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Long COVID RecoveredIll 3 months before improving or writing

Long COVID for over three months, back to normal with exercise and puzzles

Condition
Long COVID
At worst
Not stated
Ill before improving or writing
3 months
Last post
Sep 2022
In their words
  • Condition: Long COVIDIt took me about 1.5 months of slow recovery. I was noticing improvements through this time. In context ↗
  • Now: RecoveredFeels great to be back to normal. In context ↗
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Summary

Fjord 99885 had long COVID and said it took a little over three months to get back to normal. They described about 1.5 months of slow recovery with improvements noticed throughout, and credited plain exercise, feeling that the more they did the faster they healed, plus small puzzles and games. By September 2022 they reported feeling great to be back to normal.

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What they tried

Also tried

small puzzles/games· Helped
Their words about each treatment
  • exercise · Helped a lotJust good ol’ exercise. Really felt like the more I did, the faster I was healing. In context ↗
  • small puzzles/games · HelpedOh yeah, and doing small puzzles/games of any type. In context ↗

Approaches: Exercise and activity

Their path

They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.

WhenWhat happenedWhere they wereAfter
onsetlong COVID with brain fogIt took me about 1.5 months of slow recovery. I was noticing improvements through this time. In context ↗Not stated
1.5 moslow steady improvement over about 1.5 monthsI was noticing improvements through this time. In context ↗Not statedEveryday exercise and activity
2022-09-16back to normal after a little over 3 monthsFeels great to be back to normal. ... took a little over 3 months here In context ↗RecoveredEveryday exercise and activity

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