Bianca Cinquegranj
“I am constantly torn between “I can’t let this illness ruin my life” and “I have to listen to my body and rest”.”
Seven months of my recovery from Covid-19.
Only recently did I begin to think about this recovery, as something that I cannot control. This is indeed is a challenging process, on so many levels.
The past few months I have gotten so tired of pretending I'm fine.
I'm on a never ending Rollercoaster.
COVID-19 - You have stolen from me 6 months so far of my health, my everyday life, my mental health, my strength and of my power. And who I used to be.
You make it harder to breathe.
I'm fighting a never ending battle.
You’re definitely not something I was ready for!
You have been lingering in my body for too long.
Will I ever go back to pre-Covid health?
I worry everyday even though I'm not in the worst of it anymore. I'm worried that my body is going to give out.
Many times I thought I wouldn't see the next day.
I do question whether I’ll ever feel normal again, I just have to hope I will and keep going.
I don't want anyone to go through what I've been through these past 7 months.
In the beginning I would cry and cry every night wondering if I was going to wake up in the morning.
I’m always tired, I look drained, I don’t know this person I have become since Covid. Everything has changed from my physical to my mental. Will I ever get back to the person I was before?
I went to the hospital many times.
I took enormous amounts of prescription medications.
This is not JUST the "flu".
I'd swap the flu for this anyday.
COVID-19 has existed for less than a year and it is easy to forget how little we know about it.
There's a lot of confusion in the world about Covid 19. In the beginning people were really scared of the unknown.
Doctors still don't know how to help people with these symptoms that won't go after two weeks. Some of the symptoms lifted but they just seemed to be replaced with new ones.
There's no treatments for Long Haulers like me.
As the months go on, I continued to feel sick, up and down, I battled to breathe and I have no energy.
This virus is no joke. It really irritates me that so many people don’t take it seriously or don’t believe it’s real.
I first started getting sick March.
It started with terrible headaches which turned into burning in my chest to a sore throat and trouble breathing.
I had this terrible pinch in my chest.
My chest felt so heavy like.
It felt like a fire was burning inside my chest to the point my outside of my skin was bright red.
I found myself waking up in the middle of the night gasping for air to breathe.
I couldn’t lay flat for months.
I couldn’t get out of bed for weeks .
It hurt so bad to breathe.
My body was so weak.
My heart would skip beats then start going crazy.
I had muscle twitching through my whole body.
My chest and arm became inflamed.
My chest was filled of congestion.
Terrible dry cough
Chronic Fatigue
Light headed dizziness
Rapid heart rate
Fever on and off
I'm losing hearing in my right ear.
I'm not sure what damage is going to be done to my body after more months pass.
This comes in waves and I feel like I've came to a stall to get back to pre-Covid health.
I'm left with lingering symptoms.
I had to leave my job because I couldn't take anymore personal time to get better.
If i pick this up again I’m not sure what it would do to my body since I'm not fully recovered.
So many people don't believe it. So many people think its about politics.
Why aren't Long Haulers shown on the media? Why aren't the governments talking about it? Why isn’t the CDC telling us about it?
I have asthma now. I can't be around any type of smoke or I’ll have complete coughing attacks
(I don’t feel comfortable talking about my family’s experience with Covid.)
This illness has affected many people in my family I love.)
I think people need to be more educated.
I want this to go away as much as more people do.
