Anyone else have Long Covid?

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Bray Wyatt's passing, and the news of how it happened made me reflect on my own struggle with Covid, and how it turned into Long Covid

I didn't want to post in the official thread of his passing as it didn't seem appropriate.
And if this isn't appropriate in general please delete it.

I got Covid for the first time in January 2021 which was pretty bad, and knocked me down for about a month. But I recovered.
The second time, however, in January 2022 is what did the most damage.

It knocked my immune system so low I got shingles on my face, and when that went away it turned into an inner ear infection.
But what lingered, was the respiratory issues.

Covid seems to attack whatever your body is weakest to, and magnify it. For Bray it was his heart. For me it's my lungs.
I've always had weak lungs going back to my childhood.

Since January 2022 I have what I call "flare ups" every month/couple times a month.
Where I get asthma-like symptoms, and that funny taste/smell enters my mouth and nose.
I can only liken it to an expired yankee candle.

Typically sneezing is what makes the flare ups happen. I'll get sneezing fits, and then minutes later, boom, it starts.

When the flare ups are the worst, it feels like I'm being cooked from the inside out.
Weird I know, but I can't find any other way to describe it. It doesn't hurt, perse, as I'm 'used' to the breathing issues, but the smell and taste is bad.

Just as recently as this week I've been dealing with a flare up.
I'm recovering from the latest one, and so far so good today.

I've had all the vaccines, and there's not really anything anyone can do for me.
I live in America, and don't have the funds for endless tests and treatments in our 'profit over people' structure.

Bray's news, him being 10 years younger than me, and the issues I've been dealing with for as long as he and Keith Lee have, scares the shit out of me.

Anyone else have Long Covid and deal with similar things? Does it attack you in your weak spots?

Sorry, I've been terrified for a long time now thinking each attack could be 'the one'. Whatever it is seems to live in my lungs, and yeah.....

Again, sorry, I needed to talk out loud.

[BlackoutCreature]

I had a bout of Covid last year. It was pretty mild, never really even affected my lungs, just my throat and sinuses. About two weeks later I developed Premature Ventricular Contractions, which I can only describe as weird heart beats. Didn't know what it was and went to the ER where they diagnosed me and sent me to a cardiologist who said it was nothing serious and that it should pass. It did within about six weeks.

Had another bout about two weeks ago. Again, fairly mild, about on par with a bad cold. Now I'm actually dealing with a rebound infection, which, if it wasn't for the low fever I burned last night, I would think is nothing more then bad allergies.

Nothing serious, but I thought it might help to share my experiences.

[Pooh Carlson]

The first time I had covid in 2020, I was out of work for almost a month and when I came back I would have to take a rest at the top of the stairs to catch my breath and I would space out super easily. Lasted maybe a month or two. I started eating better which helped with the shortness of breath.

[salz4life]

I've been lucky as I had COVID once in late 2021. While it knocked me out for a couple days (with respect to energy levels) and I didn't really get back to normal for another week or so on top of that, I have been fine since then. I never got my 3rd shot, but I will probably just wait at this point until this new one comes out.

[Perd]

My aunt had it, in 2020, and still hasn’t fully recovered Her senses of taste and smell.

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

yep and although the physical stuff does suck, the constant brain fog is the worst part about it

things that i used to be quick on the draw about now take 10 times longer and i can barely concentrate or think for shit