Covid gave you a stroke or the jab?
That is correct.
FYI, just updated my article linked in the OP with this just out article via NG:
Even mild COVID-19 can cause your brain to shrink
Recent brain imaging shows the disease can cause physical changes equivalent to a decade of ageing and trigger problems with attention and memory. Exactly why is still a mystery.
Hereās my practical recs for those dealing with long covid just up:
At this point, Iām fairly certain I got OG Covid back in December of 2019. Sat for four hours on an airplane next to a woman who was sweating profusely and coughing her ass off for the entire trip. About a week later, I was the most sick I have ever been to date. All classic COVID symptoms. Took about a 10 days to start to feel ābetterā
Since then, though, Iāve had some degree of brain fog / memory disfunction, and more significantly, what can be best described as chronic fatigue. Even short periods of mild to moderate exertion result in complete exhaustion that take sometimes days to recover. Iāve been fortunate so far to be in a situation where I can work around it, but it does definitely impact my day to day life as well as the quality of my time.
Will, Iām definitely going to read up on what youāve posted on the topicā¦Thanks for that! Iām also working in general on cleaning up my nutrition (somewhat more difficult to do here than where I lived previously, but definitely worth the effort) and Iām going in for a sleep study in the near future to see if there are any issues there. Weāll see how it goes.
As briefly mentioned in the most recent write up in #24, thatās essential healing up fully.
The only thing legit about chinavirus is the need for a public hanging for Mickey Mauci!
Youāre claiming the China viral WMD is not a legit virus?
Funny, saw a joke that Long Covid and fibromyalgia only affect people in English speaking countries!!!
I will say I think so. Iāve had covid 3 times. The first two times I only really felt bad for 2 days and start to finish it was 5-7 days. The third time I never had the 2 bad days and overall it was mild. The down side was it hung around for almost 2 months. Where it really stood out was my first gym workout after I was feeling better.
Lifting wasnāt a problem. I was definitely lifting less, but after a month out of the gym, that was expected. The real oh shit moment was when I got on the treadmill. I thought I would do a light mile to shake things out a little. I do quite a bit of trail running so a mile is no big deal for me. I couldnāt make it a quarter of a mile without hitting my max heart rate and had to stop. It was over an hour after stopping that my heart rate returned to under 100bpm. My normal resting heart rate is usually between 50-55. It stayed 20-25 bpm higher for about two weeks and I was exhausted the whole time. My HRV stayed in the medium to high stress range even when sleeping. I eventually started to feel normal and get restful sleep. Itās taken me about another month to get back to being able to do an unbroken mile on the treadmill at a little under 10 min mile pace. Was it long covid? I donāt know, but something hung a boat anchor on my heart after having it.
You should see a doc about being tested for any cardio - pulmonary issues, perhaps miocarditis related. Iād rule that out. Recent thoughts/recs on long covid: https://brinkzone.com/addressing-long-covid/
I do feel like Iām over whatever the issue was. Iām progressing with my cardio. Resting heart rate is back to normal and so is my HRV. I was definitely considering it during the two weeks of wtf. Iāll probably stick to the treadmill for another week or two. Iāll have to see how things go when I hit the trails for a real run. I was planning on doing the tough mudder again this year which is in 2 months, so Iāve got a lot of catching up to do for a 15k. I appreciate your reply though and I will read your article.
The most recent overall thing Iāve been researching basically points towards some cases, the BA1 and later (Xi-Omicron) variants basically unlocking the memory B cell cap on old viruses, and letting people get absolutely clapped by old viruses they had (stuff like Mono getting a second pass through, simultaneously with other stuff, to where you basically get fibromyalgia symptoms with chronic fatigue).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8180841/?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.949787/full
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01836-9#Bib1 [Older links]
In my case, my immune system just couldnāt be bothered to do anything about Hand Food & Mouth, which turned into a proper five week crapfest (nothing quite like sloughing up multiple layers of skin with lesions on 90% of my body, and losing toenails that have only partially grown back 10 months on).
The same really varied reactions to getting infected are also kinda there for the vaccination, just varying extents. Similar deal, the way in which I experience migraines has become totally different - in some ways more manageable, but the frequency stepped up to where I had to start trying new medications, which is really frustrating.
Iām back to trying to overtrain, but I really need to take my fat arse out on my bike and start putting down 12-20mi sessions down to start getting up to speed now that the weather is decent.
And the outbreak oh shingle outbreaks following covid infections and so forth.
