So, I managed to make it nearly 3 years into the pandemic without catching Covid. I even began to think that maybe I was one of those “super-immune” people who never get it despite being exposed repeatedly. The press loves to write about these (mostly hypothetical) people.
However, it wasn’t to be. I dodged the original virus and all the early variants. But I wasn’t able to avoid Omicron forever, though I made it a year into it. I tested positive for Covid in early December after developing mild respiratory symptoms.
Here’s how it went: I had mild respiratory symptoms for a few days. Mostly a scratchy and slightly sore throat and some phlegm. As my respiratory symptoms cleared up, some less pleasant GI symptoms started developing. Those were a real hassle for a few days, and then they hung around in a lesser form for another week or two. I also had a couple of weird and random symptoms that popped up briefly and then never returned. And I tested positive on rapid tests for about 2 weeks.
I fully recovered a few days before Christmas.
All in all, I’d say it wasn’t a fun experience and I wouldn’t recommend it. But I’d also say it was far from the “sickest I’ve ever been,” which is how I’ve heard many people describe it. It was more weird than troubling. I assume that being vaccinated and boosted twice (once with the original and once with the bivalent vaccine) helped a fair bit.
Anyway, that’s my Covid experience. I hope it’s the first and final time I get it. While I’ll surely continue following Covid politics, I don’t intend to write about it again. Unless we see new and particularly noteworthy developments.
