Long COVID
Moderate → somewhat betterIll 5 years before improving or writing
Breathless and in all-day pain with long COVID, somewhat better after reframing
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 5 years
- Last post
- Nov 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Long Covid sufferer ever since.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
Too hard to walk from the car to our spot. ... My entire body hurts all day, every day. Fatigue.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I continue to improve both mentally and physically every day. Baby steps man.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I actually got Covid at the beginning, at work.
Summary
A psychiatric nurse practitioner caught COVID at work in November 2020, spent 12 days in hospital, four of them on BiPap, and was off work six weeks. Long COVID left them breathless, with their whole body hurting all day and unable to walk from the car to the beach. Working from home, they grieved their losses and then reframed what they could still do, reporting slow mental and physical gains.
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What they tried
Also tried
Bipap· Not saidsupplemental O2· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- Bipap · Not said
On a Bipap for 4 days.
In context ↗ - supplemental O2 · Not said
Pulse ox was 68 on 15 liters of O2. Extra 2 weeks of supplemental O2 at home.
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|
| November 2020 | COVID-19 caught at work; 12 days in hospital, 4 days on BiPap, 6 weeks off workGot Covid in November of 2020. 12 days in the hospital.In context ↗ |
| 2023-07-02 | accepted their limits after a hard beach trip and reframed what they could still do; slow gains in mind and bodyI continue to improve both mentally and physically every day. Baby steps man.In context ↗ |
| 2025-11-09 | still working as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, a little better than at the startSo once I was a little better I started looking for alternate companies to work for.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Pain & fibromyalgia
My entire body hurts all day, every day.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Once in the car after the first trip I sat and cried over everything I have lost to Covid.
In context ↗