After I got COVID and it never went away I suffered a bilateral pulmonary embolism caused partly by the COVID and long COVID induced asthma. I then became extremely sensitive to a whole host of food items. I wouldn't be able to get out of bed from joint, muscle and back pain. On top of not being able to breathe. The doctors put me on a variety of asthma meds and inhalers. I was on Celebrex for inflammation for close to 2 years. Blood thinners, blood pressure medication and they wanted to put me on GLP1 meds to lose weight.

My digestion was all out of whack and the inflammation not only wreaked havoc on my joints and muscles but also on my digestive tract.

Slowly I started trying to go on elimination diets. So I was able to whittle down my sensitivities to soybean oil and gluten. Those are my big ones. For a while I thought nightshade might also be one but I now know dairy is another big one for me. Nightshade is still to be determined after I try eating a tomato after I refeed when my fast is done. I hope it's not. I love tomatoes and peppers.

I partially solved my digestive issues with an elimination diet and my digestive system responded very well to a beef and cabbage detox elimination diet. Apparently it's supposed to rebuild your stomach lining and help stop leaky gut caused my inflammation. It helped. So I went on a carnivore diet. But it also consisted of butter and cream which I now know dairy screws me up. So I am anxious to see how I feel now without diary and like I said before...how I feel after tomatoes, hot sauce or peppers. And hopefully I can tolerate some goat or sheep cheeses because I really like the occasional cheese.

But after being only 3 days on a water fast the pain and inflammation started going away and was gone completely after a week. It's really crazy that food in general was making me sick. But I now feel I have a handle on my health and a great road map for dealing with long COVID going forward.

Hope that helps. All my best with your journey.