So these last couple weeks I’ve been getting increasingly fatigued and suddenly developed breathing issues, a couple days ago I was diagnosed with bronchitis and tested for covid (but thankfully I am negative). Most likely just a weird complication from a mild rhinovirus—the bronchitis is worse than the cold itself, and the whole thing started with a small cough.

And while I am very grateful I don’t have covid (or exposed my family to it), it still kinda sucks and recovery is slow. It’s put a bit of a damper on art (though I’m still sketching, just slowly), but hopefully soon I can get back to where I was before I got struck down. Ngl though it’s made me even more paranoid about going outside for necessary stuff, cuz if it’s that easy for an infection to get into my lungs, well...you can do the math.

Anyways I’m really ready for this year to end, so I can just forget it, and the slew of health issues I’ve faced. I started it with a severe case of the flu, had a chronic sinus infection for months, got a different strain of the flu, and now bronchitis. Probably because I’ve had to be on a few courses of antibiotics this year, and even with probiotics, that stuff can fuck up your immune system for a good while afterwards. So I’m probably just prone to catching every little bug, no matter how careful and extra about precautions I am.

Here’s hoping 2021 is less shitty.