Successful Long Covid Recovery - Melissa Mansfield's Story
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving
- 17 months
- Published
- No date given
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
that was the infection that set off my long Co
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - At worst: Moderate
it wound up being about nine months of like that real kind of hibernating totally changed my life rest period
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Now: Recovered
I can really say I am recovered I am healthy I'm good
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Began after: COVID
I contracted covid for the first time in March of 20122
Summary
Melissa Mansfield caught COVID in Colombia in March 2022 and was left with long COVID that at its worst stopped her walking to the shops. After about six months she stopped dancing and rested for about nine months, pacing and taking low-dose naltrexone (LDN). She credits reaching a certain LDN dose, close to a year and a half in, with starting her recovery. Two years on she was dancing nightly in Havana and says she is recovered.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- LDN · Helped a lot
I hit a certain dose in my LDN that seemed to kind of help me turn the corner
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - radical rest and healing · Helped a lot
that real kind of hibernating totally changed my life rest period
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - pacing · Helped
I did a lot of pacing which I learned from the mcfs community
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Mindset shift and self-compassion (grieving the past, being kinder to herself) · Helped
I really just focused on being kind to myself taking care of myself putting aside Ambitions and goals
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - other medications and supplements (unnamed) · Not said
I was taking other a few other medications and supplements
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Approaches: CBT & mindset · Pacing · Radical rest
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | mild COVID in Colombia followed by heavy fatigue; never felt well over the next four months despite cutting backI contracted covid for the first time in March of 20122 and that was the infection that set off my long CoWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | |
| about six months after infection | physically and emotionally depleted; stopped dancing and began about nine months of hibernating restI just got to a point where I was so depleted so physically and emotionally depletedWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Moderate | |
| a year after infection | started working a little and went to a concert with accommodationsI was able to start working a year after I got infectedWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Moderate | Radical rest |
| almost a year and a half after infection | more good days than bad after reaching a certain LDN dose; danced salsa again on a tripI started noticing like more good days than bad days I hit a certain dose in my LDN that seemed to kind of help me turn the cornerWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | Low-dose naltrexone |
| February, about two years after infection | ten days in Havana dancing almost every nightI went on a 10-day trip and I danced every single nightWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Near normal | Low-dose naltrexone |
| just before the interview | back from a 34-day trip around Europe with a week-long salsa festival, never got sickit's taken a very long time for me to really feel like I can really say I am recovered I am healthy I'm goodWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Recovered | Low-dose naltrexone |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Muscle weakness
I wasn't feeling like sort of a weakness
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Breathlessness
I wasn't getting winded
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Anxiety & low mood
I think of the first six months as this period of grief and heartbreak
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Post-exertional malaise
I was just so fatigued I was just learning what Pam was
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