Day 7 - No better, no worse, just different

I’m still feeling rubbish today and it’s still coming in waves. This morning my chest hurt, then my stomach hurt, and now my face hurts. But my stats are still good, so I’m pushing through as best as I can.

My sense of taste and smell are definitely messed up. I am only getting a faint taste of sour stuff. And I can’t smell anything. I burnt my morning bagel in the toaster because I couldn’t smell it burning. My second sesame bagel with cream cheese and ham had the taste and consistency of cardboard with a piece of rubber on top. I drink a lot of herbal tea which currently tastes like a cup of hot water. Lovely.

My stomach is currently suffering the brunt of the assault. Not to be too delicate, but I’ve had a bit of a runny bum and my appetite is zero, which obviously isn’t being helped along by the fact that everything tastes like nothing – unless it’s sour.

In saying all of this, I am still so thankful that my symptoms are not worse, and that at the moment I feel I will push through this. I realise that a lot of people didn’t make it to day 7 without a hospital visit and my heart goes out to everyone who has suffered with this stupid disease.

I had an interesting discussion with Track and Trace today. The gentleman I spoke with said that a lot of people are not expressing the ‘classic’ chesty sort of symptoms now – they are getting a lot of reports of headaches, muscle aches and stomach problems. He also said loss or change of taste and smell was the number one symptom being reported – so do not take it lightly if you experience any change or loss of taste or smell! Get tested as soon as possible.

So, on to day 8. I really hope I’m over this stupid thing by the end of the weekend. I'm allowed to leave self-isolation on the 23rd of November if all goes well.