Long COVID – Page 4 – Carolyn Ristau

Climate Change

Climate change has a direct impact on my health, exacerbating my Long COVID symptoms and my migraines.

I see parallels in the overexertion I experienced pre-Long COVID and FDR’s overexertion pre-polio.

Through various illnesses and injuries I have learned to move from self-blame to self-acceptance.

Long COVID is not the only post-illness syndrome out there. So why don’t we know more about them?

Through acute COVID and Long COVID the core advice remains the same: rest.

I am learning to let go of my overdependence on independence and ask for and accept help.

Just when I needed it, I encountered Disability Pride reading lists to inspire me to thrive in my version of an imperfect life.

Optimism vs. pessimism vs. realism. Each creates its own emotional rollercoaster.

The central element of my Long COVID experience is waiting for that eventual day when my health returns to my normal.

A new high is established in the bumpy journey of Long COVID.