3-6-2024

 This has been a really strange week.

Last Thursday what felt like a severe flu hit me. My housemate had been showing the same symptoms so I figured I caught from him.

I felt like shit until Sunday, when the congestion showed signs of decreasing and I thought it would be over soon. But that same day I noticed my left hand was weak. I have sympathetic tremors but this was different. I texted the VA neurologist and carried on.

Monday morning I took my housemate’s son to school and went by his office to do some filing and data entry. I felt odd, brain fog, eyes wouldn’t focus just right, and my hand was still wonky. The neurologist called and said that maybe I should go to the ER to see what was going on.

So I left his office and headed to the VA ER. While I was talking to the intake nurse about my hand, another nurse came by and said she wanted to give me a Covid test just in case I had to be admitted for any reason.

I was put into a room in the ER and several neurologists and therapists came by to see what they could figure out. Finally a doctor came in and asked if anyone had told me I was positive for Covid. 

So I was admitted, waiting in ER for 11 hours while they prepped a room, and was discharged Tuesday after they were sure I was on the mend. It turns out my hand issue was from Covid-induced swelling. 

So now as soon as possible I have to smear my arms and forehead with chemotherapy cream to combat precancerous spots that come from years of sun exposure.