Well, something I’ve been almost 100% sure of for the past week was finally confirmed in an email this morning, my wife and I have COVID. We watched the Euro final at our friends house and they both woke up feeling groggy the next morning and subsequently tested positive. My wife and I were contacted by track and trace and then on the Tuesday started to develop cold like symptoms ourselves which got steadily worse over the course of the week despite testing negative with daily lateral flow tests.
I feel pretty annoyed with myself that I’ve succumbed after successfully avoiding it for a year and a half at the expense of leading a normal life, no holidays, no parties, going for months on end without seeing friends and family etc. Was it worth it only to drop my guard and go and catch it eventually anyway?
I suppose if there are any positives, perhaps the biggest one is that my wife and I managed to hold on long enough to have been double vaccinated before catching it. Trust me, the past week hasn’t been easy. We’ve had constant headaches, coughing and severe body aching. Even a shower is painful as the water hits your skin. And in the past two days I’ve lost all taste and smell as well.
I dread to think how different things might be if we hadn’t been double jabbed, but honestly, that doesn’t make it a walk in the park. Just be careful when things open up and everyone is allowed to do as they like from tomorrow. This thing is spreading like wildfire out there and just because Boris says you are allowed to go out and catch this horrible virus, it doesn’t mean you should do so.
