On Living with Long Covid
Hi there,
Been a while :-)
I’ve been living with Long Covid since March 2021. I have to say it’s been a bit of a rough ol’ ride. I’ve decided to speak a bit about what it has meant for me. You are very welcome to listen x
⚠️ Contains strong language
⛔ Probably not suitable for little ears
(NB I accidentally cut off the first half of the first word, which, for those of you who were wondering, was “hello”)
Recommended Reading & Listening:
Long Covid Resources
- 👀 What is Long Covid? (by Long Covid Physio Video Series)
- 🎧 The Long Covid Sessions Podcast, with Noreen Jameel & Emily Kate Stephens
- 📚 The Long Covid Handbook, by Gez Medinger & Prof. Danny Altmann
- 🎧 The Long Covid Podcast, with Jackie Baxter
- 🎧 Living with Long Covid Podcast, with Julie Taylor
ME/CFS
- 🔗 What is ME/CFS?
- ✍️ History of ME?CFS: “It’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century” by George Monbiot
- 👀 Brief history of ME/CFS in video, by Broken Battery
- 👀 “UNREST”, a beautiful documentary about ME/CFS by Jennifer Brea
- 🔗 ME Association, UK
DYSAUTONOMIA & POTS
✍️ Ed Yong (2023). Fatigue Can Shatter a Person, The Atlantic. (Free version here!)
✍️ Davis, H.E., McCorkell, L., Vogel, J.M. et al. Long Covid: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. Nat Rev Microbiol 21, 133–146 (2023).
✍️ Al-Aly, Z. & Topol, E., Solving the Puzzle of Long Covid. Science 383, 830–832 (2024)
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