• Sharpiemarker@startrek.website
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    2 years ago

    People look at me strangely, but I don’t go in anywhere without a mask, still. I don’t eat in restaurants, I don’t go to indoor family gatherings without a mask.

    It’s a big sacrifice but I’m not willing to live with long COVID and brain fog.

    • Schrodinger's Dinger @lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      As someone with long covid, it is fucking hell. The extreme fatigue, muscle soreness, lengthened healing times of wounds or new sicknesses or physical exertion have made life hardly bearable. I just straight up don’t have the energy or mental capacity to do anything I used to love and enjoy.

      It’s endlessly depressing, even though I know I am keeping myself out of clinical depression after learning how to deal with depressive issues more proactively now.

      I wish I just wore an n95 whenever I was around people now, but I know I never would have done so unless I knew how truly awful long covid is.

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        2 years ago

        I’m there with you. If you haven’t already, look into the treatments for mast cell activation disorder, it has a lot of overlap. In fact, I’m convinced they’re largely the same thing. I’m popping pills like candy nowadays but I’m finally on the upswing.

    • HungryLookingRainbow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 years ago

      Same here. I’m already disabled and have cancer, and don’t need any extra health issues to manage. Still get strange looks but I’ve evaded catching it so far, so I’ll keep my mask.

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      2 years ago

      It’s a big sacrifice

      No way, you’re just being a baby. I was told over and over again that wearing a mask is the most tiny, unnoticeable thing in the world. Literally the easiest thing you can do