What a Difference a Few Years and Vaccinations Make!

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Good evening, everyone! I first want to begin by once again thanking everyone for their kind words, prayers, and concerns when I posted from the emergency room at the hospital last Sunday after being diagnosed with covid. I so appreciate the concern, and it’s so reaffirming to see what a great community we have here! I thought I should give you an update. The bad news is, the covid test is still positive. Hardly a surprise, though, because I’m technically still a little symptomatic. However, the symptoms have really been minimal. It’s funny what a few years and vaccinations will do to covid. When I had it in December 2020, I seriously thought I was going to die. That’s all you heard in the news: people who were over 50 (me), overweight (me), immunocompromised (me), and/or had a history of chronic diseases (me), especially lung diseases (me) should just make that will out. I did, too: I spent the few moments I felt like being out of bed one day writing down the passwords to my accounts for my brother so he could get into things. I haven’t been getting every vaccination; however, I was in line for those first two. Honestly, the “reaction” from the second one (where I was up to my chin in hot water in my tub because I was shivering one minute, then had my head literally in my freezer the next because I was so hot [all with a perfectly normal temperature, mind you]) was worse than most of this bout of covid has been. If we didn’t have the tests, I would say I had a case of bronchitis…only fast-moving bronchitis. That’s the only strange thing (thank God! I’m not complaining!!!) about this round. It seems every “major” symptom has been around for just one day. You’ve heard of the 24-hour stomach bug? Meet 24-hour covid symptoms! I had the headache for one day. Sneezed my dang fool head off for one day. Zero energy for one day. Coughed for one day. Lost my taste and smell for one day. None of them “ganged up” on me, either. It was “one visitor at a time” symptoms! Of course, when you sneeze or cough that much, it’s going to hurt…and I do have soreness. But I was up a lot today, almost my “regular” routine (I just didn’t go to Chuy’s ). The other true blessing from this go-round is that there was NOT the stomach problem I had in 2020. I lost nearly nine pounds in three days from not being able to eat. I haven’t lost any weight this time, because I haven’t lost my appetite. Even the day I didn’t have the sense of taste or smell I was hungry and able to eat. (I just had to look at what I was eating because I couldn’t taste it. ) Thank y’all again for your prayers, well-wishes, and concerns! Y’all have a great weekend. And, to all of you here in America in the path of this winter storm, stay safe!!!! The photo is from healthier times, my trip to Utah in August 2025.