Day 1 (Day 2, give or take, after exposure): My diabetic neuropathy to my feet is flaring up

Day 2: Sore throat, tired, fuzzy brained, dizzy, elevated blood sugar

Day 3: Sore throat, burning back (my sign of a fever), sore back and neck, dizziness, general fatigue

Day 4: Fatigue, body ache, stomach upset, painful cough and sneezing, chest pressure, low fever persists, my sense of smell is the same but familiar smells are now nauseating – such as popcorn.

Day 5: Fever is gone, reduced fatigue

Day 6: Low fever is back, body ache, ache behind eyes, dizziness, nausea, coughing all night, slept terribly

Day 7: Tired, chest tightness, decreased appetite, coffee tastes metallic

Week 2 (Back to work): Chest tightness and upper back pressure with shortness of breath becoming worse through the end of the week. Fatigue seems to come and go. No food looks appetizing, and coffee is gross (which is a major change for me), trouble focusing, aching behind the eyes

Week 3: Finally, I begin to start to feel normal again. The shortness of breath is starting to resolve, and I am able to get back in the gym for very low intensity exercise.

The most consistent symptoms were body aches, fatigue, high blood sugars (300s), low fever and brain fog. I lost about eight pounds. About a month after testing positive, I have no lasting effects that I can identify.

My family also got it and had milder, cold like symptoms only lasting about a week. It may have hit me differently due to having type one diabetes. My symptoms showed up about three days after my daughter came home early on Friday, tired and with a sore throat. The following Monday I tested to be on the safe side since I am a healthcare provider, and sure enough it was positive. The kids and my husband also tested positive in the following days, and we all quarantined for five days following our positive test.

I hope my healthy diet, regular exercise, along with the last two years of daily supplements of Vitamin D, C, zinc, then ivermectin and quercetin while I was sick, made my illness much less severe than it could have been. I am not now, nor will I ever be ‘vaccinated’ against COVID. Yay natural immunity!