'I'm Young, Healthy, And I Exercise Five Times A Week--And COVID-19 Came For Me Anyway

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Nadia Ackerman, As Told To Alexis Jones

I'm 45 years old and originally from Australia, but I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, with my boyfriend. I work as a singer-songwriter, illustrator, and entrepreneur. I also have my own business called Natchie, where I sell whimsical illustrations of my lyrics, animals, and more.


When I'm not writing or sketching, you can find me working out. I consider myself a pretty health-conscious individual; I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I'm vegan. I exercise five days a week, alternating between hour-long vinyasa yoga and CrossFit sessions. I've even hiked the Himalayan mountains. I'm definitely considered "the healthy one" among my friend group.

My lifestyle didn't protect me from the novel coronavirus like I thought it would, though. I spent 22 days battling COVID-19 after going to a large dinner party in March—an event I wish I'd never attended, in retrospect.

What follows is a diary of the last month. I hope everyone will learn from my experience with novel coronavirus—and take the precautions that I wish I'd started putting into place earlier.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/voices/im-young-healthy-and-i-exercise-five-times-a-week%e2%80%94and-covid-19-came-for-me-anyway/ar-BB12BFCI?li=BBnb7Kz

[kimbutgar]

1. My hubby and I had similar symptoms back in Mid January

Every Time you’d move you would start coughing. I stayed in bed for 36 hours got up only to pee and drank a lot of water but no appetite. I actually wrote about it on DU, it was unlike any cold or flu I ever had. Still to this day I still have a small residual left I never completely recovered from.