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[–] [email protected] 145 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's so wild to hear that people don't know this.

I:

  • Fainted while watching TV on the couch.
  • Had a blood pressure of 80/40.
  • Have been to the ER twice.
  • Had long-running (over two years) chest pain, heart pounding, weight loss, vision differences, dizziness, shortness of breath.
  • Was so sick with those issues I was bed bound for months.
  • After I started feeling a little better, overdid it and put myself back to bed for a week. Twice. With easy shit like rearranging the canned goods cabinet.
  • Lost a tooth. (White lie, actually. I'm scheduled to have it extracted early February.)
  • Still have lingering heart pounding and dizziness on a not-infrequent basis.

All from covid.

I'm fortunate to be mostly recovered. It sucks that there are so many who haven't recovered to speak of.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's fucked, buddy. One can only wonder at the uncalculated costs of everyone who had it that bad.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we knew the costs, we could charge the republican senators a share directly.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

starting to wonder if my heart irregularities are from COVID. I get a ridiculously strong pulse after just a 1 mile walk with my dog.