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Reca M.
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 2 months
- Published
- Jan 2022
Summary
Reca had COVID in 2021 with a week of fever and cough, and at six weeks still could not stay awake past 7 PM or walk more than 2 blocks. She blamed steroids from a doctor visit for 17 pounds of weight gain. About 10 weeks after COVID started she took her first vaccine shot; after two days of vaccine sickness she felt normal again, and says the illness is now just a 2021 memory.
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positivelycovid.org — a recovery advocacy site.
What they tried
Credits Vaccination, COVID vaccination as treatment.
What they credit
Also tried
Approaches: 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.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | fever and cough began; COVID test confirmed | Not stated | |
| six weeks after onset | still could not stay awake past 7 PM or walk more than 2 blocks | Moderate | |
| 10 weeks after COVID started, then two days of vaccine sickness | first vaccine shot; two days of vaccine sickness, then felt normal again | Recovered | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| 2021 | back to normal; watching shows and walking more than a few blocks | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Corticosteroid pulses“which I blamed for the 17 pounds I gained over the next two months” Side effects
- COVID vaccination as treatment“For 2 days I was just as sick as the worst of my COVID” Side effects
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