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Should long Covid individuals avoid air travel?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Dec 29, 2023 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
Yes it was. Within a couple of weeks of my first and last booster in November '21 I started to feel strange, a very unique head sensation I have since learned the medical community labels as pain. Felt like dizzy, but not quite that, felt like dropping in a roller coaster, but not quite that. When I stand still and close my eyes I feel a rocking sensation - Ive never fallen so it's not that bad. I have other issues too, like PEM (post exertion malaise) and Exercise Intolerance. These are two very recognized symptoms of Long COVID. Went to my GP as soon as possible in January '22. He threw every test in the book at me and couldn't find anything wrong, off to my Cardiologist who labeled what I was doing as "the journey of what its not". Shortening the story, finally went to Mayo August '23, on their program and feeling better. The medical professionals here in Charleston SC tried their best to help and they did to a degree, but they just down know what to do and Mayo does.
My Wife and I tested positive for COVID July '22 and our symptoms were 'bad cold' like.
When I posed the question to Mayo professionals about getting LC from vaccine they responded "yes we have many people tell us that".
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Wow thanks for the detailed reply, although I'm terribly sorry for what has happened to you.
Covid is a mystery enough. I'm 69 and have been vaxxed and boosted, same for my wife. She has never had Covid, and I had it for about 5 days last year, but would describe it as a scratchy throat and the sniffles for 3 or days, and my wife never got it. I have a personal trainer, 27 y/o and as fit as they come, and he was hit hard the first round, a 104 degree fever for 5 days, before the vaccine, and just recently, he's been hit very hard again. He was out all of last week and I don't know if he's tested negative yet. He described it as "brutal". and he's 27 and Covid is supposed to be getting milder. Well, not for everyone.
And long Covid is even stranger and again, I'm so sorry for what happened to you. I hope you are getting better and get past this. People with LC all have different stories about their symptoms, but they're all uniformly awful. I do hear that exhaustion is common in LC and I can't imagine how awful that must be to deal with.
I admit I'm still in favor of the vaccines and boosters and will continue to get them as I believe the benefits outweigh the risks. But I do believe you and appreciate that you took the time to send such a considered response. I'm glad you found some help in the medical community, even if they haven't really figured out what this disease is and why it affects so many so differently.
All the best to you and your family. Please be well.