Dear Girija:

No, I am not feeling any aftereffects of Covid. I didn’t feel any affects while I was exposed to Covid (and must have been infected with Covid, although I was never tested). I suppose I’ve been one of the many asymptomatic people. Interestingly, I know of a man in his 70s who is always on oxygen because his lungs are very dysfunctional, and continue to deteriorate- he was tested positive, omicron he believes, but his symptoms were of a head cold, as he put it. I didn’t think that a person with severely compromised lungs can get away with Covid, but he did.

I know of another man, in his late 50s whose knees are bad. He had Covid, more seriously than a head cold, lost and recovered his sense of taste, and he says his knees hurt significantly more now than before covid. Another man, and a few others mentioned how terribly exhausted they felt weeks after recovery.

It is indeed thoughts that are scaring you right now, if you are awake (half an hour before midnight). Try to empty your brain from scary thoughts, try to think of something that’s not scary, can you do that?

anita