Long COVID
Severe → no benefit
Bedridden with long COVID and a herniated disc, pool water brought a PEM flare, no improvement
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- May 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I somehow managed to forget that it would flare up my LC the next day
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I have been basically bed ridden for the last 4 months due to a bad herniated disc
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I over exerted myself yesterday for the first time in a while and now i’m paying the price.
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user with long COVID had been bedridden for four months with a herniated disc when, in May 2025, they went to an indoor pool to ease their back. The water helped their back but brought on a PEM flare the next day: feverish, aching, exhausted and sick-feeling, with health anxiety making it harder. They coped with "body cleansing" guided meditations, which they doubted did anything but said gave a better mindset.
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What they tried
Also tried
“body cleansing” guided meditations· No changelocal indoor pool· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- local indoor pool · Worse
While it did help my back, I somehow managed to forget that it would flare up my LC the next day.
In context ↗ - “body cleansing” guided meditations · No change
I do the same thing but with “body cleansing” guided meditations. i’m sure it does nothing but maybe it at least gives me a better mindset
In context ↗
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| last 4 months | bed ridden with a herniated discI have been basically bed ridden for the last 4 months due to a bad herniated discIn context ↗ | Severe |
| 2025-05-06 | PEM flare after an indoor pool visitI over exerted myself yesterday for the first time in a while and now i’m paying the priceIn context ↗ | Severe |
| 2025-05-06 | still in a PEM flare, feverish, aching and exhaustedhere I am now feeling feverish, having muscle aches, completely exhausted, and just an overall sick feelingIn context ↗ | Severe |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I somehow managed to forget that it would flare up my LC the next day
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
feeling feverish, having muscle aches, completely exhausted, and just an overall sick feeling
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
having muscle aches
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I have health anxiety so I get super anxious whenever this happens
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