#longCOVID

[chronicillnesshumor]

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

[captainshyborgrat]

[davidaugust]

“For the United States alone, the economic cost of long COVID is estimated to be $3 trillion over the next five years” and a projected 200 million people worldwide Long Covid in the next 10 years.

This is why wearing a mask, improving ventilation, avoiding crowds and getting fully vaccinated and boosted makes so much sense. Hopefully improvements will be made, but until then: avoiding COVID is the best way to avoid Long Covid.

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03225-w

[whatjanewore]

Long Covid: Personal Style Edit

Friday is Long Covid awareness day. I've had Long Covid for about 18 months. The biggest impact it's had on me is that I'm no longer able to work due to my main symptom of "fatigue."

You might be looking at these pictures and thinking I look like my usual self. What you can't see is that taking them is the only thing I did yesterday. I had to spend most of the day resting.

Long Covid fatigue is like when your phone has a really low battery and there's no charger, so you have to decide: What am I going to do with my 10% of energy today?

And then you realize every tiny thing that you've luckily never had to give a thought to takes energy. Like talking, listening, thinking, sitting up, putting on clothes, looking at a screen, just being out in the world around other people.

And your energy level never goes up!

After about 11 months I saw some measurable improvement: My battery level increased, and it continues to improve slowly. I can do more now than I could a year ago, but I'm still not able to work. I'm trying to be very patient, but it's hard. I miss working. I had awesome colleagues and I love working with college students.

Let me tell you about my outfits.

In the skirt picture, savvy style-watchers might notice the "deconstructed" vibe. This is because that's how I feel: deconstructed. Like I have these baby muscles that can't even lift a six-pack of Diet Coke. The spiky shoes and bracelets remind me of those images of the Covid virus itself that we used to see at the beginning of the pandemic.

The disco ball earrings are because I miss dancing and I'm hopeful I will be able to again.

Wig picture: why am I wearing math leggings, you ask? Because math is the language of science and somebody please do some more science and figure out this Long Covid thing! And thank you to those researchers who have been working on it already.

Please note: Long Covid is different for everyone, there are over 200 symptoms, and many people are much more debilitated and have been living with Long Covid far longer than I have. This is just what it has been like for me.

Special shoutout to my husband King Kaufman, who takes care of me like a boss.

[madelinenerdfighter]

The richochet article is out

Also the journalist did a tweet thread with highlights from the article if that's something that you're interested on sharing Facebook and Instagram won't let you share a news links from Canada https://twitter.com/SpichakSimon/status/1707785829433618864?t=RowAITYe-W17QLiZRGTNMQ&s=19

@allthecanadianpolitics

[long-covid-protocol]

An Orthomolecular Protocol for Long COVID

Download full research paper in pdf format >here<

[iammadelinepod]

QR code has links as well as in the GoFundMe to Media pieces that affirm my situation

https://gofund.me/cff39173

[lasseling]

‘Long Covid’ Exposed as Cover Up of Vaccine-Induced HIV

A bombshell new report has revealed that cases of so-called “long-Covid” are actually a cover-up for those who are suffering from mRNA vaccine-induced HIV.

[ladycybercat]

I've been wanting to make a comic about fibro and cbd forever, but until I can manage that I wanted to share this important info. #covid #fibromyalgia #chronicpain #longcovid If you have questions about CBD oil I'll be happy to answer any questions. It took me a long time to find the right CBD for me. Everyone's biology is different and what works for me may not work for everyone. Don't give up, try different brands as they are often very different. Start low with dosing because CBD has a property where if you take too much for your system, it actually makes fatigue and pain worse. That's why it is NOT a one size fits all type of dosage. (which is really annoying) Good luck and I hope you feel better!

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[chronicillnesshumor]

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

"Chronic fatigue" is part of #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome, many cases of long Covid along with some other energy-limiting chronic illnesses / #spoonie conditions.

Its severity varies between individuals so some people can have more difficulty doing these activities than others. Also it can vary within the one individual from day to day so that some days they may be able to do a particular one of these activities and other days not.

[romythe]

The reason for the extreme fatigue associated with long covid has been discovered by Dutch scientists.

Turns out the mitochondria (energy centres) in the muscles are not working properly and muscle tissue wastes away.

I sincerely hope this will be a step towards something that can actually help people with long covid and definitely the stigma attached to it.

[october-rosehip]

Alt: a drawing of a brown haired, blue eyed elven man with multiple ear piercings, a nubbly green cloak, and a blue ribbon in his hair, in profile facing right. The colors are somewhat complex and the texture of the cream pastel paper with rough tooth shows through.

How do you colored pencil?

Personal life update, and colored pencil facts!

I’ve been struggling with my art since longcovid because I have a tremble I didn’t used to have and my grip strength is shot. Also my energy level is terrible, so I’ve been trying to find things to do that I can set down again if I find I need to go lay down RIGHT NOW. I started looking back into drawing materials instead of painting materials, and that’s when I found out...

PRISMACOLORS HAVE CHANGED MANUFACTURERS AND FORMULAS REPEATEDLY OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. This was mind-blowing information to me, whose favorite medium used to be colored pencils, but starting in late college, I started to suck at them. Guess when the last Berol manufactured prismas left the shelves. I just never realized, and blamed myself.

Instead of trying different brands, I just painted more. But now...

Anyway this is drawn with Luminance.

[xianjaneway]

I didn't know this would be the last "normal" day of my life.

The next day, I came down with COVID.

Four months before vaccines were released to the public.

I developed Organizing Pneumonia, which required 5 months of home oxygen & steroid treatment.

The whirring, rhythmic sound of an oxygen machine gives my oldest child panic attacks to this day.

This is my youngest child (of 4). She wrapped herself up in a blanket to come see me, while I was working on some teak furniture we got from a woodworker's estate.