Unable to work, many coronavirus long haulers face grim future

I had the swine flu and the same things happened to me. It's not just the doctors. Your family members, coworkers, people in your church all say that you're crazy. Their cruelty was as bad as the sickness itself. 😡

Is it just me or does anyone else’s heart go out to the innocent people struggling with long covid?

These stories need to be told

Yes. I am over 65. Fatigue, headaches, all I want to do is sleep. Vibration. Muscle, bones and my heart now. My BP too high, 🤤Difficulty breathing. Me too. Skin issues. My sympathy to all of us Long Haulers. 🌻

The worst of these long haul diseases is no one believing you. I tell my story on my channel but even my friends and family don't believe me! It's crushing

I’m 26 and going through the exact same thing. Went to ER twice thinking I was dying. Been to eye doctor for vision changes and they cant find anything. Blood pressure all over the place, severe head pressure, vision changes, heart palpitations and racing, anxiety and depression, hearing changes, dizziness, memory problems 😞

22+ months in with no solution in sight. It’s breaking me because I have no outside support. I’ve been working since my initial infection in July of 2020 because I have to in order to survive, but I think this is seriously beginning to hinder my progress towards long term recovery (if that is even possible at this point). Love and respect to anyone who suffered through covid or lost a loved one to the disease. But I want to send out a special bit of love and solidarity to anyone who is struggling with long covid. We beat the odds, we survived, but at what cost? In my opinion society owes us a bit of gratitude and a heavy debt as we are the ones who were left on the sacrificial alter in order to obtain the knowledge to develop a vaccine. Prevention is absolutely vital, but let’s not forget about the people whom paid the tole for said prevention to occur in the first place. We are survivors, we will make it or we will die trying. ✊😎👍

I used to cycle 3-5 days per week, I haven't been on a bike ride in 5 years. Thank you ME/CFS 🙃

I know some individuals who have long covid. It’s really troubling. I hope everyone suffering finds relief.

People that do t go through what we have gone through and continue to go through think we are doing it to get out of the work world. Being one that believes in working to provide it takes a full mental toll and emotional breakdown which makes you feel so worthless. I’ve am now going into 8 months of long Covid symptoms. I do not wish this on my worst of enemies.

Post Lyme for me. Went from being a healthy 22 year old in the prime of my life to a hardly functioning bed ridden mess. There is no help for us

I’ve had Long Covid since January 2020, yes almost three years. I’ve lost any respect or trust for the medical profession, politicians and media. I understand they don’t know but please do not gaslight us, show us some dignity, a little care, keep us informed, above all, try and understand! I was part of a Long Covid clinic, because I did not have the energy to go through 2 hours calls where I was gaslighted and ignored, I was signed off with no consultation.

I am so glad this video is out there... we need to talk a lot more about covid long haul symptoms.. I am now dealing with depression and anxiety post covid in October. It's discouraging and not easy!

This really hits hard with me because I'm going through the same thing and all I want is to be how I was before I contracted covid. I've went several times seeking medical help, but I'm either told that I'm probably a long hauler and they don't know, or some has thought its just in my head.

28 former marathoner. just got a new job was looking forward to eventually having a wife and kids. Now I'm just in pain all the time and can't do anything. Can't breath, can't see, can't think properly

I’m STILL freaking tired. I can’t stop sleeping. It’s a problem and it’s driving me crazy

Similar to TBI symptoms which after 9 years of manual labor caused me to file for Social Security Disability which took 1.5 years to receive. Best move I ever made.

I was diagnosed with COVID January 6 2022 and upon my third week after I thought I was getting better I started to get spasms in my leg and a burning sensation all over my body as if I had a fever. It hurt to touch my skin anywhere in my body. Next thing I know I lost control and coordination in my legs. One day I stepped out on my porch without shoes to feed my cat and noticed that my right foot felt a little heated but my left foot felt the cold of the snow. That’s when I noticed my right leg started going numb. It is now December and I still haven’t recovered both legs are super numb and become more aggressively numb when I lay down no matter which position. My hands tingle also. Doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me not even my first chiropractor. It was the second chiropractor who told me it could be that Covid attacked my cerebellum and all this could be neurological from Covid. I’m crying as I type this out because it took almost a year to figure out that this was in fact Covid related but doctors are still not informed enough. My current PCP told me that she couldn’t diagnose the fact that it was cove it related because she has not heard anything regarding the correlation between Covid and coordination issues. It angers me because she spoke knowing she didn’t know for sure. It only took me a simple search to find so much information on this and she supposed to be a PCP!?! I NEED HELP 😢

Absolutely correct you’re not alone! I’m 16 months into long haul Covid symptomatic but text negative I’m now into cardio and pulmonary rehabilitation program! Left me with stage 2 Emphezima!

I'm 19, fully vaccinated and currently dealing with long covid symptoms like headaches, uncontrollable emotions and exhaustion. Me and my family had Covid at the end of February 22, with me currently having the longest lasting symptoms because my immune system was already weakened from having glandular fever only four months prior. I'm lucky to have my family as support, but it's still hard not to fall into depression because I can't go back to work or get back to my life as it was before. I can't finish my driver's license, I can't go out and move freely without feeling the increased pain the next days. And I honestly think long covid isn't talked about enough, because I think this is one of the parts that make covid the horrible sickness that it is.