Dealing with the Emotional Roller Coaster Called Life with Long COVID 

Thank you so much, Nanci! The things that help you manage your mood are the same for me. I plan to find ways to spend more time in nature and less time in front of a computer this year. My life and heart depend on it. Take care and I look forward to catching up on your next outing!

Apparently, I need to watch the news because I didn't know about the ice storm! Glad you guys are okay and staying warm despite the chilly temps. And, yes! I'm also grateful for wool and electric blankets in times like those! Stay warm, friend. ❤️

Thank you for watching! Looking forward to your next update. 💚 🙏🏾

Thank you - on both counts! It's been quite a journey that those in the medical/scientific community estimate that 20-30% of people who get COVID will deal with to some degree. Not awesome but I, for one, am grateful to still be here. We've lost so many, which just reinforces how short this life is. Looking forward to seeing you on the road sometime (hopefully sooner rather than later)!

David, thanks for sharing that you're in a similar boat where the humbled feelings around COVID are concerned. It's one of the most discouraging things I've had to sit in and reconcile these last two years. I've also learned that having a primary care physician who actually listens to you and doesn't assume you'll get better or that it's all in your head is truly a gift! I'm glad that you have one, too. I'd be interested in hearing what some of the treatments you hadn't heard of were that the doctor's survey listed. I've seen many out there and have asked about a few but it always feels like we're too busy treating the "new" area of dysfunction that popped up - this week, possible nerve damage in my left hand. Sigh. As you said, though, it's great news that there are now many people in the scientific community who are actively trying to figure out what can be done to solve long COVID. May we can continue to heal in the meantime! Blessings to you in the coming week!

@@OutdoorsybyNature I think one of the treatments that was completely new to me was BC007. From what I've found out about it, I guess it was originally used for some post cardiac conditions. But all the statins, blood thinners, and some other drugs I've never heard of were on the Dr's list for her survey. I might go back and try to find it again - it was on Twitter and I made a comment so it should be easy enough to find. As for the nerve damage, I hope it gets better. I'm pretty sure I had nerve damage in my mid-back. Across my back I started getting strange tingling, almost muscle twitching sensations that eventually became sort of a numbness and for the last few months have been itchiness. It's taking quite awhile but the itchiness is settling down. I think time (always seems to be the #1 treatment), ashwaganda and near infrared heat treatment has helped. No telling if it will ever get back to normal, though. Between the South African Dr who worked out the microclotting (and now, it seems working on clot-busting drugs in addition to the apheresis treatment she's been working on in Germany) and a recent report from UK about the xenon lung scans, not to mention the BC007 drug and all the other research going on, I'm holding onto hope that the near future will hold some breakthroughs. All the best!

@@davidhanselman9050 thank you for sharing all of that info! It's so wild to see (and experience) how many systems can be affected by this thing. I agree - time seems to be the #1 treatment. This journey is definitely developing the practice of patience in many of us.