When to accept permanent long covid?
Had Long Covid for 11 months. Is there still a chance it could go away or is it time to accept as permanent. Have heard give it anywhere from 1 to 2 years. Any feedback on that?
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You are absolutely correct....the people on this site are positively, absolutely, definitely wonderful in every way. I spent five years not knowing any LC survivor and then found the Mayo site. It is beyond heartening to finally learn that many people understand and are willing to "listen" to what the rest of the world seems to have forgotten or at least pushed aside. Being able to read postings at any time is uplifting because it is like having friends available 24/7. I chose not to enroll in a local world-renowned hospital's LC "clinic" after learning it was only a data collection center in order to prepare for the next epidemic. To get to that location required feeling well enough to drive through heavy city traffic, locate difficult parking and walk a long distance to reach the clinic...not for this breathless, arthritic 79 year old cancer patient on a cane. I've not heard of any medical facility actually "curing" LC while some individual doctors may offer more improvement than others via trial and error or sheer luck. We have such a wide range of symptoms, even though some symptoms are universal, that we ALL are our own best hope, best source of information and the most understanding of one another's plight. Physically we may never be the same as pre-Covid. However, we have one another to lean on, learn from, feel appreciated by and be heard. For all those reasons, we are a very special group of caring individuals who uplift one another. Sometimes it comes down to one human caring about another human...that's US!!! Only those who have LC understand others who have LC. Learning from this site and hugging you all lifts spirits!
I can relate to morning and evening body pain, regardless of exercise or no exercise.
I have ongoing fatigue, but not all the time. I do sleep a lot, and honor the fact that I am tired. I don't fight it.
My symptoms rotate, and include brain fog, balance, and an annoying wet cough that's been treated and examined. Still there, but not as prevalent.
This has shifted my lifestyle, 2 years now, and I'm going with the flow of it all. I'm 78 and not giving up...things are just different.
I wish you well.
Best to you as well.
Best to you as well. 🙂
So well said donnie 46. Seems we really only have each other sometimes. We need to treasure that lucky connection for all of us. Best wishes to you Donnie46 and to all of us. Let's win this fight. TOGETHER.
What are your mouth issues? My brother who I believe has long covid say everything tastes different or he can’t taste a lot of things. No sinus issues.
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You seem to have a handle on your symptoms and a plan in place. It's such an individual illness and we all have to figure out what works best for each of us. Yes. Fight it the best you can, but not to exhaustion. You do just have to go with the flow sometimes. Good luck to us all.
My mouth is constantly full of Thick sticky mucus!
That happens to him also. Hope there are some answers
Never really had any.