I remember how it all started about 5 weeks ago. It was at night and I had this feeling my people call “otutu n mu mi latinuwa” (Feeling cold from inside). It was bedtime so I was under the blanket already but I just couldn’t stop shivering. My husband got me some Ibuprofen and tucked the blanket more tightly around me with some body warmth. I finally slept off after about 20 minutes of shaking like a leaf that was about to fall off its stem..
The next few days were spent with this splitting headache that responded poorly to analgesics. I went to my mum’s place for dinner on my way home from work. I had asked her to make amala for me previously which I thoroughly enjoyed. You know you always want a repeat episode when you enjoy something? So I asked her to make the same thing for me the next day. The stew tasted so funny; almost like I was eating boiled pepper with a metallic taste. I had to ask her if it was the same one I ate the previous day.
After that came the muscle pain associated with weakness. It was like a tractor ran on top of me. I kept on wondering what was happening to me. I went to the laboratory to run a full blood count (to check for my blood levels and see if there was an infection) and a blood film for malaria test. The full blood count showed a moderate anaemia (low blood levels) a low white cell count and the malaria test was negative.
I went home still feeling dreadful. I sent a message to our infectious disease consultant Dr. Adekanmbi and Dr. Fowotade, our clinical virologist if they thought I needed a COVID-19 screening test. They were both not convinced that I needed one although Dr. Adekanmbi said she was going to send the team later. I called her back not to worry as I also did not think it was COVID-19.
By evening that day, I had gotten even worse. Note that I never had any cough. I called my mum to come over as I was feeling dreadful. I vomited that night and finally slept after eating little. I woke up a little better and I told my mum to go back home. It was after having my bath and using my body spray and perfume that I knew that temi ti bami!!(I was in for it!) I COULD NOT smell a thing. My perfumes are usually really strong and I didn’t smell anything. I tried smelling ginger and garlic – nothing.
I called Dr. Fowotade at that point and told her my symptoms. She jokes a lot normally so the first thing she said was, “aburo Coro ti wa e debi, o ti gba Coro l’alejo”😂 (My dear, Coro has finally come to visit you). I thought she was joking. In the next hour, the COVID-19 team was in my house and they had come to test me. The test is uncomfortable to take as they have to push in the swab deep into your nostrils and roll it around. A similar thing is done in the mouth that makes you feel like gagging. Just imagine them doing this 4 times for me during the course of this illness🤷♀️
I was still feeling weak with the headache and body pain. Dr. Fowotade monitored my results and we were on night vigil together till it came out. When the phone rang for her to tell me, she was like “Coro gan na lo ni o. Wa sara giri ni” (it is COVID you have and you just have to be strong). Several thoughts were running amok in my mind. Although I knew up to 90% of people will recover, how did I know which group I’ll fall into? Coupled with the fact that I’m an asthmatic patient.
I made the call to my husband and my sister who had to tell my mum. Those two calls have been the most difficult I’ve ever had to make. I told myself this was an opportunity to write to my loved ones just in case I didn’t make it so I started writing letters (COVID-19 messes with your mind like that). My isolation was done at home since I was home alone.
By the next day when Dr. Fowotade called and I told her I was writing letters, she said and I quote, “eni to ko letter iya na lo ma ka, to ma ya, o je lo ya letter radarada yen nisin kiakia, you’re going nowhere” (it is the person that has written nonsense letters that will read it by herself and tear them when she’s done). She encouraged me to be strong and speak positively.
I was given the recommended treatment as per the management protocol in Oyo state. I started steam inhalation with all the dogonyaro leaves my mum insisted on (or she’ll disown me..lol). I took lots of water with fruits and vegetables. I had to stop Zinc by third day because it was making me nauseous and I was throwing up (now I know what my patients on high doses of Zinc go through). Note that your management outline will be determined by the COVID-19 team in your state/hospital if you have confirmed COVID-19 infection. They will let you know what management protocol to follow and which drugs to use. So don’t go popping any unnecessary pills as a means of prevention if you have not been confirmed to have COVID-19 infection. You will be exposing yourself to the risk of side effects/adverse drug reactions without any protection cover against COVID-19 as there are no drugs for prevention of COVID-19.
By the third day, diarrhea started. Shortly after that, I developed hemorrhoids (what non healthcare workers call piles) The headache, muscle pain and malaise were still persisted. By the end of the first week, I had a mild sore throat. I was in isolation all alone at home with my mom bringing food and all I needed. By the second week, the symptoms started to improve. I left social media the first week but came back close to the end of the second week. I decided to spend the time writing all my educative posts and working on the books I’m writing. So if you have seen me frequently on SM these last weeks, it is because of COVID-19 and isolation.
