Any Long Covid sufferers on here?

I can't even play my guitar much now as my muscles in my arms tire after just two chords. My family are happy.
 
Marklr said:
Have you been diagnosed @kaz7? Is there any test?
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I have asthma now as covid has damaged my healthy lungs, i had a CT scan , xray and breathing tests and was under the hospital for over a year , i have ME already so that took a big hit and i had a relapse so the exhaustion, pain etc on top of my lungs . Had to go to hospital , have antibiotics and steroids for over a year , just on the inhalers now. This is why it is different from the usual chronic fatigue after a virus

My dr nearly died and has lung , heart and brain problems and had to retire very early , last time i saw him he was waiting to get into a long covid centre in london

The damage from long covid is varied in damage and times of recovery , everyone is different it seems
 
kaz7 said:
I have asthma now as covid has damaged my healthy lungs, i had a CT scan , xray and breathing tests and was under the hospital for over a year , i have ME already so that took a big hit and i had a relapse so the exhaustion, pain etc on top of my lungs . Had to go to hospital , have antibiotics and steroids for over a year , just on the inhalers now. This is why it is different from the usual chronic fatigue after a virus

My dr nearly died and has lung , heart and brain problems and had to retire very early , last time i saw him he was waiting to get into a long covid centre in london

The damage from long covid is varied in damage and times of recovery , everyone is different it seems
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I feel like my muscles are wasting away. I have to crawl out of bed. It's like everyday is the day after running a marathon. Last year, i was doing 30 mile bike rides...i can't even get my leg over the bike now. I've had all the ROUTINE tests and everything is fine.I just feel so exhausted and fatigued. I had COVID over xmas.
As everything else seems to be ruled out, i can only think it's Long COVID. I'm going to ask for a test that detects micro clots. It actually feels like my muscles cant breathe. Fcking depressing too. some days i just feel paralysed.
This has only started in the last few months.
 
Marklr said:
I feel like my muscles are wasting away. I have to crawl out of bed. It's like everyday is the day after running a marathon. Last year, i was doing 30 mile bike rides...i can't even get my leg over the bike now. I've had all the ROUTINE tests and everything is fine.I just feel so exhausted and fatigued. I had COVID over xmas.
As everything else seems to be ruled out, i can only think it's Long COVID. I'm going to ask for a test that detects micro clots. It actually feels like my muscles cant breathe. Fcking depressing too. some days i just feel paralysed.
This has only started in the last few months.
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Sorry to hear that , sounds like you have ME ( chronic fatigue) which is why the tests are coming back negative , the muscle weakness is a major symptom of that , it could be months or even years to settle , nobody can tell you . Look up ME , it will tell you how to manage it , rest and movement needs to balance out and stop before you feel exhausted , just daily tasks not any kind of proper exercise like getting on the bike or running , that will do more damage than good ..i find magnesium three times a day helps with my muscles , takes a while to kick in , mag 2:1 cal from amazon is what i use, been on it twenty years , it is helpful

Difficult to say what is long covid and what is ME but if your tests are coming back negative i would err toward the later , thankfully in most people it resolves in under six months , keep us informed
 
kaz7 said:
Sorry to hear that , sounds like you have ME ( chronic fatigue) which is why the tests are coming back negative , the muscle weakness is a major symptom of that , it could be months or even years to settle , nobody can tell you . Look up ME , it will tell you how to manage it , rest and movement needs to balance out and stop before you feel exhausted , just daily tasks not any kind of proper exercise like getting on the bike or running , that will do more damage than good ..i find magnesium three times a day helps with my muscles , takes a while to kick in , mag 2:1 cal from amazon is what i use, been on it twenty years , it is helpful

Difficult to say what is long covid and what is ME but if your tests are coming back negative i would err toward the later , thankfully in most people it resolves in under six months , keep us informed
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Thanks Kaz. Yeah.."LONG COVID" is just a temporary term for any condition that COVID may have caused, I think. I can only do little bits at a time..tying my shoe laces feels like I've just mown the lawn or something! What makes everything worse is the time it gets to see a GP...everything is so slow. Nice to know I've got people that understand. My missus said: "have you not thought you're just getting old?" haha. What...20 years in two months? That's what it feels like.
 
Marklr said:
I feel like my muscles are wasting away. I have to crawl out of bed. It's like everyday is the day after running a marathon. Last year, i was doing 30 mile bike rides...i can't even get my leg over the bike now. I've had all the ROUTINE tests and everything is fine.I just feel so exhausted and fatigued. I had COVID over xmas.
As everything else seems to be ruled out, i can only think it's Long COVID. I'm going to ask for a test that detects micro clots. It actually feels like my muscles cant breathe. Fcking depressing too. some days i just feel paralysed.
This has only started in the last few months.
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Have you been jabbed.?
In fact how many of the so called LC sufferers have been jabbed?
Lets stop avoiding the elephant in the room and get straight to the nitty gritty .
 
