I’m in isolation for six more days, and The Engineer is quarantined as well. Meanwhile, Poor Mom gets fourteen days in her room, though thankfully they started counting from last Tuesday’s visit.
Yesterday I noticed I was feeling a bit worse. Not I-can’t-breathe-go-to-the-hospital bad, just … worse.
Mostly I’m just tired. After every small task, I need a little sit-down and a cup of tea. Compare this to Saturday, when we prepared a raspberry bed. I dug the 9’x18″ plot while The Engineer planted trellises.
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Now, I do something, and then sit down. It reminds me of when I was in chemo. Then, as now, I experienced few of the dreadful symptoms that go along with the illness and treatment. I was just exhausted.
And then, as now, the awareness of how lucky I am remains foremost in my mind.
So, I rest on the couch and drink tea I can’t taste. It’s still comforting, though the loss of smell and taste is slightly worse too.
When I try to sniff the eucalyptus oil, I don’t even feel it in the back of my throat.
Cooking is interesting right now. Today I made spaghetti sauce with lots of onion, peppers, and garlic.
How weird is it to cry from the onions you’re chopping but smelling?
On the bee news front, today we’ll treat give the bees their third Oxalic Acid treatment. We didn’t see much of a mite drop after the last one, which is a good sign.
It’s getting warmer, at least temporarily (this weekend, the nights are going below freezing again), and the girls have been quite active, even bringing in pollen
My co-beekeeper took this picture yesterday. Isn’t she beautiful?
The Byrd and the Bees 
I’m so sorry you’re still feeling so crappy. Do be gentle with yourself. While I’m not suggesting anything doomy, this is something that has affected otherwise healthy people in very grave ways, and I hope to see my friend fit and well out the other side of it.
Just look at that lovely girl with her pollen saddlebags. She’s so shiny!
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Thanks Kate. Just doing a little, then sitting little. Not pushing anything. So glad I work for a company with a procedure and policy that emphasizes caution.
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Sorry you’re feeling crummy but glad you’re not feeling totally horrible. Drink lots of tea, rest a lot, and hopefully you’ll be able to taste and smell again soon!
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That’s what I’m doing!
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So tough to have caught it now! Take care of yourself, I am glad the symptoms have been mild.
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Thanks. Yeah, I’m grateful too. Just so tired. Such a strange thing to affect everyone so differently.
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That is the scariest part. Will I sail through or have a really tough time?….enough to want a vaccine even though one isn’t fool proof.
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Oh, I want a vaccine, for sure! Can’t get one until a month after I recover though. Nurse said the reaction can be really bad if done earlier. Oh, well, I’ll have antibodies for at least three months.
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