been wanting to do a thread on #longcovid, mostly because there's literally nothing else going on in my life. but I keep giving up bc fatigue and pain

so I got covid back in April, really horrible, made what I thought was a full recovery, but stayed in isolation bc wasn't sure if reinfection was possible

6 weeks ago nearly all my symptoms came crashing back. freaked out about reinfection despite precautions. but no one else got sick alhamdulillah. just me. my own private covid party.

6 weeks later, I'm not getting any better. walking to the kitchen hurts. talking is exhausting. breathing, heartrate, appetite, sleep, everything is screwed

I miss playing with my toddlers. I spent Eid in bed. I can't stand up for more than a few seconds before everything hurts. I have to pray sitting down. I have no life. I can't do anything.

Every few hours I get new pain, new symptoms, and it's scary. No one understands long covid, especially not my GP. The FB support group has 14k members and no one knows if we'll ever get better

Some ppl are getting blood clots, kidney failure, heart attacks, all kinds of crap several months after their initial covid infection. It's not "just" pain and fatigue.

Most of the people in the FB group are young, previously healthy and athletic, and their lives have been ruined by covid. Many of them had it "mildly" to begin with. Some of them, like me, "recovered" before relapsing.

Please, people. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. You think social distancing is stopping you from "having a life"? Try long covid.