I occasionally ponder what “normal” will look like after Long COVID, but as my history of alcohol consumption illustrates there is no static normal state.
Category Archives: Long COVID Chronicles
Presidential Health
Health is a variable thing. Yet, we seem to expect Presidents to have perfectly static health. This causes Presidents and presidential candidates to hide health issues, when they can.
Ignorance is Bliss and Knowledge is Power
Falling somewhere between ignorance and knowledge, I panicked over the symptoms of an acute viral infection on top of my Long COVID.
Lemonade
For my first (hopefully only) birthday with Long COVID, it is a challenge to figure out how to turn the Long COVID lemon into lemonade.
Climate Change
Climate change has a direct impact on my health, exacerbating my Long COVID symptoms and my migraines.
Why Now?
I see parallels in the overexertion I experienced pre-Long COVID and FDR’s overexertion pre-polio.
Why me?
Through various illnesses and injuries I have learned to move from self-blame to self-acceptance.
Post-Illness Syndromes
Long COVID is not the only post-illness syndrome out there. So why don’t we know more about them?
Rest
Through acute COVID and Long COVID the core advice remains the same: rest.
Accepting Help
I am learning to let go of my overdependence on independence and ask for and accept help.
Carolyn Ristau 