Thread by @DonitaJose

Covid doesn't have a treatment for a reason- It has so many manifestations happening in no proper order
In my 20 days of symptomatic illness- my sickness ranged from headache- to fever- to losing smell and nasal congestion - to severe diarrhea and dehydration which abruptly ended

After recovery, I have funny pains in my calf muscles which is strange because till the day I was symptomatic I had a very active lifestyle with physical activity and now I am unable to climb steps without losing breath. I need 12 hours of sleep and get lethargic without that

I don't know if one such medicine will fix this disease ever. I don't even think there can be one treatment protocol for such a vast set of symtpoms- I was on dolo, paracetamol, citrizine and eldoper(for loose motions) and tonnes of ORS and vitamin C and GOOD food

Spare a thought for all the doctors and scientists and academicians who cracked this thing in so little time and trying daily to save lives 🌸

The biggest threat though is mental health- sometimes mind gets overwhelmed that what symptom will I wake up with tomorrow?
It also deteriorates from confinement, isolation and fear that if in trouble, the kindest soul you know maybe afraid to help you fearing infection

There is also alot of guilt. First 7 days I kept thinking of every face I came across and potentially infected and kept apologising to them because of how bad the disease made me feel and could make them feel eventually with their own body's immune response.

If this happens, as it did in my case, surround yourself with the best people and just be reassured by them every day that your body will fight it through. It is not a very scary disease, just something nobody knows yet completely and that's all the fangs it has. #Covid_19

PS- please do reach out to me on text/DM for any covid queries. I will be happy to help because speaking to my colleagues who fought it with their own set of difficulties gave me courage each day
#WeShallFightCorona