Long COVID, unable to work, iron improved symptoms for months then they returned
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 13 months
- Last post
- Apr 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I still have long Covid symptoms
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I can no longer work
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
a few months after stopping the iron symptoms came back and I can no longer work
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
got covid I. March 2023 and I am still struggling with long covid
In context ↗
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Summary
Osprey 84135 caught COVID before vaccination and took a long time to recover, then got COVID again in March 2023 and has had long COVID since. Low ferritin was found and iron supplements improved their symptoms for a few months, enough to return to work, but the symptoms came back when they stopped. A second course of iron made no difference and they were still unable to work with ongoing symptoms months later.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- iron · Helped
given iron seemed to improve so went back to work. Symptoms came back
In context ↗ - metformin · Not said
I am already on metformin for diabetes and still got long covid
In context ↗ - Slimming World · Not said
I have joined slimming world and been able to continue losing weight
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Approaches: Supplements
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. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | COVID before vaccination, slow recoverythe first time was before vaccination and I took a long time to recover and was never a fit as before covid but I was at a level I was managingIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| March 2023 | second COVID; long COVID, off work for monthsgot covid I. March 2023 and I am still struggling with long covidIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 4 mo | iron for low ferritin, symptoms improved, back to workwas found to have low ferritin and given iron seemed to improve so went back to workIn context ↗ | Mild | Iron infusion / ferritin repletion |
| 2023-11-07 | symptoms returned after stopping iron; off work againSymptoms came back went to doctors thinking low iron again but told no iron is fine ... Currently been off work 5 weeks this timeIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2024-04-15 | still has long COVID symptoms and cannot workI still have long Covid symptoms not sure what would happen if still on the meds now.In context ↗ | Moderate |
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