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Long COVID: Accepting my new normal
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 26 10:31pm | Replies (52)Comment receiving replies
FYI - I was very sick with Covid middle of Sept/23 for a whole month. I thought I was a goner. The shortness of breathe really scares you.
I am not sure I want to get my next shot this month..?.? I had 5 previous shots.
I have lost my sense of taste and smell which I am hoping come back.
Funny thing I was taking medication for arthritis in my right hip and osteoporosis in my right knee. During my bout with Covid the pain disappeared and I did not take any pain meds. Sometimes I fee a bit of discomfort but I do not need the pain meds. Weird eh? Anybody experience similar outcomes? Thank you!
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Your bodies immune system (inflamatory is part of immune system) was very busy during the infection. It could be from two different impacts: 1) less inflamation in hip and knee during the Covid or 2) pain was masked by other more significant pain or symptoms of Covid.
I have Covid (viral) reactive arthritis. I was still in occurence of the flares and in December 2023 had covid again. All the flares subsided during the active infection period and for several more days following. The Covid was a significant episode and lasted near two weeks. I was thankful the flares stopped as the had been ongoing since February 2023. But, when they started again it was very rough (frequency, overlapping, and duration) and is still ongoong with only slight imprvement.
I immeditely noted the remission of CReA in the first day of significant Covid symptoms.