Long COVID, exercise left them napping, fully recovered after gradual exercise and diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- Mar 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had really bad long covid for 9 months, and now am 100%.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I couldn’t do any exercise without needing a nap
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I had really bad long covid for 9 months, and now am 100%. ... now can work all day on my feet and go gym with no problems.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had really bad long covid for 9 months
In context ↗
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Summary
Crane 49062 had bad long COVID for nine months and could not exercise without needing a nap afterwards. They recovered fully, crediting gradual controlled exercise that avoided overdoing it, a healthy diet, breath work, vitamins and a steroid inhaler. They said the return to normal life came little by little, and by March 2023 they could work all day on their feet and go to the gym without problems.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- exercising more in a controlled way · Helped a lot
exercising more but all in a controlled way and never over doing it as this would make me relapse
In context ↗ - healthy diet · Helped a lot
that combined with a healthy diet, breath work, vitamins and steroid inhaler I managed to get to full health
In context ↗
Approaches: Mind-body practices · Other drugs and medicines · Physiotherapy and rehab
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. 2 steps have no time and sit in story order between the steps around them. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | long COVID beganI had really bad long covid for 9 monthsIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| — | could not exercise without needing a napI couldn’t do any exercise without needing a napIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| — | slowly introduced normal life and controlled exerciseI didn’t get better over night, but little by little.In context ↗ | Mild | Graded rehab and self-made programmes |
| 2023-03-17 | back to full health, working on feet and gymnow can work all day on my feet and go gym with no problemsIn context ↗ | Recovered | Graded rehab and self-made programmes |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I couldn’t do any exercise without needing a nap
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