Reinfection update #longcovid at 20 months, now #mecfs. Breathing significantly worse on day 7. Zero appetite, drinking 3x as much, so weak I went from 90% bedbound to 100%. Cold to my bones (parents wearing shorts). Doc requested paramedics come check me out. They said… 1/
“Hospital is a bad place to be right now. You’ll get worse if we take you in for checks and you wait ten hours for a bed. We advise ppl to ride it out at home if they can.” My vitals were ok - no crackle or wheeze, just shallow & laboured breathing. 2/
Relieved not to be admitted. Deeply concerned about the state of hospitals. Feels like it’s been that way for 2 years. Am well enough to tweet right now so must be better than yday. Omicron has really seriously hit me. Don’t get it; don’t get sick enough to need hospital care./3
Paramedics had never met someone with #longcovid. They couldn’t believe I was ‘normal’/non-disabled before I got mild covid Sep 2020. Told them I was working full time on pandemic response before I got sick and lost my job. They were shocked by how impaired I was.👩🦽😷💙
Still keep getting suddenly drastically cold, like there’s not enough blankets and jumpers in the world, and a thirst that really can’t be sated. Anyone any idea what’s going on?? Don’t remember this from last time…
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