In the link below, it is the interview from April 12, 2020.
https://kosi101.com/mile-high-magazine-public-affairs/
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mile Hi Magazine last week in regards to questions about how patients can cope with Covid-19 at home.
I responded to such questions as:
- So many people contract but recover, is this what our body is designed to do?
- Can people determine whether they have the virus without a test on symptoms alone?
- When contracted, quarantine is the first step. What’s next in terms for two weeks – nutrition, special foods to eat to help the immune system fight?
- Any special foods we should be eating now to be in top immune condition should we contract?
- Any over-the-counter medicine to take for the fever or diarrhea?
- Should people change out bed linen during the two-three weeks period?
- Once fever breaks, is this a key sign that its over?
- Should people exercise while body is fighting the infection?
- Once over, should person we wait a couple days to ensure no symptoms return?
- If Covid-19 is a flu strain, will it mutate into another strain as flu does each season for next winter?
- Anything else you feel is pertinent to help people feel they can get over it if infected.
I made one particular point at the end of the interview. I shared our family’s strategy for coping with the anxiety and stress during this pandemic:
- Exercise every day
- Play or make music every day
- Limit yourself to 30 minutes of news or social media daily
- Three Good Things. At dinner each of us discusses THREE THINGS we are grateful for, today. INSTEAD of our natural tendency to focus on the negative, this exercise helps us reframe our day in a positive light.
CMIO’s take? I challenge all of us to do THREE GOOD THINGS with our loved ones at dinner every night.
