Long COVID can do only very small things, breathing better on hyperbaric oxygen then worse
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Apr 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
and then long covid hit
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
now i can only do very small things during and that’s still an improvement compared to before treatment
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I got better and then currently got worse again so honestly it is a bit discouraging :(
In context ↗
Read from 8 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
Birch 51582 has long COVID and can do only very small things. Twenty hyperbaric oxygen sessions from July 2022 eased breathing by session 7-8; afterwards breathing and heart problems were significantly better but low energy and easy tiredness remained. By April 2023 they had got worse again.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy · Helped
my most serious problems which are breathing and heart problems have been significantly improved I barely have days where I have a hard time breathing anymore.
In context ↗
Approaches: Hyperbaric & oxygen
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. The chart starts 2 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-22 | 10 days of hyperbaric oxygen sessions; breathing easier from sessions 7-8at the very least i feel like I can breathe significantly easierIn context ↗ | Moderate | Hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT) |
| 2022-08-27 | finished all hyperbaric sessions; breathing and heart problems much improved, still very low energymy most serious problems which are breathing and heart problems have been significantly improved ... I still have very low energy and get tired very easily unfortunatelyIn context ↗ | Mild | Hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT) |
| 2023-04-06 | got better and then worse againI got better and then currently got worse again so honestly it is a bit discouraging :(In context ↗ | Moderate |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
And yes I have tons of stomach issues lol
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
i was the type to have daily headaches
In context ↗
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