Charmedstar Alyssa Milano took toInstagramto share her shocking experience being tested for the coronavirus.
Next to a photo of herself wearing a breathing machine, Milano explained her confusing testing results.
Milano first noticed that she felt sick in early March, and got tested for the coronavirus.
She took two coronavirus tests in March as well as a finger-prick antibody test.
All the tests came back negative, despite her symptoms.
This time, the tests came back positive, proving she had been ill with COVID-19.
She also emphasized the virus was not a hoax.
Though she had a low grade fever, none of her other symptoms were mild.
“I had never been this kind of sick.
Everything hurt,” Milano wrote.
“Loss of smell.
It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest.
I couldn’t breathe.
I couldn’t keep food in me.
I lost 9 pounds in 2 weeks.
And the headaches were horrible…
I also want you to know, this illness is not a hoax.
I thought I was dying.”
Milano hopes that her experience with the virus can help others, and intends to donate her plasma.
She signed off with hopes that her followers “…take care of yourselves.
like wash your hands and wear a mask and social distance.
I don’t want anyone to feel the way I felt.”
