Thread by @CoachPerry59

A personal account of the damage of Covid by Haleigh Callison on FB @jjhorgan @DrBonnieHenry @adriandix "I consider myself a fairly healthy and active human. I tested positive Nov 10th, got my results on the 13th. They were not able to trace where I got it from ..." 1/

"...as I have a small bubble and anyone/everyone I was in contact with has tested negative and have not had any symptoms. As public health put it, I could be just one of the unlucky ones who contracted it from a door handle...." 2/

"To share MY personal experience as a 36 year old, fairly healthy former athlete...Symptoms, I was extremely sick for 8 days & very sick for 2 weeks and still dealing with it (that will come later). The 8 days to 2 weeks, I was throwing up, constantly nauseous, body aches..." 3/

"& pains like NOTHING I have ever felt before, diarrhea, headaches, loss of appetite, scary/bad thoughts/dreams, trouble sleeping, slept with ice packs for 2 or 3 nights to try to ease pain and messed up temperature. Lost 10 pounds in the less than 10 days. & unbelievable..." 4/

"fatigue. I would get up to brush my teeth or heat up soup that somebody kindly delivered for me and I would then be honestly exhausted and would have to sit/lay down for half hour to an hour to start to feel semi ok again..." 5/

"Symptoms since I have been "released" from public health, appetite is slowly coming back but nowhere near normal. I go for walks & I am completely beat. I walked up a hill, one block & couldn't hold a conversation as it was all I could do to try to breathe enough to keep..." 6/

"walking. Went for a walk yesterday & had a bout of (only way I can explain it would be what I think people experience with vertigo) the seawall was moving & I couldn't focus enough to get it to stop without sitting down for a while - got some food/orange juice into me..." 7/

"which somewhat helped but still felt unwell the rest of the day. Was walking with my brother and my nephew (outside and yes wearing masks) and he wanted to play hide and go seek, I ran with him for maybe 10-15 seconds and once again I was BEAT..." 8/

"...it is not "just like a bad flu" or at least that was not my experience. Two of the things that were the hardest throughout this for me were:1. Not that I was alone trying to get through this. I had an UNBELIEVABLE amount of support of people bringing me food, supplies, ..."9/

"gatorade, neocitron, my favourite starbucks drink, ording my favourite meal to be delivered to my door, sending me texts of support & love, calls to check in each day. And I only told my work, small group of friends and immediate family - not because I didn't want to but..."10/

"because I didn't have the energy to. This is not to sound arrogant but to acknowledge just how fortunate I am - even with the outpouring of support I had - I could have called or texted 100 other people that would have shown up at my door with anything I needed. It breaks..."11/

"my heart to think there are so many others that are going or will have to go through this on their own. 2. I remember clearly laying on the floor of my bath with the shower on, literally shaking in pain & ready to vomit for the 5th time that day thinking & crying because..."12/

"I know some of my family and friends would not get through this - whether their age, health, immunocompromised or other challenges I may or may not know about. I tested positive on the 10th, was released on the 20th,& I am still beyond fatigued. I have to sleep 12-15 hrs..."13/

"a day and still take the other hours really carefully. I consider myself one of the lucky ones to not have had the extreme respiratory issues or high fevers throughout but I am still dealing with the effects and unknown how long for and what the lasting effects will be,..." 14/

"because nobody knows this yet. I have 2 friends that contracted this in March, and another in September and each of them STILL is dealing with lung issues, breathing difficulties and energy being off. They are all in their 30's & healthy/active people. So, to be at home,..."15/

"still dealing with this and reading people posting about percentages of people who haven't gotten it, or that "99.... %" of people are completely healthy after it, feels like a bit of a slap in the face to those that are trying to recover, those that are in the midst..." 16/

"& scared s..tless of how it may affect them or the ones they love that are in quarantine waiting to find out if you did in fact get them sick. Or more importantly to the thousands & really hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their lives, lost someone they love..."17/

"I guess, I would ask, before you post something take 2 mins to sit and think, if my parent, my best friend, my grandparent was in hospital not knowing how they will recover/if they will recover - if your partner was laying on the bathroom floor in pain and vomiting, would..."18/

"you still post what you are about to say? I am hopefully on the other side of the worst of this but I am still going to wear a mask, wash my hands, sanitize, respect peoples space, the health orders etc because I can tell you even tho not super likely I will get it again..." 19/

"or at least in the next 6-8 months, I will do whatever I can to NOT get it again or have someone else have to go through what I did, or worse. I will follow up with some recommendations on how to support someone going through it, or someone in quarantine/isolation that I ..."20/

"found to be extremely helpful. Please stay safe everyone, and do anything no matter how big or small to avoid the spread or contracting. Sending my love and healthy thoughts to all of you and your family and friends..."21/21 #COVID19 #bekind #staysafe #covidpositive