To be honest, I was probably already infected a few weeks ago, when I first started having these symptoms. But I didn't have any respiratory problems, and so I didn't think that it was Covid-19. And I do have lots of other health problems. So I thought I simply had a tummy flu or something. I do have irritable bowel syndrome, and my problems were chiefly gastrointestinal at the time.
But the symptoms were the same then as they were now, minus the pressure on my lungs. And then they went away. But that is indeed what happens with many Covid-19 infections, i.e. first they get sick, then they recover, and a few weeks later, they get sick of the same thing again. And there are people who are infected but who are experiencing no symptoms whatsoever, and who thus don't even know that they're carrying the virus around and infecting other people.
In my case, the symptoms started coming back just before the weekend, but I was still not certain until I also started having the pressure on my lungs, and a feeling like I was drowning. And then my friend ─ she's a member here but she doesn't post a lot ─ told me she had the exact same symptoms, and it freaked her out. So I told her to get herself tested, and the test came back positive.
Over here, there aren't enough test kits available, so they are being reserved for hospital patients and medical personnel. So I don't have any official test results, but I did speak to one of my two general physicians on the phone, and she explained the shortage of the test kits. So now I just have to maintain my quarantine. My doctor said one week will do, but I'll try waiting until after the next weekend. I'm stocked up on food, so I'm good to go. I already don't go out much anyway.
And that brings me to the "where": it was with 99.9% certainty at the supermarket. Not everyone was maintaining their social distance, and I doubt whether everyone would be washing their hands all the time ─ most people are actually dirtbags, and the vast majority never even washes their hands after using the toilet.
At the moment, my blood pressure is still very high, but lower than it was before. My breathing is still hampered a bit, but it's better now. My fever is gone. The gastrointestinal problems are also returning to normal. So I think I'm on the mend. I can also concentrate and think more clearly now, which was difficult earlier because of the high blood pressure ─ which felt like my skull was about to explode ─ and because this virus deprives you of oxygen. I'm not out of the woods yet, but I do feel my immune system is winning the war.
P.S.: I'm going to move these posts to the main Covid-19 thread, so as to leave the Humour thread on course.