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Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 27 11:32am | Replies (34)

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Hi @hutchinsr. So sorry you are going thru this and know youre in the right place here. So many have helped me on my 4 yr journey and hopefully these things helpful. My post covid providers are from all aspects of healthcare and common triggers can be food sensitivities that create inflammation and reactions in unimaginable ways so a food/reaction/
symptom diary helpful to see. Also pacing is critical and slow and steady with tolerated activities seems common theme. Just repetitive motion brushing teeth or writing and talking same time can be too much and helpful noting day to day symptom changes relating to anything you do! Think hardest part is feeling well enough to do more and then dont realize over doing and crash 🙃 Give yourself grace whenever life allows. Its not being lazy or all the other words those who dont understand say. Healing on your individual bodies terms for full recovery wished in quickest way for you!🌈

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Thanks for the suggestion and encouragement. Much
appreciated.

To @law59

I appreciate and want to affirm your recommendation that people keep a journal noting
(a) symptoms as they arise, and
(b) actions that might have triggered them.

My journal includes 3 kinds of actions:
1. Physical and mental effort, because I have Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) and need to “pace” my activities.
2. Timing of medications, so that they don’t interfere with one another.
3. Timing of what I eat and when, so that the food doesn’t interfere with the medications, or cause Heartburn. (The addition of new medications has caused me to modify my diet.)

~ friedrich