My 2 Year COVID Anniversary
On this day 2 years ago, I became symptomatic. I will never know who is responsible for my infection, but it’s for the best that I’ll...
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- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
STAT Summit 2021: Long COVID Session
Yesterday I spoke at the STAT Summit, supporting the sole session relating to #LongCovid. I was invited as the first US patient to...
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Long COVID Equity Matters
What a week this has been for us #LongCovid patients and patient advocates! After over 1.5 years of tirelessly pleading the public and...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 2 min
Long Haulers got Funding for the NIH: Understand This
We were called attention-seeking while we implored the public to listen to our pleas. Hypochondriacs and psychologically unwell while our...
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Long Haulers Act
The click-bait feel-good stories relating to #longhaulers magically feeling recovered post-jab, feeling “back to normal”, or otherwise no...
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
The Long COVID Precedent
TW: This applies to everyone that contracts #covid, as this precedent talks to all studied SARS and MERS survivors regardless of acute...
- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
A Long Hauler's Vaccine Experience
I share this 3 weeks after my last dose, and while the side effects are magnified in us #longhaulers (what the public experiences is a...
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
The First To Discuss Long Covid in America
A year ago today I spoke about #longcovid publicly (when the pandemic wasn’t even a month old, recovery was still “2 weeks”, and symptoms...
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
One Year Ago I Tested Positive for COVID-19
Today, 12 months ago, I tested + for #covid_19. I was “lucky” to get a PCR (& a +) since tests weren’t widely available, my symptoms were...
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
#1Year1Virus: My 1 Year COVIDVersary
Call it a #CovidVersary or #TraumaVersary, the @wearebodypolitic community is calling it #1year1virus and that’s exactly what March 10,...
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
It's Called Long COVID: Don't Take That From Us
This is one patient’s attempt at trying to explain to the public why the renaming of #longcovid to #pasc (#postacutesequelaesarscov2)...
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
The WHO Acknowledged Long COVID Thanks to us Patients!
Today the @who held a vitally important conference regarding #longcovid (also known as #postcovid19 or #longhaulcovid). Although I...
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
A COVID Calendar Year-in-Review
I first felt #covid_19 symptoms on March 10 & as I write this on the final day of 2020, I can say that I’m 70%* recovered. I’ve had a 9+...
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
My Unwanted Long COVID Pregnancy
My spoons are completely used up at the moment and it has been a tough day processing what 9 months of #longcovid means for me, but there...
- Sep 25, 2020
- 1 min
EBV and Long Covid (*Before it Was Studied!*)
When your blood work, doctor, and symptoms all are in agreement with each other, and when a new #covid_19 thought process and *potential*...
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
Us Long COVID Advocates Finally Got the Ear of the NIH!
The patient-led @wearebodypolitic Covid-19 Support Group has received recognition from @nihgov Director, Dr. Francis Collins, in addition...
- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
What's a Long Hauler?
With more and more news coming out about #covidsurvivor long haul experiences, and with doctors, the CDC and the general public being...
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
Body Politic Support Group
Someone told me that the only way they’d share the Covid-19 Support Group link is if I made it into a visual. If you’re a supporter of...
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
COVID-19 Patient Resources Exist!
I’m currently on Day 43 and still feeling Relentless Rona, but I found a loophole for sharing links beyond the silly follower...
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