I contracted COVID 19 ; How it felt
"I've got bad news, my husband had sore throat & tested positive for Covid 19", my sis told me. A whole bag of test kits were bought at a nearby pharmacy.
A couple of months back, I got my second shot. Fully vaccinated.
Malaysian health app
This is what the vaccination certificate looks like here.
17TH November 2021
I went and get myself tested. Saliva test. Faint positive.
My parents and my wife got their booster shots a month earlier and they tested negative. I was the only one in the house who tested positive fortunately. So I wore mask when I walked around the house or touch things.
So I started my ten day quarantine at home. For those vaccinated, usually, it is only required for individuals to home quarantine for seven days but ten days is a better range and the virus by that time has a lower likelihood of spreading to others.
DAY 1. Count it from the first day of testing positive.
Not much symptoms.
Months back, I had this strange feeling that I was going to get the Covid 19 somehow.
Day 2 to Day 4
During the day, not much symptoms except a bit of body weakness. As much as I wanted to do workouts, I read that it was advisable to not do any intense workouts yet. The second night, I felt the phlegm in my throat built up to an extreme level that it felt that I needed to crawl out of my own mucus.
When the nights came, my nose got suddenly blocked, then it somehow disappeared. Then I started coughing. It was mild until Day 5.
19th November 2021
The second test after having that faint positive line.
The third day of Covid. I stayed in my room most of the time and occasionally walked out of my room to get some food.
Day 5
The weakest I've been since I contracted the virus. Feeling lethargic most of the time but breathing was still normal. My nose did not really block as much. Except the coughing increased. That night, when I went to bed, I cough like a machine gun. Non stop for hours, my wife could not sleep the whole night while I was awake. I coughed till about 5 am.
Everyday from day 1, I had my daily dose of supplements to increase recovery speed. Vitamin C, Iron , Propolis, multi vitamins.
Day 6
Coughing a lot still, lethargic but phlegm buildup in my throat decreased.
Starting to feel a bit better.
Day 7
Still negative but the line started to look faint. I felt myself recovering.
Throughout the 7 days, I did not have fever at all. If my brother in law never said that he tested positive, I would not even have known that I had Covid 19 as it felt pretty normal.
25th November 2021
9TH day and my results came negative. I was starting to feel a lot better. Still coughing but it wasn't that bad. However, there were still some aftermaths of Covid. I had horrific diarrhea for two days. The first night after I recovered, I had to check in to my toilet each and every hour of the night.
Embarrassingly, at around 4.30 am, after deeply sleeping, I woke up and felt wetness in my pants. It had leaked.
I wanted to write this as an update to what happened after I contracted Covid 19 in an earlier post. My tips for speedy recovery, get enough rest, don't do any intense workout, eat more Vitamin C. If any serious symptoms persist, do visit a doctor immediately. Get vaccinated. If I wasn't vaccinated, I would not have known if my symptoms would have intensified. It isn't as scary as I initially thought.
13 days ago - I tested Positive for Covid 19.
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You're welcome @luueetang, that's with pleasure! Have a nice weekend 😊👍 See you soon.
Thankfully you had recovered! Please take more rest.
Hi hi Joanne thank you for ur kind words... Have a great weekend. Stay safe.. u got invest which crypto?? Btw .
Speedy recovery my bro. Even after recovery you should continue to take vitamins and so on bro
Hi hi bro.. thanks alot.. wahahah had ten tough days to battle. Lucky it is over already.. thanks... 😉😉😉
Good thing your case was somehow mild. Hopefully, you are feeling much better now. :)
Thank you very much for ur kind words.. I am feeling a lot better.. doing my joggings and workouts. Thank you very much . Nice to know you.
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I can feel the experience you been through bro. Its really painful to nonstop coughing like machine gun 😂😂 i'm sorry 😫🤧. Thankfully you are now recovering. Stay safe and take care bro.
Well that is no fun at all, but I guess things could have gone much worse. Were you also trying to eat healthy foods during your COVID spell?
Hi hi.. Justin.. yeap.. it was terrible. I had to stay at home most of the time. pretty boring.
Yea, I tried to eat as healthy as I could. My appetite was not as good as I wanted it to be. It came out as fast as I ate in liquid form.
Hahaha.. I can imagine how overwhelmed you are with tons of comments and messages. =) We all support you..
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Glad to hear your results came back negative. Hope you get better every day and that you won't contract covid ever again.