Long COVID with chest, stomach and lung problems, much better after pacing and rest
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Jun 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have long covid since 2021
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I started slowly recovering after a week, now 3 months later not there yet, but a lot better.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I have long covid since 2021
In context ↗
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Summary
Fox 17956 has had long COVID since 2021, with chest pain, stomach and lung problems, and after a 2022 reinfection developed IBS with bloating and food intolerances. Occupational therapy taught pacing and rest with slowly expanding activity, and by early 2024 they could work again and had regained their previous fitness. Later they started slowly recovering after a week; three months later they were better but not fully back.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- occupational therapist · Helped a lot
what really helped for me was going to an occupational therapist, she helped me dose my daily activities and rest and helped me slowly expand my daily activities over a period of months, and now I am able to work again.
In context ↗ - pacing · Helped
I immediately started doing what helped me the first time (mostly pacing) and I think that really helped.
In context ↗ - FODMAP diet · Not said
I have tried the FODMAP diet and eliminated most fructans and polyols from my diet because I reacted bad to those (since covid), but it seems that literally everything I eat during the day causes problems
In context ↗ - pelvic physical therapist · No change
I also went to the pelvic physical therapist with no results
In context ↗ - food supplements · Not said
tried food supplements, betaine and probiotics
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Approaches: Pacing
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 3 years after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 2 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | long COVID began with chest, lung and stomach problemsI have long covid since 2021, mostly chest pains, lung and stomach problemsIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2022 | COVID reinfection; bowel problems and food intolerances beganafter getting covid again in 2022 I developed bowel problems and food intolerancesIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2024-02-15 | able to work again and back to previous fitness after occupational therapyhelped me dose my daily activities and rest and helped me slowly expand my daily activities over a period of months, and now I am able to work againIn context ↗ | Near normal | Pacing and the energy envelope |
| 2024-03 | non-COVID virus; backtracked monthsI experienced that as well.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-06-09 | a lot better after the virus setback but not back to previous levelI started slowly recovering after a week, now 3 months later not there yet, but a lot betterIn context ↗ | Mild | Pacing and the energy envelope |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
mostly chest pains, lung and stomach problems that are mostly gone now
In context ↗ - Gut problems
every meal causes more bloating etc.
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
after dinner my whole body feels so heavy that I don't even want to walk
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