Don't know if it's long covid.
But ever since I've had covid I'm absolutely worn out.fell to sleep on Friday night about half 6 on the sofa woke up 7.30 am Saturday morning.
Had a good 8 or 9 hrs last night got a job to stay awake now .
I eat healthy.
Only drink twice a week.
Gym 3 times a week and bike atleast 30 miles aweek
 
Marklr said:
I can't even play my guitar much now as my muscles in my arms tire after just two chords. My family are happy.
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When it comes to managing the psychological aspect of your debilitating symptoms, if this is an issue Toni Bernhard may be worth knowing about. Her symptoms are comparable to those with CFS/ME and CFS/ME symptoms are, it seems to me, comparable to the symptoms of long Covid.

Note that although her approach is described as "Buddhist", this is very much a secular form of Buddhism divested of its accompanying beliefs in things like reincarnation. The focus in her publications is exclusively on contemplative practice plus advice on engaging with doctors and specialists, dealing with the reactions of friends and family (including how they can support you and how you can support them - it's not always easy being a carer).




Many years ago I had CFS, following on from glandular fever. It took a long, long time for me to recover but I did get completely better eventually.

Bernhard may not have done but what she has to say may be helpful.
 
Fatigue continues to be the most common symptom - experienced by 55% of those with self-reported long COVID - followed by 32% with shortness of breath, 23% with a cough and 23% with muscle ache

news.sky.com

COVID-19: Two million people in UK estimated to be suffering from long COVID, Office for National Statistics says

Fatigue continues to be the most common symptom - experienced by 55% of those with self-reported long COVID - followed by 32% with shortness of breath, 23% with a cough and 23% with muscle ache.
news.sky.com news.sky.com
 
xgorton said:
I don't understand why people say don't start with that shit when lots of people have had problems,I know people who have had heart problems plus other symptoms.
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But you have NO way of knowing that it's because of vaccines. Scientist and vaccine experts DO have a way of knowing....leave it to the experts and stop spreading mis-info.
 
My brother is in hospital at the minute with a life-threatening Pancreatic issue and is currently in ITU. His partner has been asked about alcohol intake continually for the last week and she told the staff that he hasn't had a drink for two years.. No stones visible in the Gallbladder either.. Both are common causes of Pancreatic issues apparently so there is growing speculation that this could be an after effect of him having Covid or could be Long Covid as he's had a number of health issues and psychological issues in the last couple of years that they've struggled to diagnose.

Added to this, our Nephew's lad was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes two years ago at 5 and during the diagnosis phase the family were told that the number of kids with this condition is growing massively and could also be due to Covid

The people that let this virus loose have a lot to answer for if you believe that a Chinese lab was the root cause and Covid is causing these additional problems in society
 
Bluemanc100 said:
My brother is in hospital at the minute with a life-threatening Pancreatic issue and is currently in ITU. His partner has been asked about alcohol intake continually for the last week and she told the staff that he hasn't had a drink for two years.. No stones visible in the Gallbladder either.. Both are common causes of Pancreatic issues apparently so there is growing speculation that this could be an after effect of him having Covid or could be Long Covid as he's had a number of health issues and psychological issues in the last couple of years that they've struggled to diagnose.

Added to this, our Nephew's lad was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes two years ago at 5 and during the diagnosis phase the family were told that the number of kids with this condition is growing massively and could also be due to Covid

The people that let this virus loose have a lot to answer for if you believe that a Chinese lab was the root cause and Covid is causing these additional problems in society
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COVID most likely originated in China due to unfortunate natural causes as opposed to an inadvertent Chinese biological weapons lab release; though it's possible that COVID is a result of leaks from a Chinese biological weapons laboratory.

Whatever the origin of the virus - what's much more salient is the response of Left versus Right leaning individuals. For some idiotic reason that completely escapes me, conservative Right-leaning individuals somehow distrust vaccines, science and expert opinion and thus are much less likely to vaccinate and to follow effective mitigation protocols such as wearing of masks and avoidance of public gatherings.

And so I put it to you Bluemanc100 - rejection of science and medical opinion are clear factors in the spread of COVID. Who knows how the disease originated - in terms of personal and indeed public safety - it's 10 times or more unlikely that you'll have died should you have received COVD vaccination.

Meanwhile you're focused on "the people that let this virus loose have a lot to answer for" which if it was accidentally released from a weapons lab - then yes. But even if so, most (but certainly not all) bad COVID outcomes were avoidable simply by following expert medical opinion.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
COVID most likely originated in China due to unfortunate natural causes as opposed to an inadvertent Chinese biological weapons lab release; though it's possible that COVID is a result of leaks from a Chinese biological weapons laboratory.

Whatever the origin of the virus - what's much more salient is the response of Left versus Right leaning individuals. For some idiotic reason that completely escapes me, conservative Right-leaning individuals somehow distrust vaccines, science and expert opinion and thus are much less likely to vaccinate and to follow effective mitigation protocols such as wearing of masks and avoidance of public gatherings.

And so I put it to you Bluemanc100 - rejection of science and medical opinion are clear factors in the spread of COVID. Who knows how the disease originated - in terms of personal and indeed public safety - it's 10 times or more unlikely that you'll have died should you have received COVD vaccination.

Meanwhile you're focused on "the people that let this virus loose have a lot to answer for" which if it was accidentally released from a weapons lab - then yes. But even if so, most (but certainly not all) bad COVID outcomes were avoidable simply by following expert medical opinion.
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I don’t care how covid came into being in reality.. My “focus” is on friends and family who‘s lives could have been affected by it

But thanks for the reply… My brother was vaccinated btw
 
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