Testing

As part of my return to teaching, I will have to take a COVID test. According to my university's instructions, the test should not be too invasive. Certainly there have been a lot of stories in the media about nasal swabs going very very deep.

I have my suspicions that I may already have had COVID. I haven't had any of the main symptoms but do feel a bit out of shape, more out of breath with stairs than I used to be. Of course I haven't worked out since March but still.

Side Effects

I take a large number of medications for my diabetes and hypertension.  One of them has apparently begun causing swelling in my legs.

It has been frustrating me for a few weeks that my legs have not been working the way I expect them too, that the signals have been translating a bit differently into movement. Now that I identified it as swelling I feel better, knowing that is not muscular atrophy (since I've missed the gym because of the pandemic).