Long COVID
Very severe → recovered
Life after Long COVID
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill before improving
- Not stated
- Published
- May 2025
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In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
What Long COVID was like for me
In context ↗ - At worst: Very severe
my state being so severe that I required full time care
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I am officially fully recovered.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
What Long COVID was like for me
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Summary
Nicole had Long COVID that left her barely able to take a few steps to the bathroom and needing full-time care for months. Her recovery was gradual, reaching 80-90% and then feeling normal most days, and she now says she is officially fully recovered and working full time. She credits no particular treatment; she keeps up daily breathwork or meditation and a healthier lifestyle, which she says makes her feel good.
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What they tried
Also tried
diet and lifestyle changes (barely drinking, healthy diet, earlier bedtime)· Helpeddaily breathwork or meditation· Helpedskiing and running again· Not saidsupplements and nutrients· Not saidphysical therapy and rehab· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- skiing and running again · Not said
This is when I first tried skiing again, and started running again
In context ↗ - diet and lifestyle changes (barely drinking, healthy diet, earlier bedtime) · Helped
I’ve kept up most of my diet and lifestyle changes
In context ↗ - daily breathwork or meditation · Helped
do daily breathwork or meditation
In context ↗ - supplements and nutrients · Not said
on supplements and nutrients
In context ↗ - physical therapy and rehab · Not said
On physical therapy and rehab.
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| onset | Long COVID began and her life fell apart within monthsseeing my life completely fall apart, within monthsIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| — | barely able to walk to the bathroom, needing full-time care for monthsto the point of barely being able to take the few steps to the bathroom. For months.In context ↗ | Very severe |
| after months and months | back to 80-90% but still up and downAfter months and months, I was back to 80%, 90%, but it was still up and down.In context ↗ | Mild |
| last January | first day she felt totally normalI remember the first day I felt totally normal, which was last JanuaryIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| — | felt at 100% most days, with some days of symptomsEventually, I felt at 100% most days, with some days where I still experienced symptoms.In context ↗ | Near normal |
| — | officially fully recovered and working full timeI am officially fully recovered.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Muscle weakness
Shaken by losing my strength, to the point of barely being able to take the few steps to the bathroom.
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
getting my body to tolerate movement and being upright again
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