Thought it was allergies. Then I started getting tightness in my chest, started coughing the last three days, fever for the last four days. Probably had a fever sooner, but I didn't even think to check it. (Because my temperature is always low!) I have the most horrible chills, and then I get really hot, and that's been happening for two weeks.
I started self isolating immediately, on the off chance I might have the Coronavirus. I was really thinking it was an upper respiratory infection that I get a few times a year. I have to take Enbrel for arthritis, and it really wrecks your immune system. So it never really dawned on me that it was anything other than this upper respiratory infection caused by the Enbrel.
I finally gave in and called my doctor today, and at the time I called her, my temperature was only 99.8, and my cough wasn't as bad. It never fails, as soon as 6 p.m. rolled around and my doctor is no longer at work, temperature went up to 100.3, which is the magic number they are looking for, and my cough got worse.
Doctors office told me to call if the temperature went up to 100.3 and the cough got worse. So tomorrow I will call Urgent Care and see what they say. I am without a car at the moment. So even if they say there's a test available for me, there is no way for me to get to the test.
I live in an over 55 community, and the average age is somewhere in the 75 to 90 range. I will be 64 this year, so I'm one of the youngsters. I don't dare ask anyone to drive me while I'm in this condition. So if I don't get better, I will be calling an ambulance. Unless they figure out a way to get the tests to those of us who don't have any way to get to them. What a mess! And I live alone. So I have to do it all myself.
I know this was a bit of a long reply. Thought it would help to share my symptoms in case anyone else is starting to feel the same way. Again, I do not know if this is definitely Coronavirus. But I never have a fever. So this is really weird.
Good news. Just took my temperature and it came down for the first time in three days. It's 99.7. That is the lowest it has been. Maybe I am taking a turn for the better!
Bad news. Either a skunk is under my house, or something crawled under there and died. I cannot use my second bathroom because it smells so bad in there! This just happened in the past few hours. I kept smelling something and couldn't figure out what it was. I live out in the middle the food chain, and doggone it if a skunk got under my house. AAAARRRRRGGGG!
Why do these things always happen to me? 
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