@moonlightsiesta

I know how you feel and sending you warm thoughts. I'm investigating the likelihood of MCAS (which I think to be high). I managed to avoid one case of symptomatic Covid (my partner). He isolated in the bedroom.

I have pretty much cut myself off from the world since everything began (and I'm lucky that I can), but my kid brought it home from school. And it's likely to happen again and again.

@moonlightsiesta

Sorry! My first reply was so lacking!

I avoided the first round (when my partner came home infected), but not the second round (when my kid came home infected). I'm currently recovering from an infection that started last week. Which came from school via my child. Still testing positive, still some symptoms nearly 10 days later.

I really worry about the same - we know little about the long-term consequences of infection.

@moonlightsiesta

What we do know is that repeated infections, which are going to happen given the virus' continued circulation and awful public health policy, seem to do our bodies greater progressive damage.

There also seems to be a mechanistic link between long COVID and MCAS. Several doctors with experience treating MCAS are now also treating long COVID patients.

@moonlightsiesta

You also mentioned exploring health issues? What are you looking into?

The path to MCAS diagnosis seems to hinge on eliminating other possibilities first. So, with my generalist, we are building a case based on the atypical health issues that I've had that are not explained by more common factors. For example, I saw an allergist, who found no signs of IgE-based allergies and thinks I've got IBS + lactose intolerance + sulfite sensitivity...