Tom Hanks Says He Suffered 'Crippling Body Aches' While Battling Coronavirus With Rita Wilson

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Tom Hanks is sharing even more details about what it was like surviving the coronavirus.

In a new interview, the 63-year-old actor opens up about having COVID-19 at the same time as his wife, Rita Wilson. The two were the first A-list celebrities to publicly announce their diagnoses back in March, while they were in Australia. They have since recovered and are back in Los Angeles.

"Our discomfort because of the virus was pretty much done in two weeks. We had very different reactions, and that was odd," Hanks explains to The Guardian. "My wife lost her sense of taste and smell, she had severe nausea, she had a much higher fever than I did. I just had crippling body aches, I was very fatigued all the time and I couldn't concentrate on anything for more than about 12 minutes. That last bit is kinda like my natural state anyway."

"When we were in the hospital, I said, 'I'm 63, I have type 2 diabetes, I had a stent in my heart – am I a red flag case?' But as long as our temperatures did not spike, and our lungs did not fill up with something that looked like pneumonia, they were not worried," he continues. "I'm not one who wakes up in the morning wondering if I'm going to see the end of the day or not. I’m pretty calm about that."

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[Nevilledog]

1. I was just thinking about Hanks today.

Wonder what took him so long to speak about it.

[Cha]

3. Tom Hanks has spoken out about it before and in the very

beginning.

I remember reading that after doing simple chores he had to go lay down on the sofa.

I haven't read this report yet.. but I hope they're doing so much better now.

I appreciate that he and Rita Wilson have been such great Dem Advocates!

[Nevilledog]

4. I totally missed it.

[Cha]

6. We can't see everything! I like this quote of his at the link..

"I know societally it's been politicised, but I don't get it, man," he says. "I don't understand how anyone can put their foot down and say, 'I don’t have to do my part.'"

[Nevilledog]

9. I feel the same damn way!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Direct link:

https://www.etonline.com/tom-hanks-says-he-suffered-crippling-body-aches-while-battling-coronavirus-with-rita-wilson-149224

[Cha]

5. Thank you!

Tom Hanks..

"I know societally it's been politicised, but I don't get it, man," he says. "I don't understand how anyone can put their foot down and say, 'I don’t have to do my part.'"

[malaise]

7. Great quote

Thanks

[Cha]

8. Yes, it is.. I like the way he worded it!

You're Welcome, malaise!

Mahalo to you!