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Jolene
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 7 months
- Published
- Sep 2022
Summary
Jolene got COVID around Halloween 2021 and was ill for months, in a haze through winter and spring, with each attempt at a normal routine setting her back. She credited radical rest, slow graded pacing, a second booster, counseling, acupuncture, yoga and time. At nine months she reported 75-85% recovery, walking for a couple of hours with minimal symptom rise, though throat tightness and hoarseness still sometimes returned.
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What they tried
Credits Alternative therapies, Diet, Mind-body practices, Pacing, Vaccination, Acupressure, ear seeds and auricular devices, CBT and psychotherapy, COVID vaccination as treatment, Graded exercise / graded activity, Meditation, yoga, breathwork, Pacing and the energy envelope, Radical rest, Time and spontaneous remission.
What they credit
Also tried
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Diet · Mind-body practices · Pacing · Vaccination
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, from when the illness began. Hover a point to see what happened and what they link it to. Open dots mark a change they link to a treatment, orange ones a setback. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. What the levels mean.
Show as a table
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| around Halloween 2021 | COVID infection, tested positive at home | Not stated | |
| Christmas Eve 2021 | sickest point, urgent care visit, cancelled clients and family, took 6-week leave from work | Moderate | |
| winter and spring 2022 | each return to a normal routine brought back worse symptoms | Moderate | |
| about 7 months out, over the past couple months | turned a corner, sustained 75-85% recovery | Moderate | Radical rest |
| 9 months out | walks for a couple hours with minimal symptom rise; throat tightness and hoarseness still sometimes return | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, Flu-like symptoms, Headaches & migraine, Post-exertional malaise.
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