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Corona or CF?: A Symptom War
I started feeling yucky on Halloween night and it continued through to Monday. By Monday, I felt weird having my husband go to work and potentially spread germs, just incase there was any chance it was COVID. I doubted it (since no one else felt yucky and I’ve barely left the house)… but isn’t it our responsibility to prevent that possibility, no matter how small?
My husband called his boss and took off for the day, even though we can’t afford to do so financially, knowing that Election Day (here in the states) could provide us one more buffer day to see if anything got worse. So far, nothing is worse, but nothing is better.
I feel pretty gross… but how in the world do we know if it’s “normal CF exacerbation gross” or something that could harm someone else? Ultimately, I don’t think it’s corona (though if this keeps up, I’ll ask someone to drive me to get tested) and I also don’t know if we can afford any more days off work. The back-and-forth, symptom-doubting, super-stressing is pretty taxing, and I’m sure a lot of CFers are feeling this to the max.
“I don’t want to spread germs” used to not be a fear of mine, since my germs normally didn’t impact my family much (they’re all currently still feeling fine, by the way). Normally, we worry more about the bacteria and bugs of the world harming us. Now, I’m fearful about being the cause of something. What a mental reversal of our “norm”, you know?
Have you had any COVID worries or symptom concerns? How did you handle them?
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