The psychological aspect of COVID-19 is not discussed enough. I’m a health worker and I know how much this affected me and my family even though I knew the likelihood of recovery was high. I was not able to see my family for weeks. My children could not understand why they could not see mummy and why she was locked in because of ‘just’ headache. I could not tell them because my first child would just announce it in his online class😂. There were sometimes I burst out crying but I quickly wiped my tears because I knew it could have been worse. I did not want to be ungrateful to Allah.
By the third week, I was much better and I had a 3rd test done (I did one at the end of the second week too) but it was still positive! Frustration was beginning to set in. One funny thing with COVID-19 is that you feel better one minute and a few days later, it feels like symptoms are reappearing again. I was having new unexplainable symptoms like palpitations (undue awareness of heartbeat) and chest pain when lying down which I did not have earlier in the disease.
If there was one thing getting sick showed me, it is that my social capital is extremely strong and I am such a wealthy person. My mum cooked for me to the point that I was spoilt for choice. I just couldn’t eat much because the food had no taste. She was phenomenal and only God knows what I would have done without her. My husband was there supporting me all through and praying for me. He came home after the initial two weeks of isolation despite that I was still positive though he had to be extra careful and he wore face mask all through (na real in sickness and in health o😂)
My siblings, aunties and uncles (Aunty Amudat, Silifat, Nusrat, Alh Musa, Bro Kehinde, Tunji and Tunde) were in the prayer room throughout. Aunty Nusi sent me ‘obe dindin’ (fried stew) all the way from Ilorin. Khadijah made sure my children were well taken care of and Abass bought me something to look forward to post COVID-19. Ahmad and Aisha Ademola – my siblings from other parents were there all through.
My fathers and mothers never left me. My inlaws (Daddy, Bro Mus, Nas, Mikhail, Sis Ayo and their spouses) called and prayed for me everyday. My brother in law (Nas) and father (Alh Ibrahim Gold) sent me ‘Coro relief funds’. My fathers Alhaji Aliyu Shehu kept doing personal research on the next possible cure for Coro…lol and Alhaji Munir Ademola who kept boosting my immune system with all the fruits he was bringing for me that I could almost open a fruit shop (even though he didn’t believe I needed isolation as he did not like his daughter all alone). Barrister Fatai kept praying for me and sending words of encouragement. Alhaja Aisha Lawal, Bolanle Jaji, Bilikis Saidu, Sikirat Agbab, Khairah Gwadabe, Hafsah Lawal, Muslimat Ademola, Sali Balogun, Hawa Nasir and all my mothers.
My HOD Prof. Ogunbiyi, Prof George our head of unit, Drs. Adekambi and Orunmuyi, Drs. Adeleye, Raji, Ogah, Enigbokan, Dedeke and Edun, Dr. Abdussalam and all members of UCH medicine department, Dr Taiwo and Aunty Busola my big sisters and friend, I thank you for all the love and care. Dr. Alimi and Foluke Abdulrazaq, Mr and Mrs Peter Oni, Dr. Gafar, I am immensely grateful for all the love.
My friends both online and offline: Moyeni, Omolabake, Lamide, Ayobami, Femi Afolayan and Femi Ajayi, Sade, Kafayah, Rasheedah, Busola, Buchi, Bukky, Azeezah, Jibola, Fadeke, Ola, Jude, Dr. CJ, Dr. Debo, Gboyega, Kudirat, Kafayat, Tee Mode, Shola, Dami, Soji, Isoken, Eniola, Sis Kemi, Folake, Bola, Tayo, Dr. Moore, Tomi, Dr. Femi Longus, members of XVIII till checkout group and everyone that kept reading all the posts I was churning out this period. There was a day I kept on telling Femi Afolayan my friend, “Femi, I still can’t smell anything”. This yeye boy told me that, “you dey breathe abi? Na the koko be that. Forget that smelling anything”. 😂
Prof. Femi Ogunbiyi, Prof. Buhari, Dr. Bello (my daddy), Dr. Erere Otrofanowei my MM, Dr. Akinkugbe and Ayanlowo…I thank you for all the support. The Oyo state COVID-19 team was so supportive! They called me at least every 3 days initially for the first two weeks and later weekly to check up on me. My neighbor Mrs Omolola checked on me everyday! This is an inexhaustive list….too numerous to mention! My husband jocularly told his brother’s wife (who called me everyday) that my phone was a call center and they all had to wait turns to speak with the ‘celeb’ when she was constantly on call waiting when she tried getting through to me.
