How I Overcame CoVid19

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 Prior to having CoVid, I was one of those feeling immortals who think that I will never get infected by this virus. I was thinking that I have these antibodies because I have sinusitis, I always take 30ml of virgin coconut oil, I expose my skin to the sunlight every 9AM for 10 minutes, and 2000mg of vitamin C. Basta akala ko iyang mga iyan lang ang kailangan ng katawan ko para maprotektahan sa virus. Pero I was wrong. 

On the 18th of August, my mom told me that dad is having a cough, he was not having any fever but was not advised to report to work since he is a PUI( Person Under Investigation). He was not isolating himself, he was still engaging with us every morning, then on the 20th of August, he already has a fever. That was the time that I thought he should be isolated. He got his check-up with a doctor, the doctor gave him an anti-biotic - CoAmoxiclav.

On the 22nd of August, it was the last day of my work. I felt so heavy and having just a bit of a headache. As in hindi sya ganun kasakit, pero ramdam ko 'yung init ng katawan ko pero hindi din ganun kainit. I then told mom about my situation, and she said she was also feeling heavy. So there, I already am sure that dad has the virus. Naisip ko, paano yun, wala pa kaming vaccine ni mommy? Si dad kumpleto na, pero tinamaan pa din sya ng virus.

Good thing, it was my rest day the following day. I was thinking of how are we going to overcome this situation and how did dad get the virus? You see, hindi ako nahawa sa ibang tao kahit na lumalabas ako ng bahay kasi never naman ako dumikit sa tao sa labas. I got the virus from my dad.

On the 25th of August, my mom said that we should consult with a doctor via the CDC Patient app. You can view the link here. She said this is what my aunties and grand did when they had the virus. We chose Dr. Seigfried Galang, M.D. He gave us our early home treatment and so we purchased all of the medicines and food supplements that were prescribed by Dr. Galang.

To be honest, I only had a mild fever starting from August 22 - 26 and it was always on 37C and never exceeded 38C. Dr. Galang said to let our body fight the fever alone and only take paracetamol when our fever reached 40C. I would say all his prescriptions were working. On the 27th of August, I lost my sense of smell, but I still have my taste buds. 

On the 28th day of August, my mom contacted our Chinese doctor since 1997 on FaceBook. We had a video call with the doctor, told him everything that we are experiencing at that time, and were given herbal medicines that we need to boil in an earthen pot. Yes, it needs to be in an earthen pot or palayok in Tagalog. The herbal medicine tastes bitter, but it made us all feel better and my sense of smell came back after 2 days.

On the 31st of August, we contacted Dr. Galang again from the CDC app, were advised to continue the prescribed medicine for 5 more days, which was a total of 10 days from August 25th. We should be good by September 4, but we still continued the herbal medicine until September 11. On the 15th of September, we had our antigen test and we were all tested negative. Yay! We were still wearing face masks inside the house until the 26th of September. My dad went back to work on the 27th and everything went back to normal. We have only spent more or less 20,000PhP.

It was an experience where I felt frightened with my life. Kasi yung ibang kakilala ko namamatay na lang bigla sa cardiac arrest. Wala kami ibang maisip kung anong reason ng cardiac arrest nila but CoVid19. So all those nights that I had the virus, I prepared myself that it could be my last night. That I would never wake up the next day. Thankfully, I am here, sharing my experience with the CoVid19.

So to everyone reading this, please always take care of yourselves. With or without a vaccine, you can still be infected by this virus. Wear face mask all the time when outside the house. Huwag po nating ilalabas ang ilong para maka hinga ng sariwang hangin dahil natatakpan ng face mask or else, maaaring mahawa tayo sa nadadaanan nating mga tao. I remember Dr. Galang said he is still not convinced by the effectiveness of the vaccine, but for me, it is still best to take the risk of getting the vaccine to make yourself immune to the virus.

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