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So here is my story of COVID-19 and my experience of it.
1. When I went to get tested I didn& #39;t have your typical symptoms. In fact I didn& #39;t go to the doctor for covid issues, I went to the doctor because I have been having hearing issues needed a referral for an ENT specialist. https://twitter.com/whylerato/status/1277160785622507520">https://twitter.com/whylerato...
1. When I went to get tested I didn& #39;t have your typical symptoms. In fact I didn& #39;t go to the doctor for covid issues, I went to the doctor because I have been having hearing issues needed a referral for an ENT specialist. https://twitter.com/whylerato/status/1277160785622507520">https://twitter.com/whylerato...
I also needed a prescription for my anxiety. It was really bad but I was hiding it at work so that people wouldn& #39;t know and I had been getting serious headaches from the attacks. I& #39;d spend round about 10 minutes in the toilet getting myself together so people didn& #39;t know.
I am very private particularly about my anxiety because I don& #39;t want people to feel pity or think any less of me. So the doctor gave me my prescriptions and everything and he asked that I do a test for Covid-19 to be sure that it& #39;s not the reason got my headaches
I went ahead and did the test and got my results back on the 16th June at 23:57 but I only saw the sms around 6:30am while preparing to go to the office. I was shocked AF because I didn& #39;t expect my results to be positive. I had a panic attack thinking WTF!!
How the hell is this even possible, who did I infect. After half an hour I managed to calm down and be able to think. I called my mom and told her not to go to the office because my results are positive she might be infected. I whatsapp my line manager
And sent her a screenshot of my results and she calls to check on me if I am fine, asks all the necessary questions and tell the head of operations at work. The office shut down for the rest of the week people went to test they were all negative at the office.
That gave me a sigh of relief because I didn& #39;t infect or get it from the office. The downside is my whole family is infected and both my parents have underlying issues, diabetic, high blood and cancer survivor.
I live by myself in a new city where I barely know people so I have to ask a colleague of mine to get me groceries. A friend of mine to get me the basics i need like bread and the likes. This scares my whole family that I am going through this alone. In fact it scares me.
However I can& #39;t afford to be scared because I have to live with a positive mindset, helps with anxiety. It has helped me. I would wake up middle of the night with pains on my arms and legs and not chest pains but I have to force myself to bare with the pains.
When people call to check on me I have to tell them I& #39;m okay because if I don& #39;t they will panic and I will panic as a result so I am forced to be strong. Today is day 12 since I tested positive and I can tell you that I have had my ups and downs with the virus but it gets better
I don& #39;t want people to feel pity or worry about me. I am doing well and even if I& #39;m not I will be fine. Yesterday my father was in ICU cause he was very sick. Today he is back to his jolly self and I know he& #39;ll be back home in no time.
All in all this virus has given me the worst anxiety I have felt in forever but knowing that I am able to handle it gives me hope that I am not the only one who will be able to handle it. When people say this virus is real they not lying it is real and it can break you
Stay at home if you can. You don& #39;t want to be the cause of spreading the virus to your family. That pain will break you inside and should anyone you know die because you chose fun, you will never recover from it.
If you know me personally don& #39;t call me want to check on me because the response you will get is I am doing fine. Please allow me the ability to handle this my way, if I need help I promise I will call.
