Long COVID: unable to walk a few feet, now nearly back to normal after booster and atenolol
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 10 months
- Last post
- Feb 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I developed long covid after having a moderate case of what I assume was the Delta variant in March of 2021.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I was at a point post infection where I couldn’t walk for than a few feet without being winded. I lost most of muscle and my heart rate was super erratic.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I pretty much fully recovered minus my smell and taste.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I developed long covid after having a moderate case of what I assume was the Delta variant in March of 2021.
In context ↗
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Summary
Kite 86906 developed long COVID in March 2021 after an assumed Delta infection, with lost taste and smell, non-stop tachycardia, headaches, aching muscles and breathlessness that left them unable to walk a few feet. A booster jab eased some symptoms, and atenolol, prescribed after a cardiologist visit, steadied their heart rate. By February 2023 they felt pretty much fully recovered apart from smell and taste, and could walk and run again.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Atenolol · Helped a lot
After getting on a beta blocker I’ve slowly been able to recover and regain all of my muscle and I can now walk and run again.
In context ↗ - booster jab · Helped
I’ve had really bad long covid symptoms and the booster jab seemed to alleviate some of them for me.
In context ↗ - drinking a ton of water · Helped
Make sure you’re drinking a ton of water though I noticed it helped calm them down a little.
In context ↗ - taking it easy on physical exertion · No change
have been trying to take it easy on physical exertion in order to relieve it but nothing helps
In context ↗ - working out again · Worse
I just reached a place where I feel okay enough to start working out again and notice the tachycardia is getting worse while doing so.
In context ↗
Approaches: Beta-blockers
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 7 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | long COVID after an assumed Delta infection; lost taste and smellI developed long covid after having a moderate case of what I assume was the Delta variant in March of 2021.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2021, about 7 months after infection | could not walk a few feet without being winded; lost most muscle; erratic heart rateI was at a point post infection where I couldn’t walk for than a few feet without being winded. I lost most of muscle and my heart rate was super erratic.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| December 2021 | booster jab eased some long COVID symptomsI’ve had really bad long covid symptoms and the booster jab seemed to alleviate some of them for me.In context ↗ | Not stated | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| April 2022 | beta blocker steadied heart rate; felt okay enough to start working out again, though exercise brought tachycardia backWith the beta blocker I’ve felt way more normal with little to no heart rate spiked.In context ↗ | Mild | Atenolol (Tenormin) |
| February 2023 | regained muscle; can walk and run again; smell and taste still goneI pretty much fully recovered minus my smell and taste.In context ↗ | Near normal | Atenolol (Tenormin) |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
I pretty much fully recovered minus my smell and taste.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
the thing that scared me most was the non stop tachycardia
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Had headaches every night for three months straight
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
I keep waking up with soreness in my calves and shoulders
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I couldn’t walk for than a few feet without being winded
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
I lost most of muscle
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