Life does not change after you have Covid-19
For singer-songwriter Arjun Kanungo, the idea behind posting a video on Instagram, detailing his and his girlfriend, model Carla Dennis’ recent recovery from Covid-19, was to make people aware that the pandemic is not over yet.
“I wanted to tell people it’s still here,” he continues, “We should be taking precautions and try to stay safe as much as we can. Also, the message was to tell people that life doesn’t change after you get Covid-19. I think people want some kind of reassurance, especially from people they follow and who have been infected, that they will be okay.”
Kanungo, through his video, also assured that he and Dennis were “absolutely fine”. “I think there’s a lot of confusion because people are not properly informed. Even I was anxious when I didn’t have all the information. But I think was psychologically at peace once I knew everything about it,” he shares.
He goes on to say that the disease “manifests in every person differently”, and this adds to the confusion. “Carla and I had completely different symptoms. I think that’s also why there’s confusion. In our case, our doctor advised home quarantine for me, and when he heard Carla’s symptoms, he asked us to hospitalise her immediately,” says the artiste.
Kanungo, however, insists that people should seek proper medical advice, and steer clear of self-diagnosis using information available on the internet. “I think more than anything else, we should contain it and try to be extra careful. And if medically, we have to take any advice, it should only be from doctors,” he cautions.
While he wasn’t worried much about his health, Kanungo, 29, admits he was worried about Dennis, as she had to be hospitalised. He shares, “I was sh*t scared, to be honest, especially when she started developing breathing issues. I think that’s what happens. You don’t think about yourself anymore, you worry about those you love.”
“My mother as well. She told me she was praying I don’t have Covid-19, despite wanting me to get tested,” he signs off.