My COVID update. It’s day 10 for me. I feel much better but I’m still not well.
I have a never ending deluge of snot and post-nasal drip. I can’t really smell anything but my sense of taste is more or less fine. (I’m guessing this is more a function of congestion than COVID – but we’ll see.) I’m not coughing as much as before, and when I do it’s sometimes productive. I’m still exhausted but my energy is better than before. (About a week ago I went outside to take out the trash and by the time I got back I was exhausted and out of breath.) I still feel like my IQ has been cut in half. My lungs still hurt and it can at times feel like someone’s sitting on my chest. In many ways, I feel like I did when I was recuperating from being sick for over a month with pneumonia – just on a much more compressed scale. The only OTC medication I’m taking right now is a nightly Robitussin (guaifenesin and dextromethorphan) before going to bed to help reduce the chances I’ll wake up at 3AM to have a coughing fit.
As of this morning, I’m still testing positive but it’s now just a ghost in the “T”, so I’m expecting when I take my next test this weekend it will be clear. It will be nice to not have to wear a mask around the house anymore.
I’ll definitely be getting the upcoming omicron booster as soon as I can. These past couple of weeks have fucking SUCKED and I want to avoid going through this again. (Hell, I would have gotten a second booster if I could, but I never met the eligibility requirements so the last vax dose I had was my “one and a half” booster doses in December.)
