When we were in the Bahamas we thought I was suffering from Long Covid. I never showed symptoms of Covid, but it seemed to line up with Long Covid. Anyway, after a couple of months (some of it stateside) we cut our trip short and headed back to Miami and drove back to our home in Kentucky. Went to the doctor and it turned out I had Congestive Heart Failure and was about to die. Eleven hours on an operating table a couple of weeks later fixed it, though. I feel better than I’ve felt in years. The surgery was five months ago, BTW.
BTW, I had to take a covid test twice in the hospital. They said I didn’t have it and never had it. I’m also not vaxxed and only once wore a mask. Yet I drove all over the US and came into relatively close contact with thousands of people from all over. My wife and I don’t take Covid seriously, beyond the flu, that is. Our son got it and he was in a very bad way for a few days. He got better - only to, two months later, be killed in a car accident. The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Even during the lockdown, I never let it stop me from doing what I wanted or needed to do. I drove twice to Indiana from NY State to visit my youngest son, and spent two weeks with him each time. I stopped at every rest stop on the way out, and back, plus stayed one night in a hotel on the way out and back, and ate at restaurants while on the road. If I got Covid during those trips, I never knew it. My biggest health issue last year was my doctor changing my blood pressure medications that gave me very bad side effects. It took me 6-8 weeks to recuperate. Thankfully he retired last December, and I now have a new family doctor young enough to be my granddaughter.