A few things to know after being infected with the new coronavirus

Jun 23, 2023

When the epidemic broke out in Macau last December, I was not infected. Another peak occurred in May and June. Seeing that June was almost over, I thought I could avoid another disaster. Unexpectedly, it was confirmed this Tuesday. Get sick yourself.
Don't ask me how I got sick, I really don't know. To trace back, I started to have cold symptoms on Monday, but I didn’t go out all day on Sunday (but a deliveryman came to my house). I went in and out with my husband all day on Saturday. Last week, except for having dinner with a colleague on Friday (who was not infected), The rest of the time, I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together with my husband, and my husband is not infected. So there is really no way to tell when and where I contracted the disease.
If I started getting sick on Monday, I would have been infected on Sunday, when I was watching TV with my daughter in my arms, but she was not infected.
Although I am sick, I am still very grateful. I've had a fever for three days, a high fever for two days, and a low fever for one day. Except for the two days of high fever and feeling a little groggy, I don't feel much discomfort. Then let yourself fall asleep. On the first day, watch a Japanese drama and let yourself fall asleep while watching it. I started reading a novel the next day. Oops, the novel was so stressful that I couldn’t fall asleep at all, but I just kept lying on the bed to rest.
I am grateful that I have a bit of a sore throat, but not too serious, but the cough is an endless nightmare. Oh, yes, I will wake up with a cough at night. It is difficult for me to cut off my tail when I cough. Now I always feel like there is phlegm stuck in my throat, but I don't necessarily cough it out.
I am grateful that I have lost a bit of my sense of taste, but it is not completely tasteless. It's just that everything I eat is a little lighter than before. When I ate with my family, I said it tasted very bland, and they were surprised and said that it tasted very strong. Okay, okay, although it is bland, it actually still has a bit of flavor.
It is said that some people only get one day of sick leave after contracting the disease, but I was lucky enough to get four days of sick leave, so I could have a good rest. I am very grateful.
I am grateful to my family for taking good care of me. But the most grateful thing is that my family has not been infected by me.
Thanks to me, I installed a direct-drinking water filter last year, so I can drink water directly from the tap. For example, after I got sick, I kept drinking water. In the past, I had to keep boiling water, which was also a torture for a patient. But now I have drinkable water at any time and don't need to boil water like crazy.
Getting sick is certainly not a good thing, but everything can have many angles. I didn’t feel that it was unfortunate that I got sick, but rather that it was an opportunity for me to have a good rest. My husband said that I must be severely lacking in rest, so he asked me to take a good rest now. Indeed, I have been going to bed early these days. Maybe the entire work and rest system will change accordingly, and then I will become healthier.
There is one thing I have to believe in. I always feel that some things cannot be said, and they will come true or not come true after being said. For example, I have tried to tell others that this medicine is particularly effective for me, but after saying it, I will not take that medicine again. It is no longer useful. For example, I told others that my air conditioner still smelled musty after cleaning (it had been cleaned for more than a week at that time), but two or three days after I said it, the musty smell of the air conditioner suddenly disappeared. Okay, back to the topic, what is this evil thing? I wrote an article last week called "We Are All the Chosen Ones," and then this week I got sick. Ha ha.