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| Step carefully Chomedey, Laval, QC August 2017 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The good news: I think I’ve managed to put the worst of the acute symptoms behind me.
The bad news: This thing lingers. The fatigue is unreal. I doubt I have the strength to get back on the bike - though I’ll have to eventually give it a go. My sense of taste and smell is gone, and the headaches are epic. While our youngest is feeling a bit better today, my wife is still working through the worst of it. It’s been a challenge, and we’re not quite done.
Still, my newfound somewhat-better status means I can do (some) stuff again. I’m down for a Costco run (we need tissues). And a pharmacy run (to resupply our rapid antigen test supply). And perhaps ice cream will be involved. And while I’m back to taking the pup out for short walks, maybe I’ll take her for a real one, to an actual destination, like I used to, when we’d walk for ages as I attempted to tire her out. Alas, Schnauzers don’t tire out.
I’m hoping that this will be a good thing for us, that on top of our two-shots-plus-booster, the fact that we were infected will give us some kind of improved immunity. There are no absolutes in any of this, of course, but I’m down with elevated levels of antibodies that hopefully cut down future risk and allow us all to regain something approaching a normal life.
Whatever happens, we’ve learned much along the way, and we’re viewing this ongoing global event through new and more refined lenses. We can’t change the fact that we got sick. We can certainly choose to focus on the positive.
About this photo: a steel fire escape bolted into a concrete wall normally wouldn’t be worthy of our attention. But when the light shines just so, and we look at it a certain way, the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Now that I think about it a bit, this isn’t limited to staircases.
#ldnont #laval #quebec #throwback #CarmisCovidChronicles #covid19 #pandemic #dayten #monochrome
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COVID comes for me, April 4, 2022
My first day on the inside, April 5, 2022
Making lemonade from lemons, April 6, 2022
Breathe in the forest, April 7, 2022
Comfort dogs for the win, April 8, 2022
Perfect Boston trees, April 9, 2022
Frozen in time and space, April 10, 2022
Looking into the lives of strangers, April 11, 2022
Rail cop run-in, April 12, 2022
Duck, duck... April 13, 2022
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