Long COVID
Severe → no benefit
Long COVID crash, off work a year, still struggling to walk to driveway
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I thought taking a couple weeks off would restore my health after a LC dx
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
Since I have been sick my ability to walk to the end of the driveway is challenged , let alone walk to the top of the street
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
It’s a year today I am off and I am finally applying for disability knowing the likely hood of returning to work safely will likely never happen
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
especially now living with long covid
Summary
A registered nurse in eastern Canada with long COVID who crashed in 2025 and had been off work for a year by July 2026, when they were applying for disability. They found walking to the end of the driveway challenging and were looking into a mobility scooter to get outside. They credited getting outdoors with how far they had come, and mentioned two past cancers.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- taking a couple weeks off work · No change
I thought taking a couple weeks off would restore my health after a LC dx. It’s a year today I am off
In context ↗ - getting outside · Helped
I attribute my ability to get this far with my illness by getting outside.
In context ↗
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| onset | long COVID diagnosisI thought taking a couple weeks off would restore my health after a LC dxIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| last year | crashed and went off workLike you last year I finally crashed ... It’s a year today I am offIn context ↗ | Severe |
| 2026-08-26 | still off work, applying for disability, cannot walk to the end of the drivewaymy ability to walk to the end of the driveway is challengedIn context ↗ | Severe |