Long COVID
Moderate → no benefitIll for 15 months
Long COVID with daily fever and breathlessness, still ill 15 months on
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 15 months
- Last post
- Jan 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’ve had a fever every day since October. I have to wash my bed sheets every 3 days because of sweat.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I feel weak and beaten down each and every time I’ve got out of it.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I had a cough that lasted over a month and after a week of no coughing, I get it again due to peoples carelessness.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
First time: clients coughed on me and manager didn’t let me end the service.
In context ↗
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Summary
A bar and facial-services worker, they first fell ill at work around October 2020 and were still ill about 15 months later, after early chest pain, breathlessness and an ER visit. A year on, an episode with all-negative tests left them unable to breathe and doubting they would survive. In January 2022 they still had a daily fever since October, sweating and a returning cough, and had been fired during workplace outbreaks.
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What they tried
Also tried
Antibiotics· No changeinhaler· No change
Their words about each treatment
- Antibiotics · No change
Antibiotics were not working
In context ↗ - inhaler · No change
Antibiotics were not working, neither was an inhaler
In context ↗
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| first time | caught COVID at work from clients; chest pain and breathing problems, ER visitFirst time: clients coughed on me and manager didn’t let me end the service.In context ↗ | Mild |
| October (a year to the day of the first time) | could not breathe, all tests negative, feared they would not surviveI tested negative in October, but I could not breathe. ... I really didn’t think I was going to survive.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| 5 weeks later | workplace outbreak, 22 coworkers positive; fired for not coming inMyself and a few others were terminated for not coming in.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2022-01-16 | still weak, daily fever, sweats and a cough that keeps returningI feel weak and beaten down each and every time I’ve got out of it.In context ↗ | Moderate |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
I tested negative in October, but I could not breathe.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I had horrible chest pain and delayed breathing.
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
I’ve had a fever every day since October.
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
I have to wash my bed sheets every 3 days because of sweat.
In context ↗