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Thank you, @washingtonpost, for shining a light on the experience of us "long-haulers." This kind of coverage matters in painting a more nuanced and urgent picture of what life after #Covid19 is like.
It's been a while I don't share an update on my recovery journey #onhere. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1271070309697847297
It's been a while I don't share an update on my recovery journey #onhere. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1271070309697847297
I'm on day 89 since I first presented symptoms. I'm still not back to normal. Truth is, I don't know if I ever will be again. Ask any long-hauler and the doctors caring for them: we are *all* flying blind in the face of #Covid19 post-viral syndromes and other complications.
That said, these past two weeks I've been feeling the closest to my old pre-virus self. I'm cautiously returning to my pre-mid-March activities...
I'm still not in fighting shape, though, and there are bad days.
Vertigo, headaches, brain fog, fatigue, chest pain - you name it.
I'm still not in fighting shape, though, and there are bad days.
Vertigo, headaches, brain fog, fatigue, chest pain - you name it.
In the midst of it all, though, I'm hopeful.
Finally, there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel -- a much needed and desperately longed-for respite and hopefulness after what have been the three scariest, sickest months of my life.
Finally, there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel -- a much needed and desperately longed-for respite and hopefulness after what have been the three scariest, sickest months of my life.
As we go onto the next phase of living with Coronavirus, I implore you: please remember to be as safe as you can be -- for you and for others. Remember that harm reduction strategies do work, in both individual and collective contexts.
Please keep remembering that this virus is an unfair, unprecedented, confusing, and particularly cruel beast -- and you don't get to choose how hard you get hit.
Don't let your guard down just because we're no longer on lockdown.
We must keep one another safe.
Don't let your guard down just because we're no longer on lockdown.
We must keep one another safe.
