I feel like I’m slowly dying and nobody is helping

@pattig09 I was doing most of the supplements targeting my nervous system and cell function.Then I added a few as i went along.Had to take lorazapam on and off for a while my anxiety was off the chart.Still worked,but had to call in or leave work because it was just too much dealing with people at a cash register all night.WAY better now.Cut back on some of the supplements.I really think Dr Paul is a great person and intelligent Doctor.I didn't listen to anyone else after i found his channel(s).So glad you're doing well...and you are.Whatever you're doing,keep it going.God Bless.

@suecedar1028 As you can see, there are many of us still dealing with this brutal virus. I am going on 4 years. I did not get the vaccine. I still have fatigue, post-exertion malaise, brain fog, joint pain, depression, GI issues...depends on the day. I understand the loneliness and isolation that comes with this. I was so outgoing, worked two jobs at one point and ran every morning. Now, I am in school, online, and even doing my assignments causes fatigue. I miss being around people and yet, there is a part of me that does not want to be. I get tired of explaining why I feel bad. I get tired of people not knowing what the hell I am talking about and saying, "Long COVID? What is that?" I do what I can to advocate. I also try and do my own research into what the studies are saying. You are not alone in this, at least on this platform.

@suecedar1028 Reactivation of dormant viruses is something I have found to be one of the symptoms of LC. I had Epstein Barr Virus reactivated and Parvo (I fostered dogs for several years). I was tested for Lyme, HIV, RA, Lupus and all the others. I was told I had RA. I had blood work done several months ago and the RA IgG was no longer there. I did not test positive for any of the others...This virus mimics other autoimmune diseases. That is what I have found.

I used to run every morning with my dog. I was in the best shape I have ever been in. Now, I am in the worst shape I have ever been and I am a recovering alcoholic, so when I stopped drinking, I was in pretty bad shape. There are mornings, now, when I wake up and feel terrible, worse than a hangover.

It is such a brutal virus. I try to think of what I am grateful for and that can lift me up, for a little while anyway. I also understand the anxiety and depression. I take meds for depression now. This virus does affect the whole body. I am so hopeful that there will be a breakthrough soon. Hang in there.

@truwomandi Have you tried just plain saline sinus spray? I have never used a neti pot. Fear for some reason, but saline spray helps.

@oly78 I had the goo and it was sticky, but mine was really bad with infection from the spike proteins so it was yellow. There were several times when I flushed with the Navage that long yellow tubes would be released into the container. When I would watch them, they 'moved'. It was like the twilight zone to see this stuff coming from my nose as I had NEVER had even a sinus cold in my life. I had to go through 4 ENTs before I found the ONE that heard me and took me on as a patient. He knew how to deal with COVID in the nose. See if you can find an ENT in your area that deals mostly with micro nasal surgery. It is robotic and it likely will be the surgery that can stop the drainage. My turbinate on both sides were totally clogged shut. He cleared with a laser. Then he looked at the drainage for the Sphenoid but this was the dangerous part of the procedure since it sits right on the brain. It was clogged shut so he did a slight enlargement with the laser and minor flushing so the goo could be released. And oh did it start flowing. Micro surgery does not 'scrape' as this can cause more damage and even permanent damage. There was laser trimming on the main left and right maxillary sinus cavities to make sure the drain was open and light saline flushing of the yellow goo from each side. Think of these openings in the sinus as a door that opens to release and then closes. Mine had been jammed shut. I had a minor nose injury so while he was there he straightened my septum as one side seemed to be holding pressure on the natural drainage. That was the beginning of stopping the phlegm. But it took some time with hourly saline flushing when I returned home. Be ready he said as when you use the blub of saline water to flush, this is going to look like a major CSI crime scene. He wasn't wrong there! It has been a year and no more phlegm, no headaches, no yellow drainage. I flush every morning and every night now to keep things clear. I randomly pull out the old Covid test strip every few months to make sure the clear drainage does not pop positive!

