Here they are -
Day 1 - afternoon - temperature - I have no thermometer so didn’t measure it - just felt suddenly a bit hot and red in the face, but not shockingly so. By the evening I’d lost all sense of taste and smell. Made a curry using marks and Spencer tikka masala paste and couldn’t tell it was curry flavoured. Had a glass of white wine. I had already been experiencing the odd tiny sniffle in my nose but this was extremely low key. Cleaning my teeth I could still taste my toothpaste.
Next day, felt like a giant white wine hangover. Very tired - at one stage, I put my head on my hands on the table and just sat there for ages. Ignored phone calls. Still no taste and smell. No appetite but I ate sensibly throughout and didn’t feel sick or have diarrhoea etc.
Next day similar. Did some work on my laptop but went to bed at 3pm. The oddest and most unpleasant symptom was a sudden wave of nausea inside me while sitting at my desk as if I’d been invaded by something - but it passed. Bad headache but not bad enough to require a paracetamol.
Next day more of the same. Put on loads of perfume to test but couldn’t smell it. My body was clearly telling me to lie down so I took lots of rests but I carried on working in between as this was possible for me, including phone conversations about work.
This went on for three more days. On about night 5 I became anxious that maybe my chest was tightening (I’m asthmatic) but it wasn’t and I was imagining it. Slept v badly but this was anxiety I think. All through, I had a clear nose to breathe and no cough. Eventually my taste and smell began to recover. I discovered that my favourite virus food was stewed apples, which I could taste quite early on for some reason - the sugar I think.
I’m better now, although still going to bed early and won’t be going out in public quite yet. I thought I’d share my symptoms as I didn’t have either a dry cough, sore throat or a high temperature, except on day one. The clearest, weirdest symptom was the loss of taste and smell and the one scary wave of nausea. I strongly suspect this was the Coronavirus, although who knows. If it was, I was very lucky, touch wood, to have such a mild dose. It’s been quite a lonely experience as I live on my own atm so I thought I’d share my symptoms now that they seem to have abated, hopefully.