I was in isolation but never alone. I was surrounded by love and kindness which made everything bearable. The thought of how loved I was kept me company and made my heart so full all through my isolation. Truly, eniyan l’aso mi! I’m back to work now and although I still feel tired occasionally with headaches, each day keeps getting better than the previous and I know it is only a matter of time before I’m back to my previous strong and bubbly self by God’s grace. My sense of smell and taste returned two weeks after I tested positive.
Special thanks to Dr. Abike Fowotade, our virologist in UCH for all the support she gave me during this period.
This post is both an educational and appreciative post.
If I was ever told I could get COVID-19, I would have argued vehemently. My HOD kept making fun of me that “Shaki, I’m sure you thought you could never get it” because she heard the incredulity in my voice when I told her I got COVID. I was practicing hand hygiene, wearing facemask and practicing physical distancing. Thankfully, everyone in my family was negative including my close colleagues at work. I think one of the fear of healthworkers apart from getting infected is infecting their family and loved ones inadvertently. Who knows where I got it from?
Dr. Fowotade has told me that “ma so ibi timo rin irin gberegbere lo, ti mo fi lo ko Coro wale” (I’ll tell her where I gallivanted to that I got Coro from). Lol. She said I deserve to be questioned and put through a lie detector test.
Points to note – You can have COVID-19 without having a cough.
This disease is like a hydra headed disease and can present with almost anything.
After you recover, you may still have some of those symptoms you had when you were still positive (Post COVID-19 viral syndrome). I’ve read that up to 70 to 80% of people may have it even after recovery.
You can recover and get re-infected again. Previous infection does NOT confer immunity, so ensure you continue all the protective measures against COVID-19. I know of someone who had recovered with a negative test and has been re-infected again. And yes, the person has new symptoms. Don’t be careless.
If you do get it, don’t panic and do all you are told to do by the healthcare workers managing you. The likelihood of recovery is much higher than severe infection or dying especially if you don’t have any underlying long term illness.
On a lighter note, don’t go fighting anyone if your food starts tasting funny with a metallic taste (it may just be COVID-19). I will miss all the peppered snails and gizzard that Alhaja Gold was whipping out every other day. My tastebuds are cooperating better now (We’ll beg her to continue)
Coro is a what? Coro is a real bastard walahi.
I decided to write this as a healthcare worker for the doubting thomases who still feel that COVID-19 does not exist. I also was encouraged to write by my husband and friend Fadeke who believed that as a health care worker, people will be enlightened if I write it.
Keep safe people. Practice all the protective measures. It costs you nothing and the consequences of not protecting yourselves might be grave if care is not taken. Although most people will recover, who knows where you’ll fall into within the spectrum? Better to be safe than sorry please. Mortality in one person, is 100% for that family. Don’t be added to the statistics.
P.S…If you’ve had COVID-19 and you recovered, can you let me know in the comments section if you’re still feeling unwell at times and the kind of symptoms you’re having? Thank you!
Thank God you are now well chief
This your covid-19 story is humourous yet educative
Thank you so much 🤗🤗🤗
Salamun’alaykum wa rahmatullah Doctor Shaki. I’m Abdulmujeeb Muhammad-Olodo. @its_opeyemi on Twitter. I thank Allah swt for granting you shi’fa. May he continue to keep you and all of us safe. I’m just getting to know you even had Covid in the 1st place and upon getting to the part where you mentioned writing letters to your loved ones, I couldn’t help but remember the quick interaction we had on the streets of Twitter when you mentioned that your biggest wish is to return to Allah “empty” in terms of knowledge and money. I’m grateful you’re still around and hopefully will continue to disseminate both to the best of your ability.
It’s really great you had all these people that cared for you during the period. Alhamdulillah. Indeed “eniyan l’aso yin”. May Allah bless us all and not test us than our Iman can bear. Stay safe ma’am.
Alhamdulilah robil alamin for everything. May Allah SWT bless you abundantly. Amin ya Allah. I really appreciate it.
This was such a mix of emotions packed in one. It’s incredible to read just how important it is to have deep and extensive social capital. I’m so happy to hear to hear you’re fully recovered. A lot of us have tried to live in denial that what we once thought was a mild flu or stress was most likely Covid. Ultimately, your story is inspiring as always. Well done chief!
