Long COVID episodes lasting about two weeks now shorter and milder after second shot
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Mar 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
long haul symptoms started in early September and have been on and off since then
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
been feeling mostly OK for the last couple of weeks since #2
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
never knew we (wife and I) had covid (maybe February 2020?) but long haul symptoms started in early September
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Summary
This Reddit user believes they and their wife had COVID in February 2020, but long-haul symptoms only began in early September, in episodes that used to last about two weeks and are now shorter and milder. The first shot made them feel terrible; the second was a breeze, and for the couple of weeks since they felt mostly OK. No costs or lasting harms were reported.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- COVID vaccine · Helped
first shot was terrible for me but the second was a breeze
In context ↗
Approaches: Vaccination
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| early September 2020 | long-haul symptoms began, coming in episodeslong haul symptoms started in early September and have been on and off since thenIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| early 2021 | felt terrible after the first Moderna shotfirst shot was terrible for meIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| March 2021 | mostly OK for a couple of weeks after the second dose; episodes shorter and milderbeen feeling mostly OK for the last couple of weeks since #2In context ↗ | Mild | COVID vaccination as treatment |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“first shot was terrible for me but the second was a breeze - not even a sore arm!” In context ↗ Side effects
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