Mike Delaney, from Shotts in North Lanarkshire, was visiting a friend in the Caribbean to celebrate his 60th birthday when he contracted COVID-19.
The 59-year-old didn't display the common symptoms such as a cough and fever, but instead experienced headaches and back pain.
After his oxygen levels plummeted, Mike was placed in a Barbados field hospital and currently has no idea where he will go when he is discharged.
Mike, of Shotts, North Lanarkshire, said: “It’s all very organised and being very well managed here. Things could be so much worse.
“Fortunately my symptoms have been quite manageable. I had quite a bit of discomfort in my abdomen, back and organs for a few days in hospital and that got a bit difficult.
“The anxieties start to build about how bad things could get and whether anything could suddenly deteriorate.
“There was a frightening incident with a young man in the hospital who had seemed quite well then suddenly collapsed unable to breathe.
"Thankfully, they got him going again but it makes you aware again of the severity of all of this."
Despite his challenging situation, Mike Delaney, a director at an addiction rehab clinic, is staying postitive.
“You’ve got to reel your thoughts back in sometimes. You can become hysterical if you allow yourself to.
"I’m alive, not that ill and coping quite well. There are no shortages here at the moment. I got sick at a good time.
“This is my 11th day in this strange place. It’s not what I am used to.
"There’s rigid rules, we’re wearing masks all the time, all the staff are in protective equipment like in a science fiction movie.
"It’s difficult but I am able to see beyond the difficulty of the moment. In a couple of weeks I’m going to be well and hopefully immune and invaluable.”
