The Shift That Changed Everything | Emma's Long Covid Recovery Story
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving
- 1 year
- Published
- No date given
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Emma's Long Covid Recovery Story
- At worst: Moderate
I couldn't go to the shops
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Now: Near normal
I have some mast cell sensitivity, I'm pretty sure, still
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Began after: COVID
I'd had at least two fairly back-to-back COVID infections
Summary
Emma Dalton was left in constant pain and weak legs after back-to-back COVID infections, struggling to get around her house for about a year. She credits the Fern programme from January, with breathing practice and yoga nidra with meditation, for starting her recovery. She now says her life is wonderful and has travelled abroad, but still has some mast cell sensitivity that is under control.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Fern · Helped a lot
that really sort of like kickstarted the whole of my um yeah healing process
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - RRR class · Helped
I think I signed up and started doing your RRR class
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - breath work classes with Caroline and breathing practices · Helped a lot
what's really worked for me is is just breathing practices
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - super mantras · Helped
that found that really, really helpful
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Alan Gordon stuff (The Way Out) · Helped
I went to look into all these sort of the Alan Gordon stuff, the way out, all that pain management stuff
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Nidra and meditation (Richard's classes) · Helped a lot
Really transformational actually, making the body feel safe
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - time outdoors in nature · Helped
I'll get myself outside as quickly as I can cuz that's the other place where I automatically feel better
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - strict bedtime routine · Helped
having a really strict bedtime routine is really really good
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Approaches: CBT & mindset · Brain retraining · Mind-body practices
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. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | Two back-to-back Covid infections slammed her systemI'd had at least two fairly back-to-back COVID infections and it had really just completely slammed my system.Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Moderate | |
| October 2023 | In constant pain, struggling to sit up, weak legs, could not go to the shopsI was in constant pain. I was really really weak. I was really struggling to sit up.Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Moderate | |
| December 2023 | Body calming down; able to sit up on the floor unsupported after classes and breathworkI remember by December thinking, "This is actually starting to help."Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Moderate | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| January 2024 onwards | Fern programme kickstarted her healing, followed by nidra and meditationSo I did Fern in January straight away as soon as you had a gap.Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust) |
| about a year and a quarter after Fern | Strength back in her legs; digging in the garden againit must have taken a good good year a good year and a quarter probably after doing Fern so even get that strength back in my my lower body.Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| autumn, last year | Travelled to Western Australia on honeymoon and snorkelledI went traveling to Western Australia in the autumn. I mean, that's how that's how well I got second half of last year.Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Near normal | |
| around Christmas | Flare after another brush with Covid; heart rate and autonomic symptoms returnedI had another I think must have been another brush with COVID around Christmas time. So, I've actually had a few slightly trickier monthsWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | |
| 3.3 y | Back on the up; calm nervous system with some mast cell sensitivity remainingI have some mast cell sensitivity, I'm pretty sure, still, certainly, and you know, in my general system, but you know, it's it's under control.Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Pain & fibromyalgia
in constant pain
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Muscle weakness
All my leg muscles were really weak and like really heavy
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Headaches & migraine
I had headaches
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Anxiety & low mood
I was really actually really really scared
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - POTS & dysautonomia
some of the autonomics stuff came back
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Heart symptoms & palpitations
the heart rate going
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
I have some mast cell sensitivity, I'm pretty sure, still
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions
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