I have to say, never before have i been so relieved to be ill! Until now i have wondered if i would ever get the covid bug, and as a non vaccinated human i have been waiting to see what would happen should the occasion come to pass. Until yesterday I was not really sure, but now after talking to a few people i realise that i have indeed gone through the whole COVID saga without even being sure of it!
One thing IS for sure, this was unlike any other kind of illness i have had, judged mainly by the way my body reacted and felt. I can remember the moment i probably got it, i was in my local organic food shop and one of the staff passed me whilst coughing quite badly. It was one of those horse dry coughs and it didn't sound good. I have a feeling it was her who shared it with me!
THen, 24 hours later it hit. For me at least the onset was sudden and intense. One minute I was going about my business and then at around 7pm I started to get the chills! It definitely wasn't cold, and i also got that dreaded headache again, although it was different. Soon enough the chills turned into sweats and it was clear i had better get to bed.
I spent that entire night sweating intensely, shivering and sweating.. i wasn't sure if i was hot or cold at times. It was a long night, and when the sun finally rose the next morning, to my surprise i was through the worst of it! It was FAST, so fast in fact that I do wonder if my two weeks of AYurvedic treatments had really helped me to clear it out. ive never been so ill for just 12 hours, but that was how it was.
Whilst the fever and sweats had abated, i was really low on energy, still with a sore head and my body felt just so weak. I had no desire to go out or do anything, and really just wanted to sleep.
I listened to my body and spent most of that day in bed, doing not much. I just about found the energy to cook something so i did eat a little. THe only thing was no sooner had i eaten than i was ready to sleep again. No energy.
The next day it was much the same. IN fact it took me about 4 days in total to get the energy to be able to want to do anything. I pushed myself finally and started a fitness app on my phone that had sat unused for many years! That bit of exercise helped me feel a bit more human again, and i really felt it. I was weak, very weak.
I did a bit more exercise almost every day since then, and that was now around 5 days ago. Now a full week later I am happy to say that I am back on track and more or less where i was before. THankfully my head feels clear, no pains, and just a bit of muscle soreness.
I will continue this exercise as I think it really helps. I never had any horrid cough, which was something i was anticipating could have been an issue since i do smoke and also have had some weird breathing issues in the past. I could feel i had a pretty good chest infection, and was coughing up all kinds of lovely coloured phlegm, but no cough. I do wonder in fact whether smokers may suffer less from some of the more serious respiratory issues. As mad as that sounds, it could be so. My logic is that smokers have a lot more mucus and lining in the lungs and air passages. This phlegm is a kind of protection, that is why the body makes it, and it protects not only against smoke but also viruses. I haven't seen any stats on that, but i do wonder. If it were true im sure that 'our leaders' would never tell us!
So I am feeling quite relieved now, and have now not got any fear left about catching this thing. That unnerving feeling when you meet someone with covid symptoms is gone, and yesterday when a friend came to visit who was also recovering from covid i was not concerned about catching it from her! Its feels good, and im enjoying this sense of freedom from fear.. not that i was really that scared but i did have some fear because i just wasn't sure how it would effect me.
so YAY! Im not going to say that "I don't know what all the fuss was about", because i think that would be a bit of an ignorant comment since many people have suffered far worse than I did. I guess i got lucky, and the timing was very good as i got it after doing so much positive health work just before.
It seems everyone here (in India) is getting it now, and its passing very swiftly and without much drama at all. .. much like the rest of the world... I do wonder though, how this whole thing would have turned out if our leaders had taken advice from the right people. Im not even going to start talking about the absolute terrible effects that fear has had on the very people who are supposed to be level headed and make good decisions. Looking at how Omicron is panning out I would say that we would have been far better of just weathering it and not playing these insane games with everyone for so long. What a shame.
In the end, what made our leaders start shifting the narrative was the grasp for Power. UK is now leading the way in Europe for how to actually deal with this, and now much of EUrope are starting to follow. THank god for that thirst for power, because that is was finally made the UK PM Boris Johnson stop all the lockdowns and paranoia. He had made some big mistakes and in order to save his job he had to completely ignore the advice being given to him by the infamous 'Sage" advisors. Now we have passed through this without any issues it is clear, the advice was all wrong and always has been.
This isn't something people will discuss much, the fact that all of the advice was wrong. One day i hope we may understand why it was so wrong. I believe it to be a combination of pure innocent fear from those scientists who job it was was to predict these worst case scenarios, combined with a very corrupt pharmaceutical industry who have minted untold fortunes from this dibarcle.
We still can see a few stragglers in the corona game, notably Canada, Australia, and New Zealand seem to have lost their way. It's also hard to say exactly why this is, and it's also not something i wish to get into. I decided some months ago now to stop writing much about these things, i find life easier that way!
SO wishing you all well! If you have had covid id love to hear how it was for you? Im very curious how it all goes for others! Have a great week! <3