I’m curious to know how many of you who read this have had Covid once or multiple times. If you’re okay with sharing that, please comment below.
I first had C-19 from March 2020 to November 2021, so “Long Covid”. Since then, I’ve had two other strains, and continue to have what I refer to as “flare days” – those days when energy suddenly takes a nosedive, joints ache and a splitting migraine suddenly shoots up from the base of my skull (and no medication has ever made a dent in those headaches – they’re 24 hours long).
It’s difficult to know if those tiny little viruses have just made my immune system oversensitive to winter bugs, or if it has to do with other health issues, but whatever the cause, I’ve been sick for 3 weeks flat. I’ve spent most of my time and energy coughing and breathing. Before it began, I had half of an interesting blog written, and I will post it as soon as I have energy enough to focus on research and complex thoughts again.
As you can imagine, being sick over Christmas and New Year put a damper on social engagements; fortunately, we didn’t have many appointments to cancel. Our Christmas was a quiet one; my husband and I exchanged gifts, but this year we did something different: We re-gave gifts. In the past, for instance, if we received several books at Christmas, we might not have had time to read all of them; I chose a few books I knew my husband would enjoy and dropped them into eco-friendly cloth gift bags (I made a variety of sizes that we use instead of wrapping paper). It was fun to see what each other chose. My husband raided my craft room and gave me random craft items! We enjoyed the fun, without the need to find, buy and add new items to our home.
I hope you had a healthy and happy Christmas and New Year’s Eve / Day! I hope you’ve not had the “winter visitor” of flus, bronchitis or Corona (other than the Mexican beer kind!), and that you stay healthy through the rest of the wintery season (if you’re in the northern hemisphere – if you’re in the southern, enjoy the warmth before your rainy season kicks in!).
I will post as soon as I can finish the article! In the meantime, just for a smile:
Stephanie Huesler 
My OH and I have had it once in early 2022 but (luckily) barely felt ill. He had the flu which lasted a week, just before Xmas. He didn’t gift it to me.
Glad you stayed healthy! Omicron (around early 2022 in the US) was a less symptom-intensive strain than SARS CV-2, so if you “had” to get one, I’m glad for your sakes that it was!
That’s awful that you have been so hard hit by illness. I hope you will feel much better soon.
I have not had COVID yet. I haven’t even tested myself for it. Perhaps it’s because I don’t go out often, and neighbors have been careful. My grandson worked at a fast food place and was exposed to the virus, but he didn’t get it, either.
Glad to hear you’ve stayed healthy! I’m beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel, illness-wise!
I’ve tested positive twice and never really got sick, very minor sniffles and cough, like a cold. But I isolated myself until I tested negative.
Interesting. Everyone’s immune system responds differently; a friend of ours was nearly hospitalized several times in the first wave, and ever since, his immune system overreacts to the other strains, too…