Long COVID
Outcome unclear
Long COVID calf pain and sciatica, some days stuck laying down when walking hurts
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- May 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
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In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Sometimes I’m stuck laying down all day because it hurts when I walk.
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Summary
Creek 41361 reported calf pain, and separately sciatica typically in the buttock or lower back, with calf pain on some days leaving them stuck laying down because walking hurt. The pain started after an 18-day trip spent mostly walking, and had come back and been pretty bad in the weeks before May 2023. Their tests and neurology had come back normal, and they planned to ask their PCP about a possible torn muscle.
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Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| — | calf and sciatic pain began after an 18-day walking tripRight before this started happening I was on an 18 day long trip where I was mostly walking everyday and then I came home and was in painIn context ↗ |
| past few weeks before 6 May 2023 | calf pain returned and became badMy pain has come back in the past few weeks and has also been pretty bad.In context ↗ |
| 2023-05-06 | still in pain, some days stuck laying down all daySometimes I’m stuck laying down all day because it hurts when I walk.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Pain & fibromyalgia
I do get sciatica pain but the pain in my calf is not from that, the sciatic pain is typically just in my butt cheek or lower back.
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