Brutkey

Polly Waugh
@PollyWaugh@universeodon.com

So, ended up in the hospital early Monday morning:

I had Covid (again, despite vax & booster) in February, but it kept seeming to recur every two weeks with a vengeance.

Couldn’t seem to draw in any air despite large doses of antihistamines (which had worked up til then).

So off to the ER & then admission to hospital.
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#COVID, , #longCOVID, #MS, #wearamask

Polly Waugh
@PollyWaugh@universeodon.com

Bottom line: I apparently have a reactivating of EBV (Epstein Barr virus) or CMV (Cytomegalovirus; or both, it happened after the first time I had COVID) which caused a lot of inflammation, EVERYWHERE but ultimately led to congestive heart failure.
PERMANENT Congestive heart failure. (Still waiting for test results on any damage to my kidneys)

I’m extremely fortunate it was caught in its early stages, EXTREMELY FORTUNATE.
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#COVID, , #longCOVID, #MS, #wearamask

Polly Waugh
@PollyWaugh@universeodon.com

I’m not ‘average’ in terms of health; I’m 68, have had Multiple Sclerosis over 40 years, have Hashimoto’s disease, kidney problems, and a rare bleeding disorder. I was always in a group at higher risk from COVID.

Please, when you’re out in public, if you’re feeling the least bit ‘off’, wear a mask. For people like me, for people like my son who is my caregiver & is somehow blaming himself for getting exposed at work. . .

Masks aren’t a 100% solution but they do make a huge difference for so many of us.

Please, wear a mask.
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#COVID, , #longCOVID, #MS, #wearamask