COVID is surging again.
I’m here to speak from my ME experience: mild infections can lead to LongCovid, REST. Rest longer than you want to. Rest when it gets boring (it will). Rest when you think you’re recovered. After you’re stable for some time, ease back into life. 🧵
Try to access Paxlovid. My thoughts on this are here. If you can tolerate it, it’s the only FDA-approved antiviral.
Strong theory for LC is viral persistence and microclots. Ask your doc about risk for clots, and what options there are for that, should you be a candidate. Ask 👨🏼⚕️re metformin.
Every single high-risk person should be prescribed Paxlovid to have on hand, for when they test positive for Covid.
@MEActNOW My daughter is getting a PCR test at this moment. $195. Insurance doesn’t cover it. @spiegelmama
@MEActNOW @spiegelmama Thanks!
As it turned out, it was the emergency visit that was a fortune. No clue about the rest. And the good news is she’s negative! But she does have an ear infection.
@AlliFlowers @spiegelmama - there's a program for that: https://www.test2treat.org/s/?language=en_US
https://spoutible.com/thread/24571830 - some information on how it works.