I TESTED
Three local residents share what it’s like to have COVID-19 On Thursday, June 11th I started to get a sore throat. On Friday by midday I had a fever, chills, body aches, and the sore throat was getting extremely bad. I went to a testing center and was tested. As Saturday and Sunday rolled on, the symptoms got worse. Sunday night my fever broke and I started to feel better. On Wednesday, June 17 the test results came back positive. The health department called to recommend isolation, which I had already been doing, and asked if I had been around anyone who had tested positive. I figured it had to be from a store or a restaurant. I had not been wearing a mask very often but I was good about washing my hands and trying to not touch my face. They also needed to make sure anyone I had been in close contact with was notified to quarantine for 14 days. On June 23, after finding I had no symptoms for the past 3 days, the health department released me from quarantine. Within two days I started to have body aches and a fever appeared that night. On Friday, June 26th I didn’t have any symptoms but I took a rapid test requested by my physical therapist and found I was still positive. On Saturday, June 27th my sore throat started to reappear. The next day I had body aches and a fever. On Monday night I had a massive fever which broke early in the morning. On Tuesday my sore throat was worse and the body aches, fever, chills, headaches were back. By Friday my symptoms slowly improved. After July 6th I have not had any symptoms other than the lingering cough which I was told may last for several weeks.
-Del
HEALTH MAGAZINE |FALL 2020
