Long COVID is a lonely battle. My cousin through marriage took her own life after a 9 month struggle with long COVID. She was being gaslit by medical professionals who’s only solution was pain pills. Get support: suicide prevention lifeline 1-800-273-8255 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7928695/

While this isn’t my loss to grieve, acknowledge the struggle of Long COVID. Mental health should be part of Long COVID treatment. And although I’m getting through it- none of us are “ok”. Even on our “good days” we struggle. #LongCovid #MentalHealthMatters #chronicillness

The @itsbodypolitic slack group was REALLY validating early on. Reach out, find some text buddies who are suffering too. I can’t tell you how valuable my long COVID text support buddies have been. Long COVID is hard. Tell people how hard it is so you can get the support you need.

@Survivor_Corps is great for validation and support too!!

None of us have the capacity to keep visiting (and paying for) doctors who aren’t, at the very least, empathetic. I barked back at the first pulmonologist who told me I had asthma and not COVID and found myself another pulmonologist. Not everyone has that privilege.