Traveler, photographer, author of the novel 'Strangeling'. American in Germany, living with long covid.
Jun 30, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I'm just utterly flabbergasted by how casual my family members are about covid now. I've spent the last year and a half in hell, learned way more than I wanted to about this horrible virus, and when I try and tell anyone about it, I'm dismissed as paranoid.
On a related note, my sister's whole family (she and her husband, 2 preschool kids) caught covid at a funeral earlier this week. Now they think the best way to isolate is to go on a canoe trip while they're all symptomatic.
And then the rat walked right into the cat's mouth...
Jun 15, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
#TheNicotineTest day 96, about 3 months in. I don't generally feel like I have #LongCovid anymore, but I'm still dealing with damage done... especially in the summer heat. At the beginning of March I could barely walk 500m; now I've biked up to 15km.
Starting March 11th I did two days of half patches, then six days of full patches, 7 mg/ 24 hours of Nikofrenon brand that cost about E25 for a 14 pack on German Amazon. That week was pretty miserable: nausea, insomnia, headaches. But I started getting some energy too.
Apr 23, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Nicotine patches for long covid, 8 weeks later. Rode my bike 0.6 km today. Couple months ago I didn't know if I'd ever be able to get on it again. Really think it's the patches that made it possible. That said, I don't think 7 days or taking it alone is enough for most.
I got a 14 pack and went through 12, taking one every time I started feeling sick again (PEM and/or lymph swelling). The early patches caused major nausea, the last couple barely any, so I think that was toxin release effects. It might be a way to measure clearing infections.
