I just wanted to log my experience with my exposure to the COVID-19. As far as I know, I am in the 'recovered' group, and able to move about. However, there's no way to test this since as of write now, there's no antibody or immunoglobin testing is Los Angeles.
Timeline
- 3-10: Initial Exposure (through work) in Boston (Start of 2 week)
- 3-11: Friend(G) staying in hotel with me for a visit.
- 3-15: First alert that I was exposed via email, Landed in LA. Started very light coughing. 4 days in of isolation.
- 3-16: Staying at G's apartment to avoid infecting people at home. G has already been exposed so he's in his own isolation timeline.
- 3-17: Got my campervan initial load of gear. Started feeling flash of fever. But it's so short that I can't tell if I actually had fever.
- 3-18: Left G's apartment. More flashes of fever, but still indiscernible from allergies.
- 3-19: Remote Ventura. Remote campground living; isolated. Still just light coughs and flash of fever.
- 3-19: Remote Ventura. Remote campground living; isolated. Still just light coughs and flash of fever.
- 3-20: Remote Bishop area. By hot springs. There are others camping out around here, but avoiding them. Light coughs, but worst fever to date. In the evening leading to shivering. Couldn't tell if it was from cold weather.
- 3-21: Remote Bishop area. By hot springs. There are others camping out around here, but avoiding them. Light coughs, flashes of fever.
- 3-22: Remote Mammoth Lakes area, another remote location; Too many people around so left for even more remote location after ski tour (telebowl). Ended up really cold; but the symptoms lessened.
- 3-23: Remote Neveda, middle of nowhere, not sure where. Passed through Benton crossing, awesome climbing area, worth a revisit. Saw White Mountain, beatiful. Worth re-visiting. No changes in symptoms.
- 3-24: Delta, Utah. Rented a motel to keep out of the wet and cold. (End of 14 days Quarantine)
- 3-25: Delta, Utah. Rented a motel to keep out of the wet and cold. Met up with friend (A) for hiking. No symptoms.
- 3-26: Wedge Overlook, Utah. More hiking in Utah with friend (A). No symptoms.
- 3-27: Started snowing, Stayed at A's house. Hint of fever, couldn't really tell. Cough worsened, thinking it's cold-dry-high-altitude effect. BUT lost sense of smell. Went to get tested at U of U.
- 3-28: Started snowing. No fever. Same coughs. Did Circle Peak ski tour and left for LA. Slept in middle of nowhere.
- 3-29: Driving back to LA, got a call saying I was positive for the Corona. Told GF, and she left before I entered the house.
- 3-30: At home in Los Angeles. No symptoms.
- 4-3: Got a letter from LA Public Health about being quarantined at home for 3 days post symptoms. This was already 6 days post symptoms so a little late.
- 4-5: Friend A went to get tested, was negative for Corona.
- 4-7: (Day of writing) At Home in Los Angeles. No Symptoms.