sueKay_87's LiveJournal

So, since I last updated I've:

Moved back to my house, and things seem okay with the neighbours thankfully

Started doing a microcredential with the OU to make my photography better

Went on holiday to Ireland (Donegal, it was lovely)

And now I have COVID!

I got back from Ireland on Friday evening and felt really tired, but we travelled by coach and ferry so I put it down to travel fatigue. I stayed with my mum on the Friday night as she'd fallen on Thursday when we were visiting Killybegs so I wanted to make sure she was definitely okay.

I went home on Saturday afternoon and felt really tired and continued to feel tired on Sunday. My mum said her hip was starting to get really sore from her fall so I cajoled her into agreeing to get it checked out on Monday. I didn't sleep at all on the Sunday night though because I was too warm. I put this down to the weather and didn't think for a moment that I was running a temperature.

On Monday morning (on a week I'd booked off to focus on my coursework...) I woke up feeling really crappy but thought my allergies had flared up - it felt like the worst hayfever ever. I phoned the Doctor at 8.30am on my mum's behalf and explained what happened. They said she needed to go to A&E. I phoned my mum who refused to go so compromised with her that we'd phone 111 and see if Minor Ailments would see her instead. My mum agreed on the provisio that I go to her house rather than her make the phone call (she doesn't do phones). I got up, got some groceries and headed to her house, then sat on hold for half an hour before handing the phone to my mum to talk to the clinician. They said they'd phone back. An hour later they phoned back and said she'd need to speak to a doctor over the phone. An hour later the doctor said she needed to go to A&E (thanks for all those wasted hours mum). They agreed to send transport to the house (we're a long way from A&E and public transport takes literally hours to get there), but that it would take 4 hours.

While sat there I started to feel even worse. I'd told my mum that morning I felt like crap but she just kind of tutted. Now she realised I really wasn't well and I quickly developed a full blown fever. I did a lateral flow that came back positive about 15 minutes before the patient transoort arrived. This was at 5pm.

My mum went away to hospital while I aired my mum's house, did some housework and disinfected everything. I also had to negotiate the 2 mile walk home all while fielding calls from her friends and neighbours who were ignoring the fact I felt like shit, and that when they were phoning me, they were blocking me from taking a call from the COVID team because I'm in the high risk category. I walked home and it took me almost double the time it does normally, dodging people as I went. I continued to be pestered by my mum's friends, but since she doesn't do phones I couldn't contact her to check if she had been seen by a doctor yet.

It turns out my mum was dumped in a corridor for several hours, wasn't given a COVID test even though she'd been directly exposed to me for hours that day and was eventually assessed after midnight having not even been given a glass of water. She eventually got home at 2am and I was still getting calls from her friends even though I was honestly close to delirious and it's a bit of a blur now. I mean it's great that my mum has friends that care about her but I think they just think I'm young so I'm good to pester whenever (even when I'm in my mid 30s with COVID and various health problems...).

The next day I finally spoke to the COVID team who prescribed me antiviral meds for my symptoms.

I got prescribed Paxlovid unaware of the phenomena that is Paxlovid Mouth.

Oh my word.

My COVID symptoms are largely gone but I've spent most of the past two days unsuccessfully trying not to wretch at the taste of my own mouth. It is rotten. It is the worst thing I've ever tasted and it's constant. It's worth it if it's stops me from getting really sick with COVID but my word, Paxlovid feels like torture.

Hey all!

I'm still staying at my mum's trying to get a move somewhere safe.

I'm still working away

I have starting going out and about more by public transport, so I've made it to both Glasgow and Edinburgh! I also managed to meet up with a friend who was visiting from Indiana so that was lovely!

I've also started Repatha injections to manage my cholesterol at long last!

And I just had my 4th covid jab

That's all for now :)

Hello to anyone who's reading this!

I'm going to attempt to keep this more up to date than my lj has been in recent years!

For the record, on lj I was known as suekay_87