Today I finally got out of our condo after self-quarantining for 12 days. I had two reasons to self-quarantine at home:
Firstly I took my 2nd dose of AZ on 4th August. It typically takes 2 weeks after vaccination for the body to build protection (immunity) against the virus that causes COVID-19. That means it is possible a person could still get COVID-19 before or just after vaccination and then get sick because the vaccine did not have enough time to build protection. People are considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after their second dose. As my hood is a red zone with a cluster detected at a supermarket that I always frequent, I felt that it’s safer to just stay home and not go out.
Secondly, our condo had several positive cases involving the guards and general workers and the residents were advised to stay home as much as possible for 14 days.
I am 2 days short of 14 days but I really needed to get some fruits at a nearby stall.
It felt SO good to be out again after 12 days of home imprisonment! I donned on a Korean KN94 mask and a tinted face shield but the face shield made me feel so woozy that I had to remove it 🥴
I was still having a nagging headache with a crick on my neck. I have been feeling a tad under the weather for the past few days. I had to bribe Cass to give me half an hour of shoulder and head massage while I dozed off on my chair.
Guess what? Cass has magic in her hands. After the 30-minute massage session, the headache and crick were magically GONE. My head felt so much lighter and my mood was instantly elevated!
Did you know that massage can help relieve headache and it can also help to prevent headaches from occurring? A massage can also calm a stressed nervous system.
In Spain, researchers at the University of Granada — in collaboration with the Clinical Hospital San Cecilio and the University Rey Juan Carlos have shown that the psychological and physiological state of patients with tension headache improved within 24 hours after receiving a 30-minute massage.
So the next time you have a headache and feel malaise, instead of reaching out for the painkiller, get someone to give you a 30-minute head and shoulders massage.
Cass now has a new job of being my masseuse and she gets RM1 for giving me each 30-minute massage. I offered her RM1.50 but my sweet daughter said RM1 would suffice. After her earnings reach RM10, I’ll help her to reload her Shopee Pay account so that she could buy stationery items and books 😬
She’s the first to inspect all our shopping stuff and parcels the moment they reach home 😸
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Hello Shireen, could you let me know the type of face shield you use and where to purchase that exact one? Thanks.
Hi Alvin
My friend bought the tinted shield for me online. It isn’t very expensive. Think it’s slightly more than RM10. You can also get this at some pharmacies. You can check out Shopee – there are plenty of varieties there.