Ronni
Well-known Member
- Location
- Nashville TN
I am very healthy and seldom get colds. It's probably been a couple years since I've gotten one. I drink lots of fluids, use a nose spray at night and a cough suppressant if my nose is stopped up and I'm coughing (nothing worse than trying to sleep with a plugged up nose or a persistent cough) and my go to, rather than chicken soup, is chinese hot and sour soup which I find very soothing. I use Vicks Vaporub liberally and try and get extra rest. I let my clients know I have a cold, but unless they'd prefer I stay away, I continue to work.
But man!! Getting a cold when there's a global pandemic is a whole different animal!!!!
Day one, my first symptom was a slight sore throat. I didn't think anything of it at first...I suffer from allergies which makes me cough (this time of the year is really bad for me) and if I cough enough it will irritate my throat. So I barely paid attention to the throat thing. I was also sneezing and blowing my nose, but that's also part of my whole allergy symptom thing, so again, not much attention paid to that, either. Day two, when I got up I just felt kinda draggy. Not typical for me, at least not after my coffee, because I'm a morning person and it's my brightest time. Hmm. Then I realized I was coughing and sneezing and blowing my nose WAY more than typical. Ok RED FLAG!!!
I immediately cancelled work for the day, hunkered down in the guest bedroom and waited to see what would happen, meanwhile sanitizing every surface, washing the sheets in the master bedroom, etc. I felt worse by the end of the day, and of course I presumed the worst, so I got online and made an appointment for a Covid test, which luckily I was able to get for the next day, late in the afternoon. Stayed in the guest room, Ron bought me soup, and I coughed and hacked and sneezed my way through the night and into the next day, all the while checking my temp (none) and could I still taste and smell (yes) and did I have any other symptoms (no)
Kept Ron away from me, continued to sanitize everything, waited till my appointment (contactless drive through) and then once I administered the test, waited nervously for the results. It was negative, which the rational part of my brain expected, but the paranoid part kept me on high alert.
I don't know if any of you have gotten sick during this pandemic, but man,for me it's been a game changer!! Nerve wracking, worrisome, no more breezing through a cold because it's just a nuisance and bothersome. Nope...now it's potentially a life/death situation!!!
But man!! Getting a cold when there's a global pandemic is a whole different animal!!!!
Day one, my first symptom was a slight sore throat. I didn't think anything of it at first...I suffer from allergies which makes me cough (this time of the year is really bad for me) and if I cough enough it will irritate my throat. So I barely paid attention to the throat thing. I was also sneezing and blowing my nose, but that's also part of my whole allergy symptom thing, so again, not much attention paid to that, either. Day two, when I got up I just felt kinda draggy. Not typical for me, at least not after my coffee, because I'm a morning person and it's my brightest time. Hmm. Then I realized I was coughing and sneezing and blowing my nose WAY more than typical. Ok RED FLAG!!!I immediately cancelled work for the day, hunkered down in the guest bedroom and waited to see what would happen, meanwhile sanitizing every surface, washing the sheets in the master bedroom, etc. I felt worse by the end of the day, and of course I presumed the worst, so I got online and made an appointment for a Covid test, which luckily I was able to get for the next day, late in the afternoon. Stayed in the guest room, Ron bought me soup, and I coughed and hacked and sneezed my way through the night and into the next day, all the while checking my temp (none) and could I still taste and smell (yes) and did I have any other symptoms (no)
Kept Ron away from me, continued to sanitize everything, waited till my appointment (contactless drive through) and then once I administered the test, waited nervously for the results. It was negative, which the rational part of my brain expected, but the paranoid part kept me on high alert.
I don't know if any of you have gotten sick during this pandemic, but man,for me it's been a game changer!! Nerve wracking, worrisome, no more breezing through a cold because it's just a nuisance and bothersome. Nope...now it's potentially a life/death situation!!!
