Ellen DeGeneres slept ’16 hours a day,’ took 3 medications for intense back pain with COVID-19
Ellen DeGeneres is opening up about (*3*).
The Ellen DeGeneres Show resumed Wednesday — greater than a month after the host’s prognosis and the present abruptly went on an extended hiatus. She addressed the viewers, which is as soon as once more digital amid California’s coronavirus disaster, and had on medical knowledgeable Dr. Sanjay Gupta to debate the most recent with the coronavirus.
“Obviously there are a lot of negative things going on, so I want to talk about something positive — my COVID test,” quipped the 62-year-old star, who revealed her prognosis on Dec. 10. “Positive!”
“I’m fine now,” she mentioned. “Everything’s good. I’m all clear,” after dealing with excruciating back pain amid her sickness.
She thanked “everyone who reached out with kind words of support. I wish I could have hugged each and every one of you. That would have been dangerous and illegal probably.”
DeGeneres mentioned she was on set, in hair and make-up, final month when her assistant got here in to tell her that she examined constructive. She mentioned, “everyone around me ran away.”
She continued, “I left the studio immediately and our COVID safety team informed everyone that I had been in contact with… I went home, obviously. I had to quarantine. Portia [de Rossi] made me sleep in a different room, in a different bed, because she wanted the race car bed all to herself.”
Jokes apart, she mentioned she slept “16 hours a day” for the primary three days. On day 4, “I woke up with back spasms” and so they endured. While her physician put her on pain treatment and a muscle relaxers, they “did not help. My back got worse. It felt like I cracked a rib.” She was later placed on a steroid pack as effectively, she mentioned, including that she has since realized that back pain can be a symptom of COVID-19.
DeGeneres mentioned back pain was her solely symptom, nevertheless, noting that she didn’t have a fever or headache and didn’t lose her sense of style. “Although I did wear Crocs with socks” whereas she was sick, she quipped.
“I’m very, very fortunate. Very, very blessed. That was it for me,” she mentioned, however added, “I still don’t know where I got it. I wear a mask. I wash my hands… I know a lot of people out there are struggling right now. My heart goes out to all of them.”
DeGeneres went on to speak to Gupta about COVID-19, particularly in California the place one in five people have been testing positive. There have been greater than 2.8 million circumstances within the state with greater than 31,000 deaths.
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