>>
>> AT
>> AT THIS POINT SO FAR INTO THE PANDEMIC, WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY OR MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE
CORONAVIRUS AND THE SAME CAN BE
SAID FOR US HERE.
OUR OWN DANIEL BONDS BATTLED THE
VIRUS LAST MONTH.
>> WE WANT YOU TO KNOW BECAUSE
YOU SAW HIM ON T.V., HE'S DOING
A LOT BETTER BUT HE'S COPING
WITH LINGERING AFFECTS.
FIRST NIC JONES SAT DOWN WITH
DANIEL TO TALK ABOUT HOW
COVID-194@ CHANGED HIS LIFE.4@4@
>> IT WAS CRAZY.
>> IT'S BEEN4@ A CHALLENGING MOH
FOR DANIEL BONDS.
BACK IN MID4@ DECEMBER HE TESTE
POSITIVE WITH THE 4@CORONAVIRUS.
>> I'M NEVER SICK AND IT FELT
LIKE IT WAS ATTACKING EVERY PART
OF YOUR BODY.
>> YOU4@ CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAS
TIME YOU TOOK A SICK DAY.
>> IT'S BEEN YEARS4@ AND I WAS T
FROM WORK FOR TWO FULL WEEKS.
>>4@ FROM THE CONSISTENT HIGH
FEVER AND HAVING4@ RASHES, HE
EXPERIENCED NEARLY EVERY
CURVEBALL THE4@ VIRUS COULD THR
AT HIM.
>> I HAD ALREADY MOST EVERY
SYMPTOM EXCEPT FOR SHORTNESS OF
BREATH.
I THOUGHT IF I GET PAST THE 15
DAYS4@ OR SO, I THOUGHT I'M PAS
THIS.
IT'S OVER AND I'M DONE WITH IT
AND THEN4@ LINGERING SYMPTOMS WE
STILL THERE.
I HAVE THE BRAIN FOG AND THE
HEADACHES AND IN GENERAL, JUST
NOT FEELING4@ RIGHT.
I KNOW THAT'S HARD TO IMAGINE OR
HARD TO EVEN DESCRIBE, BUT I
DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MYSELF.
I DESCRIBE IT AS ALMOST LIKE MY
BRAIN HAS4@ BEEN REWIRED.4@4@
>> DANIEL, MY4@ FRIEND, WE'RE S
GLAD YOU'RE FEELING BETTER BUT
NO DOUBT THIS BECAUSE SCARY
SEVERAL WEEKS FOR YOU AND YOUR @
FAMILY.
>> OH, YES.4@
THAT WAS THE4@ CRAZY THING.
I PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA4@ AND
LOT MORE PEOPLE SAID THEY WERE
GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING.
IT SEEMED4@ TO BE A COMMON4@ TH
THAT YOU WERE STILL NOT GREAT4@
YET AND NOW FOR ME, THIS IS FOUR
WEEKS SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
COVID-19 AND I'M STILL HAVING AN
ISSUE BUT I'M TAKING BABY STEPS
AND I FEEL BETTER THAN I DID TWO
WEEKS AGO AND FOUR4@ WEEKS AGO.
>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR BRAIN HAS
BEEN REWIRED?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY4@ THAT?
>> EVEN NOW, I STILL HAVE4@ THIS
DON'T TASTE RIGHT.
I HAVE4@ THE DAILY HEADACHES AN
>> EVEN NOW, I STILL HAVE4@ THIS DON'T TASTE RIGHT. I HAVE4@ THE DAILY HEADACHES ANI
STILL DON'T4@ QUITE FEEL NORMAL@
IT'S LIKE I'M TAKING COLD
MEDICINE ALL THE TIME.4@
THAT'S HOW I FEEL IN MY HEAD A
LOT OF TIMES AND I'M4@ FINE DOI
WEATHER BECAUSE I'M DESCRIBING
THE PICTURES AND EVEN TALKING TO
NICK AND YOU 4@GUYS4@ IS A LITT
MORE DIFFI4@CULT TO PUT THE WOR
TOGETHER.
I HAVE TO SLOW-DOWN AND THINK
ABOUT IT.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL GET BETTER.
THEY SAY IT WILL BUT THERE'S
OTHER PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE
SAME THING AND THAT'S W4@HAT I
WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.
THIS HAPPENS TO PEOPLE.
>> WE4@ SO APPRECIATE YOUR SHARG
YOUR STORY.
YOU KNOW WE LOVE YOU AND ADORE
YOU AND4@ YOUR WIFE AND ADORABL
KIDS AND I KNOW VIEWERS ARE
ANXIOUS TO4@ HEAR MORE ABOUT HI
STORY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ALL T4@HOUGH HIS EXPERIENCE SOU@
SCARY IT IS COMMON.
TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE AN
INFECTIOUS4@ DISEASE EXPERT WIT
PRISMA HEALTH4@ AND HE'LL TALK
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS
AND THE LINGERING AFFECTS.4@
THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'RE SEEING
WITH SEVERAL PATIENTS WHO HAVE
BATTLED 4@CORONAVIRUS.
>> IN ALL HONESTY, IT'S NOT
SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW.
MOST4@ OTHER VIRAL INFECTIONS HE
THIS.4@
YOU REMEMBER THE4@ FAMOUS BIKER
THAT GOT MONO AND HE COULDN'T
GET ON THE4@ BIKE F4@OR ALMOST
YEARS.
DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS COMMO4@N B
THERE'S SUCH A PHENOMENON WHERE
PEOPLE HAVE A4@ SO-CALLED COVID9
HANG OVER FOR A LONG TIME.
>> A LOT OF YOU WANT TO4@ HEAR
MORE ABOUT DANIEL'S STORY SO
MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT TONIGHT
FOR MORE ON THIS COVID-19
HANGOVER AND HE'LL SHARE MORE OF
HIS EXPERIENCE TONIGHT AT 11:00
AND THEN TOMORROW AT 3:30.
>> WE WANT TO4@ H4@EAR YOUR
QUESTIONS4@ SO TOMORROW DOCTOR M
THE WILL4@ ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT COVID-19 DURING A FACEBOOK
LIVE.
NOT ON-AIR ON "FRIENDS AT 5,"
BUT ON4@ FACEBOOK PAGE LIVE.
YOU CAN TEXT YOUR QUESTIONS TO
US TODAY AND WE'LL GET