My experience with Covid19 was very eye-opening. For the first 3 days, I truly thought I was dying, I have never felt so bad in my life! I could barely get out of bed to feed my cats and I had zero energy to even stand for more than 5 minutes. My body ached, my throat was sandpaper, my headaches were from hell or at least felt that way, and I had no appetite to eat anything. Trying to drink anything was not easy and I just couldn’t swallow very well. I think I had 2 bowls of soup in the first 3 days of sickness, just wasn’t hungry. I live alone and that did make it harder on me not having anyone to help take care of me.
My Throat, Sinuses & Lungs
My Covid19 stared with a sore throat and headache, then the lungs came into play and that was it. I just couldn’t get comfortable. The cough and sore throat were horrible! I barely could swallow let alone drink anything. my sinuses just clogged up and that was that! LOL, I was so down for the count that it was just yukee! I was the walking dead and really felt that way, honestly!
Covid Brain is real!
Brain fog, I never understood brain fog until now! I have had such brain fog I couldn’t remember something from 2 minutes ago. I found it to be very disorienting, I couldn’t focus for more than a few minutes at a time. My brain just went off onto another thought. I had no control of my own brain. It was just weird! This really set in on the 2nd week of my Covid19 and I have had it ever since. It is much better now 4 weeks later but still not gone. I did find a supplement that worked well for me that I would take about every 3 hours and it would help me stay focused on work. It’s called Bran and you can learn more here.
The long hall from Covid19 to get back to me!
I am back to work and on week 4 since my 2 weeks off with Covid19. My job is merchandising and I do the book sections in 3 stores. It is a very physical job and not a job for the light-hearted. During my 1st week back and my first day back, I did a 10-hour day, not a good idea! I ran on fumes the rest of the week and some days I only lasted 4 to 6 hours. Please pace yourself and return to normal life slowly, It will take time.
In week 2, I thought I would start to get some energy back and start to feel better but to my dismay, I did not. I was worse! NO energy at all and my boss even got me help for a few days so that I could be caught up in the stores. Love my boss Jennie!
On to week 3
In week 3, I started getting some heavy lung feelings and a runny nose. I was so worried I was going to come down with Covid 19 again. Thank goodness I didn’t but it made it hard to work and get up in the morning. I was very slow getting going since my Covid 19. Every day was a struggle. Now you would think it would be getting better but it just wasn’t, or at least according to me.
Going into week 4 I am still very tired in the mornings and I run out of steam around 6 pm. Because of this I am not doing much but working and sleeping. Housework or yard work, What is that??? NO energy for any of that! And weekends are my resting time and sleeping catch-up time. Now I am so behind it’s hard to see light at the end of the tunnel with all the things I need to do around the house. I work very hard on staying positive and getting down on myself, I am still recovering and I need to allow myself to do just that.
Week 4 is over tomorrow December 16th, 2022. I am so tired today that I left work after 4 hours. Every day is something a little different. One day I am pretty good and the next I am pooped. No sense to any of it.
My final thought on my recovery from Covid19
The energy is the #1 thing I am having trouble getting back and my Brain fog is very slow at going away too. I don’t know from one day to the next how I am going to be feeling. Making future plans is not something I do right now because of this fact. So my doc says it takes a few months before I will start to feel like myself again. Every morning I tell myself during my gratitude meditation, I say “Every day above ground is a good day” That helps me get up and moving! Maybe it can help you too. Oh, don’t forget my Bran supplement I take it daily!
I hope sharing my journey can help others to know they are not alone and you will get through this.
My Update with recovering from Covid 19 – March 18th,2023
Hello again, I am 3 months out from having Covid and I am feeling so much more like myself. It has been an up-and-down journey but I am getting better. I still find I have a little Covid brain and that is so frustrating to not be able to remember a word you know you know! Many of you can relate to this fact! I have most of my energy back but if I overdo it during the week I will be very tired on the weekends and need to rest. Taking my Bran supplements every day and most days I take 2 to get me through the afternoon. I love these supplements!
The bottom line I am still recovering but I am so much better at this point – 3 months into recovery. My doc was right!
I hope this has helped you feel like you are not alone because you aren’t! We take each day 1 at a time and just keep on chugging alone. Like I said above “Every Day Above Ground Is A Good Day”
Best of luck and keep on keeping on!
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