Long COVID: hospitalised with lung involvement, improved then symptoms returned
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- May 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Covid reinfection? Or long haul symptom?
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
Couldn’t walk around my home without sitting and resting
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
Since then I’ve felt back and forth with feeling good to feeling horrible again.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had Covid Aug and Sept 2020.
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
They caught COVID-19 in August 2020 and were hospitalised with lung involvement; their first week home they could not walk around their home without sitting and resting. They improved over the autumn, then had fever and cough return, and later fatigue and brain fog; by January 2021 they had only an occasional cough and minor chest pain. A first Pfizer dose in April 2021 briefly made them feel like themselves, then symptoms returned; by May they still swung between good and bad days.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination · Helped
Yesterday was the first time in a long time I felt like myself. No long haul symptoms, nothing.
In context ↗
Approaches: Vaccination
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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | COVID-19, admitted to hospital with lung involvementI got sick August 1st and by the 15th, I was admitted to the hospital. I struggled to breath but thanks to the nurses and doctors I was home in 9 days.In context ↗ | |
| late August 2020 | first week home after hospital, wiped out by simple tasksCouldn’t walk around my home without sitting and resting, so doing simple things like getting a drink or going to the washroom wipes me out for an hour while I rest.In context ↗ | |
| autumn 2020 | steadily stronger week by weekI get better and better, no issues. Feeling stronger each day/ week.In context ↗ | |
| December 2020 | chills, sweats, fever and cough returnedTwo days ago I felt like I had when I was in self isolation. Horrible. Chills, sweats, fever, cough, but oddly enough it wasn’t as hard physically.In context ↗ | |
| 2021-01-14 | only occasional cough and minor chest pain lefthere I am 4 and a half months later and the only issues I get are an occasional dry hacking cough and minor chest painIn context ↗ | |
| April 2021 | first Pfizer dose, felt like themselves for a dayYesterday was the first time in a long time I felt like myself. No long haul symptoms, nothing.In context ↗ | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| April 2021 | symptoms back off and on through AprilThis past month of April was off and on, just more fatigue and brain fog.In context ↗ | |
| 2021-05-05 | scratchy throat, swollen neck glands, asthma-like attack, fluctuatingSince then I’ve felt back and forth with feeling good to feeling horrible again.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“First and second day felt like I had Covid again with all the symptoms.” In context ↗ Side effects
- COVID vaccination as treatment“Today after waking up I started to have a dry cough, slight tightness in chest (which feels like another long haul symptom)” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- COVID vaccination as treatment“After the first day I felt horrible, like I had Covid again with all the usual symptoms: fever, body aches, dry coughing, hard to breath or take deep breath’s. But it only lasted 3 days.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
I struggled to breath
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
I started to feel sick again but with a dry scratchy throat, aches in upper back, and slightly swollen lymph nodes in my neck
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
Chills, sweats, fever, cough
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
aches in upper back
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
minor chest pain equal to an arthritis attack when it gets colder outside
In context ↗ - Brain fog
just more fatigue and brain fog
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I am scared to go get tested for Covid
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
doing simple things like getting a drink or going to the washroom wipes me out for an hour while I rest
In context ↗
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