Unable to breathe or work with long COVID, now nearly back to normal after walking
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Aug 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Long covid for 6-7 months.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
March - April: Damn near impossible to do ANYTHING.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I'm better now though ... Used to make me barf to walk 4 steps, now I can walk 4 hours.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid over Christmas.
Summary
Glacier 40633 caught COVID at Christmas 2022 and nearly died at home, unable to breathe or afford hospital. She could not work and coughed for months. From April 2023 she walked three to five hours a day, six days a week, which she credits with clearing her allergies and rebuilding her lungs. By August 2023 she could do hour-long strength workouts and walk four hours.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- allergy meds · Worse
I would take the most severe allergy meds and then felt insane stomach cramps
In context ↗ - walking · Helped a lot
I decided I'm going to walk my health better. ... I was doing like 3-5 hours of walking everyday, 6 days a week.
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas 2022 | COVID infection, nearly died at home, could not breathe or afford hospitalChristmas 2022: Covid positive. Almost died. Couldn't afford hospital. Didn't get hospitalized.In context ↗ | |
| March - April 2023 | still coughing, could do almost nothing, unable to workDamn near impossible to do ANYTHING. I was still coughing like a madman.In context ↗ | |
| April 2023 | allergies flared out of control; stopped allergy meds after 3 daysMy allergies went out of control. I was sneezing 400 times a day.In context ↗ | |
| May 2023 | after about 5 weeks of daily walking, allergies gone and lungs much betterAfter like 5 weeks of this, I lost around 15lbs. My allergies were GONE. My lungs felt a lot better.In context ↗ | Walking |
| August 2023 | doing hour-long strength workouts and walking four hoursI'm better now though. While I did have LC for a really long time, walking saved my lungs/heart. Used to make me barf to walk 4 steps, now I can walk 4 hours.In context ↗ | Walking |
Adverse events
- H1 antihistamines (unspecified)“I would take the most severe allergy meds and then felt insane stomach cramps.” In context ↗ Gut side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
Just endured not being able to breathe for like 13 days
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
My allergies went out of control. I was sneezing 400 times a day.
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Then it was a stabbing migraine.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Bones hurt like hell, worse than having the flu.
In context ↗
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