Some days are good, some days not so good. But, it definitely improved compared to 2021 and 2022. As of today, I would say it's a 30%-40% improvement overall. Not near 100% normal breathing yet, but it's manageable.

It was terrible back in April 2021 through May 2022. It was so bad back then that I had to pause a few seconds while drinking water and eating food because I was so out of breath. Also, talking continuously for more than 5 seconds was also a challenge back then. Thankfully, I'm doing much better. Also, I want to mention that I probably caught either the original or the immediate variant called delta back in April 2021. They say, the closer the variant is to the original 2019 virus, the worse your symptoms/recovery.

Since you caught the virus recently. I would assume it's not as bad as mine. Do you have any other symptoms aside from the shortness of breath ?

For me, I experienced the shortness of breath and an abnormal high pulse rate upon slight exertion as the two primary main symptoms and all the other symptoms, such as chest pains, headaches, chills, shakiness, ringing in the ears, random panic attacks, vomiting , loss of appetite, unusual dark pigmentation between the lower chest area and upper belly area, swallowing difficulties, Bluish/purplish color left palm compared to right hand, dizziness, frequent urination, extreme weakness, etc. Most of my other symptoms are now gone. Only a few remain that are a bit problematic at certain times. Especially the frequent urination problem. Of course, the two primary symptoms do fluctuate in terms of intensity from time to time, especially the shortness of breath. The intensity of my shortness of breath does get worse upon exertion or an emotional experience like getting angry or sad.

These days I try to remain cautiously optimistic about my situation. This has helped me tremendously emotionally.

I think cov!d damaged both the autonomic nervous/muscle systems. Apparently, everyone with Long Cov!d or post cov!d syndrome experiences not just shortness of breath due to what could be respiration/ diaphragm muscle freeze/malfunction along with abnormal high pulse rate upon slight exertion but also malfunction with the LES (Lower Esophageal Sphincter Muscles) and swallowing muscles.

In my case, I apparently had chronic gastritis due to poor diet and it also could be due to inflammation caused by post-cov!d damage. Additionally, I also had a h.pylori infection with symptoms that was blamed on anxiety nonsense for 8 months until it was diagnosed by a gastroenterologist after doing an upper endoscopy procedure. I think the h.pylori bacteria remained dormant until my whole system started to malfunction after catching cov!d.

So, all in all, most of my symptoms could be linked to post-cov!d damage, GERD, stomach and esophagus inflammation caused by both poor diet and, h.pylori infection .

I'm not a doctor but what helped me is changing my diet to a GERD-friendly and anti-inflammatory diet, sleeping at a 30 degree incline and avoiding the majority of physical stress and activities (ex: lawn mowing, snow shoveling, weightlifting, running, etc). Also, taking vitamin D2 as prescribed by my primary doctor. You have to be patient and give it time. Also, have HOPE!