A biologist struggled with COVID for 20 days. Here's what he wants you to know.
In far too many articles, you will read that COVID-19 preys mostly on the elderly and those with pre-existing medical vulnerabilities. This is both true and misleading. Almost every illness, and certainly every infectious disease, is worse for those who already have other medical conditions, including the condition of being of advanced age. But COVID-19, like basically all other medical conditions, can strike anyone, no matter how young and no matter how healthy.
By far the most annoying symptom was the night sweats. My gawd, the night sweats. They went on for about two weeks and involved my waking up in literal puddles of sweats. They began around 1:00 a.m. and continued as late as 5:30 a.m., waking me up every half hour. Besides the laundry load, the sleep disruption also made everything harder because it left me in a very foul mood.
—was presumptive COVID+. About half were elderly, but the other half were all ages, including a woman that looked no older than 25. At least two of the patients I saw in the waiting room left in ambulances. Here in Queens, the streets are desolate and the sidewalks are empty. Yet the screaming ambulance sirens are constant, racing the seriously ill to our overloaded hospitals. Many of them will never leave.
It's hard to say if the medicines are what initiated my improvement or if I was about to turn the corner anyway. All I know is that I began improving around day 15, but the slow taper off of symptoms took a full five days. In truth, I still get the occasional mild fever for an hour in the afternoon. I am now seven days recovered. Neither my husband nor our kids have shown any symptoms , so I think we are all now in the clear. A huge relief, to say the least.
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