We place an enormous amount of trust in our bodies everyday. Long COVID is one of the numerous ways in which our bodies betray that trust.
Tag Archives: post-virus syndromes
Goal Scaling
I learned how to adapt SMART Goals to adverse situations thanks to having Long COVID.
The Long COVID Treadmill
Having Long COVID takes a lot of work, which is unfortunate because most of us who have Long COVID are running on low to no energy.
Managing Anxiety
Last week, I shared how anxiety increases the severity of my Long COVID symptoms and how sometimes medical practitioners mischaracterize the relationship between anxiety and Long COVID. My current primary source of anxiety is my upcoming surgery. Like when I had a virus in August (2024), my anxiety is due partly to knowing too littleContinue reading “Managing Anxiety”
Circumstances Matter
The strain of illness is less for those who are fortunately circumstanced as I can attest from experiencing debilitating health impacts when fortunately and unfortunately circumstanced.
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.
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.
Post-Illness Syndromes
Long COVID is not the only post-illness syndrome out there. So why don’t we know more about them?
Carolyn Ristau 