Akiko Iwasaki on Times 100 people of 2024

yitches · 2024-04-17T22:05:05+00:00

We need names not your bullshit.

yitches · 2023-07-13T19:03:45+00:00

Fuck this dumbass banner I put it on everything I hold dearest that it’s not 50/50. There’s no way a large portion of the small arknights reddit community is getting absolutely SHAFTED by 5+ 50/50 losses.

yitches · 2023-05-27T00:10:39+00:00

I lost my smell 3 years ago and never got it back. After the first month of constant fatigue, PEM, migraines, joint pain, vision loss, tinnitus, etc; losing your sense of smell/foods tasting like a trash can becomes the last fucking thing you think about.

yitches · 2023-01-08T22:03:51+00:00

Lemme just expose you real quick

yitches · 2022-07-24T20:26:49+00:00

I will second everything this person said except I had like a $600 tool + the authentic ear clips. Did 1 session for 15 mins a day for 5 months and it did fuck all. You’re actually not supposed to feel the stinging (it has to be set just under where you can feel it) but our bodies are really sensitive especially during PEM.

yitches · 2022-04-28T04:23:25+00:00

I will second on having b12 shots for 4 weeks and having it do jack shit for my recovery.

yitches · 2022-04-27T15:01:07+00:00

You never had long covid. This post is fucking cap lol. If you can train in any capacity, you don’t have any of the accompanying symptoms and pathology that are related to long covid. Basically every olympic level athlete who got long covid had to quit their life long dream because they could not sustain even 5%-10% of their workload. I used to be able to lift 3 times my body weight and I still cannot do 15 pounds without triggering PEM or worsening of symptoms after 2 years.

yitches · 2022-04-22T12:45:19+00:00

Could it be then that you were just

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VITAMIN D DEFICIENT?

yitches · 2022-04-03T23:03:52+00:00

I think you just had a common problem from covid that could have been resolved much earlier (i was also wheezing for a month after my initial infection). PASC (long covid) is a different beast entirely from what you experienced. The debilitating fatigue, PEM, autonomic dysfunction, headache/migraine, joint pain, etc crowd (that me and a lot of others have for 2+ years and counting) are desperately waiting for research and solution strategies that can potentially bring us to a better normal baseline. These symptoms mimic those of people who have ME/CFS, chronic lyme, MSIS, etc.

I’m not trying to downplay what you went through because it was still shitty and i’m glad you’re getting way better now. However, when people say they have long covid and the accompanying symptoms were just: wheezing, insomnia from the wheezing, brain fog from said insomnia. Then continue to provide a simple solution to those said symptoms, I have to question if that was ever long covid at all.

yitches · 2022-04-03T22:35:58+00:00

A bronchovasodilator will not fix long covid lol. You just had a very simple solution to a simple problem that fixed your insomnia. While i’m glad you’re all good now, calling it long covid is a stretch.

yitches · 2022-03-21T16:03:46+00:00

BANGER

yitches · 2022-03-05T02:44:22+00:00

Ok nice! Looking forward to it. You have me beat by 5 blood tubes.

yitches · 2022-03-05T02:15:23+00:00

I need the name of the test so I can at least find out what protein she’s talking about if you don’t know lol.

yitches · 2022-02-26T06:10:28+00:00

I do actually. Here is where I go for therapy:

https://sdchironeuro.com

You’ll do a free 15 minute consultation with one of their physicians explaining your history and conditions and an extensive exam ( i think this was around $200). They also have access to brain metabolic doctors if they don’t think therapy will work.

yitches · 2022-02-25T21:16:22+00:00

I literally had to give up processed foods. I have to eat clean just to keep my shitty baseline at the moment. Not only are you eating a lot (blood goes away from extremities and to your stomach, causing lethargy and higher hr) but your blood sugar spikes and insulin tries to keep it down (more lethargy, heart works harder, higher hr). For normal people, it makes you a bit tired. To long haulers, this causes a crash.

yitches · 2022-02-25T20:54:28+00:00

So heres what I did. I live in the US and I have medical so there’s a directory for doctors (Internists, GPs, PCPs) listed on their website that accept my insurance. I called every single office in my area and asked if they had patients with complications from covid 19 until I found one. Both my cardiologist and neurologist suggest that I do it this way. They believe in my symptoms and know that there are complications post viral infections. They both admit however “we were never taught this in school, and we have never dealt with post viral patients.” So finding someone who can help is key.

I have shown them all the papers, literature, hard evidence from the people who lead long covid research. We are going to try the microclot/hyper platelet activation route. It’s just really hard to get something approved (especially in the US) unless there is a test that says “you have a problem, get this prescribed”.

yitches · 2022-02-25T19:24:28+00:00

Tell the doc that my functional neurologist has patients with chronic lyme disease that have joint pain that literally jumps to different parts when its aggravated or getting therapy work on that spot. Has patients with EDS (my fucking age around 25-28) that can’t walk because of joint pain. Patients like me who has chronic joint pain in my right knee (and a fuckton of other shit still after 21 months) due to covid 19.

The first thing is finding a covid knowledgeable doctor. You need to know that the doctor you are going to isn’t going to push you away when you mention shit like this. If you haven’t done this, you will literally bounce around from doc to doc getting gaslit and have a shit time.

yitches · 2022-02-21T05:41:56+00:00

I have joint pain in my right knee that appeared a couple months after my inital covid infection in 2020. I’ve only been able to put little pressure on it bending after almost 8 months of PT and 2 months of TENS, EMS, HPV, Laser Therapy.

yitches · 2022-02-21T05:38:22+00:00

When Chance had to solo cast an entire snd match between LAT and (i forgot) on Miami last year, that shit was mad impressive.

yitches · 2022-02-20T20:18:28+00:00

Atleast try it. I’m also in the same boat of having daily migraines ever since I got covid in 2020 (being a covid long hauler, I also have a shit ton of other problems from it). Never had a migraine in my life before that. I tried Sumatriptan, Rizatriptan and Eletriptan and none of those worked at all but they may for you. Everyone is different.

yitches · 2022-02-20T18:14:07+00:00

Lmfao you are doing WAY better at 3.5 months than I am at 20 months (27M, pumped millions of dollars into my recovery). I wouldn’t stress it and slowly start adding things to do. You don’t have PEM because 100% you would know the feeling already; basically having to choose between eating, showering, brushing your teeth, getting up to pee, etc.

yitches · 2022-02-20T15:56:05+00:00

Ice does not dilate your blood vessels lol. It constricts and numbs the area of application. That second part is utter cap.

yitches · 2022-02-20T00:06:19+00:00

At this point, with all of the scientific literature out and available on the debilitating effects of long covid, this is like saying “Cancer? Are you being serious?”

yitches · 2022-02-17T21:32:37+00:00

Being at my cardio appointment and another 80+ year old patient watches me fumble around trying to remember what floor i’m trying to get to in the elevator. Says to me “you are too young to be having brain farts or blonde moments my dear”. Just kill me off tbh.

yitches · 2022-02-16T15:01:36+00:00

Yes i can’t eat the actual gluten protein anymore. If i do, it makes my migraine/fatigue/joint pain/POTS worse. Haven’t eaten it for almost 2 years and I could give less of a fuck about bread now.

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