Post#1475 » by YogiStewart » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:04 pm
ignoring the **** posting on here....
my wife has been a Long Hauler. had a really poor recovery from COVID. never told my story on here, but here it goes.
we went to Japan in early March when their numbers appeared to be on par with canada (per capita) and we were still learning about COVID. got there, were relative cautious, didn't wear masks though, because, dumb North Americans. anyways, came back in mid-March. cut our trip short due to things getting nuts here. went back to work April but wife couldn't work (her field was closed due to COVID).
at work, i pushed for stronger precautions. the owner complied. we had plexiglass installed, staff wore masks, we sanitized. i wanted clients to wear masks when they came in, he said no, that's illegal (it's not).
Mid-june, my wife goes back to work on a Monday (dental offices opened). Tuesday, i'm off work. feeling really light headed while gardening. tell her that i'm feeling rough. she goes to work, i nap for 2 hrs. thought it was a thunderstorm that was causing me to feel off.
Wednesday, she develops a light cough.
Thursday, she decides to not go to work because the optics would be bad. gets a COVID test. Thursday, i develop a light cough but attribute it to allergies.
Friday, she's off work as am I.
Saturday, i bike 9 km to work. go to open the pharmacy and my wife calls. she tested positive. we were both shocked. we were both INCREDIBLY cautious. at that point, we were still sanitizing things that came into our house. masks on when we went indoors anywhere. we didn't go out much and we were only places together and it was brief and took precautions. her COVID test was done simply to rule it out so she could comfortably go back to work and, back in June, we were still figuring out testing/protocols/etc.
So i immediately call the owner and lock the pharmacy up, sanitize it and bike home. totally feeling fine. i go for a COVID test that afternoon.
Sunday, both fine, mild tickle-in-throat cough.
Monday: BOOM. lethargy - mental and physical - and some shortness of breath that progressively gets worse as the week goes on. We don't have many memories of our quarantine. i would garden and do weed removal in an abandoned lot a block from our house. after 45 minutes, i could barely walk home. head spinning, no energy. wife would just lay on the couch on the porch, reading and napping. i had a massive headache most of the time. no fever. no loss of taste/smell.
by day 10, the shortness of breath really started to get bad. you could feel yourself labouring to breathe when sitting down. my wife was on the cusp of needing hospitalization. SOB causes increased anxiety as well. so she was not great. we turned a slight corner on day 12. isolation ended but we were scared to leave the house, so we stayed in for another 3-4 days.
i started to get better, could bike and be fine, but then breathing issues got worse after a month. i now basically have asthma. short of breath when resting (depends on the day), wheezing after exercise/exertion. my wife has no stamina. it's starting to come back half a year later. loses her breath when she walks up stairs. normally could go for 90 minute walks but 10 minutes was all she could muster.
by the way: my COVID test was negative. i was one of the false negatives, but i was sharing a house and bed with someone who was positive and has symptoms, so i was considered COVID positive.
my wife also took part in a study for interferon use. she ended up being on the placebo side. she was told that her viral load was "quite high". i'm guessing i got it from work and then gave it to her.
i deal with the SOB in stride, hoping it will eventually resolve. but 1/2 a year later, it's still here. comes and goes. today is a not great day, but it doesn't stop me from doing anything. i just realize that i may be wheezing for 5-10 minutes after, or coughing up oysters.
my wife went for a stress test today. the technician told her that her heart's in good shape, which is good initial news. she'd also been dealing with chest pain and burning lungs off and on (mostly on). hockey's thankfully cancelled for me this year, since i am worried about latent cardiac issues i may have.
so that's my COVID story. F Adamson BBQ. F the selfish idiots that post here. the only reason these people upset me is not because we got sick, but because i worry about my parents, your parents, your friends and family that are going through chemo, those that need surgery that will likely be cancelled. F U for your behaviours leading to the death of people's parents, spouses, uncles, aunts, friends. honest to god, i wish some of you had the courage to listen to experts instead of formulating your opinions off of loony youtube videos you've seen. you guys have no clue how stupid and unstable you sound. you really don't. every time you write "sheep" or "sheeple", all i can think of is how embarrassed your family is of you and how you think, how ashamed your parents must be to have raised you to be such poor thinkers. Science is coming up with stronger and stronger data every month and you're rejecting that more aggressively as it comes it. it makes zero sense. i have no clue what's wrong with you and i know nothing i say will change your irrational opinions.
just be aware that, while we strangers are laughing at you and disgusted with you, your family's probably beside themselves knowing that they share the same DNA as you. and no matter what you say to "prove" i'm wrong, no matter what claims you make that your family's proud of you...nope. we here all know the truth.
