'Positive' experience

If I thought the week before end of 2021 was bad(due to series of things breaking apart that I lamented in a post), this week was worse; cos something that I desperately hoped not to happen, happened...

It started last Sat (12/2) where I was starting to get sore throat which was quite sudden since I don't feel any ill prior to it... Then come last Sun (13/2) where I really developed a sore throat and as well as coughs which are symptoms of Covid-19... And, that one of my family members was test positive did not help...

So, I did an ART test and it came out negative... While it gave some form of comfort, it also seems too sus to believe.

The following Monday or this week Monday (14/2 which is Valentine Day, lol), I went to see a doctor since I was quite sick; the sore throat was killing me during my sleep that I had to wake up a few times to drink water and go washroom-.-

The visit to the clinic was a horror; there was already a queue outside. And when I went to register, the waiting time was 1 hour...(Plus the fact that my phone was running out of battery...) In the end, I was only able to see the doctor after 1.5h before I took the ART test(from the clinic) and my medicines which was quite fast; took about 10 minutes or so.- The clinic mentioned that I do not need to wait for my result; the result will be sent to me by the government.

With that assurance, I left after I collect my medicines and that's when the second horror start. Normally, ART result does not take long to come; about 15-30 minutes so I expected my result to come by the end of the day if the clinic was busy and since my brother received his result within the day when he went to see the doctor(from another clinic) on the same day as me... However, the result did not come so I gave another day (15/2) and it still didn't come; to the point I had to call the clinic in the afternoon and the clinic only replied around evening...

And, the result was positive which was anti-climatic since it's kinda expected but even so, I hoped not...

^All that left was waiting for government message for instructions on what to do which was my third horror cos even until now, the message did not come (despite calling to the helpline about it...)

The last horror was when I tried asking my company if I can get sick leave without mc since I was tested positive and the doctor only gave me 2 days mc which was insufficient to recover-.- The reply took like a day to come which was a no and I have to see the doctor again to get another mc... Considering how bad the waiting time can be, I gave up and just work from home...

Working while having Covid-19 positive with symptoms was a torture on the very first day(after my mc) since I was tired and sick but still have to work... I took frequent breaks but it was still bad cos I needed rest...

In the end, it was a horrible 3 days of working while wearing mask... And during meal times, I can't talk for fear of spreading to my other family members... I feel like a criminal at home...

Now, I am feeling much better; no sore throat but still have a dry throat. However, around yesterday, I lost my sense of taste; I couldn't exactly taste much unless the taste is quite strong but even so, I could only taste it faintly... Today was much better but still got a bit of loss. Hopefully, this loss will be gone soon...

Lastly, I have yet tested since my positive result but will be testing tmr (to see if I can go to work...) and hope for the best...

That is all; just want to pen down my feelings of the whole ordeal of getting Covid-19 positive. In terms of the severity of the illness, as people said, it is like a flu but a strong one where you get hit by bad sore throat and coughs but it is manageable.

Yaiji~

PS: Think I will write another post before the month end to pen my thoughts on other stuff (like my work-.-)