Long COVID
Severe → recoveredIll 10 months before improving or writing
Long COVID with hypoxia and hospital stay, now 100% back to normal
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 10 months
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
My doctor suspects long covid, but isnt sure.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
eventually i was dealing with hypoxia that had me on o2 of a couple of weeks. I was hospitalized for a night
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Id say I am 100% now.
In context ↗ - Began after: another virus
we all caught a VERY nasty respiratory illness
Read from 11 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Zephyr 68710 caught a severe respiratory illness a couple of weeks after a mild family COVID case in December 2023 that he never tested positive for, worsening until hypoxia put him on oxygen and in hospital overnight. Prednisone tapers cleared the infection, but brain fog, mild POTS and exertion-triggered lung congestion followed. He improved slowly, plateaued by June 2024, and said in January 2025 he was 100% back to normal after about 9-11 months.
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Their words about each treatment
- o2 · Not said
i was dealing with hypoxia that had me on o2 of a couple of weeks
In context ↗ - prednisone · Helped a lot
I went on a 3 week taper of prednisone. That was the only thing that seemed to get me out of the acute chest infection.
In context ↗ - exercise (running, daily walks, weight lifting) · Worse
I tried to run a couple of weeks ago. That was a mistake.
In context ↗ - pepcid ac · Helped a lot
It is drastically improved when I take pepcid ac.
In context ↗ - rest / avoiding exercise · Helped
That and rest so far have been the only things that gets my heart rate issues to improve.
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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. The chart starts 1 month after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 2 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | caught a very nasty respiratory illness after a mild family COVID caseA couple weeks later, well after testing negative, we all caught a VERY nasty respiratory illness.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| January 2024 | hypoxia, on oxygen for a couple of weeks, one night in hospitaleventually i was dealing with hypoxia that had me on o2 of a couple of weeks. I was hospitalized for a nightIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| March 2024 | prednisone tapers cleared the acute chest infectionWas put on prednisone a couple of times over the course of a month and finally beat the illness.In context ↗ | Not stated | Corticosteroid pulses |
| May 2024 | able to lift weights twice a week, careful about physical activityI have gotten a LOT better to the point where I can lift weights a couple times per week, but I have to be really careful about how much physical activity I do.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| mid-May 2024 | crashed after a run and a week of 30-minute daily walks; felt like a chest cold with low O2This passed week i walked every day for 30 minutes mon-thursday. By thursday night i felt like i had a chest cold that made my o2 levels low.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| about 9-11 months after onset (Sept-Nov 2024) | back to normalId say it was about 9-11 months until i was back to normal.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Corticosteroid pulses“I had terrible heartburn for about a month after prednisone” In context ↗ Gut side effects
- Corticosteroid pulses“I had 2 tapers which put me in the "long term" use category. The withdrawals werent fun” In context ↗ Withdrawal problems
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBrain fogBreathlessnessGut problemsHeart symptoms & palpitationsPOTS & dysautonomiaPost-exertional malaise
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
when I do too much my lungs feel swollen and I produce a ton of sticky mucus/sputum
In context ↗ - Brain fog
At first I had major brain fog.
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I have mild POTS symptoms.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
the only things that gets my heart rate issues to improve
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
SOB and chest congestion is the main thing.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I had terrible heartburn for about a month after prednisone, which flares from time to time.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
brain fog, POTS, low O2 issues, phlegm in my lungs that wouldnt go away, anxiety
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