Long COVID a year on, still unable to work with tremors after bone broth and gua sha
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 2 years
- Last post
- Jul 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Just over a year now since I got COVID
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
there's no way I would be able to keep a job if I even managed to get hired
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I'm still dealing with it.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Just over a year now since I got COVID
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
They got COVID in 2024 and a year later were still unable to work, with flare-ups and viruses that knocked them out for weeks. Homemade Chinese-style bone broth made them feel much better, and they called gua sha on their legs and sleeping with them elevated a game changer. Matcha, which replaced coffee, began flaring their symptoms after helping for a while; by July 2026 they still had tremors.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- matcha · Helped
switched over to matcha because I believe it releases the caffeine more steadily vs a spike like coffee does. Worked for a while
In context ↗ - homemade Chinese style bone broth · Helped
I’ve discovered that homemade Chinese style bone broth really seems to help ... I feel so much better when I have it
In context ↗ - protein before caffeine in the mornings · Helped
I find having protein before I have it in the mornings help
In context ↗ - nattokinase · Not said
I do around a week before and during my period.
In context ↗ - gua shaing my legs · Helped
I’ve also started gua shaing my legs, and sleeping with them elevated, which honestly has been a game changer.
In context ↗ - playlist of classical music and chill video game music · Helped
when I start to feel the tremors I have a specific playlist of classical music and chill video game music that seems to calm my system down
In context ↗
Their path
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| onset | got COVIDJust over a year now since I got COVIDIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2025-09-08 | still too ill to work; flare-ups and viruses knock her out for weeksthere's no way I would be able to keep a job if I even managed to get hiredIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2025-12-06 | homemade Chinese-style bone broth made her feel much betterI feel so much better when I have itIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2026-04-04 | matcha began flaring her symptoms after working for a whilerecently it seems to be flaring up my symptomsIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2026-06-18 | gua sha on her legs and sleeping with legs elevated was a game changerwhich honestly has been a game changerIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2026-07-08 | still gets tremors; calming classical music helpswhen I start to feel the tremors I have a specific playlist of classical musicIn context ↗ | Moderate |