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Short Term Disability
I have been on short term disability for long covid, and this has only been for half a day a week, but I am allowed...
Last active: Sep 26, 2024
Disability of Post/Long COVID - article
When I read the linked (below) article, there was so much with which I identified. Why? in Dec. 2024, after nearly 2 years of living...
Last active: May 31, 2025
Has anybody retired early and applied for social security disability?
I don’t think I can continue working. I’ve been trying so hard for 6 years and I just don’t think I can “ push through”...
Last active: 1 day ago
Any longhaulers successful getting Social Security Disability or SSI?
Any one here that has been diagnosed with long Covid been successful in getting SSI OR SSDI? I would like to hear about your journey......
Last active: 1 day ago
Short Term Disability: What info or medical records helps approval?
Hi all. I've searched previous conversations and see a number of you have been on short term disability for your jobs, but I don't see...
Last active: Aug 3, 2024
Webinar: Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function
I do not remember if I saw this in this group or a google alert. The registration is at no fee at this site: https://events.nationalacademies.org/42863_06-2024_long-term-health-effects-of-covid-19-disability-and-function
Last active: May 17, 2024
After three vaccines my girlfriend is disabled
My girlfriend worked in a medical facility where she was coerced against her better judgment to take three vaccines to maintain her job. She then...
Last active: Feb 12, 2024
Social Security Assoc 6/5/2024 report - comprehensive review
National Sciences webinar and link to 265 page summary of what is known about long Covid. Social Security is trying to understand what long Covid...
Last active: Jun 9, 2024
Long Covid & Relationship Strain
Covid 11/2020. I have a lot of the symptoms, head to toe. At home I try not to say them all out loud daily because...
Last active: Aug 23, 2023
More than 200 symptoms; still "you're the first"
Yet another paper on the symptoms. What's troublesome with this is that not all of us want to apply for disability. I can still work...
Last active: Jun 8, 2024
Anyone else experienced periodic episodes of paralysis? Covid related?
Has anyone else experienced periodic episodes of paralysis? I also have extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, neuropathy, brain fog, problems with word finding, severe headaches and...
Last active: Sep 1, 2025
Post-COVID Syndrome is real
I had covid mid April and have had many PCS symptoms. I seem to be educating my doctors and therapists. Sometimes it feels like they...
Last active: Nov 15, 2023
what is your most disabling symptom and what did you do to treat it?
Would like to ask a question to the entire group. What do you feel has been your worst/disabling symptom and what did you do to...
Last active: Jun 16, 2025
Are there any medical tests to prove LC?
I am working on a short-term disability case for myself and I keep hearing, "There is no objective evidence to support the medical necessity of...
Last active: Jun 2, 2025
Anyone have HIDA scan due to LT Covid?
As we all know, LT Covid reeks havoc on our body, organs, etc. I have lost so much weight (down to 89 lbs) along with...
Last active: Jun 28, 2023
I've had a CT but would prefer an MRI
I've had LC since August 2024. Persistent symptoms include poor cognition and short term memory loss. Chronic fatigue hit a few months later In Oct...
Last active: Dec 21, 2025
Avoiding financial destitution with long Covid
Hi all, I have a thread going about post-exertional malaise, but I also wanted to get some advice on finances while dealing with long Covid....
Last active: Feb 3, 2025
Long Covid Symptoms for 10months - Feels hopeless
I’m a 53-year-old woman. I naturally carry a lot of anxiety, it runs in my family. What fulfills me most in life is helping others....
Last active: Feb 27, 2024
Any ideas how to get low cost care with insurance?
I originally got Covid Jan 2, 2022. As I had kidney stones 5 days later, I didn’t realize how sick I was. After a month...
Last active: Apr 23, 2023