Long COVID
Mild → relapsedIll 10 months before improving or writing
Long COVID with chest pain and breathlessness on exertion, improved then relapsed
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 10 months
- Last post
- Jul 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I'm getting my long haul symptoms again
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
chest pains, shortness of breath especially when I exerted myself
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
By December I felt significantly better, perhaps about 90% recovered.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I contracted the delta variant last September.
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Summary
Orchid 86385 caught the delta variant in September 2021 and developed chest pain and shortness of breath on exertion, so stayed away from exercise. By December 2021 they felt significantly better, perhaps about 90% recovered. In late June 2022, after exposure to a COVID-positive friend, cough, fatigue, breathlessness and chest pain returned; they had not tested positive and were resting and drinking water.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- drinking tons of water · Not said
Been taking more precautions like drinking tons of water and resting.
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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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | caught the delta variant; chest pain and breathlessness on exertionI contracted the delta variant last September. After a week of mild symptoms I started to develop chest pains, shortness of breath especially when I exerted myselfIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| December 2021 | felt significantly better after staying away from exerciseBy December I felt significantly better, perhaps about 90% recovered.In context ↗ | Near normal | Pacing and the energy envelope |
| late June 2022 | suspected COVID reinfection after exposure; long-haul symptoms returnedI began to develop the shortness of breath and chest pain. The cough remained mild. It's been about 7 days and I've yet to test positive.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
shortness of breath especially when I exerted myself
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I started to develop chest pains
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
Last time I got back into exercise way too quick which I suspect made things worse for me.
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