Long COVID limiting walking to 60 metres, somewhat better after statins and diet changes
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 20 months
- Last post
- Sep 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
then got covid and hit with long covid on top
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I've lost my job, my ability to work, my ability to be social, my ability to walk more than 60 metres
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
got put on statins and that really lead weight heaviness lifted ... Dietary changes are much better than statins
- Began after: a vaccination
I know absolutely it was the Pfizer vaccine that has sent me to the pits of hell these last two years
In context ↗
Read from 6 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
Cedar 59375, in Australia, dated the start of their illness to a Pfizer COVID vaccination in about 2021, and later developed long COVID after an infection as well. By May 2023 they had lost their job, their social life and the ability to walk more than 60 metres. Statins lifted a lead-heavy feeling; after about 18 months they stopped them and said dietary changes suited them better, reporting they were all fine.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- statins · Helped
got put on statins and that really lead weight heaviness lifted
In context ↗ - mouth guard · Helped
I've now got a mouth guard to wear at night and my teeth aren't so wobbly or painful now.
In context ↗ - Astragalus · Not said
Start taking Astragalus 3 for immune boosting ... I did recently when my teenage children had it by doing these measures.
In context ↗ - quercetin with bromelain · Not said
quercetin with bromelain (or both) as an anti- viral ... I did recently when my teenage children had it by doing these measures.
In context ↗ - nasal spray · Not said
Use a nasal spray to flush your nose a few times a day ... I did recently when my teenage children had it by doing these measures.
In context ↗ - dietary changes · Helped
Dietary changes are much better than statins.
In context ↗ - COVID vaccination as treatment · Not said
I had two shots, got very sick from that, then got covid and hit with long covid on top.
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | became ill after Pfizer COVID vaccinationI know absolutely it was the Pfizer vaccine that has sent me to the pits of hell these last two yearsIn context ↗ | |
| 2023-05-29 | lost job, work, social life and ability to walk more than 60 metresI've lost my job, my ability to work, my ability to be social, my ability to walk more than 60 metresIn context ↗ | |
| 2023-07-21 | lead-weight heaviness lifted on statinsgot put on statins and that really lead weight heaviness liftedIn context ↗ | Statins (unspecified) |
| 2024-09-15 | stopped statins after about 18 months and felt fine on dietary changesI stopped them a couple of months ago, was in them for a little over 18 months I think. All fine now. Dietary changes are much better than statins.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“I had two shots, got very sick from that, then got covid and hit with long covid on top.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Muscle weakness
that really lead weight heaviness lifted
In context ↗
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