If you've been following me since last year, you'd know that I got COVID then and have been recovering with #LongCOVID. For almost 6 months now. In this thread I want to bring awareness to some of the very generous people I've met in the group who really need your support. 1/n
Dave @D_Bone, with Angela @TheExtraFiles, hosts 24hr zoom chats for #longhaulers. Like many, he is no longer able to work because of complications from Long COVID. He created the @initfortheLHpod platform. Please support if you can ♥️ bit.ly/3GIoWGj 2/n
Tracey @haziethompson is someone I've learned a lot from in the group. She is a former chef who once enjoyed cooking and serving up amazing dishes. Now, because of Long COVID she is unfortunately housebound and cannot work. Please support if you can ♥️ bit.ly/3t7Gm9S 3/
Juliette @lamb_a_row has been a pleasure to be in the group with. She's always been a positive bright light in the group, and just as I want for everyone, I'd love for others to pour into her as she has to others. You can commission art from her or Venmo/PP ♥️ @/JayMaryEllis 4/
All of these people have been incredibly supportive to me in my healing journey. I have sat on Zoom calls in the emergency room with them, we have guided each other through medical appointments.
We have cried together, laughed together, and held each other up through what has been for many of us, a life-changing event, that we're not sure will ever "end" #NEISvoid#NoEndInSight
As far as my situation goes, I'm still not considered to be fully recovered, in fact, I have an upcoming appointment to get another scan of my chest. I will discuss my personal situation another time. Thanks for reading and please support these amazing people! And... fuck COVID.
Okay! COVID brain. Juliette can be found at @friedpudin 😭!!
I wanna know how professionals with ADHD manage long form writing tasks. My dissertation almost killed me. What accommodations have you asked for in your professional life?
Y’all I am looking for solutions for severe ADHD. The pomodoro method does not work for me. I mean like actual accommodations
Alright, I’m the same way and although doing this does help, I really need something else to get me to the finish line with the writing. My brain is totally shutting down.
Last week on Diversity in Entertainment Day, I attended the @STARZ@STZTakeTheLead#TakeTheLead event and spoke on the Advancing Equity Across Industries: Finding Strategies for Better Representation Panel alongside others making their own unique strides in DEI efforts! 1/
You may recognize this amazing guy— Cliff @methodman who plays Davis Maclean on @Power_STARZ. You may also know him from I don’t know… a little group called the @WuTangClan 😆. @Methodman spoke on the importance and impact of authentic character representation on screen. 2/
.@dami_ak3 is the Multicultural Content Partnerships Lead at @GoogleTv where he drives discovery of culturally relevant and inclusive content! He is focused on many things, including telling diverse stories on @GoogleTv 💪🏿 3/
I think I'm finally out of the woods with post-COVID psychosis. Mine lasted for about two months. Y'all. Scariest shit in my life. Researchers think COVID causes direct damage to the brain, triggers an immune response that negatively affects the brain, or changes blood flow 1/
It was bad. At one point I was having six panic attacks a day. Before COVID I had never had a panic attack in my LIFE. I didn't even know what was happening. It wasn't triggered by anxiety. I would wake up and as soon as I opened my eyes my body would go into panic for hours 2/
Docs are throwing breathing exercises or powerful psych meds at post-COVID patients when the issue is likely related to COVID inflammation in the brain, etc. It's not "regular" anxiety. They don't know what to do. They'll put you in the psych ward vs. treating for post-viral. 3/
If you’re talking about COVID and not including conversations about Long COVID, you are ignoring a HUGE part of the conversation about COVID. I am out on DISABILITY right now. You’re talking about cases & mortality. There are even some people who survived this that wish they died
You can get vaccinated boosted wear a mask still get Covid and be sick for weeks… MONTHS. Many people who got COVID during the first wave before the vaccines came out are STILL freaking sick with multiple body systems impacted
I’m out on disability right now and I wasn’t even hospitalized with COVID. I am on disability because of everything that happened AFTER the initial infection. I survived COVID but this shit will wreck your body
This is the deepest pit of sadness that I have ever been in my entire life
I don't think I'm ever going to be the same again
The viral fatigue is consuming me. It is swallowing me. I am resting and other things are improving little by little which gives me hope... but this fatigue is so dark and heavy