Post COVID Problems!

It's been a few weeks since I was diagnosed with COVID-19 and I have started to get back to normal. Looking back at the ten days I had this wretched disease, I can confidently say, It was, in the main, quite mild. When I compare my symptoms with other peoples, I am fully aware of how lucky I was, to recover relatively unscathed, with mostly no enduring issues. However, I am left with a few annoying problems, that just won't go away.

I still have a cough, that just lingers and lingers. I'm not coughing constantly, but enough to cause concern. All of us cough for a reason, it's usually because we have an irritant in our throat, that just will not go away, and I suppose that is the case with me. During my bout of Coronavirus, I was given antibiotics to help clear, what the Doctor thought was a bacterial chest infection. Apparently, according to him, coughing up dark green phlegm was the key to this diagnosis. Having finished the medication, although much better, I am told I have 'post COVID-19 bronchitis,' which could take a while to shift.  I am still bringing up mucus, just not the thick substance I was earlier.

One of the biggest ailments, for want of a better word, I am left with, is fatigue and tiredness, as well as constant dizzy spells that just will not go away. I have never been someone who sleeps particularly well, waking up numerous times during the night, but since COVID, my sleep is far worse. I am tired every day and often feel nauseous and disorientated. My joints ache far more than usual, making it difficult to carry out tasks I would usually find easy. These are not life limiting manifestations, but they do make my activities a lot harder than they already were.

There is very little I can do about the niggling post COVID symptoms I am suffering from, but they are a reminder of how bad things could have been. After explaining my brush with Coronavirus with my Doctor, he told me, how I had got off lightly. For me, this virus went straight to my chest, but luckily no further. Had I not had the vaccinations, I may well have been in trouble, COVID could have moved further and deeper into the lungs, causing extensive damage and my outcome could have been very different.

I didn't suffer from classic Coronavirus symptoms; I had no temperature, could breathe absolutely fine and experienced only mild traits. Other people were not so lucky and are racked with lasting pain. In many respects I am glad I have had the disease, as I now have many more antibodies than before. I would hope not to get it again, but there are no guarantees. None of us really know where this virus will go, and it is likely many more variants will be discovered over the following months. I am still trying to take greater care around people and will always wear a mask in public places to differing degrees, but for me, it's time to move on, and live life once again. Coronavirus will be with us for a long-time yet and as it becomes endemic within our boarders, all of us will have to learn to live alongside it. The only thing to fear, is fear itself; COVID isn't the killer it used to be!