Star readers are the best and my Star readers are even better, a finer grind of bean. While I was off work recently recovering from long COVID, plus a medication error, I heard from many concerned subscribers.<\/p>\n
Was I ill? On a lavish vacation? Was I returning? In the nicest possible way, I suspect they were checking if I were deceased, their emails being that little kick you give to possible roadkill. Is that inert coyote going to make it? Well, it looks pretty squished. Has anyone phoned her house? <\/p>\n
Readers suggested cures, mainly vitamins and turmeric, but one recommended a device, electric copper rods that look like curling irons. I\u2019m supposed to hold them in my hands, usually after dinner, the reader said. You can sit and watch the news, gently self-electrocuting.<\/p>\n
Three and a half million Canadians have long COVID symptoms, but you hardly hear from them or about them, mainly because they work from home, if they work at all. Some symptoms are non-stop exhaustion, breathing difficulty, pain, headaches, insomnia, dizziness. Medical science offers no treatment yet.<\/p>\n
Long-haulers rarely go out or earn. They don\u2019t demonstrate because they look perfectly healthy, which is jarring for onlookers. Their conversation can be more like selective mutism than chat. We\u2019re not a fun crowd. Or maybe that\u2019s just me.<\/p>\n
Still, I try to reach them out there. They\u2019re a big part of the reason employers can\u2019t fill jobs. Until there\u2019s treatment, they\u2019re in a holding pattern and so are the rest of Canadians yearning for economic recovery and a return to normality.<\/p>\n
Every long-hauler is different, their body attacked by the virus from different angles and to various degrees. It\u2019s a game of Snakes and Ladders. We get better, we worsen. We lack the words. It\u2019s wrong to say we get \u201ctired\u201d and \u201csleep.\u201d We crash and disappear. Within a minute or two, it\u2019s as if we\u2019ve been chloroformed or roofied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Star readers are the best and my Star readers are even better, a finer grind of bean. While I was off work recently recovering from long COVID, plus a medication error, I heard from many concerned subscribers.<\/p>\n
Was I ill? On a lavish vacation? Was I returning? In the nicest possible way, I suspect they were checking if I were deceased, their emails being that little kick you give to possible roadkill. Is that inert coyote going to make it? Well, it looks pretty squished. Has anyone phoned her house? <\/p>\n
Readers suggested cures, mainly vitamins and turmeric, but one recommended a device, electric copper rods that look like curling irons. I\u2019m supposed to hold them in my hands, usually after dinner, the reader said. You can sit and watch the news, gently self-electrocuting.<\/p>\n
Three and a half million Canadians have long COVID symptoms, but you hardly hear from them or about them, mainly because they work from home, if they work at all. Some symptoms are non-stop exhaustion, breathing difficulty, pain, headaches, insomnia, dizziness. Medical science offers no treatment yet.<\/p>\n