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@annecmvneg

Thank you for writing this! I had a concussion in a car crash and then got Covid in the same week, in the first days of February. I'm feeling a tiny bit better but still pretty much like I did when I came home from the hospital. I'm working now on coming to terms with the ongoing effect on my life, friendships, finances, independence, etc.

I don't need PT but do have about 12 other symptoms, and brain fog is the worst. But physical effort seems to affect cognitive function, and vice versa. I've been jotting down a sentence or two about my worst symptoms every day, and then using a number from 1-10 to indicate how my functioning that day compares to before it all happened. Your system of tracking symptoms is a much better organized way of grouping them and also identifying triggers and what does and doesn't help. I can see how it will be much more useful and effective. Thanks again!

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I like the numbering for intensity of the symptom! Similarly, I have heard others use green-yellow-red (a stoplight).