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Conversations About Long COVID: Part 1
Welcome to the first in a series of conversations around long COVID. My aim with this series is to elevate the experiences, the challenges, and the triumphs of those with long COVID. What I have learned in the last 18 months of having long COVID is that, while there are some overlaps in experience (sometimes), there is also an amazing array of symptoms. And what brings relief to one person may bring harm to another.
Mostly, I want those with long COVID to feel less alone in their journey back to health. And I want to provide a window into the day-to-day for those who don’t have it, so they might better support anyone in their life who is struggling with this evolving, isolating, oftentimes devastating illness.
To kick this series off, I reached out to a dear friend from graduate school, Scott Forman, who has been dealing with long COVID since 2020.
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STACY: Scott! Thanks so much for doing this. Let’s jump in: When was your initial COVID infection?
SCOTT: It was right after it came out. My wife and I both got it at the end of August, beginning of September 2020. Before the vaccines and all that stuff.
STACY: And you only had it that one time? Or have you had it since?
