Gosh, Spryte, I'm so sorry. What a rough time of it. I hope this is the end of the reactions for you and things settle down and you can determine what caused it and not encounter it again.

What do you make of the rising trend having started in 2019? I wish it included about 10 more years of data going back to see what rates were like prior to 2018. Perhaps 2018 was an abnormally low year, can’t say based on this chart. Separately, there was another story linked within the story that was a good piece on long Covid: Scientists say there's been a 'revolution' in understanding long COVID, but sufferers are still feeling left behind On nomenclature, I’m actually hearing a lot of Long Covid sufferers being inclined to move onto a different name, just because people don’t seem to understand the long Covid name. People often think that it means you got Covid and you just continue to have acute Covid symptoms for a long time and/or they think it means you’re still contagious.

I read several good responses. This is a very good one I hadn’t seen yet; thanks for sharing.

Fwiw, developing new/more serious allergies after having Covid has been commonly reported. There’s a lot of histamine related stuff that happens.

This is the reason I would put my kids in a safer car if I have the option. You can tape paper over the camera display screens while they’re learning, if necessary (I wouldn’t take that tech away from them once they’ve learned to navigate without it, though. It’s worthwhile to use the available tech to prevent collisions when possible).

Greta 😢

There are some being run currently. Yale is doing one. They’re wanting to see if a longer duration is helpful as long Covid treatment since, anecdotally, there are some people with long Covid that have temporary symptom resolution while taking Paxlovid. This would go along with the viral reservoir theory. eta: here’s the link for recruitment for the Yale one: https://medicine.yale.edu/cii/research/paxlc-study/ I see the selection bias in both directions with the Paxlovid for long Covid reduction studies I’ve read. The one that showed no effect was also observational, and I would expect those people who know they are at higher risk for long Covid may be more likely to seek Paxlovid. This is one that really does need an RCT.

In the US, it’s pretty common for people with long Covid to get Paxlovid if they get reinfected. It’s the kind of thing where the stakes are so high that barring indications that it’s doing more harm than a repeat Covid infection, and given the lack of treatments for long Covid, it’s understandable for people to try something that some studies have shown reduces the risk significantly (while knowing that at least one didn’t). Honestly, I think the calculus only doesn’t seem worth it if someone thinks they for some reason are immune to a debilitating case of long Covid. Your medico-legal point is well taken, but for some reason I’m not seeing that being a concern here at this point. Perhaps since it’s approved for high risk patients, and a patient with pre existing long Covid is by nature high risk.

Looking further, I see the summary is written by an ER physician. I can understand an ER dr is going to have a bias toward focus on the acute stage of covid. I also see a couple comments in his one piece regarding long covid I can find (the metformin one) that further indicate long covid isn't something he has expertise on.

I don't see any reference to the long covid studies in this summary. Those have varied quite widely in how much impact paxlovid has in reducing risk, but many have shown a significant risk reduction. I think for non-elderly folks, it's the long covid risk reduction that is the main reason for taking it. I don't know many otherwise healthy people who are worried about a poor acute outcome from covid, the concern is the long term.

That’s wild and scary. So glad you’re okay and hope you all have a calm, uneventful night. Any idea what was in it that you reacted to?

You can use them to finger feed as well, if baby is willing to suck on your finger. It’s a bit of a pain to use full time due to cleaning all those little tubes, but invaluable when you need it. And for occasional feeds like you’re looking for, could be a good option if nothing else works.

It seems the newer preps are a little easier. I was allowed a light breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast before noon the previous day (so less than 24 hrs before procedure). Then clear liquids. I agree with the others I wouldn’t risk something like salad though.

Sesame might be another to avoid until testing.

Sometimes fomotadine (Pepcid) is very helpful with this symptom. Unless it’s contraindicated for her, it’s an easy one to try and usually works quickly if it’s going to.

@fraidycatIs your dd doing better?

What makes this all the more challenging currently is that common symptoms of perimenopause brain are super similar to common post Covid brain effects. So it’s hard to know what’s what or if the two things are actually compounding each other.

I had that with my first, but never even tried pumping with my next couple. I didn’t have it with my last. It gives a soapy taste. I would suggest baby’s mom taste it to see. You can scald the milk before storing and it won’t happen.

I like Math Mammoth for its streamlined nature. One book. Same general teaching methods as Singapore, without the parts. It’s not as pretty though, for sure.

Eta: Never mind. It doesn’t really matter

I just don’t get this thinking at all. What entitles you or anyone else to personal health information that has exactly zero bearing on you? And you do know that the conspiracy theories about face swaps from Vogue are just that—conspiracy theories, right? That theory makes very little sense based on the photo released and killed anyway.

The public is responsible for their actions as well. There’s no reason the public has to demand to know someone’s intimate health details and hound someone relentlessly about whether the shape of their face has changed or they have put on weight or anything else of that nature. That’s on the media and the public who clicks on it and follows it and speaks as if it’s their right to know these things that have zero impact on their own lives.

It’s so disgusting. I mean, what would one expect from the New York post, but this is low, even for them. Just disgusting when people are suffering like this. More personal stories on Long Covid Moonshot

I think people are being awful about this.

Agree with you on all of that. We’ve long known post viral illness is a thing, though this particular Australian study is the only one that I’ve seen that has indicated a similar rate after Covid as after the flu. As one of the researchers states in the article, it may be specific to Australia, where almost everyone had been vaccinated by the time they got Covid. Since it does appear that vaccination reduces the risk of long Covid (though unfortunately not nearly enough), I can certainly see that making a difference there versus the other places where studies have shown the post viral illness rate being significantly higher post Covid. Related and also in The Guardian today: ‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms This article also mentions what Kbutton does above about the even longer-term effects that we don’t even know about yet such as seen post polio, post 1918 flu, and with a number of other viruses.