Covid-19 Diary: Temporary Anosmic

Kami punya group WhatsApp yang isinya terdiri dari relawan dan penyintas Covid. Di group ini at least ada 1-2 orang baru tiap hari, which means, emang corona jenis delta ini penularannya sangat cepat. Dan dari aku masuk, 5 hari lalu, baru 1 orang yang sembuh dari covid. Tiap hari kami harus laporan gejala apa saja yang muncul, misalnya batuk, pilek, diare, dan lain-lain. Semua yang di sini memang bergejala ringan, and most of us is anosmic. Hanya beberapa yang indera penciuman dan pengecapannya normal.

For me, finally, my cough has started to go away in the last two days, but it is not completely gone. I got a fever at night. I'm okay so far, but I'm anosmic. Kena covid ngajarin aku gimana caranya survive tanpa ngecium bau, toh cuman beberapa hari atau minggu. Sekarang aku baru tahu gimana rasanya jadi orang-orang yang beneran anosmia dari lahir.

COVID-19 Diary: I Wanna Puke, Literally

Not a lot of people write about their experience on covid, I guess. So, here I am. I have got nothing to do, my doctor said I should not think much about work, so I would love to write here to kill time.

First off, I'm not sure whether my symptoms began on Tuesday or Thursday. On Tuesday (22/06), I felt ill, but it was a usual ill because I just felt like I was exhausted. I think my immune system had decreased since then because I did not feel as healthy as usual. I got a bit dizzy on Wednesday and also lack of sleep because I needed to go to the airport in the witching hour. I was back in Malang on Thursday morning and worked in the afternoon. I got a cough and flu on Thursday. Then, I felt completely sick on Friday, but I decided to go to work because I thought I still could make it and it was just my usual sick (because we got sick sometimes right).

The symptoms got worse on Sunday, though I still went out to have a cuppa with some friends (my friends got tested after I told them that I'm positive, I'm glad they are negative). Dad told me to go to the doctor on Tuesday if I'm not getting better. I prepared myself for the worst on Monday night. When I result of the test is positive, I was like, akhirnya kena juga. It didn't shock me because I prepared myself.