This is what a breakthrough infection feels like.
On Jan. 29, my cough had subsided but my throat felt very dry. Sure, that makes sense after a full day of coughing, but a dry,is also one of the tell-tale signs of Omicron. At the same time, I still had no other symptoms—even the cough had subsided—and my throat didn't really hurt. It just felt a little like there was something stuck in it. After I took a rapid test that came back negative, I decided to not worry and enjoy the snow collecting outside my window.
But overnight, I started to feel… off. After two years of not being sick, I'd sort of forgotten that feeling that something is subtly wrong, but by the morning of Jan. 30, I had little doubt that it was COVID. I took my temperature again, and for the first time, I had a fever: 101. Another rapid test revealed that my immune system was, in fact, doing battle with the coronavirus.Once I had my diagnosis, I felt pretty calm.
I know what you're thinking—how bad can a headache be? And the answer is really very bad! It's hard to explain exactly what distinguishes an Omicron headache from a normal one, but it really did feel distinctive. There was a tenderness all over, which meant that if I tried to rest my head on a pillow, I felt severe pain. That's why I found myself pacing my apartment at 4 a.m.: My head hurt. Of course, that's not very conducive to sleeping.
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