On right, lung of worlds first lung transplant for COVID- on left normal lungs Now, after COVID-19, I have acute bronchitis attacks 3-4 times a month and get winded walking to the mailbox. I was born 65 years ago with chronic bronchitis that usually popped up maybe twice a year. Covid teacher (To read more about her symptoms and treatment, see her blog.) Apparently, a metallic taste or smell is related to lung problems. Also, tasted metallic in the past 2-3 weeks. I could smell fine but would have weird smells like metallic or gas. Slight sporadic chills but no fever (or I thought I had no fever bc I only took my temp during the day). Waking up sweaty (I normally don’t sweat at night).
I didn’t realize I had COVID symptoms for weeks. I couldn’t walk for two weeks besides a couple steps. I’m 33 years old, was super healthy, pescatarian, 125 pounds, and ran and did yoga every day. I’m 8 weeks out and still feeling the chest pain and shortness of breath. My blood pressure skyrocketed, chest pain was debilitating. I am a relatively healthy 24-year-old and could barely walk up a half flight of stairs. I’m a nurse on a COVID floor, I caught it. But I'm coughing way less and can take walks again.Īnd, btw, this is the third time in two months that I've "gotten better." I'm just hoping it's the last and it doesn't all come back AGAIN. There's scarring in my lower right lung and my stomach and digestion are a mess like never before. Nurse just getting over a "mild" case after over two months. Please support and help anyone you know who survived. Every aspect of my life has changed for the worse. Going home is just the beginning of the next steps in recovering. I spent 10 days on a ventilator last March with ARDS and I'm still on oxygen. Never before in my entire career have I seen a disease process attack in this way.
#Are covid patients coming back to life skin
Bathing, cleaning and turning to prevent skin breakdown causes most to code blue, so a decision has to be made on which is most important.ħ) Everyone has a Foley catheter and a rectal tube - incontinent of bowel and bladder. And the slightest turn for some is what leads to their almost immediate death. And even some on the ventilator are on their stomachs. But even without underlying heart problems, it’s not beating normally.Ħ) Seems counterproductive, but the ones that are not breathing on the ventilator have to lay flat on their stomachs to breathe better. Urine dark or red, which could contribute to the swelling, but we don’t know yet.ĥ) Everybody has an abnormal heart rhythm. Can’t figure out what’s making it clot like that, but it’s dark and thick.Ĥ) Everybody’s kidneys are failing. And skin so dry peeling and flaky that to slather Vaseline on every shift is almost necessary - all over.Ģ) Everybody’s skin is weeping clear fluid and has sores and the skin just slides off with slightest turn or rub, all over the body.ģ) Everybody’s blood is thick as slush. These are my observations (of hospitalized patients):ġ) Everybody is so swollen their skin has blisters and is so tight it looks like it’s about to burst, from head to heel. And, mine was considered a low-moderate case. I hope this gets better, but you are on the money.
#Are covid patients coming back to life plus
I have conditions I never had before, plus I’m wiped all the time. I now have asthma, chronic cough and an irregular heartbeat. I went into acute kidney failure and needed dialysis. Now I face months of recovery including physical and occupational therapy. I have a stent in my heart and need to wear a heart monitoring vest at all times.
I'm currently in the hospital after having a heart attack caused by clotting that resulted from COVID 19. SFGATE makes no claims to their authenticity. We have selected some of their tweets and are running them with minor editing for clarity. Or that you may come back after d/c with a massive heart attack or stroke bc COVID makes- Cherie Antoinette June 14, 2020Īntoinette’s tweet prompted a flurry of responses from former COVID-19 patients, family of patients and nurses working on the frontline of the disease. When they say “recovered” they don’t tell you that that means you may need a lung transplant. Or that you may have to be on oxygen for the rest of your life.”ĬOVID 19 is the worst disease process I’ve ever worked with in my 8 years as an ICU nurse. “Or that you may come back after discharge with a massive heart attack or stroke, because COVID makes your blood thick as hell. “When they say ’recovered,’ they don’t tell you that that means you may need a lung transplant,” Antoinette wrote in a Twitter post. The lucky ones - if you can call them that - recover, but not in the sense that their lives are back to normal.
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