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"Every morning, I wake up in my Brooklyn apartment, and for two seconds, I can
remember the old me. The me without pain, the me with energy, the me who could
do whatever she wanted.
Then I’m shoved back into my new reality. As I fully come into consciousness, I
feel dizzy, faint and nauseated. Pain pulses throughout my body, and my limbs
feel simultaneously as heavy as concrete and weak as jelly. It feels as if a
machine were squeezing my skull, and extreme exhaustion overtakes me.
These sensations have been a daily occurrence, with few exceptions, for the
past three years and nine months. In the morning my boyfriend will be the one
making coffee for us. He will run all of our errands. He will cook and clean.
He now does all the things I used to do, the things I can’t do anymore.
I live with what’s known as long Covid, an illness that has reshaped my
life."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: December 21, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-95043283
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
