and I probably have long Covid too. I took Paxlovid the first 2 times, but not with the last bout. The 1st time was brutal, and I was down for the count for about a month. The second time I had the exact same symptoms but everything resolved more quickly, so I was only down for a couple of weeks. This last time I felt like crap for a few days, and then that was it. The difference being this time is that I have lingering symptoms that are very weird. Each day a new body part aches terribly, the sinus congestion is constant and then all of a sudden it's like somebody opens the floodgates for an hour and I'm going through tissues like there's no tomorrow, and then it stops until the next time it starts up again. I'm experiencing massive hair loss, which my doctor said has been pretty much a symptom of everybody she's seen in her office who has gotten covid recently, I have constant fatigue, but at least it is mild, and my breathing is not as good as it was. What has helped me is forcing myself to exercise on my "good" days. I'm finding that I will actually have an afternoon a few times a week now where I almost feel normal, so I'm encouraged by that, and the littlest amount of exercise seems to make me feel better (one day I only managed 20 sit-ups, and it actually seemed to make a difference, go figure). I think the body pains are the strangest thing because I keep wondering if I've strained a muscle or hurt something, but I know I haven't. When I first decided to just make myself exercise, I noticed that the body pains would diminish, but I would be super fatigued afterward, and I worried that it was counterproductive, but the increased fatigue isn't happening anymore, I actually feel better overall for a little while. Everyone says it's just going to take time. I hope your bad days become less and less frequent. Just don't give up hope. You've got this!
My deepest condolences ❤️
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