Day 5 - Blocked Nose and Gifts

Alright guys, it's Day 5 since my diagnosis last Friday and my 3rd day in the isolation facility. 

Today is Tuesday 14 September 2021.

In the morning my temperature was 37.1 deg C. That's a tiny bit of fever. I was still taking panadol but more sparingly. In the first 2-3 days of infection, I would take panadol 3 times per day. But now I am just taking panadol 1-2 times per day.

My sore throat got worse today, the pain I feel when swallowing food or water has gotten more sharp. Ouch.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY???

Blocked Nose and 90-100% loss of smell and taste, thanks to the blocked nose. 
(Note: I am not sure if this loss of smell/taste is the same kind of loss of smell/taste that many other covid patients allude to, because this is caused by a blocked nose, and not really a loss of smell/taste in itself.)

Ok I admit that the blocked nose is a gradual thing and did not suddenly start today, but began sometime yesterday (Monday). But I remembered that when I was eating the fish in yesterday's dinner, I could taste the fish very well and I found it quite tasty. 

But this morning when I was eating the kway teow and hot dog breakfast (see photo below), I couldn't taste anything at all. lol. I could just feel the slick oily kway teow slithering against my tongue and mouth... so, yes, oily food feels good to eat even without taste.




Despite the sore throat, I did talk to my roommate today and learnt more things. For example he said he had dizziness. I did not feel dizzy at all throughout my infection (so far). The closest I got to dizziness was the headache I experienced on Day 1 of my diagnosis, and the day before my diagnosis. But my headache disappeared quickly.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY was that I finally got my hands on the shampoo which I was missing badly. 

In fact, I got TWO BOTTLES of shampoo! 

I received two gift packages today evening - one from family and one from a friend.

Much gratitude to them!!! Thanks very much!!


















The meal times are standardised at 8am, 1pm and 6pm daily. But I have a habit of sleeping in the daytime and working at night. So I just wake up to eat the meals and sleep immediately right after eating. Then I stay awake after dinner and sleep at around 3-4am. I usually feel hungry at around 1 or 2am. So I need to bite something.

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