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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AnonymousBosch" data-source="post: 1307853" data-attributes="member: 5255">RE: "I Have Coronavirus/Cold/Flu Symptoms" threadI was digging in the garden last Thursday until I suddenly stopped, and leant on the shovel, with a fever out of nowhere.  I went inside, too a drink and rested for about 30 minutes, then cooked dinner.After I ate, I drove 25 minutes to go and pick up a chest freezer from my Stepfather.  Between leaving home and arriving, I felt very ill, so loaded it quickly and returned home.Just before dark I felt better, so went for my evening prayer up the hill near my house, but noticed I was very tired and a bit harder to make the ascent than usual.The suddenness of this struck me as interesting, because there was no signs that I was unwell.  I've had a constant increased fever ever since.By Day 3, I figured something was up, and decided to self-isolate, since I match the described symptoms well, including some progressions I read online.  I had a suspicion that some kind of societal chastisement was about to happen towards the end of January after the end of the bushfires, based on theological study and contemplation, so started stocking up, and accelerated a few weeks ago, when I heard about Wuhan.  I am well-prepped enough now to remain at home from a few months and can support a few other people, if necessary.  I even prepped for some people around me, a couple of weeks back, though most thought I was mad.  So I'll stay here until Saturday next week.  I only venture out before dawn to walk - very slowly - up the hill to practice contemplation as the sun rises for I need to watch for Him at the break of day:  I never see anyone on these walks, so feel I'm not putting anyone at risk.I decided not to attend daily mass because it's an old community, even though they removed the Holy Water from the fonts and stopped communion on the tongue the week before last.  God can't contradict himself, so illness overrides any legalistic obligation to attend mass.The problem is getting anyone around me to take the fact that I'm sick as any kind of threat:  "It's just a flu, bro."  Which means a friend came to say, despite my warnings.  My stepfather turned up last night, despite my warnings.  Even a Priest I've been working for turned up on the weekend, despite my warnings:  "Well, you haven't travelled..."The thing is, I'm sure I had this at the end of January / Early February.  I chalked it up to lung issues from the bushfires.  But this is it again, just worse.  If this was spreading in Wuhan in December, why could I have already had it, given the size of the Asian population in my town and the fact that the Government is more interested in protecting the economy and the stock interests of the wealthy than a rapidly-aging population who number crunchers would see as an incredible financial social burden on the country?I've also been drastically-isolated over the few weeks before this.  My last social event was working a Rodeo at the start of February, after which, I had a very short amount of time to proofread and citation check a Priest's Dissertation, which meant 12+ hour days of reading the work and studying the Summa Theologicae and Catechism.  I only left the house for adoration and morning mass at 5:50 am, and a quiet evening walk.  I only went to the grocery store at 7am or after 9:30 at night, when barely anyone is there, and brought my own bags and even back then was being very careful to not touch anything unnecessarily and to use Isopropyl on my hands after.  Yet, I'm still sick...Lung pain was making itself evident by Day 4.  I dug my humidifier out of the shed by Day 5, and found it makes sleeping easier, because it's a rough night with my chest hurting so much.  I'm growing increasingly-tired, so just laying around, resting, as much as possible.It's now Day 7.  Slight runny nose down my throat.  Occasional dry cough.  Based on the progression, the next few days are the danger area for hospitalization.  Whilst my lungs are scratchy, I suspect a lot of pain in the chest is from compensatory muscle movement, and a bit of reflux.  In the past, I've had pleurisy, pneumonia (twice) and legionella, and this, whilst unpleasant and painful, doesn't resemble that 'sucking air through a wet sock' feeling of the latter two.  I'm also somewhat mortified to physical pain due to the dark night of the senses, so keep forgetting to take any pain management, instead 'offering it up'.  This is a known thing with Catholics, since my Sister returned to Church last year, I was amazed to see her go through a tooth nerve infection and root canal with a (admittedly-tired) smile.  She's learnt to suffer well.  Maybe I should drop something on this for the Catholics in another thread.Understand that I type all this as someone whose immune system was damaged in my 20's by adult chicken pox, meaning, whilst I'm healthy most of the time, it's very hard for me to fight off bacterial and viral infections, and there are some antibiotics I'm already resistant to, such as Amoxycillian.  I should be a good canary in the coal mine.I'll keep you posted over the next few days as to what happens.  I can recommend buying a cheap Pulse Oxymetre online to measure your Sp02 levels:  if it dips below 90%, you'll need medical care.  I haven't bothered up until now, because all they'll tell me to do is what I've been doing.I'm not really scared as I accept His will.  I'm more scared for those around me I love who haven't accepted Christ, and even those who hate Him.  I also had the grace of receiving the Anointing of the Sick last Tuesday before I showed any symptoms, one regular effect of which is peace and calm acceptance  in the face of sickness and death.  I also was, well, warned by God something was coming after January that could be misread as bad, and to be feared, but was to accept as his merciful love, which seems to be the latest in the long line of 'themes' I've been graced with since 2015.  2020 is 'Do not be afraid'.  Suffer well, and it becomes sanctifying grace for yourself and others.Godspeed, all.</blockquote>

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