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Covid-19 "long-haulers" find a community online

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

For some, recovering from Covid-19 will be a long struggle. Those still recovering months later are finding support - and information about the enigmatic disease - online. Featuring: Fiona Lowenstein @fi_lowenstein Lois Parshley @LoisParshley Links to resources discussed: My coronavirus survivor group is my most important medical support right now No one knows why these Covid-19 patients’ symptoms keep relapsing We Need to Talk About What Coronavirus Recoveries Look Like Body Politic Covid-19 Support Group COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months Host: Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I just had a headache and a fever and then the next day I developed a

0:56.0

cough but fever and cough were really the only symptoms I experienced for that first couple of days.

1:01.7

Her condition quickly got worse. She started having trouble

1:04.8

breathing, so her doctor told her she should go to the hospital immediately.

1:09.4

And by the point I went to the ER I couldn't speak more than a couple words, I couldn't walk, I couldn't speak more than a couple words I couldn't walk I couldn't really move

1:14.7

unless I was lying flat in bed really focusing on breathing it was very hard to breathe

1:20.0

that was early in the pandemic and at the time it was surprising for someone like her to develop these kinds of serious symptoms.

1:28.0

So I'm 26 years old, you know, I am otherwise healthy, exercise six days a week, I'm a fitness teacher part

1:36.4

time, and prior to contracting COVID I did not have any significant pree-existing conditions.

1:43.0

She was put on oxygen at the ER

1:45.4

and admitted as a hospital patient.

1:47.4

And within a few days,

1:48.5

Fiona actually started to feel better.

1:51.0

So she figured before long, she'd be back to her old self.

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