To the majority of our country, the Covid19 pandemic is over and Covid19 the disease has been beaten, Well how wonderful that would be if true. However, many in the medical professions and health research do not accept this stance. To them Covid19 is still a danger to the public and they still have patients who are experiencing the symptoms of this disease arriving at their clinics and Emergency Rooms quite frequently.
How do I know this you say? Am I just another “librul” trying to scare people into vaccines and masks? Oh boy, I sure wish that were true. You see, Sunday evening I became ill with symptoms that indicated a flu onset. Fever got rather high and the Bride took me to the hospital’s Emergency Room. We were expecting to be there for some treatment, perhaps an overnight stay in the hospital the usual kind of things for flu symptoms. Alas, that was not to be.
When the swab results came back, there were no flu indicators, BUT I had COVID19! Man, at 82 who would have thought it, took all the precautions during the start, ongoing times, and the ending of the Covid19 pandemic. Wore my mask religiously, kept my hands disinfected, the whole magilla. But now, as the rest of the country has declared the pandemic over, I wind up with a case of Covid19! Where’s the justice? I took all the vaccine injections, including the two boosters, I wore my mask, I kept my interaction with people to the six foot range. Then everyone decided it was over, well everyone but the Covid19 viruses.
So, here I sit, confined to my home for the initial evaluation period of 5 days, but if things aren’t better, then we stretch it out to 10 days. So, for the next several days, I will be confined to sitting in my living room or at my computer workstation, perhaps watch a little TV, but no interaction with other people, no trips to the grocery store, no taking the car for maintenance, simply no nothing. Sure sitting on one’s duff in their home and doing nothing might seem like a nice respite, but take it this way, you are FORCED to remain in your house, you are FORCED to not interact with other people, well, except for perhaps a text chat or a ZOOM meeting, but your freedom to move when and where you wish is not present at this period of time.
IF things get worse, I have difficulty breathing, I have pain in my chest, well you get it, all the symptoms of Covid19 full blown, then back to the hospital and admitted to a isolation room, no visitors, just me, the machines and a medical professional. The major concern we have right now is my overall health and what this means with Covid19. See, I am a diabetic and just recently had a cancerous tumor removed from my bladder and then in a follow up surgery was found to have evidence of prostate cancer. None of these are helpful when one is diagnosed with Covid19. In fact we are considered high risk for Covid19. Who knew!
So, I guess the next few days will find the Old Curmudgeon resting on his laurels, grumbling at the injustice, and finally coming to accept the finality of the Covid19 diagnosis. The next few days will tell the tale folks, if I make it to Friday and have no more lung congestion, no sinus blockage/pressures, no aches and no feeling of being so very tired, then I will hope that I have been able to successfully beat the Covid19 disease and can go back to living a regular life. If not, my primary care doctor has indicated that he will prescribe a medicine that is developed for fighting the disease. We decided that it wasn’t prudent to start that medicine at the five day, but instead to wait and see if the current activity would make it go away, you know, plenty of rest, lots of liquids, and Tylenol or ibuprofen for pain or achy feelings. So, fingers crossed that this day 2 is near the peak and day 3 will begin the down hill path of the Covid19 infection.
But man oh man, this coughing is really hurtful and irritating!
Musings of a Geriatric Curmudgeon 