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day 5, upon waking
I realized I'd mis-labeled the days at some point so had to go back and change the title on most of these entries. Bah. Today is, in fact, Thursday. I am on day 5 of my infection (as day 0 is Saturday, when I first had a symptom), and tomorrow morning will be my last dose of Paxlovid.
I slept til nearly 8am and it was glorious.
In the words of the philosophers Harvey Danger, "I'm not sick, but I'm not well". No sore throat this morning; cough isn't that severe, and is mostly triggered by extended speaking (I can feel it lurking in my bronchial tubes though); still painful sinus pressure, but is manageable with OTC meds. ...Okay yes that does qualify as being sick, I need to recalibrate, but you know what I mean: it doesn't seem like [spooky voice] COOOOVIIIIIID sick.
The one thing I can't sensibly measure is fatigue, without doing something that triggers fatigue and then probably sets you back. I was twitchy from inactivity yesterday, so walked slowly around the yard pulling up a few lightly rooted weeds, and that was tiring. So I expect that hasn't markedly changed overnight.
Interestingly, being on my laptop doesn't seem to be as tiring in the way it is when I'm classically sick, so I might be able to salve my conscience and do some "work" tomorrow. Possibly that is dumb. But if I do go to Pennsic, I want to make sure that all of my people have what they need to carry on. Unlike some parts of this college, I have a sense of responsibility.
I slept til nearly 8am and it was glorious.
In the words of the philosophers Harvey Danger, "I'm not sick, but I'm not well". No sore throat this morning; cough isn't that severe, and is mostly triggered by extended speaking (I can feel it lurking in my bronchial tubes though); still painful sinus pressure, but is manageable with OTC meds. ...Okay yes that does qualify as being sick, I need to recalibrate, but you know what I mean: it doesn't seem like [spooky voice] COOOOVIIIIIID sick.
The one thing I can't sensibly measure is fatigue, without doing something that triggers fatigue and then probably sets you back. I was twitchy from inactivity yesterday, so walked slowly around the yard pulling up a few lightly rooted weeds, and that was tiring. So I expect that hasn't markedly changed overnight.
Interestingly, being on my laptop doesn't seem to be as tiring in the way it is when I'm classically sick, so I might be able to salve my conscience and do some "work" tomorrow. Possibly that is dumb. But if I do go to Pennsic, I want to make sure that all of my people have what they need to carry on. Unlike some parts of this college, I have a sense of responsibility.
