I am on year five of long covid. I'm a writer and have published since then. How sick am I? Very sick, but writing does not require physical labor, although it's very difficult for me to come up with the right words due to brain fog, but please do not dismiss other people. Each of us does what we can. If I didn't have my writing I probably would not be alive. It is my only outlet for grief over having lost my pre-covid self and health.

@sweetwater9, I hope you saw the response from @klf58. We cannot and should not compare our illnesses or symptom management. What may be possible for one person, may not be for another.

I'm sure, like many other long-Covid sufferers, you've heard people say "but you don't look sick." There are many invisible illnesses. And people do the best they can within the limitations of their condition.

Sweetwater, it sounds like even the exertion of making a meal can be impossible sometimes. What coping strategies do you use to pace yourself and accomplish what you can?