cayenne at one point which was rly sweet & comforting bc thats what my mom wldve made me lol

ALSO my historically irregular period decided to be on time for once at the fucking peak of all this hahahshdhjarhsjrhsjrhsjdh.

anyway, lotsa lem, lotsa ginger, lotsa bread, broth, tea, clementines, pureed spinach w/ lentils & plain yogurt, some apples, constantly going humidifier, water water water !!!!

just remembered an early sign two days before symptoms fully emerged, that something wasnt right, is when i drank coffee and got intense panic attacks/racing heart.

hmm other things.....this thing is so creepy. never felt anything like it. it is very nonlinear. its not the flu. u can have a good day then a bad one then a great one then a slightly worse one then a good one then a terrible one again & then a good one & i was still a mild case

that's why even now on my last few stubborn symptoms, when I'm pretty sure I'll be okay (!!) I'm still following my regimen very strictly. im at two weeks and hopefully almost done?? sry if we are close and I didnt tell u & stopped texting & stuff. I didnt even tell my fam

this was my own way of keeping my anxiety down while tryna get thru this. also why I've been tweeting abt stupid shit b/c rn I'm too scared to engage w any corona news. one of u tweeted abt a 14 yr old bein intubated & I immediately turned off my phone & had 2 calm myself down

ok this is long & I surely forgot some things ill add later, but I wanted to share b/c it was v helpful to read firsthand accounts of ppl who were dealing w this at home, too. cant do phonecalls rn & im slow @ texts but if u have questions i will do my best 2 get back 2 u. luv u

remembered: had chills at the beginning too

texture of bad breathing was....papery? which was eerie. could be universal or could be related to bad respiratory history in my genes

elevating my pillows while sleepin was also big +

today im at exactly one month w/symptoms & my second period just hit lmao. after i ended this thread my symptoms flared up again for two wks. doc said this was consistent w cases he was seeing, saying it was the second wind & I'd have to keep treating it like it was week one.

nights got bad again and I had to use my inhaler twice as much & i was only getting worse or just plateauing at bad. ummm not 2b dramatic but that's abt when it rly got to me emotionally and mentally and I felt very angry and sad and scared.

lmao there was one night i started crying on the phone w my mom and my breathing was already bad and my nose got stuffy and I was too scared to sleep so I stayed up til 5am doing everything 2 decongestant myself. I stopped doin phonecalls and music w words again lol

more muscle aches, fatigue, throat got more sore, cough got worse, mucus ramped up. stopped taking muccinex b/c I felt like it made me feel too jittery and tired?? wasnt rly the case before. started using this homeopathic cough syrup called chestal and it's been great.

started steaming peppermint tea in a big pot and standing over it for an hour each night 2 dislodge my phlegm i feel like this shit is trying to drown me !! haha!!

called my doctor & got a nurse & she was kinda mean & told me her brother had it & couldnt utter a sentence like I was able to rn so maybe I dont even have it am I sure its not anxiety. I was like can u pls let me finish it's hard 2 breathe rn. anyway she made me cry haha

next day my doc called back & he was like damn ur still the same huh & I was like "yes" & he said it's possible the virus caused a secondary infection so he prescribed me a z pack

(a few other ppl I know who had presumed cases of the virus also had to take antibiotics at the end of it because it gave them secondary infections)

I'm on day 3 of z pack and i definitely feel like I am improving for real this time but also now i have trust issues & I'm convinced this virus senses hope and gets mad and doubles down like a fkn troll. so I'm still doin the same regime every day til im at 100%.

anyway the mucus and sore throat is still goin and I've been doing my inhaler once a day when I feel a little winded but theres like no way this can go for that much longer that feels fuckin bananas.

oh another thing, the vaporub on ur feet and then socks thing before bed ?? kinda works??? damn ok

I feel kinda embarrassed & dramatic still talkin abt this stupid virus, sorry 2 overtake ur timelines w it again. but it seemed helpful 4 some ppl last time so I wanted to share again. k love u. hopefully my next update is that I beat it & I can annoy u w riverdale tweets again