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– When I saw in black and white that I was diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, my legs buckled under me, and the whole world whirled in front of my eyes – says a woman whose husband, sister, brother-in-law, niece and several friends fell ill with the coronavirus.
- Agata: When you catch the coronavirus, you lie in complete stupor for several days. You are not eating, you are not reading, you are not able to concentrate your thoughts, you are not sleeping. There is a total disintegration of body and mind. And there is no cure for it
- «The nights are the worst. The husband lost his temperature, it did not exceed 34 ° C. He was thrown by convulsions. Besides, his diaphragm stiffened and he could hardly breathe »
- The infected woman says, “It’s not some flu.” I have had the flu several times in my life, so I know the difference
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“I don’t even want to think what it’s like to have a severe or even moderate COVID-19 mileage”
– My husband and I fell ill 12 days ago. And let me put it this way: we were screwed up. Although, according to doctors, we had a slight history of coronavirus, I do not even want to think what it is like to have a severe or even moderate course – Agata, a resident of a provincial city in western Poland, begins her story.
– I probably dragged the coronavirus completely unknowingly from my “asymptomatic” friend. And this is how I found out: she was sent for a test by her employer, it turned out to be positive.
But I think my infection was cross-contagious because my sister’s daughter brought COVID-19 from school. And since I was at their house at about the same time, for about 20 minutes, it might have been the source there.
Now we are sick with the whole family.
Disintegration of body and mind
My symptoms started one week after the infection.
And it started. You have everything you can: from excruciating stomach aches to pains in your bones. Our happiness is that neither me nor Piotr took up his lungs. Perhaps because we have been vaccinated against the flu for years.
But regardless, both of them we had the feeling that this goddamn virus was killing us from the inside out.
Because you lie in complete stupor for the first few days. You are not eating, you are not reading, you are not able to concentrate your thoughts, you are not sleeping. In a word, there is a total disintegration of body and mind.
And there is no cure for it. You’re doing on your own.
Including the fact that we had to get the test done. How? Were it not for the fact that the husband is the director of a serious public medium and we have “connections”, it probably would not be possible. Or at least not at such an express pace.
We got the result on the same day.
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You are to be glad you are not dying
How do you feel when you see in black and white that «SARS-CoV-2 RNA has been detected»? Your legs buckle under you, and the whole world is spinning in front of your eyes.
We went to the health care physician. The doctor is very nice, she puts you in quarantine. But what happens to you after that is your only concern. You are to be glad that you are not dying, choking, and do not need a respirator.
What you need then is a network of people who will help you: leave food at the door, take out the trash, buy medicine.
Privately, we are friends with the head of a specialist hospital, so thanks to the professor’s phone calls, we knew what supply of vitamins and painkillers, and to ask our friends for fever. Just to tune the immune system all the time.
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The nights were the worst
The husband was losing his temperature, which did not exceed 34 ° C. Therefore, even though I was weak, I rubbed it and prepared hot baths. Besides, his diaphragm stiffened and he could hardly breathe.
Whenever he felt a little better, he called 112. The nice lady said: «Yes, yes. Maybe we’ll send an ambulance ». But maybe it is better that the ambulance did not arrive in the end, because it is known what is happening in hospitals.
Only our professor calmed down my husband and instructed him on the phone what to do and how to practice breathing, preferably with a pulse oximeter.
Unimaginable headache
My symptoms were a bit different.
The temperature reached 38 ° C, but we managed to beat it with paracetamol. Interestingly, no antipyretic drugs worked for my sister, and the fever lasted for a good week.
I didn’t cough. But my head, larynx and the lymph nodes in my neck hurt me terribly. It felt like someone was squeezing me with a vise in these places. All this was accompanied by endless nausea.
Weirdly, I also got a red and itchy rash on my arms. It was like allergic hives. I know that another friend of mine also complained about her and the doctors confirm: skin problems in the coronavirus are one of the symptoms.
It’s not just any flu
My corona-skeptical friends piss me off the most.
One of my friends tried to comfort me: «What does it matter if you have the flu or some COVID? “. People like that don’t get the arguments that they don’t. It’s not just any flu. I have had the flu several times in my life, so I know the difference.
I did not underestimate the pandemic from the very beginning. I was careful, I didn’t shake my hand in greeting, I wore a mask and gloves, and I limited my social contacts. Therefore, I have the impression that the greatest threat is not strangers, but relatives. However, you lose this distance when you meet your loved ones.
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This virus is getting closer
Several people are already ill in my environment, and the epidemic is not in sight.
The truth is, unless you have a doctor you know who will patiently listen to you and advise you, it’s tough. It’s hard to expect the same from GPs, who certainly try very hard, but have so many patients that they just don’t. And all helplines are constantly occupied.
I have one more reflection: I do not know why the rulers have not decided to place a mobile COVID-19 testing point on every housing estate. I also have the overwhelming impression that nobody has control over anything anymore.
And I am overjoyed that I got out of the coronavirus unscathed and at the end of the week I will leave the house. I was lucky – Agata concludes.
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