THERE ARE DAYS THAT SOMETIMES SEEM MUCH LONGER THAN THE ORIGINAL 24 HOURS ALOTED FOR A FULL DAY. Yesterday, was one of those days as I sat in my chair late in the night recalling the day's events. Only a few hours before I started the antiviral medication after receiving a positive reading for co vid.
Number of naps during the day? Can't even recall. The fatigue comes and goes. Sleep comes easy to me and I am blessed to be able to drift off to sleep when needed in the comfort of my own HOME.
Hubby and I both are ill with this oddity. I have no idea when I was exposed nor do I know full well where it took place. We went to the theatre a week ago to see the movie, ELVIS and ate a hamburger. The theatre auditorium only had maybe a half a dozen viewers. DOesn't matter as we breathe the same air. I started coughing that day a different kind of cough. What I would call a wet cough.
When I coughed, it was a satisfying cough if a cough can be called satisfying. When ELVIS left the building, so did we. It has been three years since we watched a movie on the big screen at this theatre. It may be another three years before we go to this theatre again. Going to the movies has lost it's hold on me. I'd rather stay HOME these days to watch a movie. The extra large screen isn't always necessary to impress me. I wasn't a fan of ELVIS back in his day. I do remember the year he passed as I was very pregnant with my second child. Oh how my mother-in-law LOVED ELVIS so much.
She was such a huge fan. When she did get the opportunity to see him in concert, she said he was very heavy. I remember when I was first married, hubby and I were driving paste concert center where the line of traffic was outlandish. Then it hit me, Elvis was in town. The amazing Elvis Presley in Wichita, Kansas. back in 1974. Monday, October 7, 1974. We had an evening Art Class at WSU. Heavens...a life time away.
Watching the movie story of ELVIS was fun...it is a very good story for sure BUT it also lacks many truths about THE KING. For entertainment sake, it was pretty good.
ELVIS's mother believed that Elvis had his dead twin's energy. In the movie, there is a scene where Jesse is asked to shine down on Elvis before he preforms. I don't think this is necessary or appropriate for the living. Especially a Christian.
Elvis may have sang Gospels very well, but selling a album pays well whether you know the Lord or not. It paid well. Singing Gospel makes an easy impression for the general public to believe Elvis was holy hiding the fact he lived like the devil. Listening to Gospel makes it easier to not look any further. A shield protecting his loose ways from being exposed was a deceptive means to keeping his image purer instead of the way it was.
Watching documentaries about him and the Memphis Mafia is enlightening how Elvis truly was. He wasn't a mild mannered person behind the scenes. In fact he had a violent streak in him. In this 2022 movie, they didn't expound on the seriousness of his drug usage to the point it was. Nor did they share all the sexual perversion Elvis practiced with a multitude of willing females that desired him allowing sexual activities. He was a whoremonger and to many they still think he was a saintly christian that worshipped God. Elvis was an oculist that dabbled in many religions. He was not what I would call a repentant sinner that saw the light changing the ways that would lead to clean living. Having too much fun being a pagan.
He was known to have orgies, messed around with young virgins, had a foul mouth on him. How did he not have illegitimate children in every town he frequented? Thank you very much. The group of men he kept near him would see to it that he had whatever he wanted including women. If they were so mistreated and underpaid why would they remain with him? Because they thoroughly enjoyed the lifestyle that they possessed with him.
The so called love story he had with Priscilla adds to the drama. Though he promised her parents that she wouldn't be traveling outside of Memphis, his mafia mates would send Priscilla's parents Memphis post cards to give them the impression she was still in Memphis when she was off partying with Elvis elsewhere in different states. Elvis lied and so did underaged Priscilla. Can you believe a liar? Yes, if you so want to, but the end results comes with pain. Elvis left the building.
His work and image definitely continues to interest people. Now as for Col. Tom Parker...he did well for being an undocumented worker, didn't he?
