After having COVID in March, I did not think I had any long-term health consequences other than a little shortness of breath.

Of course, like everything with COVID, we still barely know anything. And I barely know what it has done to my body.

Since recovering, I have had 2 ER visits, three COVID swabs, and countless unexplainable symptoms of illness.

I will be fine for several weeks, and then suddenly my body will start to run a fever. I will get chest pains, a cough, shortness of breath, a viral rash all over my face with redness into my eyes at times, and muscle aches.

When these symptoms appear they last for a week to ten days, and then just go away.

Each time I've gone to the ER on the recommendation of health professionals, and each time I've had a complete blood workup, urine tests, and chest x-rays. Other than the symptoms, I am a picture of perfect health. There is no apparent cause for them.

This never happened to me before getting COVID. This is new after having the virus.

Is it connected? I don't know. It's a mystery. Why I have these symptoms is a mystery, but I know there are people who have inflammatory responses after COVID and I may be in that group.

I don't know whether this is forever, or just for now, or whether the periods between flare ups will get longer and longer. I want to find answers, but science and available medical testing doesn't have them for me.

Since I think it's important to share my experiences with COVID, I also think it's important to share this. It may not be connected, but I have a really big feeling that it is. And others should know that this may happen to them too.