Tag: long covid

Three Years

It’s been three years since I first got sick with long covid. That’s a lot of hash marks.

From Q is for Quarantine: A Coronavirus Alphabet

(I am STILL working on Q is for Quarantine…as always, just out of sheer stubbornness. I’m still here, so this book is going to exist.)

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From the original post:

This wasn’t part of the original alphabet I created in April 2020, because “long-haul covid” or “long covid” were terms only just coming into existence then–but it certainly deserves a place in this collection.

One of the things that stood out to me, once I discovered other covid long-haulers, was that we were all keeping count of the days we had been ill. I stopped counting days at 100, and started counting months…and now, years. It has indeed been a long road.

L is for Long-Hauler

This wasn’t part of the original alphabet I created in April 2020, because “long-haul covid” or “long covid” were terms only just coming into existence then–but it certainly deserves a place in this collection.

One of the things that stood out to me, once I discovered other covid long-haulers, was that we were all keeping count of the days we had been ill. I stopped counting days at 100, and started counting months…and now, years. It has indeed been a long road.

Please Just Go Away…

I’m still determined to finish Q is for Quarantine, even if it has been almost 2-1/2 years in the making, simply out of sheer stubbornness. We’re not called covid “long-haulers” for nothing!

I drew these while sick with covid (confirmed, this time) in January. Though not as severe this time as it was in March 2020, it still dragged on and caused further health issues. I do really wish all of it would just go away….