@suecedar1028 I might suggest you talk to doctor about 'doubling up' on the probiotics during this period with the antibiotics to keep your gut healthy. Perhaps drinking a Yacult (liquid high probiotic yogurst) each morning!

@diverdown1 Yes, I have used a saline nasal spray. That is exactly what a neti pot is. water and salt. Try it, It is much less expensive than a bottle of the same stuff.

@pattig09 Hummm, that is very interesting… Thank you for sharing your story. With the turbinates closed shut and all of the things done during the micro surgery procedure, had you ever had a CT scan taken, prior?

I have had two, and they didn’t show anything “remarkable.”

@oly78 Okay, this journey for 'images' (CT and MRI) began in 2023 through surgery in 2025 and ended in May 2026 with final light probe look into my nose. I want to say again: this journey is ALL because I had an allergic reaction to the spike protein and it ended in damage to my T-Cells, CD8 NK cells.

During 1st emergency room visit in March 2023, I was given antibiotics and sent home with just an MRI taken. 5 months later on a 2nd emergency room visit, I had another MRI and again given antibiotics and sent home. No person in the emergency group mentioned issues with my sinuses. Because I had started to have migraine headaches for the first time, their focus was was 'the brain'. That winter while in Arizona, I saw my first ENT. She did a 3rd MRI which showed inflammation of the sphenoid which is the first time I was told I had sinus swelling near the brain in the sphenoid. A follow up CT confirmed. Again, first ENT prescribed what she said was 'a required 14 day treatment of antibiotics' before she could proceed. I told her I was not happy about this plan because of all the antibiotics I had been given in the past year for this condition of yellow drainage. My pleas failed to change her mind as ENT wanted to do surgery but she said the antibiotic treatment was a hospital requirement prior to surgery. Within a month she back out without a reason why and released me as a patient even though I had completed her antibiotic regimen. Found a 2nd ENT who repeated MRI then a CT which confirmed first findings. Dr. also required a high dose antibiotic. I objected completely because I had begun to experience mid section pain which was intense. By this period of time, I had lost both taste and smell on top of the sinus drainage and my tongue was 'on fire'. On third visit to this 2nd ENT he simply announced he would not do the surgery (I'm pretty sure it is because I would not another round of antibiotics) and said I should consider injections of the nerve bundles in my next to 'reset' my brain for taste and smell. Complicating all these symptoms, my tongue was now swollen to 3 times its normal size and he felt he was not qualified to treat conditions of the tongue. ENTs certainly could see the major extent of the sinus swelling but basically decided only to use antibiotics which failed to improve my condition. On to ENT number 3. This time a micro surgeon ENT. He did another CT and saw the inflammation was worse and scheduled micro surgery. Sadly, after the surgery he prescribed another 14 period of antibiotics (I don't know whose rule this is but it is apparently something that must be done by rules of either a hospital or an insurance provider). He said this is standard for surgery to protect the patient. It was while I was on this dose I discovered I had developed severe C-Diff from 4 - 14 day treatments of antibiotics. I did not know that for over 10 months that the antibiotics had actually damaged my immunity which nearly destroyed my gut bio. I had to go to the hospital during this antibiotic treatment because I lost control of my limbs (arms and legs) within minutes of taking the first dose. When I was released, because the hospital never check my immune system, I asked my PCP to test my immune system. By now I had daily diarrhea and what I ate came right back out undigested. While PCP followed the T-Cell path for immunity, my Gastroenterologist tested and found I had C-Diff (likely had it for over a year). This was my journey of feeling like I was dying from the inside. This put my sinus issue on a back burner in order to treat my immune system. Fast forward, last month the micro surgeon ENT did a nasal inspection and confirmed my sphenoid was again normal. This was a fiber optic probe that could be inserted to a full view. No CT required. My tongue is now normal and there is no discharge from my nasal cavities and not phlegm.