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Anyone have long term recovery?
I was positive for Covid for the first time in November 2020. It's been a rollercoaster ride and I believe I'm as well as I've been since then. I am not where I want to be, however and not where I thought I'd be after going to the Mayo. I wish I could even talk to a nurse or my doctor, but I was told I'd have to start at the beginning at the Mayo. So I have an appointment in May with a rheumatologist here at home. Hopefully, something will come of that. Has anyone had close to a full recovery?
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I have not heard of a full recovery but life is better for me 6 years later. After 6 months if titration, low dose naltrexone gave me a portion of my day back by increasing my energy and decreasing the significant allergies to everything that the COVID fairy blessed me with. I have had the energy to slowly increase my walking in the morning to .7 of a mile, I can work at the computer for 3-4 hours with breaks, go to coffee with friends a couple times a week, and get one task done in the house if I break it up into steps and extremely pace myself. Talking with strangers still drains my energy faster than anything...I think it is because I try so hard to communicate. My blood pressure and pulse still get erratic if I don't properly pace...and shortness of breath rears its ugly head once a month or so. My skin is staying pretty clear with the use of colloidal oatmeal cream. But if I go off my diet and eat a food I am now allergic to, I hurt like crazy by 4 in the morning and GI distress returns. It is not perfect and not back to normal but I can do so much more than I could even a year ago!