Long COVID limiting walks to 20 minutes, briefly well after booster then worse again
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Mar 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
My Long Covid was triggered (or at least made very obvious) by exercise
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
If I walk too long in a stretch (\~20 minutes) my legs turn to flu-like-legs, so full cardio is out of the question for me.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
one day 10 days into this, during errands my legs started getting heavy and everything was back to LC mode
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
My Long Covid was triggered (or at least made very obvious) by exercise
In context ↗
Summary
A New York City resident with long COVID that exercise made obvious, they could walk only about 20 minutes in one stretch before their legs turned flu-like, and full cardio was out of the question. A bivalent booster in November 2022 left them feeling beat up for a couple of days, then pre-COVID well for about ten days, until yard work and errands set them back within a few days to a week.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- bi-valent booster · Helped a lot
the booster made me feel beat up for a couple days, but then I felt amazing! like, pre-COVID amazing!
In context ↗ - "Stasis" exercises · Helped
my COVID counselors have me doing "Stasis" exercises to help the breathing stimulate Vagus nerve. Helps.
In context ↗ - very limited physical therapy · Not said
My sports medicine rehab LC specialist has me starting tomorrow on very limited physical therapy that is designed for LC patients.
In context ↗
Approaches: Vaccination
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Long COVID, made very obvious by exerciseMy Long Covid was triggered (or at least made very obvious) by exerciseIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| November 2022 | bivalent booster; pre-COVID well, yard work, errands on footthe booster made me feel beat up for a couple days, but then I felt amazing! like, pre-COVID amazing!In context ↗ | Near normal | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| November 2022 | crashed 10 days after booster during errands after yard workone day 10 days into this, during errands my legs started getting heavy and everything was back to LC modeIn context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“the booster made me feel beat up for a couple days” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Muscle weakness
my legs started getting heavy and everything was back to LC mode
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
For breathing, my COVID counselors have me doing "Stasis" exercises to help the breathing stimulate Vagus nerve. Helps.
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