October 2022, was when I purchased longcovid.nz. I can tell you exactly what life was like back then, because it consisted of the couch, and my bed. I purchased the domain – in hopes that I would write about my miraculous recovery story.
See, at this stage, I was 3 months in. I know the exact date I caught COVID, and I could probably narrow it down to a 2-hour long period. It was Monday the 23rd of May sometime between 7pm and 9pm. Here in New Zealand, you still wore masks in Ubers and people were staying home when they were sick – or that was the theory.
We’d been out of the lockdown/restriction period for some time. New Zealand was under what was the “Orange” level of the somewhat new traffic light system. But realistically, life – as we knew it was getting back to normal.
On the 23rd of May, myself, my partner and a couple of friends were heading to the “Spring Fling” at Auckland Museum. Effectively speed dating for people who like cool things like the museum. And that’s where it happened. First time I’d been around people without a mask since New Zealand had “beat COVID” in 2020, and little did I know it, but also one of the last places I’d go as a normal person.
It took me down first. Early morning May 27th, I was running a high fever and a sore throat, and the two lines on the RAT were practically instant. I’m not going to lie, the day was rough, but I have had head colds that are worse. My partner started feeling it that night, and that evening, she was just as bad as I was.
I’m not going to lie, it was a pretty fun week. We sat at home, eating Uber Eats, drinking Dunkin Iced Coffee and watching TV. My camera reel contains nothing but food and pictures of my partner pulling funny faces. We definitely weren’t on our deathbeds and we were just waiting for the isolation period to end.
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