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this is what long covid feels like [CW: body horror illustration, occasional art nudity]

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Symptom Visualization

Symptom: Neurogenic Inflammation and POTS Blood Pooling

Symptom: Chronic Diarrhea

Symptom: Assigned Female at Birth

Symptom: October Slide

Symptom: Mast Cell Itching

Symptom: POTS Blood Pooling & Coat Hanger Pain

Symptom: Enviro MCAS Hypothesis – Mold

Symptom: Arthralgia and Arthritis (and jokes!)

Symptom: MCAS Brain Fog

Symptom: Photosensitivity and Venous Insufficiency

Symptom: MCAS Bucket Explosion

Symptom: Chronic Migraine

Symptom: Migraine Triggers

Treatment: Keeping Myself Warm in the Dark

See illmarks in Seattle!

Symptom: Guilt that a treatment is working.

Treatment: Migraine Management

Symptom: it feels like Cranial Pressure?

Symptom: the repeated retractions of hope

Emergency Copay: “$50”

See illmarks in Tokyo!

I tried meeting up with a friend, and…

Long Covid Art Exhibit in Colorado!

Treatment: The ER’s Embrace

Symptom: Peripheral Neuropathy

Symptom: Chemo-induced nausea & vomiting.

Symptom: Icicle Stabbing Spondylitis

Symptom: Derealization

Symptom: Disconnection

Symptom: Coat Hanger Pain

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