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Zeest Khan, MD Profile picture
Zeest Khan, MD
@doctor_zeest
Physician, Executive Coach, and full-time Long Covid patient. Host of the podcast "Long Covid, MD" https://t.co/AJNaCIQ0GK
Apr 29 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The greatest risk to your health under anesthesia is typically anesthesia.

With ME and LC, you may have a tougher recovery and symptom flare.

But this is a risk assessment discussion, not risk avoidance.

Here's my advice, as an anesthesiologist and someone with LC...🧵 Risk assesment: The first step is decide if the procedure is necessary. Presumably, the surgery (& therefore anesthesia) are priority right now, and without it, you will have worse health.

So next question is: how do i get through this as safely as possible?
Jul 29, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Physicians are punished when they're ill.

My primary care doc has been on extended medical leave. I've had to reschedule a few times. Today, I was told she "is not allowed to be a pcp anymore. We can't keep doing this. She's just gonna staff the walk-in clinic. It's not fair to patients." The tone was filled with annoyance. No compassion for the ailing person.

The narrator was a nurse who's worked with my doc for ages. She's the best primary I've had, and showed me such grace when I fell ill that I discussed her in the first episode of my podcast.
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Jun 25, 2024 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
I'm a physician with #LongCovid. I listened to the #NIH #RECOVER webinar discussing new Long Covid research for sleep/energy. I've been critical of RECOVER. These are my take-aways. 🧵

#ENERGIZE #CSPD 1. The language surrounding #LongCovid #fatigue #PEM has improved immensely. The disease was discussed without psychologisation.

I know how to speak Doctor. The language may not have been perfect, but it was NOT psych-coded.
Apr 20, 2022 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
A (LONG) thread for patients with #mecfs #longcovid expecting surgery and the #surgeons #anesthesiologists #crnas and #pacunurses caring for them. I'll share my recent perioperative experience. This is neither comprehensive nor medical advice, but I hope it helps. (0) 1. Recovery was a bitch. I've had general anesthetics before, even in the same organ system. This was not the same body undergoing #anesthesia.