I am lucky enough to have avoided the brain fog issue; arguably, my limitations in other areas have given me more bandwidth to be creative. Having said that, without this constant low-grade worry of "what if theyre missing something" and "when will this clear up" does take a fair bit of daily energy. I had health anxiety before this whole thing began... this has not been a fun time.

Between the medical community being woefully unprepared to deal with a realm health emergency and cross-aisle politicians whose best interests are served by ignoring the issue in an election year (we "beat" COVID after all,) I do not see much hope for treatments. A fair number of LC sufferers are functional, if miserable, so why fix what isn't broken enough to matter>

I -believe- my body is slowly winning its fight. I have no permanent nerve damage that they can tell, my symptoms are lessening and fading, and (as strange as it sounds) my anxiety is coming back; it disappeared during the worst of this because, I suspect, my body just didn't have the energy to be anxious. Whether I fight it off or not, though, someone (perhaps us) needs to hold the medical community responsible. They've overcharged and underdelivered for long enough.