← Return to Long Covid Fatigue - Exhausting Physically and Mentally

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I haven't read the article yet. I am going to scroll back up in a few minutes and read it. I Had COVID in August of '23 and again in August of '24. This is the last day of August '25 and it looks like I made it through this year OK so far. lol. My second bout left me with long COVID. I feel fine as long as I stay in the cool inside and spend most of the day in my easy chair, but if I venture outside and spend more than 5 or maybe 10 minutes doing anything that actually resembles work, I am totally drained of energy and have to go back inside and lay down under a ceiling fan where I can cool off and regain enough energy to get up and go back to my easy chair. It is totally frustrating. I have not been able to do the yard-work that I really love to do. I have always had a manicured lawn etc.
About a month ago I decided to start walking in the neighborhood, right at sun up, to see if that would help. I can now walk for up to 35 minutes, at a pretty good pace, which is somewhere from 1 to 2 miles, depending on the temp and humidity. I am very tired when I return but not as much as when I started. That seems to be help me regain my strength and stamina. Right now the temp is usually about 78 when I start with humidity around 50% or so. A couple days ago I wondered why I could hardly make the mile and discovered the humidity was 100%. Yup, that will do it.
Now I am going to scroll back up and read the article.
WE CAN DO THIS...

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Hello , I just came in this support group and wanted to know if anyone else experienced the same as I do after COVID it seems so. I had Covid twice as well the worst one was the first time in 2022 my O2 levels dropped so far I went into a mental decline. I was taken to the hospital by ambulance I do not remember much but it was horrible I was in the hospital for about 10 tens on oxygen my body would not breath on its own finally it did but it was slow going, I left the hospital after I had learned to walk again it was horrible to say the least I have been off of work now from a vehicle accident and three hip surgeries because of it. With the mental issues from the Covid and the fact I too can’t do much either I was an avid golfer and bicycle rider I try so hard to get motivated but I’m so exhausted as well . Reading up on my low o2 levels I do believe I have brain damage of some kind I have not been the same at all. People like my family and friends do not understand what I am going through that is why I reached out to this group and Mayo Clinic to perhaps help me move on with my life , I also stay in my easy chair more than one should . Anyway thanks for reading this any advice let me know
Thanks Frank