04:40
Rude Awakening
A short, violent coughing episode wakes me up. The face feels hot so a quick temp check is in order.
A dose of Panadol before sleeping again, let’s hope I can get some undisrupted sleep.
10:30
First thing I’ve noted, a solid run of sleep since last night’s disruption. Mind you, the total sleep time according to my sleep tracker was 10 hours 2 minutes so that is a fair amount!
Getting out of bed and whoooooooa! Room spinning much? I’m still impersonating a zombie at times when walking around to maintain balance.
In welcoming news from down below, after two days of silence, the number 2 is back.
In not so good news, the loss of appetite continues and trying to force myself to eat has made me a little nauseous.
10:33
Stats are looking better this morning, let’s hope it stays that way.
For you eagled-eye readers, the time on the BP machine is one-hour off as it has yet to adjust to daylight saving time.
13:28
New symptom: Diarrhoea
13:36
Fever is still lingering and room temperature is still at 16c.
Heart rate: 83bpm
14.12
A sudden wave of fatigue hits me followed by an on-going chill effect, not quite sure what has changed but I’ve taken a quick temp check with a reported heart rate at 94bpm from the Apple Watch.
Have restored room temp back to 20c as I’m trembling pretty bad, in fact, it’s bad enough that I can’t get the blood pressure machine set up.
Typing this post up has been excruciatingly slow. Have already wrapped the duvet around me, will grab a few winks and see what’s what later.
Shiver me timbers!
16:55
Woke up with the head feeling hot, the lower arms and legs feeling very cold despite room temperature clocking 20c and being completely wrapped in duvet, socks and gloves. There’s still some minor trembling.
Placing the hand on the forehead feels like placing a block of ice on molten lava, it feels refreshing but something is playing up.
Both knee and shoulder joints are aching, some assisted support needed to stabilise moving around as the room spins a fair bit.
Blood pressure reading took 4 attempts, the first 3 returned an error despite changing arms and trying again but I’m suspecting this is all related to the current phase I’m going through.
Back to bed for a few more winks and see how I am later.
19:22
With new symptoms comes a new fever episode so this appears to be the norm with this virus.
Having woken up to a drenched t-shirt, a quick temperature check shows why.
There’s a wee bit of orientation issue but this hasn’t gotten any worse.
For those who have asked about hydration levels, this is constantly maintained with urine colours at pale to light yellow.
Time for a quick chicken broth and fresh fruits to keep the body fueled with nutrients.