Nearly a week ago, I had what I thought were normal cold symptoms; sneezing, nasal congestion, watery eyes. Then, *boom* I felt like I'd been run over so I went to my local urgent care to be tested for the flu/covid.

Since I already had Covid two years ago, and still have high immunity from that strain, I immediately thought I had bronchitis. Well, I was half right. I have bronchitis. The nasal swab test results from UC were negative for the flu and positive for Covid (not sure which strain).

After struggling for three days with a fever of 102.5F, it finally broke and is back to normal. However, I still have bronchitis and no doctor will give me Amoxicillin (my phlegm color is yellow so I know from past experience that means for me, bacterial, not viral). I'm pretty upset b/c the doctors are gaslighting me, by telling me that my bronchitis is definitely viral since Covid is viral.

The stress of having Covid a second time is one thing. But to have doctors - whom I'm supposed to trust with my health and well-being - refuse to listen to a patient who knows her body better than they do, creates an added layer of stress that's just unnecessary and harmful, if you ask me. My immune system is already working overtime fighting whatever strain of Covid I've caught now.

The first UC dr. I saw after a 2.5 hour wait, didn't even listen to my lungs, heart or examine me. Just the nasal swab. So, I reported her. She had written "flu" diagnosis on my UC discharge. Meanwhile, the swab results came in after my visit with her, positive for Covid, negative for the flu. So yeah, she got reported. I don't care if my clinic hates me. Just b/c you have a medical board license, doesn't exempt you from being held accountable for your choices when dealing with sick people. Otherwise, why did you go into medicine. And, why work at an urgent care clinic IF you don't like the high ratio of patients per provider on call? She was 1 of 4 doctors on call, too. So, literally NO excuse to what she did to me.

Because of her laziness, I had to go back to UC the next day and be seen again b/c my primary didn't have any openings until November. The second UC dr. I saw, moonlights in UC and is a ER dr in his mid-60s. He also patronized me, patting me on my middle-aged knee, "you're not going to die from getting Covid again or from this bronchitis." Oh really doctor? How does he know?

Getting Covid once is scary enough. But twice? There's no telling what it will do to me long-term, having had it twice now. The organ damage possibilities. The early dementia risk. The risk of Parkinson's and other diseases like Multiple Sclerosis, or brain fog, or god knows what. I have the unknown side effects of two rounds of Covid awaiting me.

I'm on day 5 of my second round of Covid and my fever broke. So, my immune system is definitely working. I still have swollen lymph nodes and a raspy voice. I still have my taste and smell. But my energy is 1/2 of what it was before this second Covid hit me.

I don't know if anyone can relate to my situation (if you had Covid twice like me). Or the way doctors deflect their own mental stress on to their patients through gaslighting, b/c they are not willing to take responsibility for their own mental health.

I just need to get to Sunday. If I can get through to Sunday, I will feel less afraid. I think my frustration and anxiety is reasonable considering the way I've been treated since this whole ordeal started on Monday.