Conquering Covid
I'm well now.
After nearly 3 weeks of my family and me dancing with Covid, we have conquered it.
On September 19th, my daughter started feeling unwell.
And she rarely feels sub par. Since I pushed her out of my womb, she's been like the Energizer Bunny. (Energizer is an American battery company, and the adverts have this bunny representing.)
That weekend, we went glamping, and my teenage daughter hung out with other teen friends, and they barely slept all weekend. They had a blast, doing what level-headed 15-year-olds do.
Hehe. 😉
So, I chalked up her unwellness to partying all weekend. It was her first time behaving like that, so I informed her that this is how one feels after 2 days of no sleep and a bit of alcohol.
This was a new experience for her.
Her fever kicked in Sunday evening, all night, and part of Monday.
Just in case, we used a home antigen test to get a sense of what was happening. Sure enough, it was positive.
So we went and got a PCR test to confirm.
Positive.
And that's when I had to email all my patients that I had to cancel all appointments, and self-isolate for 10 days.
Little did I know that I'd be knocked out of commission for much more than that.
Sophia felt better by Wednesday the 22nd..
That's when my son and I started feeling icky, and we both sent out our PCR tests that day.
Positive.
Thus started my 10 day period.
I even posted it on my Instagram stories.
Many people sent wonderful caring messages.
One friend told me that she was in bed for 9 days!
I thought, "That's not going to happen to me."
Well, the thing about this virus for adults is that it's largely a novel virus. We have no idea how our immune systems will respond to it.
And, what's important to realize is that my family's immune system was low during this time, which is why our bodies weren't able to fight it without symptoms.
That initial arrogance thinking that my body would breeze through this was a hard-earned lesson.
My experience with this was very humbling, eye-opening, and a blessing.
When we don't feel well, and we are ill, I think one goes through a series of emotions and thoughts.
There's fear, doubt, frustration, resistance, annoyance, and perhaps even depression.
I think for me, at first, I was arrogant, thinking that I was so super healthy that I'd be fine within a couple days.
That's what humbled me.
Because, my symptoms were up and down for the first 4 days, and then I got totally knocked out.
My only symptoms were a mild cough, and extreme fatigue.
And for DAYS nothing made a difference. That fatigue did not wane. It didn't improve, and it didn't really get severe. It was so strange. I just felt like a sack of potatoes.
Nothing I did really made a noticable difference, and I had to just surrender to what my body needed.
A close friend of mine explained to me that she sensed that I was resisting the healing process, and she advised me to go fully into it, and to find the joy in this experience.
That made a huge shift for me mentally, and then I just let go.
I just went with it, and just let my body heal.
I rested and rested and rested in bed, listening to audiobooks.
Finally, after 11 days of feeling like a zombie, something shifted, and I felt a huge difference on the 12th day.
More energy, more clarity, more HUMAN!
And it was very very good for me that I had given myself permission to take all that time off through the week up to Saturday the 9th October, which was my birthday!
One of the significant lessons from this was that I had to let go of all what I feared. The guilt, the arrogance, and the control.
Much of what I was worried about was that you, my patients, would get annoyed at me, or frustrated that I was taking so much time do get back to work.
I thought about you all every day!
When I started adjusting again on Monday the 11th, everyone all week was so amazing, understanding, and patient with me.
Thank you so so much for your graciousness and patience with me.
The whole experience helped me see that my family and I needed this time to support one another, to trust that we would be stronger at the end of this, and that we are always there for each other.
One interesting thing is that some people said that I was lucky. That I actually did have it easy. Which made me think that illness (and wellness) is all relative. It's a subjective experience.
My standard of health is very high. And when I'm not feeling great or near 100%, I'm hypersensitive to any decrease in top performance. So, when I had Covid and I was feeling like a zombie, that to me was very ill, and it was a rough time.
But, for the people who have had to go to the hospital, or who are ill with several other symptoms like headaches, nausea, high fever for days, difficulty breathing, etc, that's another level of severe illness.
I did not get that bad.
No one in my family did.
I think it's because I did a lot to help my body heal well. Here are the things I took and what I did during those 12 days.
Supplements I took:
Megadose Vit C up to bowel tolerance. This means that I took 2000-3000mg every 2 hours until I started feeling that I was going to poop in my pants. Then I calibrated it every day, titrating it just before that poopy feeling point.
8000iu Vit D. NAC. Quercitin. Vitamin K2( MK-7). Magnesium. Zinc. Selenium. L-Arginine. Black Seed Oil.
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I also had a pint of fresh celery juice 8 days in. That made a huge difference, and I kicked myself for not thinking of taking that earlier.
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I also used my red light laser every day and my Rezzimax to help integrate my central nervous system. Those actually helped my energy levels and brain fog immediately after use.
And then, finally, on the 14th day, I went to see my amazing friend and chiropractor, Dr Ari. He gave me an awesome adjustment, and THAT. MADE. TREMENDOUS. IMPROVEMENT!
I got adjusted 6 times in one week after that. (both Network Spinal and tradition chiropractic)
Now, I'm feeling well, and I'm so grateful that we all came out of this.
It's done.
It's conquered.
And now we are naturally immune!
Veni Vidi Vici.
Love,
Dr. MaryAnne