I wasn’t feeling too hot Wednesday and was pretty much sick for the next several days. What made it worse were all the people I know who’ve either come down with the Corona Virus (ex-wife in March 2020) or had close calls via other victims (my friend Kathy, Jennifer is a nurse). So with Kathy’s experience, I downloaded an app in which I could schedule a test. The amazing part was how briefly I had to wait! When I drove up to the medical center, there was only one vehicle waiting before me.
As for the test…OUCH! The swabbing was pretty painful. Not up there when I had in tonsillitis in 1996 or my recent tennis injury, but close. I think the nurse hit my uvula a couple times based upon the burning throughout my sinuses. FYI, the uvula is that dangling thing in the back of your throat Bugs Bunny will practice boxing with if he’s trapped in a whale or giant. The horrible sensation carried on for hours and washing it down with anything didn’t make it go away.
In the end it was worth, by Sunday morning, I received the good news via the app. The test came back negative = I don’t have it. Now how much certainty there was? I’m going to go with a score in the 90 percentile ranking and I might check again in a couple months. It was a relief after having three symptoms which need to be addressed.