Long COVID, sometimes called Post-COVID or Long Haul, is rather difficult to define. Essentially it is symptoms that either continue beyond the normal recovery time for COVID (which varies depending on the severity of the infection) but it could also be symptoms that return or begin weeks or months later that have no other cause….
Navigating Long COVID: Evaluating the Demands of an Activity
This page contains affiliate links and I may earn a small commission when you click on the links, at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Click here to read my full disclosure statement. One of the things I deal with as part of my Long COVID recovery…
Nevertheless – Word for 2023 and a Perspective Shift: What if Life is Like Powerlifting?
For the past few weeks, my oxygen has been below 90% several times a day. There is a possibility that I will be back on oxygen, at least while I sleep until I can have a sleep study done to ensure my oxygen is not dropping overnight. The Long COVID has been a significant setback….
Isolation and Re-Engagement During the Pandemic
Not knowing if I was going to live or die for over 20 consecutive days fundamentally changed me in ways that are hard to express. Even now, almost a year later, I find myself surprised at how deeply the entire experience impacted me, my perception of life, my values, and my connection to others.
Just Because He Loves Me
God has saved my life – over and over again over the years; and last November, as most of you know, He did it again between 8 and 10 times depending on the nurse who talked to me. While I was in the hospital, He and I talked about a lot of things and He…
Glorious Pee Fountain
Did the picture get your attention? This, dear friends, is an external female urinary collection device. Rather than describe how it fits, I’ll show you a picture… I called it a “banana” because it looked like one and it made talking about it a little easier. It does just what it looks like, curves between…
The Audacity of Youth
I’m a side-sleeper, sometimes back but not stomach. Nothing about sleeping on my stomach is comfortable for me. So, when nurses told me that I should try spending more time on my stomach than on my side or back, I said the “obvious” – “I can’t get comfortable on my stomach.” I was not outright…
Shame, Embarrassment, and Panic
This is my site so I’m not going to pull any punches. Some of the stories I’m going to share in this series on “The Stories We Tell,” won’t be pretty. Many of them will probably hurt more in the writing than in the reading. Some will be funny later but aren’t funny today. Still,…