I had COVID again. It’s gone now. It was different than last time. Last time I took Paxlovid. This time I didn’t. I didn't have very good reasons for not taking it. Last time my legs hurt a lot for three or four days and I didn’t want that to happen again, even though I didn’t know if the Paxlovid was responsible or not. I thought my legs were maybe going to hurt for the rest of my life. I even sent my doctor an annoying and long article about that possibility and attached some long email where I was like “My legs, help” but wouldn’t shut up. I am a strange combination of utterly blasé about my health and complete hypochondriac. (That’s got to be “a thing?”)
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