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Hello, Vostie and Everyone Else -
I, too have had LC for 5 years. I'm 83 years of age and caught Covid in Oct. of 2020.
Six weeks after Covid, I experienced my first bout of PEM and of course it has been a roller-coaster ride with it ever since.
However, I do want to share that I learned many things about the damange to our bodies and some of my solutions are: Amino Acids to help repair my mitochondria. Luteolin + Rutin to help mitigate the Mast Cell Activation. And, the practice of twice-daily Yoga Nidra sessions with (free) Ally Boothroyd on YouTube. You won't believe how Y.N. will help restore energy.
For a lot of information, I encourge you to visit the YouTube channels of "Broken Battery" and also the Bateman Horne Center AND, last but not least, Gez Medinger who is 'one of us'. (All sites are free)
My best to Everyone,
Pam
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@mspaminreno hi!
You say you take Amino acids.
Is that a pill or are just saying you
Are eating a lot of protein rich food. Where do you get Luteolin and Rutin, and what are they?
I’m completely ignorant on all this stuff and my NP isn’t too swift.
I’m seeing a Infectious disease doc that has put me on a regimen to avoid Bladder infections, since I took so many antibiotics for a period of yrs, my body can no longer stand them, and he tells me if I get a particular bacteria again,
I will have to have an infusion twice a day for 3 days in hospital.
So ofcourse I will mention having
This LC now, and maybe he can help. I appreciate all of you responding to my problem.
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The COVID Gut Connection
In my opinion, every effect of long COVID can be traced to issues with the Gut”. Being a scientist, I totally understand breathing, and oxygen transfer. It’s amazing that most of this gas is transported bound to hemoglobin and that the CO2 transports dissolved and converts back to CO2 in the lungs. It’s also amazing that the heart acts as pump and just beats along and when it stops working correctly, we have CHF.
The Gut, however is an amazing and mysterious “system” which we don’t appreciate or understand. You eat a piece of pizza, or for me, blueberries and rolled oats, and two days later, the “gut processing machine” turns it into “Mister Hankey, the Christmas Poo”! If you are unfamiliar with Mister Hankey, I suggest watching the 1997 South Park episode.
But the gut is much more than that and COVID alters these functions in important and destructive ways. COVID creates a long lasting inflammatory and autoimmune dysregulation, effecting our entire body and these effects have a profound impact on the gut. The gut is responsible for most of our immunity and COVID impacts these. The gut is responsible for producing most of our neurotransmitters (Dopamine, Serotonin, GABA, Epinephrine) and COVID impacts these. It even interferes with the mucosal gut barrier, causing (in my opinion) leaky gut, which results in bacteria crossing the gut wall, inflammation, autoimmune issues, histamine release and infections.
The solution: Which has worked for me, since I made the change in March 2021 after living with most of the reported long COVID symptoms, (having contracted it in March 2020): A Gluten free, NO red meat, deli meat, Dairy (with the exception of Greek Yougart), Pizza, donuts, Drive through foods, or ultra processed snack, life. Initially, I had a bad reaction to histamine releasing foods like tomatoes and yogurt, (caused itching and skin eruptions like hives) but that has dissipated, so I now eat these foods. In addition, I take 1500 mg of L proline (the active AA in collagen) and one ounce of “Go Raw Pumpkin seeds” a day. At 71 and having “Old Teeth”, I grind the seeds to a powder in a coffee grinder and add them to my pasta, which is (Veggipasta Rotini from AGT foods. It’s totally gluten free and made from Yellow Pea Flower. For beans, I eat only Organic Pinto beans from 365 Whole Foods Market. Most people will not be willing to do this! My answer; try it for a month and if you see it’s working, you will begin to regain your pre-COVID life. Good luck.