Thank you so much Tolulope. It is important to have a good social capital. We thank God for everything
Alhamdulillah my sister. God is Great
Thank you so much! Alhamdulilah
I know I have it. I started coughing 6 weeks ago but the cough stopped after two or three weeks. Now though, I wake up everyday just feeling more unwell than the last day. I’ve not done the required test and I’m not going to do it, but I’m sure it’s Coro. I have an underlying health condition so I’m just on twitter all day waiting for the cold hands of death to snatch me away soon.
Please I beg you, get tested. You’ll be fine. Just take lots of fluid and other suggested medications by the health care team if you test positive. Take care of yourself. God be with you
I’m very glad you’re fine now ma. Who would have been dishing us daily dermatology stuff and general life tips. May God continue to keep you and the family. We love you ma
Love you too. Thank you for always reading
Hi Kunle,I know how depressing and frustrating it can be having to fight ailments. I grew up anemic and it was a struggle. Please don’t give you can and will overcome. The world needs you. Even if I haven’t met you personally I love you and care for you. Please get in touch. All the best.
He’ll be fine by God’s grace. I hope he has presented to the hospital now. Praying for him.
Please don’t just wait for death….. is there something you have worth fighting for? Kindly get tested please. Don’t deprive the world of the awesome being that is you.
I wish I could find a way to get in touch. May the Good Lord heal him. Amen.
Hi Kunle,
Just out of curiosity, why is that the only outcome you foresee?
Se you will gist with me before death comes?
Will you leave me a way i can contact you?
I hope he’ll contact you. Praying for him
Hi Kunle,I know how depressing and frustrating it can be having to fight ailments. I grew up anemic and it was a struggle. Please don’t give you can and will overcome. The world needs you. Even if I haven’t met you personally I love you and care for you. Please get in touch. All the best.
Pele Shaki. The lord will keep and strengthen you. My hubby is presently in an isolation unit and my children and I are all isolating at home. He tested positive on Friday. He presently has no symptoms by the grace of God.
Amen! Thank you Desola. He’ll be fine by God’s grace
Grateful for your life and glad you have made full recovery. Ogun ti oluwa ti se, ko ni gberi mo!
My mentor! Thank you so much for everything
Thanks to God for His mercies and benevolence over you
I am so glad you are feeling better
Thank you so much sis!
Awnnn all Glory be to God. 🙏🏽
Thanks Uncle Femi Femo. For everything!
Thank God for everything
Congrats on beating COVID. Thank God for life.
Thank you so much. God bless you
Thanks babe❤
Congratulations Shaki for making it true. I am so glad for you. And indeed the psychological effects of Covid are often under emphasized.
Thanks a lot sis. We thank God for everything! We need to pay more attention to the psychological effects.
Thank God for full recovery. And glad your family is good too.
Thanks my friend. God bless you
Had almost similar symptoms………….. Went for malaria test and I had resistant malaria. I treated all the symptoms attached to it and I m okay now. All thanks to God.
Glad you’re okay. Thank God for everything.
Alhamdulillah for the recovery. May Allah protect you from any post Covid-19 complications and protects us from all afflictions.
Thank you so much aburo mi. May Allah SWT bless you with the best of this life and the hereafter. Amin.
Oh my goodness!
Shaki Mama!!!
I was scared stiff!!!
I can’t thank God enough for granting you a full recovery.
And thank God especially for protecting your mom from this.
Oluwa eseun.
Ejiro Oghene from Facebook.
Thank you so much Jiro. God bless you abundantly. Love to the family
It’s the point where You started mentioning names that brought me close to tears…
Truly, eniyan laso.
We are nothing without the people who matter to us.
I thank God for Your recovery Doc.
Eniyan ni o. May we always be clothed. I am grateful for all the love. Thanks a lot
I am so happy for you. Glad you had amazing support and didn’t have to go through this alone. Thanks for sharing. Stay healthy
Thank you so much! God bless you
I’m so glad we still have our Dr. Gold! Thank you for sharing this heartfelt and educative piece ❤️
Thank you awesome Dr. Peters. God bless you
Thanking God with you for the healing.
Hmmmm! Shaki so happy you are back on your feet, although I never for once doubted Covid 19 isn’t real, but after reading your write up I know we shouldn’t let our guards down! Let us keep staying safe! Congratulations & I wish you complete & total recovery
Thank you so much sis. It is real o. God keep us all.
Thank you so much Dr. Enoch. God bless you
Thank God for your life chief
Thank you so much Dr. AbdulGaffar. God bless you abundantly
Alhamdulilah for His mercies. Thank God you beat CoVID-19. I had the test about 3 weeks ago following exposures from colleagues. Thank God it came back NEGATIVE but the sample collection is very discomforting.
