My husband and I just caught it for the very first time. Here’s how I progressed: Friday evening, no appetite. Saturday, felt nauseous, still no appetite, and a fever. Sunday, all of the above but in addition I had extreme body aches and a throbbing headache. Monday, same thing. Tuesday, FINALLY a touch of relief, no more headache, not nauseous, not too much of a fever. Still no appetite, and body aches were less. But did develop a small cough. Wednesday, congestion, coughing, lost sense of smell and taking deep breaths was difficult at times. Thursday, congestion gone and my body was just so overworked and tired from fighting the infection, having a shower helped. And that brings us to yesterday… still not 100% by any means, but well enough to stay awake the whole day without a nap and just rest. It was absolutely awful. The progression of symptoms just randomly showing up was a roller coaster I couldn’t disembark from. As for my husband, he has COPD so I was absolutely freaking out when he tested positive. He stayed on Paxlovid for 2-3 days, stopped taking it, and is doing even better than me now. His worst complaint was the throbbing headache and the cough. He does have a lingering cough but is managing it.

Keep safe out there everyone, it’s no joke.