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cyclonefence

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13. I was hospitalized
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 07:28 AM
Sep 2022

because of debilitating fatigue. I couldn't stand, much less walk, but what made my husband call 911 was that I couldn't even sit in a chair without slumping down.

I did not lose my sense of taste or smell, did not have a sore throat. Headache, yes. No diarrhea. What was worst of all was the accompanying encephalopathy. I was in and out of consciousness and when I was conscious I didn't know what year it was. This resolved after a few days, but for weeks afterward I had mental and emotional disturbances. I could not read a magazine article and understand what I had read, or if I did understand it, I became upset and couldn't tolerate whatever the information in the article was--even if it was a New Yorker article about making steel drums. Movies on tv were especially difficult for me, even if it was a movie I'd seen before and knew had a happy ending, I could not watch scenes with any conflict and had to change the channel.

My memory was horrible. In the hospital, a doctor would say something about my having been seen by a physical therapist, and I argued with him that no physical therapist had been to see me.

I was unable to order food, so I pretty much starved for the first few days--the nurses apparently didn't notice no meal trays had been delivered, and my weight plummeted.

Overall, a horrendous experience. I was vacc'ed and double boostered (Moderna). I truly wanted to die.

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