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In reply to the discussion: Have you had Covid? [View all]haele
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I was working in a shop/lab situation where a lot of my co-workers were traveling to military bases overseas, especially Italy, Japan, and Bahrain for a week or so at a time to come back with various USB hard drives they would bring back and drop off in a cabinet right behind my desk.
Three week after Laz recovered, he started getting mysterious seizures, blood clots, restless leg syndrome, and brain fog - later identified as symptoms of Long COVID.
I developed worse joint pains and occasional T-Rex arm syndrome ( as I call it) where while there's no apparent problems with my shoulders, back or arms, it feels as if there's a tight band around the muscles in my upper arms for no reason and I can't lift them without excruciating pain. For no reason whatsoever. Just happens, then lingers for a couple days before it goes away.
Laz's Neurologist managed to get him on a level of meds controlling the seizures, and started him melatonin for restless leg syndrome back in October. Oddly enough, this was about the same time papers were coming out about a preliminary study on Melatonin reducing Long COVID symptoms - and three weeks after taking melatonin, he's been brain fog free -so far. So all his doctors are pretty sure he got Long COVID back before the Trump Administration and media started sounding the alarm.
One more month without seizures and brain fog, and his Neurologist is going to put in the paperwork to get his driver's licence reinstated!
Long COVID sucks.
Edit, as we started getting sick late December 2019. Fully sick to go to Urgent Care in 2020. Boy, the years fly.
Haele
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