With everything going on now around the world and locally, 2020 is undeniably kinda of sickening , dangerous & awful up until now. However thank god , its a pretty healthy year for me because I rarely get sick since the beginning of the year. However, about two weeks ago, I fell purely ill and sick. Its Saturday, just a day after I resign from my part time job and begin to catching up enjoying my own personal ME time...I start to feel a mild sore throat and a little fever. Things start to make me fall apart when I notice a big ulcer on my upper left side of the mouth. The ulcer is the worst as it makes me so weak to eat as I have to bear the dreadful pain along. Feeling that its still early to judge my sickness, I didn't take any medication yet & just drink the warm honey lemon which my mom prepared at night. Day 2 kicks me out a with a mild cough , mild flu and a little headache but I feel like my fever has gone. On Day 3 I had a headache, mild cough, mild sore throat & a pretty bad flu. My body starts to feel cold too.
On Day 4, Tuesday, I start to feel helpless & i decided to go to the public clinic as I feel my health condition is getting more serious as I never feel this ill before this year. Apart from that, I start to feel a little paranoid as all of the symptoms I might contracted are the same one for a suspected covid-19 patient so I feel the sense of responsibility to go meet a doctor for further examination & treatment. I'm also thinking about getting tested for Covid-19 screening. At the clinic, the doctor said that I might just having a normal viral (virus) fever & I'm not suspected for Covid-19 as long as I didn't have any close contact to the deadly virus positive patients. However she still offered me to take a swab test for Covid-19 screening as part of the public random testing among the symptomatic patients. For sure I accept it because this is the time I can experience something new in the history of a pandemic era we living in apart from wanting to call off my paranoia so that I can feel extra sure that I'm safe & negative from the virus.
Besides, she also order me to take a blood test for Dengue screening. As for my symptoms, the doctor prescribed me with a flu, phlegm and paracetamol (fever) medicine. She then hands me out a letter of appointment for my Covid-19 swab test & also Dengue blood test. I have to come again tomorrow morning for both of the tests. An important part to be highlighted too is that the doctor didn't instruct me to be under quarantine as I'm not a suspected Covid-19 patient but she advice me to avoid going out in this time of pandemic if there's no necessity or importance for it. The next day ( Day 5 ), I took both of the test. The Dengue test turned out to be negative & as for the swab test result, I will have to wait for at least 3 days or more. They told me that I will receive a call from the clinic or any responsible body if I am found positive & an ambulance will on the way to fetch me & my family. If I don't receive a call, it means that I'm fine - fine & healthy jerrr.. Thank God after a week plus now, they didn't call me ... haha .
As I'm taking the clinical medication, warm honey lemon & an ulcer soothing gel, my health start to progress positively. On day 6, I felt more healthy than ever but my cough and flu were still serious. With the cold rainy heavy downpour weather these few weeks, I just have to rest and get better at home under a layer of my thick cozy comforter. I also avoid ice-cream & all of my favourite chill, ice drinks for a week. That is the true story of my sickest moment of 2020 & I had learnt a lot about taking care of my health more seriously & be enlighten/informed about all this important highlights of the contagious virus especially from the friendly dr. I had met along the way. Thank you FRONTLINERS!
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