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Covid Isolation - Day 5 - 100%

Last night was a pretty comfortable evening I must say, although lack of appetite meant me missing my dinner. Snacked on a few bits then hit the hay for the night. 

Another early ish night last night, a tum full of pills, and a relaxation audio track playing, and off to sleep I went. 

After a good long sleep I woke to get up to pee, and without thinking launched myself out of bed like I usually would, half way to the bathroom and I thought, "oh hey, I feel quite good". Back to bed and settled back to sleep in no time. Waking this morning, once again Garmin agreed with my take on things. A good sleep. 

Giving myself time to wake up properly before jumping to any conclusions, I finally settled on the feeling that I was almost back to my usual self. I can feel some remnants of an infection on my chest. A deep inhale reminds me I don't have all my breath back yet. But aches and pains are gone, I don't feel particularly hot, although my temp is still up around 36.8c. My throat is sore from coughing, but other than that.... Oh and still a bit snotty! 

I am feeling the effects of being run down, with a small ulcer on my top lip, but that's pretty trivial really. 

On other data, Garmin once again matches my feeling. No longer aware of a heart pounding slightly faster than normal, it appears that has settled down nicely too, with my RHR dropping again for the second day. 


In other data, my body battery made an epic recovery over night, reaching 100% for the first time since testing positive.
 
So of course it's Day 5, first testing day. With all the data above, what would you be expecting? 

For me, it was hope of a negative, but expected a positive, and I can now inform you....
It was positive! Doh!
Took all of 90 seconds to come up as positive. 
Oh well, try again tomorrow for Covid Parole. 

Let's see how I do today. While I 'feel' normal, I haven't tried to do anything yet today, that will be the true indication. 

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