Happy 1st COVID Anniversary!

 This week marks the first year since I have been hit with COVID-19. It brought a roller coaster of emotions to me and my family. To recall this humbling journey, I created a journal of events:

September 17 (Friday): last day of reporting at the office. Colleague already feeling ill with symptoms of COVID. Put my guard down in the past few days. 

September 19 (Sunday):  Started feeling week late in the afternoon. Back pain and slight fever (37.8). Took paracetamol and used Salonpas. Put myself into isolation

September 20: No backpain but coughing already. Not much coughing but there is a constant tickle in the throat. Fever went down. Coughing more frequently in the evening. 

September 21: No coughing but sneezing with white transparent phlegm. Temperature goes down to 36 in the morning but goes up in the evening. No sense of smell but there is still sense of taste. Started drinking lots of medicines and did a suob. 

September 22: Clogged nose in the morning with white phlegm. In the evening, temperature rose to 37.8 but still no sense of smell. Taste is OK. Back is aching a bit

September 23: Chilled at night and temperature reached 39 degrees. Temperature rises by noon then goes down in the afternoon then up again in the evening. Clogged nose still but can smell a bit. Sense of taste is OK. 

September 24: Went to Parkway in the morning to have an RT PCR test. Had a quick trip to the drugstore and grocery. I was able to pull through the trip but was very weak already. Temperature reached 39 by 1 pm. Results came at 2pm: POSITIVE!  Slept and took medicine. Same old symptoms at night

September 25: Normal smell back before lunch. Slight smell but gets stronger throughout the day. Fever after lunch only but subsided in the afternoon. Slept straight for 8 unlike before. 

September 26: Back to normal. Lowest temperature is 35.2 and highest is at 36. Not reaching 37 or 38 anymore. Slept well in the night before. Oxygen is at 95. Did not slept well this evening. Fall asleep 3:30am

September 27: Temperature reaches 35 level for the first time consistently. No symptoms re-appearing anymore. 2nd straight day of no fever. Slept well. 

September 28 to October 3: No symptoms and normal temperature. 

October 4: Went to HSO to bid farewell.

October 11: Reported back to office.