Again, we are happy you are back on your feet.
Very discomforting! I had to do it 4 times. I’m.glad you came out negative. Thank God for everything
Alhamdulillah you are better and back to work
May Allah grant you the best of everything
Pele
My darling sis. Ese modupe. For EVERYTHING!
Oh my! Alhamdulillah – indeed, which of the mercies of Allah will you deny? I feel so insensitive to have tagged you on all my recent #covid19stopswithme videos…the timing must have been really akward. I’m so happy it is all over now..please take things easy and slow…thanks for sharing your story and educating us! I am hopeful that it will win some “doubting Thomases” over. And I learnt one big one re: social capital…family is indeed, everything!
Please don’t feel bad sis. You were just educating. God bless you abundantly
Wow. Shaki. I’m so.sorry you went through this. I’m super glad you beat it!!! This just reinforced my decision to keep safe despite all the lax attitude I see all around me.
I’m so glad you feel better now. Thank the God of all good things.
Enyimo. We need to keep safe. God bless you abundantly sis. Take care of yourself
So grateful for your life ma. May God perfect your healing and continue to keep you. Amen
Thank you so much!amen and Amen
Weldone for sharing your story Shaki and thank God that you are better now. I can’t begin to imagine what was going through your mind, I suffer from mild asthma so the fear of catching covid has been real for me. I know quite a number of people who have had covid and 1 person described it as demonic because of the symptoms she had, she said she felt like she was battling for her life and the symptoms are just all over the place. She also tested positive again after testing negative and reported symptoms even after testing negative. Me and my first son had a scare recently too especially my son as he was actually ill for a while but we are good now and I am just grateful whether that’s what it was or not. I pray God takes away covid completely very soon.
I’m so sorry for the scare. God will keep us all. I agree with the person. The symptoms are all over the place. I hope you’re doing okay now? Thank God for everything
Alhamdulillah for Shifa’ah. Good health is truly underrated. This goes to show we can never be too careful in this Corona Pandemic.
We can’t o. We thank God for everything. God bless you
Thank God you are healed 🙏 🙌 ❤ ✨
We thank God for everything! Thanks a lot
I’m glad you’re good boss.
Oluwa a ma sho gbogbo wa
Thank you my omo. God bless you.
I am grateful that you are much better now Ma. There is always a Silver Lining… For instance I just got to know you better this past few weeks via Twitter despite having been one of your numerous house officers during your Residency days at LUTH. I am not sure you were one of my faves back then. But now? I Stan pa!
Please continue giving us Twitter Anecdotes before we send Baba luaye (or is it Sonponna) to visit you with another bout of Koro. Just kidding o! 😁
I wish you Good Health now and Always.
Thank you very much for sharing your story.
May GOD Bless and keep you and your loved ones.
SefeOluwa Ade-Ajayi née Oyelude.
@1dimpl
Lol@ not being one of your faves. Interns could be really naughty and I was in charge of HO posting.
Thanks a lot. God bless you. Don’t send Saponna o
I am so grateful to God for your recovery. Please stay safe and God bless your mum. Love from an old FGGCO class mate.
God bless you sis. Thank you so much. Nice to connect again. Take care
Alhamdulillah Senior Shaki Gold, may Allah strengthen you more.😁.
Senior Shaki🙆♀️
Thank you so much. God bless you
I’m really happy you recuperated. Glory be to God.
Sufffice to say that aside being very knowledgeable, and always dishing out great nuggets on twitter, you’re a very good Writer.
Congrats ma.
Thank you so much for your kind words. God bless you abundantly 🤗
Thank God u murdered the covid, God’s protection on u and ur family, pele dear, I can imagine what u went tru, total recovery in Jesus name, God bless Mumsy with long life and good health, she will never weep over anyone of u in Jesus name, it is well Shaki my cooking partner and thanks for sharing ur experience.
Thank you Serah Ogbe. My paddy from long time. My cooking partner of life. God bless you abundantly
We were praying for you Hajia. I mentioned my suspicions about you to my husband 2 weeks ago. A dupe lowo olorun for good recovery. With long life and good health will God satisfy you.
My darling sis. A dupe lowo Olohun. Thank God for everything. God bless you sis. Aku orire na. A ba wa kale
I’m very glad you’re here and well. Mo dupe. As usual, you are the funniest and most serious doctor. Alhamdulilahi
Thank you so much. Ose gan
Alhamdulillahi for your health, may Almighty Allah grant you complete shifah.
