.DashaBurns: My coronavirus symptoms were 'mild.' Young people who want to end quarantine — read this first.
Still, my world suddenly became very small. My husband and I realized we now needed to fully quarantine. We had already been staying home except for the occasional trip to get essentials — but now even getting those was going to be a challenge. Figuring that out became my husband’s job as my symptoms got much worse.
My fever hovered above 102 and I couldn’t get it down for days. The headaches and body aches that accompanied it became unbearable. I felt like all my joints were arthritic. I couldn’t sleep at night and I was immobile all day. The fatigue was extreme. When the fever finally broke, my respiratory issues got worse and it hurt to breathe. At one point, I had about 24 hours of reprieve and then the symptoms came back with a vengeance. I added extreme nausea to my repertoire.
In total, these symptoms lasted more than 18 days. The relentlessness of this disease was the hardest part. But even as I drowsily scrolled Twitter and Instagram in bed, I saw images of spring breakers crowding beaches, of large groups picnicking in the park, of people gathering in apartments. Now, some
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