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"When it comes to living with long COVID, there is no bright side, no good
part, no silver lining. Trust me. I’ve been battling this chronic illness since
early 2020, when people still called it “Corona” and everyone was making
Instagram memes about a beer company.
When COVID-19 first arrived on America’s unprepared shores, I was a New York
City-based 31-year-old comedian with a promising career ahead of me. Then, in
March 2020, I developed symptoms that at first weren’t connected to the
original list health organizations gave us of a fever and cough. I was
eventually sent to the ER where doctors told my family I had six hours to live.
Spoiler alert: I did not die. Instead, I spent 99 days on a COVID ventilator in
a medically induced coma, and half a year in the hospital, which as it turns
out, is only slightly better than death. When I finally woke up months after
being admitted, I was alone in a hospital with a “no visitor” policy, paralyzed
from head to toe, voiceless and totally unable to communicate.
I have since relearned to walk and talk, but at 33 years old I’m disabled,
living on oxygen 24/7, and forced to fight for my health every day. Adding
insult to my injury is the conspiratorial nonsense of COVID deniers, the hollow
cliches of well-meaning people, and the empty promises of a toxic wellness
industry that claims lavender oil and a keto diet can cure whatever may ail
you. I get it. When faced with tragedy, some people struggle to find the right
words. So let me help you out by providing you a list of eight things to
absolutely never say to someone living with long COVID."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: November 10, 2022
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-74473054
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