Thank you so much sis. God bless you abundantly.
Wow
Alhamdulillah you’re a really brave person .I ‘ve gained alot from your post in the last 5 weeks ma and i am glad you’re feeling better .
Thanks a lot for your kind words. God bless you abundantly
All praise and adoration are due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds who has kept you safe and blessed you with your loved ones. I’m probably too emotional as I had a few tears in my eyes while reading your write up. I’m really glad you’re safe. Keep being your awesome self.
Thank you so much. God bless you abundantly. You’re fabulous too
Thank God for your life Dr Gold.
Thank you so much. God bless you
Am happy for you and praise be to Allah who protect you from COVID19, may Allah SWT protect us all and heal the world.
Amin ya Allah. Thank you so much. God bless you abundantly
Thank God you are fine now chief! 🤗
Ose gan ni Moyo. God bless you
Congratulations for recovery Big sis.
May Allah countinue to be with you and family.
And may Allah be with all your loved ones Amin 🙏
Thanks a lot sis. God bless you abundantly.
Thank God you are better now. May Allah perfect your health.
In as much as this is a post about Covid 19, I actually decided about the social capital aspect,being surrounded and loved with good people is something we don’t fully appreciate until we are in some situations.
Lesson learnt : Build good relationships , it’s doesn’t feel great to be alone during isolation
And yeah, take precautions
Corona is real
Thank you for the post,ma
It is extremely important. We are as wealthy as the people we have surrounding us. God bless you abundantly
Congratulations dear. Glad to hear your out of the proverbial woods.
Lovely write up.
Thank you for everything chief. Holding the unit. And all the love.
Anty Shaki…many thanks to Allah , may his protection and mercy be with you and the rest of us. Thanks for sharing this experience.
Ose aburo mi atata. God bless you
Thank God for your recovery and thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you so much. God bless you
Hmmm I can’t believe you were going through all this while we were reading your post all the while. Alhamdulillah for everything. May Allah continue to ease our affairs. Ameen.
Thank you so much sis. May Allah SWT bless you abundantly
My best doctor 😉 thank God for his grace over your life and for a strong support system. Am happy to hear you made it through.
I’m sure this is Mrs. Anoliefo! Thank you so much. I hope you’re doing okay? God bless you
Alhamdulillah for His mercy on you saki may Allah complete his shifa on you and may you and your family never witness sickness again bijai laola….
Thanks a lot sis. God bless you abundantly
Thank God for his healing hands upon your life. I learnt the importance of a very healthy social capital from this post. May God continue to protect you and your loved ones.
Thank you so much. God bless you
Wow! Feels like I just finished reading a fiction. Alhamdulilahi that you scaled through and many thanks you for this educative and entertaining post. Pele Shaki. I admire your strength and wisdom in channelling your isolation period into creativity. May Allah grant you complete shifa and be with your family.
Alhamdulilah robil alamin sis. Thank you so much for everything. We thank Allah. God bless you abundantly. Xx
Gosh! I had severe goosebumps reading this. Thank you Shaki. Thanking Allah, the most gracious and merciful for sparing your life. Thank you to all the ebi and ojulumo that stood by as you battled this virulent scourge. I am happy o. My happiness cannot be quantified.
Sis. Ese modupe. Thanks for everything! God bless you and yours abundantly
Glad you came out victorious, it wasn’t an easy experience, glad also that your social capital was topnotch, that’s part of the drugs needed while treating the covid-19.
Kudos to the medical team and family for being proactive and supportive with all necessary materials needed. Remain strong olori.
So happy your revitalization is fast tracking rapidly. May we not have a portion of it anymore. Kudos to tj, always trust him for his immense support. A stronger mumu button activation in shaa Allahu 😂😂🙏🙏🙏
Only one person says mumu button apart from TJ. Lol
Thanks bro. God bless you
Wowwwww! WHAT an experience! Dr Gold! i am really glad you are okay now.Thank God for his mercies.
Thank you so much Dr. Akidele. God bless you abundantly
Thank God for recovery dear, it can’t have been easy, especially for people like you. I think the experience is worse for healthcare workers because they know so much.
In all, we give thanks to God almighty.
Exactly! The health workers scare. Thanks a lot sis!
Alhamdullilah sis…May Allah ease all our affairs and continue to protect and guide us all.
Egbon mi❤❤❤
I love you
I am grateful to God on your behalf Shaki.May your strength be renew everyday Amen!
Congratulation!
