Long COVID for a year, wiped out by a mailbox walk, now recovered after rest and shots
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 15 months
- Last post
- Mar 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m a long hauler since March 2020
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
not being able to walk to the mailbox without getting wiped out for the next two days
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
made a full recovery to climbing mountains and running training at a high level
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I’m a long hauler since March 2020
In context ↗
Read from 10 of their posts and comments; links to the 7 this page draws on
Summary
They caught COVID in March 2020 and long hauled for about a year, at worst unable to walk to the mailbox without being wiped out for two days, with severe PEM, breathing and heart problems, electric shocks, insomnia and hair loss. Near-total rest and low stress brought slow gains, and around their Moderna shots in early 2021 they felt back to 99-100% of themselves, running and playing basketball. A year later they still reported full recovery.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- doing nothing / resting · Helped a lot
key to my recovery was literally doing nothing and keeping my stressors low
In context ↗ - second moderna · Helped a lot
It cleared up the remainder of my yearlong long haul (which was miserable).
In context ↗ - avoiding early physical exertion · Helped
AND ESPECIALLY TRYING TO GET BACK TO PHYSICAL EXERTION AND TRAINING TOO EARLY
In context ↗ - low inflammation diet · Not said
I recommend looking into low inflammation diet as well
In context ↗ - probiotics · Not said
taking probiotics and vitamin d
In context ↗
Approaches: Pacing · Radical rest · Vaccination
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. The chart starts 5 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | became a COVID long haulerI’m a long hauler since March 2020 and got the second moderna.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| August 2020 | crash after five minutes of shooting a basketballI tried to shoot a basketball in flip flops for five minutes in August and literally thought I might have to go to the ER because I couldn’t breathe properlyIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| January 2021 | slowly regaining strength after months of restDitto. 10 months and regaining strengthIn context ↗ | Moderate | Pacing and the energy envelope |
| March 2021 | back to 99-100% of their old self and exercising againFeeling back to 99-100% my regular self now. No long haul anymore.In context ↗ | Near normal | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| 2022-03 | full recovery, climbing and training at a high levelLong hauled for about 15 months and made a full recovery to climbing mountains and running training at a high level.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“Got the moderna jab. Arm was HELLA sore the next day” In context ↗ Side effects
- COVID vaccination as treatment“The second shot knocked me out for two days as well but it was 1/1,000th the bad vibes of what going through covid was like.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
not being able to walk a few blocks without intense PEM and being wiped out for 3-4 days
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
my heart beat was thumping out of my brain
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I couldn’t breathe properly
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
the electric shocks through my extremities was causing insomnia and pain
In context ↗ - Hair loss
and hair loss. Clumps of hair falling out.
In context ↗
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