Invisable Aches

Different Virus, Same Problem Froglet80 In late 2019, when I heard the first reports of a new virus in China that was being compared to SARS, I knew the truth about it.  That 90 second story at the en...

I was fine until I wasn’t.Wren K. I was fine until one day I wasn’t. But in retrospect, I’d been sick for much longer than I realized. I had just believed th  government agencies that told us this was...

Second in a series of two posts by an Alberta mom.Find the first post here: No One Is Listening To Me Image: The Rona Lisa by Rosie Pidgeon, a young Belfast art student living with Long Covid.  To vie...

My Unhappy Anniversary

Before After Teals and Greys   I lay under a listening tree The sky my blanket The earth my pillow My roots firm and fragile Almost a bubble of existence Perched between life and buried Greys and teal...

The New Me

I arrived at the care home. No wheelchair waiting as promised. I told Kinny, my carer for the last five months, I just wanted to get in, no fuss. So, I held on to her & walked into reception. The mana...

My (not-so) Patient Testimony

Alberta Mom Photo: @BerlinBuyers My first confirmed Covid infection was in fall 2022 at a time when the few Covid protections we had left only applied to healthcare settings. I knew I was at higher ri...

Long Covid- 3 yrs-4 mo

UnspeakableBy CBG When I think of all the amazing, talented people who have been destroyed by long Covid fromchess grand masters, athletes, health care workers, teachers, etc., to the quiet unsung her...

Today is Sunday, 1 September 2024. The start of a new month as we head into my favourite season that is Autumn. It’s not yet 9am, and I sit here watching Declan sleeping across the room from me. We’ve...

Long Covid Impact on Minority Communities

A nurse with Long COVID

Confessions of a Covid Long-Hauler by: Nita Jain April 7th, 2020 is a day which will forever live in infamy in my memory. It all began inconspicuously enough in early April. After taking a solitary stroll one afternoon, I developed a sore throat, joint pain in my knees, and weakness in my upper body. For […]

I’m from the UK and was a Paediatric Complex Care Nurse for over 15 years. Then Covid arrived.  Like many healthcare professionals in the UK, we were redeployed to help in the places that needed it. P...

During this Pandemic, I learned that people who define kindness as remembering other people’s birthdays and anniversaries and hosting holiday celebrations had a visceral aversion to extending true kin...

I was working as a senior carer in a dementia home all through the pandemic and didn’t contract COVID all through it. In January 2023, my partner (who worked at the same care home) felt unwell and a c...

Daras story with captions

“Everything I Own” is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates. It was originally recorded by Gates’s soft rock band Bread for their 1972 album “Baby I’m-a Want You.”  It included this...

I’m BethH an artist, mom, nana, activist, gardener, swimmer, queer senior who stayed safe, even taking care of my grandkids and going everywhere masked up, until I contracted a SARS-CoV-2 infection op...

I am writing this on behalf of my beautiful, little brother who heartbreakingly passed away on 6 January 2025, never to even know the truth of long covid himself.   Since Christmas 2022 when George co...

♥️ A Vessel of the Heart 💞 ✨ 💫by Winnie Limbs like autumn leaves, they fall, Brittle bones, once standing tall. Eyes that once were fierce with light, Now dim, embrace the endless night. Flesh, once f...

I Will Never Be the Same

My spouse has had Long COVID for almost 5 years. The daily routine we used to follow is a memory for both of us. We were an active couple planning for our future, surrounded by family and friends. We ...

Second in a series of two posts by an Alberta mom.Find the first post here: No One Is Listening To Me Image: The Rona Lisa by Rosie Pidgeon, a young Belfast art student living with Long Covid.  To vie...

Someone Help Me

Every morning, I wake up in my bedroom in a care home, and for a second, I can remember the old me. The me without pain, the me with energy, the me who could do whatever I wanted. Then I’m shoved back...

Alberta Mom Photo: @BerlinBuyers My first confirmed Covid infection was in fall 2022 at a time when the few Covid protections we had left only applied to healthcare settings. I knew I was at higher ri...

My (not-so) Patient Testimony

“Unseen Battles: In the Midst of Chaos” February 10, 2025  “The moment SARSCov19 entered my body, my world shattered, changing forever! COVID-19 didn’t just invade my body and organs —it tore through ...

A nurse with Long COVID

I arrived at the care home. No wheelchair waiting as promised. I told Kinny, my carer for the last five months, I just wanted to get in, no fuss. So, I held on to her & walked into reception. The mana...

Confessions of a Covid Long-Hauler by: Nita Jain April 7th, 2020 is a day which will forever live in infamy in my memory. It all began inconspicuously enough in early April. After taking a solitary st...

My Unhappy Anniversary

I’m from the UK and was a Paediatric Complex Care Nurse for over 15 years. Then Covid arrived.  Like many healthcare professionals in the UK, we were redeployed to help in the places that needed it. P...

Today is Sunday, 1 September 2024. The start of a new month as we head into my favourite season that is Autumn. It’s not yet 9am, and I sit here watching Declan sleeping across the room from me. We’ve...

Long Covid- 3 yrs-4 mo

UnspeakableBy CBG When I think of all the amazing, talented people who have been destroyed by long Covid fromchess grand masters, athletes, health care workers, teachers, etc., to the quiet unsung her...

During this Pandemic, I learned that people who define kindness as remembering other people’s birthdays and anniversaries and hosting holiday celebrations had a visceral aversion to extending true kin...

Long Covid Impact on Minority Communities

I was working as a senior carer in a dementia home all through the pandemic and didn’t contract COVID all through it. In January 2023, my partner (who worked at the same care home) felt unwell and a c...

YouTube video by World Health Network

@DebHolloway Remember the hundreds of times I told you “You don’t want this. Not for you, your kids, your grandkids, your colleagues, your community?” I & many others warned you that the decline was t...

Harvey's Audio Story

Daras story with captions

“Unseen Battles: In the Midst of Chaos” February 10, 2025  “The moment SARSCov19 entered my body, my world shattered, changing forever! COVID-19 didn’t just invade my body and organs —it tore through ...