My COVID-19 update.

Thank God I’m alive. I can’t say I’m negative now because I do not know my status. It’s been 19 days since my alleged exposure and 16 days since I self-isolated. I already got a call from the local health department yesterday and they basically said that the data was only transmitted to them yesterday. Imagine the number of people I would have exposed from the virus if I went out which I basically could do because damn no one was watching me. Also, there was no guideline given by any department whatsoever. Imagine if I were not in the medical field. Or not just on the medical field because people in the medical field be violating quarantine protocols as well. Shady. Well just imagine if I didn’t know and follow the protocol and stuff. Imagine if I didn’t care about my neighbors, community, and country. But your girl knows better and believe it or not, I actually kinda care. So there’s that. Thank me later. 

 How could you possibly control the number of cases if you guys fail to trace and contain where it’s coming from. My opinion is that there are sources you can and cannot control. MINE YOU CAN CONTROL. So just make the most out of it you know. So yeah I basically explained to her that I already completed my quarantine in which she replied “SO RECOVERED NA PO KAYO?” I mean, I don’t know, wala akong machine dito. YOU TELL ME. Ano bang protocol niyo? So she was like, according po sa protocol recovered na kayo and hindi na po kailangan i-test ulit and mga kasama niyo. OKAY. She then thanked me for my cooperation and stuff. She also said that someone would follow up with my case. I actually don’t know if the call was meant as a reply to the e-mails I sent them or maybe just the data being transmitted. If they were that late, baka 2021 pa may mag reply sa e-mail ko. Char. I’m not hating. I know they’re doing whatever they could. But really? I mean? That 14 day isolation should have been the most crucial part of the contact tracing. Pang 18th day na kahapon, basically wala na kayong magagawa at that point. Yun lang naman. Not that we broke the quarantine protocol or anything. I’m just saying na what if sa iba yun? I’m so confused as to how the data transmission works to be honest. Sinong may kasalanan? Aren’t positive results given priority? The Malabon City contact tracers were pretty okay with all of these. I guess CALOOCAN should just do better. And for the people’s sake, whoever’s in charge, please only hire QUALIFIED CONTACT TRACERS.  I mean, even I could do better than this one. Tropa ba tayo? Char. 

Anyway, being the pakielamera that I am, I took the liberty of checking DOH’s website which I know is not the most accurate by any means but the day when my results came out, there were only 31 new cases in my city. Only 12 cases before that and just 26 the day after. I mean, how hard could it be to call 31 people? As I am now made aware that there are several people employed to do the job. May team leader pa nga. I bet they’re on a call center whatever. The more that there should be an effective system, right? Anyway, I may be wrong.   

So on a lighter note, I want to share with you what I did from when I found out I was positive until now. I’m not saying these would miraculously heal you or if it even works or anything but it’s just me. 

• Ginger Tea with Lemon and Honey. Oh my goodness. The most disgusting thing I’ve ever tasted in my life. I do not wish for this to happen to anyone. Unless you like ginger tea of course. 

• Coffee with Virgin Coconut Oil. Second most disgusting thing ever. Basically because I’m not used to it but it’s kinda okay towards the end. I have it with coffee because goodness gracious bless me I can’t take it on its own. I should have taken a VCO pill instead but since we don’t have that here, we make use of what we have given we’re isolated.

• Vitamin C twice a day that I only religiously took since I knew I was COVID-19 positive. I take Vitamin C in the morning even before but sometimes I forget or I’m just lazy to take one so there’s that. We also didn’t have the one with zinc so I just drink the regular one. 

• Fruits! I had oranges, bananas, grapes, pineapples, lanzones, and mangoes. Only fruits that I like basically. 

• My mom who bravely took care of me despite the fact that she might be also infected or might get infected. I am so blessed to have her as a mother. It would have been a hard journey without her. She means the world to me. 

• A dog companion. I would have gone insane without this little one. With someone always running around and would lay down beside me, everything seemed better. 

I actually didn’t have symptoms beside the cough that I had for a day or two. I didn’t develop fever and my oxygen saturation was normal all throughout. I think the lowest my oxygen saturation went to was 95% but yeah it would go up to 97% if I keep it for another minute. Beyond normal. So if that’s where we’re basing our TRIAGE from, we’re doomed. My goodness. I’m actually not the one to ask how to avoid the virus obviously. But yeah I’m actually struggling as to what to do differently. I know I’m safe for the next two months but after that, I’m scared to be honest. Like, if the precautions I took weren’t enough, I wonder what can I do to make it better. Oh well. I’m thinking of donating plasma for the treatment of those who were hit by the virus badly but I don’t know if my antibodies are enough to do the job. I’ve read that the more severe your symptoms are, the more antibodies you produce. It makes sense but yeah if there’s a facility near me, I’ll probably give it a try. 

We had a celebratory pizza on Monday to mark the end of our quarantine. I’m still in isolation and would probably be until Thursday just to be sure. That’s all! Since I’m already tagged as “recovered” no more COVID updates coming from me.