Day 2 / Morning: Last night was rough. I tried falling asleep so many different ways but when it came down to it, my body was just so sore and my skin hurt when anything touched it. I was due to take my cough medicine, but when I got out of bed I got so cold and miserable I put it off. Around 10:30 I said screw it, faced the dreaded cold and took the medicine. After that I drifted in and out of sleep for about 4 hours. I woke up at 2:30 and my stomach was not right. I realized I could take more cough medicine, took it and then slowly ambled downstairs to get a few Tostitos to ease the feeling in my stomach. It was then that I actually fell asleep for the night and didn’t wake up until 8:30 due to the beautiful sunlight streaming in on the back of my house.

I made myself a chocolate chip pancake for breakfast. I just wanted some comfort food. It was good until about halfway through and I just lost all interest in eating it. My stomach said no more, so I threw what was left away. It’s weird, the pancake tasted good but everything I eat has an awful after taste to it – almost metallic (I’m pretty sure this is caused by my antiviral med). Today my goal is to drink a ton of water. Like, 64-100 oz. That’s the goal. Not undoable for me. I regularly drink 100 oz of water a day. I just have to keep reminding myself to drink because in reality, moving isn’t my friend right now, and you have to move to pick up a water bottle. I’m worn out. My body aches. When I move I’m still coughing – albeit not nearly as hard as I was yesterday. It doesn’t matter though. The damage is done. My body is so sore from the violent coughing yesterday that every move I make reminds me of it. I’m getting out the heating pad and as soon as this hot spell goes away I’m going to put it on my back and watch a movie.

Afternoon: I never did get that hot pad out. It’s so hard to use the hot pad when your temperature varies so often and so quickly. I took my temperature Wednesday and it was 98.3. Very slightly warmer than I normally run, but not too far off from normal. That said, I FEEL like I have a fever sometimes even though I may not. I guess I’ve not taken my temperature during these times to check for sure.

I was able to open my windows yesterday because it was actually 71 degrees out. Never ever did I ever think I would find myself googling “is it safe for me to open my windows if I have Covid?”. The answer I received was basically, yes, it’s encouraged. So I was able to air out my house some until I just got so cold all of a sudden and had to close all of my windows and take a shower to warm up. After that shower I put back on sweats but I put on this flimsy little bralette thing and man did it hurt. So weird Amy, why would a bralette hurt? Well, my skin is on fire right now. I didn’t know what I could compare it to until my friend was telling me about when she had Covid and how it felt like her skin was sunburned. That’s how this feels. When I put on that bralette, it just felt like it was sitting on raw skin. I didn’t take it off because, to be honest, that would have taken extra energy I just didn’t have.

I took my blood pressure and it was 85/63. My BP is usually around 123/73 so that was a shock. I took it again and it was 103/66 and 101/66. Still low but not quite as concerning as the first reading. I don’t know what the deal is with that yet, if any, but I’m still noting it because it’s something different with my body.

If not for the achy body, sore skin and coughing, I think I might feel fine. Actually, if the coughing and skin issue would just calm the hell down I think everything else would even out. My insides wouldn’t feel like they wanted to be on the outside when I coughed and my muscle soreness would have no reason to continue to be sore! The conclusion for today is the same as yesterday, I’m going to just sit here, really still and try not to move any more than I have too.