Three and a half weeks ago I tested positive for Covid. Two days later my wife and daughter also tested positive. Within 5 or 6 days they both tested negative but it took me ten days to become negative.
I have to say I have never felt so sick in my life. The symptoms were like those of a cold but a super cold, everything was many more times worse. I am the first to admit that I am not a good patient. I have been lucky enough to have enjoyed good health, never been ill, never been in hospital, no broken bones and got all my teeth and even a generous supply of hair. Therefore even a normal cold really gets to me.
The first week was spent on the couch watching tv and feeling sorry for myself. The second week I managed to add in a few short local walks although they left me exhausted. The third week I actually started to feel better. I have now fully recovered, as of today I feel 99% normal, my normal that is !!!!
However I have never felt so unmotivated to do anything. It seems I can only walk, go shopping or watch tv, even reading has been a bit of a chore and blogging or modelling has really been a step too far. Today is the first day I have actually felt interested enough to read some blogs and of course post this note.
I hope that my motivation will now start to recover so I can get back into modelling and blogging as well as develop some enthusiasm maybe even to work in the garden rather than just looking out the window. For sure there are many others who have been far sicker with Covid than me but has anyone been so stripped of enthusiasm or interest in normal activities than me ????? I really feel like I have become a vegetable these past few weeks, only now are a few shoots of interest in life reappearing.
A very unpleasant experience in so many ways.
Tony -
ReplyDeleteI've not had COVID, but did get a very bad cold a couple of years back that morphed into pneumonia. That was moderately horrible, and all. But I have found in recent years that although I might shake these things off in a few days (this one took over a week, for ... reasons) I seem to go pretty slow for a good while afterwards. I think it is a product of age. I suspect you're going through a similar 'apres-malaise' time.
Cheers,
Ion
Hi Ion.... I hate to admit it but you may well be right. Since turning 70 last year I have found it hard sometimes to get motivated, all I seem to want to do is go out and about rather than amuse myself at home as I always have. Certainly modelling has taken a bit of a back seat for some months now. I sure hope I recapture some motivation soon....Regards.
DeleteSorry to hear that you've been hit badly by the damned virus Tony. I hope your family is OK now too? We've all had it bar our daughter (the Gods smiled on her?) and it hit me really hard for three days, feeling bloomin cold and achy during the Summer heat wave. I did look rather odd wrapped up when everyone else was in shorts and t-shirt. After that I felt OK on and off for a week or so and then after 3 weeks I felt fine. The only bonus was I slept like a log every night for those three days which was wonderful! I was bored out of my brains too and like you found it hard to do anything, even sitting still!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Steve.... I was really bad for a good week and now after almost four weeks I am only just starting to feel normal again. Everybody else is fine now thanks. At my age I should be pleased to have come through it so easily I guess but I am certainly having a struggle to get motivated again. Hopefully enthusiasm will arrive soon....Regards.
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