A Slight Confession

I officially have antibodies! 🥳 So with that you officially know that I have had COVID. I confess I’ve been keeping it under my hat for a little while, as I didn’t want people to worry and I also didn’t want to write about it before I was well and truly through with it. There was also some weirdness with it all because one test came back saying I didn’t have it, though I’d had a lot of the symptoms, so it was all a bit confusing for a while! Then, the second blood test I had showed that I had had it and in fact have a coupla antibodies hanging around. But it was all very much up in the air whilst we were waiting for more time to pass so we could have more tests.

It’s kinda weird that I’ve had the virus that the whole world is talking about. It’s a bit surreal. That being said, I got quite a low-key strain of it so it wasn’t too bad, hence why my antibody count is quite low, but it’s there nonetheless.

For me, it started with a sore throat and a headache. I didn’t really pay all that much attention to these as at the time (beginning of September), I was getting almost daily sore throats and headaches. Pretty standard for me over the winter here and my day-to-day involves a lot of screen time and speaking. Anyways, I then had a bit of a dodgy tum which isn’t a confirmed symptom, but people have found that sometimes people get this too. Again, stomach pain isn’t that unusual for me so didn’t think too much of it. Then on Monday, I had a splitting headache and slowly my temperature started rising yet I felt very cold. Once I was finished for the day, I packed up my bags and my little flat again, and off to the Matus’ I went. Upon arrival, I went straight to bed but not without having another round of temperature and oxygen level checks. I was on the edge of a fever and not feeling that good (though not completely terrible) but slept straight through the night and woke up and temperature had normalised and was left with an awful head. Over the next few days the symptoms slowly started shifting. It was really weird, I’d feel better in one thing but something else would pop up and I’d feel worse in that aspect. My head got better, sore throat remained but then my sense of taste dulled down. Then the next day there was a weird feeling with my chest, as if something was pressing down on it. That was the symptom that scared me the most as I wondered if that feeling was gonna grow and grow and I’d get some of the more severe symptoms, but thankfully it didn’t and slowly my symptoms started going away and clearing and I was just left feeling rather tired. I never had a cough nor body pains.

The weird thing about it all, is that Nolys had three tests in this time and they’ve all come back as negative. Nolz and I were never socially distant because the doctor told us that given our situation, if I had it, Nolz would have it too. But nope. Personally, I think he’s had it, was asymptomatic but therefore his antibody count is so low it’s as if he hasn’t had it, but anyways, who knows. Weird weird weird.

Another odd thing with all this is that although I’ve had it, nothing very much has really changed. I mean psychologically speaking it’s nice knowing I have a coupla antibodies knocking around, but people say that the antibodies don’t necessarily stay with you for that long. Also, I barely have any. You had to have over 1.0 for them to be picked up in the test and I had 2.0. This is in comparison to Nolys dad who had a worse strain of covid than I did and the antibody count was at 100. So even though I have antibodies, perhaps I could still pick up a different strain of it? Therefore I still stay in most of the time. I suppose that even if I can’t be infected with it again for a bit, then I could probably still transport it, right? And need to take care of Nolz and everyone else who hasn’t had it.

So anyways, that’s probably the biggest piece of news that’s happened in my life lately. Other than that, just pootling on like usual. Although, those of you who are pray-ers I’d appreciate your prayer! I’ve been sleeping really badly for the last month or so, often waking up at 4/6am because there’s a coupla cockerels who live nearby me with a faulty inner clock who make a racket every morning. And if it’s not the cockerels, then it’s the dogs. Anyways, I’ve been running on very little sleep for quite a while which is not ideal and isn’t great for me physically or emotionally. So would appreciate prayers. Thanking you in advance! Much love to all, over and out xxx