Thanks Ibilola. God bless you. Amen
I am so glad you recovered. You write very well. I had so many mixed emotions reading this, from shock to being overwhelmed then loved and back to shock again (shock like, na me be this 😁). Thanks for sharing your experience, and continue keeping safe.
Your ardent Twitter follower 🙂
Thank you so much. God bless you. For always reading. Keep safe
We thank God for his unending mercies and healing. May God continue to protect you and your family from any fatal plague. You will continue to bask in the fullness of his glory. So sorry you had to go through all of that. It is well my sister.
Makay! We miss you. Thanks a lot my brother. Be safe
Alhamdulilah,thank God you are feeling better
Thank you so much. God bless you
Thank God you’re better now Ma.
Thanks a lot Malcolm. God bless
It is overwhelming reading all that experience both bitter and sweet. I am happy to hear you are doing fine. Thank God for his mercies and your robust social support.
I also had some feeling of unwell about 4 months back and I knew I was not myself. I recovered after some days. I still feel it might have been Covid-19 although I didn’t have a test done. But I am now myself. And I have been taking all necessary precautions till now.
Thanks a lot Tayo. God keep us all. Amen
Thank you for the write up. I had it about 3weeks+ ago. My symptoms were mild starting with fever and retro-orbital pain, coupled with this tingling sensation in my nose. Thereafter, I had anosmia and loss of taste. The most difficult one for me was the palpitations and the crushing chest pains, I noticed balm (Robb) worked for that chest pain. There was also a point that I had respiratory distress and at that point, I thought that’s the end, but it resolved spontaneously after like 30 minutes. Luckily, we were on strike during the time I had it, if not, I probably would have infected most of my coworkers and my patients. I was told to isolate at home all through and the state drug regime is similar to what you listed. I just hope people will adhere to ncdc guidelines, but too bad we are in Nigeria. In my own case, I was able to trace the source of infection to my next door neighbor!! My handle is @drmoskito36 on Twitter
I’m glad you’re okay now. Thank God for everything! Will look out for you.
Thank God you’re okay now. It can be really scary. God bless you
Alhamdulillah, you are better now. May Allah not take away our sound health in the name of test, aameen.
Amen! Thank you so much. God bless you
Salam Alaykum Dr Gold. Alhamdulilahi you’re better and back on your feets. My mum who works with the state rapid response team down here picked up Covid-19 and i was unlucky to pick it up from her. This happened in June but till July ending i still feel unwell and weak. Despite testing negative on two Different occasions. Alhamdulilahi am now okay. May Allah continue to protect us.
Awww. I’m so sorry. I’m glad you’re doing much better now. Please take care of yourself. God be with us all
So sorry to hear this. I hope you and mum are fine now? God be with you. Thank you so much
So glad you are better sis. This had a good ending!
It did! Thank God for everything. Thanks sis
Hello.
I read your story, and I am so grateful to God that I didn’t present all these symptoms i read here.
Aug 4th, I was dizzy all morning, but attributed it to hunger from not eating the night before. The next day, the body aches and fatigue set in, and overnight I had a fever of 104°F, and chills. I started taking Ibuprofen, and my manager at work called and advised me to take a covid19 test.
Saturday, 8th Aug, i went to a walgreens rapid testing site and got tested. 45mins later, i was told on the phone that i had coro. I was advised to call my PCP(Primary Care Physician) or call 911 at any time if i felt i could not breathe. I returned home and went into isolation. Funny enough, once i knew it was Coro, my there was a peace that came upon me. Like, “the worst has kuku happened”, and after that day, the fever, chils and body aches stopped. But the headache? That headache was legendary! It felt like a 50kg weight was inside my head, pressing on my brain. My eyes hurt too, just from moving them.
By Aug 15th, i was symptom free. I had a couple of times when i coughed and brought up phlegm, but it wasn’t boits of coughing. Just individual coughs, every two days or so. I was able to take 1hr brisk walks every evening. I got tested again on Friday, Aug 21st and it was negative.
Whereas my experience was somewhat mild, I am not unmindful of that fact that others had it much worse. I know friends, colleagues, who have lost members of their family to covid. And hearing from someone last week, who had just tested positive for the 4th time sonce thos whole pandemic began just floored me.
Please, people, the coronavirus is real! Protect yourselves o!
Thank you so much for this narrative. Wow. I’m glad you’re fine o. Coro is a real bastard. I had the test 4 times. And I’m so sorry about your friend’s family members.
We thank God for our experience. It could have been much worse.
I know that feeling of “the worst has happened o”😂😂
That headache is legendary. I still have bouts of it till now.
