priyanka chaliyawala knew she was covid positive when she lost her sense of smell and taste the doctor kept telling her she was being paranoid but she insisted on getting tested and found herself to be positive here is her storyi am priyanka 34 a mother and a housewife it was this usual festive day for me and as always i was busy with the preparations for the ongoing diwali festival like always i was immensely excited about decorating the house and made myself busy drawing a rangoli outside in my verandah it took me a good two hours to finally be done with the rangoli and by the time i was done i had started to feel slight fatigue and my body began to ache it was unusual and i thought it could be due to the extra household loads i had to do nonetheless i decided to take a quick nap hoping i would feel better after that as it was already midnoon but gradually i started to feel feverish and when i checked it was around 993 that was the first call for me and that very instant i took to another room isolating myself the next hours i got really conscious of myself and began watching for any other peculiar signs for covidas the day went by my fever had subsided without taking any medications and i was beginning to feel better i thought it was solely due to exertion and nothing related to covid taking the positive vibes i started with the usual routine as being a mother it was becoming difficult to remain isolated from my kid who would constantly want something or the other but at night i slept in the other room as something nagged inside me to not to share the bed with my kid and husband yet as my subconscious warned me the next morning i developed a slight irritation in the throat i decided not to overlook the symptoms and decided to check up with my doctor as soon as possible i insisted to have myself undergo a swab test but the doctor refused to say it was too early for any tests to be carried out but he assured it must be some viral or flu since i havent developed any peculiar signs for covid he prescribed me with some general medicines and i was off meanwhile i had started with the other home remedies like drinking warm water doing gargles and taking steam for the sore throat the next two days the soreness had eased considerably and i forgot all the worries concerned to covid and began mingling with my family as it was the day of diwali and didnt want to miss all that fun and celebration with the family but despite all this i never once forgot to wear a mask or violate any safety protocols realising i wouldnt want any members of the family getting infected if in case i turn