On Living with Long Covid

I talk about acquiring long covid in march 2021

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Hi there,

Been a while :-)

I've been living with Long Covid since March 2021. I have to say it's been a bit of a rough ol' ride. I've decided to speak a bit about what it has meant for me. You are very welcome to listen x

⚠️ Contains strong language

⛔ Probably not suitable for little ears

(NB I accidentally cut off the first half of the first word, which, for those of you who were wondering, was "hello")

Ailie Blunnie · On Living with Long Covid

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Recommended Reading & Listening:

Long Covid Resources

• 👀 What is Long Covid? (by Long Covid Physio Video Series)

• 🎧 The Long Covid Sessions Podcast, with Noreen Jameel & Emily Kate Stephens

• 📚 The Long Covid Handbook, by Gez Medinger & Prof. Danny Altmann

• 🎧 The Long Covid Podcast, with Jackie Baxter

• 🎧 Living with Long Covid Podcast, with Julie Taylor

ME/CFS

• 🔗 What is ME/CFS?

• ✍️ History of ME?CFS: "It’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century" by George Monbiot

• 👀 Brief history of ME/CFS in video, by Broken Battery

• 👀 "UNREST", a beautiful documentary about ME/CFS by Jennifer Brea

• 🔗 ME Association, UK

DYSAUTONOMIA & POTS

• 👀 What is POTS?

• How POTS discolouration can present on different skin colours

SOME ARTICLES

✍️ Ed Yong (2023). Fatigue Can Shatter a Person, The Atlantic. (Free version here!)

✍️ Davis, H.E., McCorkell, L., Vogel, J.M. et al. Long Covid: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. Nat Rev Microbiol 21, 133–146 (2023).

✍️  Al-Aly, Z. & Topol, E., Solving the Puzzle of Long Covid. Science 383, 830–832 (2024)

✍️  Al-Aly, Z., Davis, H., McCorkell, L. et al. Long COVID science, research and policy. Nat Med (2024)