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Covid Recovery: How can I manage GI issues?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 20 11:09am | Replies (260)
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@kitty2

Any one out there with long haul covid ulcerative colitis. This has been going on for a year now. Oral medication does not work. Two hospitalizations and I have so much inflammation in my colon, lab tests come back off the scale. They want to start IV infusions ENTYVIO which I am very nervous about. The fatigue is unreal, and I sleep so much. I have to work to support myself because this long haul covid has caused me to miss so much work and this has become a financial chaos for me. I do not do any activities with friends, as I fear getting Covid again. There is so much of it at work again. If anyone has any suggestions it would help. I live in Minnesota, Minneapolis area. The inflammation has also affected my back with a lot of pain and discomfort. Thank you in advance and Happy Holidays to all of you. Sincerely, Kitty2

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ukguy | @ukguy | Jan 19, 2023

Hi,

I have GI issues from covid although I'm only one month down the RD.

I did however have similar issues after a previous virus. These were very sore insides, constipation, diarrhea, terrible bloating cramps, fatigue etc.
I was genuinely at my Watts end and contemplating suicide!

And then the peny dropped. My anxieties were compounding things massively. Like you I was avoiding people in fear of becoming ill. Searching the Internet and never really getting a conclusive answer etc etc. I did other things like feel my stomach, or sit with my arms fold over my stomach.

All these things in the end meant my mind was pretty much totally focused on how I felt .

What I needed to do was ACCEPT the way I felt and put it into perspective. Once I stopped over thinking it and the anxiety and all its gut burning chemical subsided it gave my stomach chance to heal.

I did other things also like taking antacids and slight changes in diet. But if you think about it you can take as many gut healing cures as you like ........ but if you have Anxiety sneaking in through the back door of the mind it's always going to undermind the healing process.

Dr Claire Weeks
You can find her stuff on YouTube. She practised in the 50s, 60s, 70s snd 80's.

She gives great insight into anxiety.

Also avoiding friends etc will leave you depressed. Its the moments of distraction that act as stepping stones out of minds.

Hope this helps sorry if I rambled.

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