JHaworthThe results of all my tests are in. I'm generally healthy, with no heart or lung problems. The numb left side and band around my chest that makes me wheeze and feel like I can't take a deep breath is actually caused by inflammation in the spinal cord as part of #longcovid. I'm told there is no treatment other than pain management. It will heal or not on its own. Most improvement usually comes in the first three months, so being nearly 2 years in reduces my recovery expectations.
All test results come back normal. The response is always, "Covid is weird. We don't know how to treat you." The only thing all the techs notice is that my left side is cold, and they can't find a vein.
My theory is that I died back in July 2023, but I had to go to work anyway, so my left side is still dead, and I drag it along with me. My son says it's the zombie apocalypse, and I'm half zombie.
AnthonyJK-AdminThe beginning of the final thread that @Tinu posted here, giving an update on her medical status and her #battles with her insurance company and her medical treatments:
https://mastodon.social/@Tinu/113112518839888233
May the predatory insurance system see some retributive justice for what they did to her.
#WarDAMNTinu #ForTinu #FuckCancer #LongCOVIDSUCKS #SinglePayerNOW
Bonnie BogovichAs we near concert season, ours and fellow music ensembles, and the holidays, and everything, letting folks know that FREE covid tests from the govt/usps are back on. Fill out the form to get yours mailed to your home. https://www.covidtests.gov/
Be safe, Yinz Yall!
Robotistry@juliewebgirl I used to be a morning person - I'd roll happily out of bed at 5:30am without an alarm clock, and all my best problem solving and ideas happened before lunch, often before breakfast.
Now I need a couple extra hours of awake horizontal time before I can even contemplate getting up, having breakfast, and only then starting to cope with the world.
Hyphlosion@brianvastag I feel for your friend. Been dealing with #LongCovid since early 2021. The brain fog has been real ever since. It’s a wonder I still have my job. Had to kiss leadership opportunities goodbye though.
Matt PritchettI almost went had first into the kitchen counter a little while ago. I got up from bed, closed the window blinds, and headed to the kitchen about 15 feet away. As I rounded the corner I suddenly felt my head get lighter and my legs started acting like I had just left a bar at 2am on a Saturday when I was in college. 🥴😵💫😧🙀🤦🏻♂️
It was all I could do just to hold myself up leaning on the counter and yelp for my caretaker to help me. It wasn’t much better holding onto her and trying to wobble back to bed. SHEESH
#LongCovid #LongCovidSupport #LongCovidSucks #POTS_Syndrome #PEM_PostExertionalMalaise
#LongCovidSucksAndYouDoNotWantIt
#StillSick #MillionsMissing #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpUSA #MaskUp
https://sfba.social/@CrankyCyborg/112313037551357124
It was all I could do just to hold myself up leaning on the counter and yelp for my caretaker to help me. It wasn’t much better holding onto her and trying to wobble back to bed. SHEESH
#LongCovid #LongCovidSupport #LongCovidSucks #POTS_Syndrome #PEM_PostExertionalMalaise
#LongCovidSucksAndYouDoNotWantIt
#StillSick #MillionsMissing #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUpUSA #MaskUp
https://sfba.social/@CrankyCyborg/112313037551357124
Matt Pritchett 📷♿️ (@[email protected])
Constantly hoping and praying for one day without all the pain and fatigue from hell. Hasn’t happened yet.😩😮💨 Someone send me a couple large bags of morphine and a couple ugly, but really good at their job, nurses. #chronicillness #chronicpain #cfsme #POTS_Syndrome etc https://mastodon.social/@effinbirds/112286949914109214
David Mitchell 
I said, “You know that this is what is described by the term ‘Long Covid’, and that it probably affects as many as 1 in 10 people who have had Covid, and even more who have had subsequent infections, right?”
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No, they didn’t know.
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Today I had a conversation with someone who has had at least 2 *confirmed* Covid infections, the last about a year ago. They were commenting that they have had several respiratory infections this winter, one after the other, almost before the first clears up, and that they are feeling run down and unable to recover from them. “After even a five minute conversation, I feel light-headed and unable to focus”, and described always feeling sapped of energy.
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Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast 🇨🇦Post-COVID Never Ending Cough
It could be lung damage or heart damage.
No matter what your age.
Get it checked out.
@laurenpelley
It's worth thinking about.
https://cbc.ca/news/health/lingering-cough-patience-time-1.7109632
#COVID19 #LongCOVID #MaskUp #LongCOVIDsucks #100dayCough #COVIDisAirborne #getvaccinated
Trying to kick a nagging cough? It often just takes patience and time, physicians say | CBC News
Lingering coughs after a respiratory infection are common. So how do you get rid of one? In many cases, it’s just a matter of patience and time, suggest a trio of physicians writing for the Canadian Medical Association Journal.