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: realism
In This Moment
I have been sick for 14 months or 402 days or 578,880 minutes. It is a long journey. It is a hard journey. Yet, unlike too many other chronic diseases, there is an assumption that the disease will end one day and I will return to my pre-disease “normal.” For me, it did not endContinue reading “In This Moment”
Day of Rest
Disappointment and success go hand-in-hand as I transition a writing day into a day of rest.
Hope 2
I ignored, or rather, I was distracted at the time of my one-year anniversary of Long COVID (start: November 2023). It was a long and hard year where I spent an immense amount of energy focused on interpreting, diagnosis, and understanding my health on a daily basis. I have learned much about the body, theContinue reading “Hope 2”
Anxiety and Long COVID 2
Medical professionals can overemphasize anxiety in Long COVID cases, when the best help for the anxiety is to address the root cause — the Long COVID.
Shifting Perspective
Ten months into Long COVID, I revisited a book I read at month 4. My perspective on recovery and hope has shifted significantly since then.
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.
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?
Hope
Optimism vs. pessimism vs. realism. Each creates its own emotional rollercoaster.
Carolyn Ristau 