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Anyone have long term recovery?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Mar 8, 2023 | Replies (31)

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@law59

Hi @babsg1. I hope this comes across empathetic way intended. My daughter literally had to tell doctor that I was not the same person after dealing with post covid. I too was very active and did it all. A year out I still maneuver the same challenges of year ago and hope you can find ongoing posts as I have to “really pace and set realistic appreciative daily routines”. I personally experienced many providers who havnt had or been exposed to long covid patients to provide assistance for this very complex journey. I recently found myself so frustrated as realized I tried wearing a pendant that brought on terrible malaise. So I tried to give myself grace and be thankful I am at home safe surrounded by fond memories. I truly hope you can glean precious moments each day to lessen your stress and continue your healing journey the best way for you!🙂

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Thank you @law 59. Yes, I saw empathy and understanding through out your message. I know that I concentrate on the negatives too much. Yet I can appreciate the beautiful parts of each day. Learning how to pace myself and set realistic appreciative daily routines is something I have not learned yet. Thinking about all the things I cannot do anymore defeats me. For some reason I think I ought to heal by leaps and bounds. Long Covid sure doesn't work that way as I've found out. Being able to write a post describing what happened to me since contacting Covid and reading posts from other Covid survivors has helped me. I forgot to remember how fortunate I am that I didn't die from Covid and leaving the hospital being so grateful that I was still alive. Sometimes the reality of every day life frustrates me and instead of writing about those frustrations I let them stress me out. I sure need to be easier on myself. Yes, we who write here are all survivors of a terrible pandemic. We are the fortunate ones. Now we all are finding our way to a new life. I am so grateful I found connect.mayoclinic.org. I wrote a post or two early on in my journey then stopped. I need to read and write posts to others much more frequently. Thank you.