I'm signed up for a short LC research study; nice thing about Kaiser Perm is they have all my health records. I'm 70 and caught covid from a fellow cyclist, March of 2023. I was vaccinated 6 mo before but it was a super spreader, and I have autoimmune diseases. I was sick with usual symptoms, then felt OK other than PEM. I went back to biking but far fewer miles with naps. Chest pains started a month later, along with high BP and hard pounding; I had a stress test that was OK, but with symptoms the cardiologist said minimal exercise until my long covid was gone. The LC or associated stress caused my collagenous colitis to flare. At 8 months the PEM and heart problems calmed down (no damage), but my ophthalmologist found drusen in my eyes so I now have dry AMD, and at 16 mo diagnosed with stage 3a chronic kidney disease; other than age I have no risk factors for either. My colitis calmed down after a few months on oral budesonide, a designer corticosteroid. At two years, it feels like covid aged me 10 years, but I can still do all the stuff I did before covid, just for 3 hours instead of 8. It is good to keep a journal of one's health and diet, keep exercising and eating healthy, and find things to look forward to every day. I'm setting 70 as my use by date, just so every new day will be softer.