The importance of GSH in this canāt be overestimated, yet it continues to be in the sci/med community. Viruses require an oxidative environment to replicate, and that involves generation of ROS and inflammation and redox balance disturbances, resulting in tissue damage and ongoing mitochondrial damage and dysfunction. GSH is the linchpin to all of it. Iād strongly encourage you to read my article and recs, and sources both long covid, and the full deep dive linked in that article.
GSH As it pertained to covid is a must read and tip of of the iceberg:
When I was suffering from long covid, my search for answers eventually led me to cardio. I did the stress test and my cardiologistās office called me as soon as the results were back. They scheduled me for a heart catheter the next day! :eek: Said there was a 50% chance Iād already suffered a heart attack. When they went in they foundā¦ nothing. I basically went through every specialty medicine discipline that could possibly explain my issues and all I got was a much lighter wallet. One attempted treatment was a cervical injection that really jacked me up for a few weeks. The neurology angle went nowhere either. Eventually I just gave up.
But then, I got RSV back in December. It lasted four WEEKS and somewhere along the line it morphed into something worse. I got meds and cleared it up eventually, but many of the issues Iād been dealing with post-Covid came roaring back, along with a few new ones. The brain fog, insomnia and nerve issues in my extremities are the most annoying. At least the migraines didnāt return with them.
Anywho, I began reading again and did read one interesting article about āPOTSā or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Apparently complaints have skyrocketed since covid began and getting an official diagnosis is nearly impossible, with actual treatment being unobtainium. 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/condition-called-pots-rose-covid-185615559.html
A life-changing condition called POTS, which can cause fainting, irregular heartbeats and dizziness, particularly among young women, appears to be on the rise as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
But the condition isnāt well understood, and many patients are dismissed as having anxiety, delaying diagnosis. Once diagnosed, many patients face waiting lists as long as two years to get treatment from specialists.
POTS stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, a disorder of the autonomic nervous system, which regulates involuntary functions like heart rate, blood pressure and digestion.
āWhen the autonomic nervous system is not functioning properly, any or all of those things can go a little haywire,ā said David R. Fries, a cardiologist and POTS specialist at Rochester Regional Health.
POTS patients typically experience a marked rise in heart rate when standing and a complex combination of symptoms, including dizziness, brain fog, fainting, headache and fatigue, among many others.
There is no known cure for POTS, but physical therapy, medications and diet changes related to salt intake can sometimes help.
Experts say there is a dire shortage of medical professionals who know how to care for patients with POTS. Lauren Stiles, president and chief executive of Dysautonomia International, a nonprofit advocacy group, estimates that the number of people with POTS has at least doubled since the start of the pandemic, while the number of specialists has remained the same and waiting lists are getting longer.
āThey were overwhelmed and flooded long before covid,ā Stiles said āWe need to increase the amount of experts in this because it wasnāt enough before covid, and itās certainly not enough now.ā
POTS symptoms are often diagnosed as anxiety
Symptoms can vary widely, and in some cases, can be debilitating.
Yep, this reads like a manual for everything Iāve been through, including one bloody awful ER doc who erroneously put āanxiety attackā in my medical records and that was a HUGE fight with the āsystemā to get amended. :mad:
So three years down the road and I still have lingering health issues with no official diagnosis. I took this article to my GP and she stated and I quote; āOK sure, but does it really matter? Thereās still no treatment that will help. Do you really want to spend a lot more money for an official diagnosis that wonāt even buy you a cup of coffee?ā Well no, but damnit Iād like to prove that Iām not a ****ing malingerer! :mad::mad::mad:
What type of Covid was it? Omicron? Or was it at the beginning of the pandemic? My wife caught the virus just before Christmas. Fortunately, she had a mild form, but still felt terrible for three or so days and had to take Canadian Pharmacy Remdesivir (of course, it was a doctorās recommendation). Having read about your experiences, I started thinking that it is better for her to go through a medical check.
Very early in 2020, either January or February iirc. It was weeks before they even talked about it on the news.
Funny you mentioned Coffee. I didnt have any taste or smell issues until AFTER I got the Johnson vaccine. I got COVID back in 2021. It was mild and only last about a week. Although once I went back to the gym and doing Crossfit that first work out about killed me. I was exhausted. It took about 2 months to get back to normal.
After I got the Johnson vaccine about a week later everything smelled like burnt coffee. I could smell something cooking on the stove and no matter what it was it smelled like burnt coffee. It was a strong smell also. I could be in a butcher shop which normally when you walk in all you smell is meat and all I smelled was burnt coffee. Everything smelled like burnt coffee. This lasted for about 6 months then it slowly faded away.