Long COVID
Mild → no benefitIll for 2.5 years
Long COVID breathlessness and chest tightness, no better on beta blockers
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Apr 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
continued to deal with it every day, anxiety or LC who knows
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
even at my worst I can work a normal job
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
After that I spent nearly 10 months at home on medical leave, SOB same then as it is now.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I felt mildly sick for about a week and stupidly did not get tested, just assumed it was covid
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Summary
An air traffic controller developed shortness of breath in August 2020 after a week of mild presumed COVID, later adding chest tightness and inappropriate sinus tachycardia; confirmed COVID in 2022 sent them to the ER and onto ten months of medical leave. Beta blockers lowered their blood pressure but their heart rate and breathing stayed bad, and other tests were normal. They were still working, calling out on bad days.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Steroids · No change
they sent me home w medication that I can't really say helped at all. Steroids I think.
In context ↗ - beta blockers · Helped
Was prescribed beta blockers which helps the BP, but HR is still really high and still can't breathe properly.
In context ↗ - abstaining from caffeine and alcohol · No change
Yet I've tried abstaining from both entirely for months with no change.
In context ↗ - running, lifting and biking · Worse
There are some days I can run, lift, or bike almost to my normal levels ... there's always a shitty day or 2 coming up after
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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. 1 step has no time and sits in story order between the steps around it. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | shortness of breath after a week of mild presumed COVID; kept working as an air traffic controllerI started feeling short of breath in AUGUST 2020. I felt mildly sick for about a week and stupidly did not get tested, just assumed it was covidIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2022 | confirmed COVID, ER four days in for severe breathlessness, then 10 months at home on medical leaveI officially got COVID in 2022, confirmed this time. 4 days into it I went to the ER because the shortness of breath was so severe.In context ↗ | Mild |
| April 2023 | still short of breath and tachycardic on beta blockers, working but calling out on bad days, tilt table test pendingstill can't breathe properly ... I've been calling out whenever I have a bad day and I'm worried about responsibly controlling trafficIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
SOB same then as it is now
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
my chest will feel really tight, heart feels like it's pounding out of my chest
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
there's always a shitty day or 2 coming up after and exercise is the last thing on my mind
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