Well, it finally happened. A couple of weeks ago, I tested positive for COVID-19. After I had managed to go roughly three years without officially contracting it, the Covid virus finally caught up to me. It was probably inevitable, as I suspect everyone will be exposed to it and catch in eventually.
I’ve seen lots of people from all walks of life share a positive COVID diagnosis on social media, and it’s often met with sadness and fear. Not me. I was sick, yes, but I knew I’d make it through it. It’s hard to write about COVID for three years without picking up a significant amount of data.
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How’s it going it? Well, it’s been rough at times. On the last Sunday of February, I spent pretty much the entire day in bed. In fact, I didn’t write anything here at PJ Media the entire day. I just couldn’t do it. Ever since, it’s been a bit of a struggle to have the energy to write as much as I had before. That was the toughest part. But, I’ve slowly been getting better, cycling through almost every possible cold symptom there is, from headaches to a really bad sore throat to congestion, fevers — you name it. I barely had an appetite, and through the first week or so, I lost seven pounds — which is probably the only thing I can’t complain about.
As I said, not writing (or writing less) at PJ Media has been the most difficult part of my recovery. Writing daily has become a lifestyle for me, and not being able to write at my usual pace has been a struggle. Before I started reporting at PJ Media, I was in architecture, and I wasn’t in love with the work. Since I’ve been with PJ Media, I feel like I’m doing something important: we’re defending our country from internal forces that want to destroy it, and we’re holding the media accountable.
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