Long COVID and unable to do anything else, now much better after metformin and myomectomy
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- May 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
IIH as part of my long covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
Before, on days when I didn’t work I had a stool in the kitchen to sit on because I physically couldn’t stand up straight that long
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
Thankfully now I can walk 10+ miles a day no problem and live a much better quality of life.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I developed my first fibroids after covid in 2020
In context ↗
Summary
Plover 66619 developed long COVID after a 2020 infection, along with fibroids, and worked three nursing shifts a week while unable to do anything else. Metformin ER 500 mg three times daily with meals was life changing, and a myomectomy removing twelve fibroids sharply reduced inflammation. By April 2025 they could walk 10+ miles a day, though still seeing specialists for IIH and metabolic dysfunction.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Metformin ER · Helped a lot
Metformin ER 500 mg TID reset my vagus nerve. Empashis on extended release (less GI symptoms) and I could feel a burning feeling along the nerve for a few hours and then life got infinitely better.
In context ↗ - open myomectomy · Helped a lot
the open myomectomy has been mind blowingly helpful in managing my symptoms
In context ↗ - iron infusions · Not said
which meant anemia and iron infusions
In context ↗
Approaches: Other drugs and medicines · Surgery & structural
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | COVID-19 infection, then fibroidsI developed my first fibroids after covid in 2020In context ↗ | |
| — | three infections, each brought more fibroids and anaemiaI've had three infections. All three instances brought more fibroids.In context ↗ | |
| before starting new doctors and a new treatment plan | working three nursing shifts a week and able to do nothing else; shower chair, sat to cookOn days when I had to be at work (3x a week for me a a nurse), that was literally the only thing I could do ... I had a shower chair that I used.In context ↗ | |
| about a year and a half before April 2025 | started metformin ER with meals and new specialistsI could feel a burning feeling along the nerve for a few hours and then life got infinitely better.In context ↗ | Metformin |
| early 2025 | open myomectomy removing twelve fibroidsthe decrease in inflammation in my entire body after I had the twelve fibroids removed was DRAMATICIn context ↗ | Other surgery (adrenal, lung, venoplasty) |
| 2025-04-03 | walking 10+ miles a day, much better quality of lifeThankfully now I can walk 10+ miles a day no problem and live a much better quality of life.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Muscle weakness
I had a stool in the kitchen to sit on because I physically couldn’t stand up straight that long
In context ↗
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