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Do I Have COVID 19? Am I dying?

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Sunday night, I had a pretty good headache but thought nothing of it. Usually every year in Spring I get many headaches due to the weather changing. So I didn't think anything of it. Monday, I woke up with my stomach not being nice to me. I couldn't stop running to the bathroom. TMI Warning!! I didn't have diarrhea, but I kept going and going. I was going at least 5 times every hour and it was a lot of stool every time I went.  I also had bone pain which was really bad. My back pain increased. I checked my temperature because I was having chills but was also sweating too. According to my Thermador, my fever ranged from 99 to 101. Crap. Is this COVID 19? or is this just my stomach with colitis or diverticulosis flare? I tried to g et comfy in my recliner but had a hard time getting comfortable so I went to bed until my back was screaming to get up and go back to the recliner. I did this all day and night on top of running to the bathroom.  My circulation to my feet was

Auto Immune Disease is a Killer TMI

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  It never fails when I have to do something my stomach goes south. My work required me to help out with the student showcase. Around 3:30pm work took all the faculty and staff out for dinner at P.F. Changs. Just so you know P.F. Chang is really good about working with people who have Celiac Disease. I wasn't doing to bad until after dinner.  At 5:00pm, we had to set up the reception, red carpet, and merchandise table. 6:30pm the showcase started, but I ended up helping finish setting up the reception room. If I would have known that I wouldn't have worn my high heel boots. There were only two other people besides me who were helping set-up the reception. I was jealous of the rest of the faculty and staff who were able to sit in comfortable recliners having fun watching the students' films while I and two other staff members finished setting up the reception hall.   Due to my severity of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and my back condition, I am unable to drive much.