God bless you abundantly and be with you and yours.
Thank God for life. I had it as well, I’m a doctor. The swabbing is sooo undiscomforting Kai. Symptoms were mild and i realised I couldnt smell from my olowo iyebiye perfume also. I panicked after 2nd test came positive even though symptoms resolved initially, the irritation in throat restarted 2days before repeat test.
God I return all the glory to You. I’m so grateful to be okay now
😂😂😂😂 @Olowoyebiye. That thing is creepy!!!!
Thank God you’re fine now. Take care of yourself. Thanks a lot
I had it and was in the isolation centre for two weeks and at a point, battled for my life. Tested negative in July and now I’m sure I have it again. I’ve recently started feeling symptoms and I’m quite sure it’s here again.
I wear my masks always, people laugh at me that I even overdo it. Why am I the one having it twice? I’m almost depressed at this point.
I’m glad you’ve recovered. Keep being safe sis.
I’m so sorry. I’m still feeling dreadful at times too. I can understand how you feel. I will remember you in my prayers. Please don’t be sad. You will get through this. ❤
Pls don’t be discouraged, I tried as much as I could as well. You will surmount this.
God will help you, you will see🤗
Thanks a lot. Praying for her too.
Wow! Alhamdullilah Rabil Alamin. Thank God for the opportunity to write this an9 not have it written. I am so happy for you and your family for this victory over COVID. Thank you for sharing your experience, I really hope this enlightens a lot of people and convince the doubting Thomas out in the world. Thank you for sharing this ray of hope for those still battling with COVID.
I pray that Allah makes this your last episode of COVID and indeed your family too.
Congratulations and thank you for the educative posts too, yours is one of the few notifications I look forward too and thoroughly and enjoy and always learn something from.
I most definitely can not wait to read your book.
Awww sis. It is so nice to read from you. Please send me your no on Facebook so I can give you a call. Your words will make me keep writing. They motivate me. Thank you so much. May Allah SWT grant you the best of this life and the hereafter. Amin. Love to the family.
Thank God for life!
Thank God for life! 🤗🤗
Alhamdulilahi robilialameen on your behalf Doc. That was quite emotional and thank you for the courage to share your experience with us. This will surely encourage some people do take precautions . My immediate brother also got infected and it was so draining emotionally for the family so I can relate.
You are such an inspiration to this generation.
Regards
I’m so sorry for what the family went through. And I’m glad that he’s fine too. Thank you for your kind words.
OLUWAshakirat, Thanking God on your behalf for the recovery, Oluwaseun.
Thank you also for taking time out to pen down your experience, very educative amd insightful as always. God bless mummy, hubby and all the beautiful humans that rallied round you during this period.
Stay blessed and safe dear sis 🙏 ❤
Thank you so much sis. God bless you abundantly. The response to this post makes me feel happy that I wrote it. Glad you enjoyed reading it sis❤
Congratulations sis, I’m grateful to God and happy that you pulled through. I can totally relate with what you went through.
I had similar symptoms and was diagnosed of covid in May. I was eventually able to return to work after about 7weeks, 4positive swabs and one hospital admission. The muscle ache was like I had multiple fractures and the fatigue was indescribable. I had aguesia and anosmia and I kept stooling and vomiting…. My potassium was 2.6mmol on admission. I had terrible fever, cough and sorethroat. The palpitation was on another level, I still have palpitations even though my 5th swab came back negative and I get tired easily and breathless on exertion.
I couldn’t tell my family until the end of the 2nd week … May God bless my FaF… Indeed, eniyan ju owo lo.
Covid is indeed real and it is a terrible thing. May God continue to protect us.
Wow sis! I thank God for everything. I’m so glad you’re okay now. I’m thankful we made it out okay. COVID-19 is indeed real with a wide spectrum of symptoms. Thank you for sharing your story! Will talk to you soon
Alhamdulilah robbil alamin. I am so glad . You know I love reading from you and couldn’t stop my hands from clicking this. Thank God. Allah will give you complete shifaa ore. 🥰. Pele Sorry. It’s an adventure of laive
Thank you so much sis. May Allah SWT grant you the best of this life and the hereafter. Amin.
Wow..Shaki! Thank God you are fine now. Thank God for you. We all must be careful and take precautions.
Thank you so much sis! We thank God for everything.
Wow! I never knew you were Covided!
One usually does not know how enjoyable good health is until one falls ill. Glad to know you are better. You shall recover completely. Remain the blessing you are.
Amen. Thank you so much. God bless you abundantly
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