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

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2025-8-22 Almost a week out of the house stopped me from getting worse, but healing is SO SLOW

Symptom: Arthralgia and Arthritis (and jokes!)

2025_8_19 The symptoms are coming from inside the house. (& Long Covid Prevention Tips!)

2025_8_18 I booked a hotel to try to identify/isolate variables. As soon as I walked in the hotel room, I felt my head swell.

2025_8_14 I feel better out of the house, which is incongruous with ME/CFS Long Covid.

Symptom: MCAS Brain Fog

2025-8-17 The water isn’t the whole picture… but what is?

2025-8-11 My migraines are triggered by drinking water

2025-8-9 I almost went in to anaphylaxis from drinking water.

2025-8-9 Is this MCAS anaphylaxis, anxiety, or anaphylaxis from anxiety?

2025-7-30 I woke up to the migraine spreading. What is it and how do I stop it?!

2025-7-28 My migraines ignore other negative symptom patterns, and healing patterns.

Symptom: Photosensitivity and Venous Insufficiency

Symptom: MCAS Bucket Explosion

Symptom: Chronic Migraine

Symptom: Migraine Triggers

2025-7-25 Poor posture in car ride home from Neurology, 2 hours away.

2025-7-17

2025_7_14 They asked how many migraines

2025_6_22 my new medication has been recharging, but I also have big joint pain.

Treatment: Migraine Management

Symptom: it feels like Cranial Pressure?

025_6_19 Arthralgia and post-exertional aches

2025_6_18 Waking up with a migraine

2025_6_13 I(carus) scheduled two phone calls on the same day

2025_6_9 Today I am happy–happy!!!–to have only two pain places.

Symptom: Headache

Emergency Copay: “$50”

2025_5_7 Atypical behind-eyeballs pain?

I tried meeting up with a friend, and…

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