Dear diary,

It’s been a minute since I’ve written anything.

Tbh, I’ve been slacking on the creative side, but once I got my mojo back, I was slapped in the face by coronavirus!

I’ve been walking around since the start of the pandemic, untouched.

I was going to work, mixing with 50+ children and adults. Going to the supermarkets. Seeing friends and family where the restrictions allowed us.

Now, I will be honest, I thought I was invincible. I thought either – I wouldn’t get it OR it wouldn’t be so bad when I did get it.

BOY WAS I WRONG!

As soon as the restrictions were lifted….BOOM!

I was hit like a ton of bricks.

The feeling came over me so fast, I just thought I was feeling the effects from the free bar at the wedding the night before.

It was horrendous!!

My cousins kept telling me to take a covid test but why would I need to? I don’t have covid…👀

I don’t know if all my followers have had C-19 yet but everyone I have spoken to so far have had different experiences.

Here’s how my experience went

It started with an extremely bad headache.

I had a horrible pain behind my eyes and I was sensitive to the light.

I had the worst back pain.

I had a slight shortness of breath but nothing too alarming.

My skin was sensitive to touch.

I was nauseous.

I threw up.

I lost my smell.

I had diarrhoea.

I was constantly dizzy.

Fatigued.

I lost my appetite and had the chills. Surprisingly, no fever!

The only thing I could keep down was orange energy drinks.

The worst part had to be the dizziness and the constant back pain!

The aftermath

Finally, 21 days after contracting C-19, I can say I am feeling about 90% better. I still can’t smell, I still get tired quickly and sometimes a shortness of breath will come on if I do too much BUT compared to the beginning of the month, I’m doing all right!

Guys. I’m no doctor, no medical professional nor no scientist.

But what I will say is this…Please look after yourself and stay safe.

Do whatever you can do to stay as healthy as you can be.

I do not want to experience that ever again.

I was grateful that, although, my experience wasn’t pleasant, I was able to bounce back. For some of us, that hasn’t been the case 😔

Take care

xoxo