Back on the Homefront...We had worked in the Cottage's shed a few days earlier before developing this wet cough and I really did think the cough was brought on by working in the dirty shed amongst handling the dirty storage boxes. When I started to cough, my thoughts were, I cannot handle the dirt that settles in garages and sheds. The cough started on Thursday. By Saturday afternoon, the feeling of faint and mild nausea made it's presence known. This is when I went HOME and decided to use the HOME TEST KIT that the government sent me a few months before. Thank you, Joe Biden.
POSITIVE showed up and I wasn't sure what to think. Retracing where I had been the last few weeks seemed fruitless as we had been here, there and everywhere amongst so many people. It never occurred to me to check earlier in the month with a cough hubby and I had. Duh. He was checked for co vid, but had bronchitis. So we may have developed co vid earlier than when I took the HOME TEST. Can't say.
I am a firm believer in frequently washing hands, disinfecting door knobs, computer keyboards, phones, countertops, etc. From here on out that saying that cleanliness is next to godliness rings in my mind. Shouldn't be around cough-ers or those with fevers if one knows it.
Wednesday seemed like a lot longer than just that morning going to be tested while sitting in my car in the Doctor's parking lot where the nurse came out to the car to swab our noses. Driving HOME after that appointment was a long one. The weather was nice, but the physical feelings of nausea, fatigue, horrific coughing fits and general discomfort made the trip HOME one that I just wanted to be already back HOME reclining in my chair taking a nap.
I've been fatigued before in my life knowing it's not a picnic. Being zapped of energy is a very challenging way to go through LIFE. Not having a thyroid being hypothyroid is one thing...co vid fatigue is altogether different. I pray that this doesn't have long term effects. Lord hear my prayer.
This go round, it is a different type of heavier fatigue. Still fatigue. Naps help. I can feel it in my eyes as they do not want to focus. I noticed when I was hit with this co vid come on last Saturday that my eyes didn't want to stay open nor did they want to focus. This virus affected my eyesight. This nausea is mild, but bothersome. BOTHERSOME. Nibble a cracker or two.
After I took the antiviral medicine, I began to taste an unpleasant taste I had heard this medication gives. It's nasty and stays with you. Sipping on Sprite helps eliminate this awful taste as does sipping on hot Macha Green Tea. I chewed some gum for awhile and that helped. It's a metallic taste that stays in the mouth. Time for my morning dose. Into day two of this miracle drug.
I have purposed in my heart to rest and only do a few chores when the spirit moves me. I washed a few dishes, put some clean dishes away. Took some cookware out of a cabinet replacing it with a large protein container, some collagen and other supplemental containers that were sitting out on the countertop taking up too much room. I have to figure out where to go with these nice corning ware baking dishes now that were in the cabinet, but now sitting on the countertop. grins. I believe I can clean out a deep pull drawer, taking out the staples and place the baking dishes in there. I'll get new extra large mason jars soon and put the staples in there.
Little energy to prepare gourmet meals or any meal. We will be surviving on hot teas, diet Sprite, chicken noodle soup, saltine crackers, ginger snaps and nutter butter cookies. I will try to eat a salad in here somewhere. Greens just aren't highly favored when nauseated, huh? I believe I could sip on some lemon lime water.
I believe it will take another week to getting to feeling better if what we have is a very mild case of it. I cannot take LIFE or HEALTH for granted. I continue to thin out STUFF from amongst us and strive to be better organized and downsized. All the 'One day I hope to get to that project,' can not be. In a way this way of thinking is a type of procrastination. Life is too short to procrastinate. It's unhealthy. Yes, we must plan projects out, but being on overload allowing things to pile up, isn't healthy. Being a realist is necessary....so the downsizing continues. Being proactive is a must.
I'll gather up some dolls that need some tender loving care. I don't need these. I'll place them in a grocery bag and carry to the car when I have a burst of energy. While I am near my closet, I will take out an article or two to give away. When I can, I will eyeball some books and do the same. I'm not up to doing paperwork today. Not up to it at all.
No temp. Slightly nauseated. Coughing very little. A little light headed. Not hungry. Tired. Not achy. Praise the Lord, my right foot does not ache when I walk. A blessing to have as it has hurt so badly it affected my walking again. I started taking a different apple cider vinegar tab and I can't help but think it is helping me out. This anti-inflammatory substance does work for me. PTLord.
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