Thank you Coleen for your response and research. The NY Times article ..physical and mental exhaustion, and the one you sent are so relieving to read. We will know something, but it takes time.
I was hospitalized for three weeks in Oct/Nov of 2021. Feb brought me back to the emergency room for just feeling awful. I was admitted for three days, tested for so many things, and so far only a few issues are found. I am working with a Pulmonologist, Cardiologist, and with a doctor and his staff using herbs. I am not as ill as some of the accounts I have read here, but the issues are real and we must be our own advocates. The initial reaction from doctors as to the credibility of what we experience was shameful. It was at the emergency room in Feb that I first heard about Long Covid. Fortunately the doctor was aware and tested areas that have become known to be affected. I will have a cardiac catherization next week. My pulmonologist has referred me to an endocrinologist, not many here, so I will have to wait a bit for that. I have been on the herbs for two weeks, have another week to go, then a blood test, then 6 more weeks. So far that has been the only protocol that is having positive results. It has been a frustrating 6 months, but doctors are beginning to listen and act. I am very fortunate and I hope all the members of this group can find the answers they need.