DD27, the professional ballerina I've written about as having long Covid from a January 2022 infection (still on beta blocker and doing cardiac rehab), has Covid again.

I did. My kids didn't have dry skin, though. They were all three born with LOTS of hair, though (dd27's side hair was to the bottom of her ears!) and the same daughter had cradle cap. So, our circumstances were different.

This is what I do too.

What about under eye cover up? I use a Mineral Fusion concealer, but cream and tiny wrinkles aren't a good combination. (I inherited darkish under-eye circles from the Polish side of my family; we all have them.) I have also used Pacifica correcting concealer, and experienced the same problem. Recommendations? And I second the Acure products for face creams/serums. They work well for me.

We're having a crazy spring, summer too. We flew halfway across the country because our eldest was in the hospital with Covid complications and needed help when she was released. (My husband and I sat across from the doctor's office at a shady graveyard and did crossword puzzles for a couple hours on my birthday, since we couldn't go in the clinic, there wasn't anything within walking distance, and we needed to be ready when her appt was over. Somehow, we did manage to have fun!) The next month we went on a trip to celebrate our youngest's college graduation (first pleasure trip since pandemic) and my dh cracked a rib sand sledding, and I cracked my tibia and partially tore my ACL a few days later skiing. The next week, back at home, same dd and her fiancé were bicycling and he had a nasty fall and broke both bones in one wrist—had to have surgery and a plate inserted. It's been two months since my accident and I am just now able to walk without crutches (except stairs) and was cleared to drive short distances, in town, last week. So, I have done a lot of sitting around this summer!

I wonder if these could help: https://www.eczemacompany.com/remedywear-bra/ I have a family member who had some skin issues who wore the bra and also some of the leggings. The elastic at the waist is fabric covered. They do only offer light support (looser fitting than a sports bra).

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We just age-qualified and signed up for one year because we rented an SUV for a week of vacation, and the AARP discount was the best we could find. I don't know whether we'll renew.

I voted Shadow, but I do like nicknames for the other two: Sam or Mo/Mokey.

Our 24 yo nephew is treated seriously and with respect by his John Hopkins team. His biggest issue is getting the side eye when people see him self-transfer (stand up) from his wheelchair. Dd27 was just diagnosed last week—onset due to long Covid. Her primary and specialists (pulmonary and cardiac rehab) are respectful and proactive, but the hospital personnel were a nightmare. She was inpatient two days and had all the heart tests. When they came back normal, they told her she was being discharged since nothing was wrong and it was just psychological. (She couldn't sit or stand without her heart rate hitting 180.) She is half the country away, but I called and was advocating for her. I asked for a POTS screening and also for a referral to a long-Covid clinic. The nurse I spoke with hadn't heard of POTS and said they wouldn't refer her to the out-of-network Covid clinic. Dd27 heard the staff scoffing and saying POTS and long Covid weren't real things and how ridiculous it was that they had to speak with the mother. Being written off was more difficult for dd27 than feeling physically horrible. She held firm and said she was not well enough to leave the hospital and, thankfully, she had a different doctor the next day who looked at her inpatient heart rate monitor history, checked her rates when she changed position, and prescribed a beta blocker. So, yes, we have seen dismissal of POTS, but specialists and caring primaries seem to be taking it seriously.

Praying for you and your family.

Ooo! Thank you! I'll share the first, for sure. (The second might make her feel worse than she already does for potentially exposing me.)

I agree. I am like you and have followed carefully (thank you WTM Board!) from the beginning. Still, I have received many eye rolls and pretty much all our friends have drifted from us because we suggested others might want to buy ahead before Covid hit the US hard...wear masks...avoid large, indoor gatherings...stay at home from church when things are bad. It seems like if the general public had the information we have on this board, from the very beginning, that a lot more people might (might...) be willing to mask, stay home when sick, etc.

Yes! The communication about this disease is not good—geared to less work-time loss rather than best health practices.

Exactly. I don't think it has occurred to her to test until negative, and that is not the messaging the CDC is putting out there.

Can I just agree with what has been said so often: information-sharing and messaging is abysmal. I work for a very intelligent, lovely woman who does try to stay abreast of CDC recommendations. Yet... 1. Came into the office unmasked even though hoarse, stuffy and sneezing. 2. Got a positive Covid result on Saturday and emailed (instead of texted or called) the three of us she had been in close contact with. I got the email at work today...after having our daughter over for Father's Day. 3. Said that I should be fine since we were socially distanced (standing in my office about 6 feet apart and talking/sneezing). 4. Took a couple emails and a phone conversation to convince her to ask her doctor about Paxlovid. She didn't know it was readily available and not only prescribed to those who are immumocompromised. Her doc immediately wrote her a script due to several factors. 5. Only plans to isolate 5 days if she is fever free for 24 hours. Sigh.

Praying. 💓

Thank you for sharing your budget and the gorgeous photos! We are in the preliminary stage wedding planning for a 2023 wedding, and I am finding this thread very helpful.

Even our Barnes & Noble allowed me to use the educator's discount when we homeschooled. I hope your library gets on board!

Thank you for taking the time to bring some joy to others in the midst of your own sorrow!

When ds25 was in high school, he broke his collarbone skiing out of state. Through some mix up, he didn't get a bill, and the medical center didn't want to tell me the amount to pay. He had to ask. About a week later, I had to sign a permission slip for him to go to the local zoo with his high school photography class. (I understand that the first instance was HIPPA and the second was a liability issue for the school, but the contrast still made me laugh.) Edited to add: He was 18 at the time.

Thank you! And I think you are right. Ballet dancers are used to pushing through and usually have a high pain tolerance, which can be a problem. Dd27 just kept pushing through a couple months of rehearsals and performances until her body rebelled. She had worked all day and showed up for rehearsal the day she was hospitalized! I'm thankful that her director sent her home and that her doctor counseled her to go to the ER when she was talking with the doctor on the phone and having a hard time making it up the stairs in dd's home. And, yes, it is hard when it hits an athlete who has trained so hard for so many years. From the beginning I have dreaded this scenario because, of the five of us, long Covid can most affect dd27's life/career. (And to add to the data, two of the five of us have had Covid, dd22 and dd27. Dd22--college girl--was very tired, but functional, for about five days and had sinus congestion.) Dd27 said she will always get available boosters, since obviously her body does not do well with Covid! Having said all that, we are very thankful dd27 was only in the hospital for two days. Some families' situations are so much worse than ours.

I don't want to clog the thread with personal updates, but since there have been a few recent posts about young adults post Covid, I'll share one more update on dd27 (professional dancer and preschool teacher) who is vaxed and boosted, contracted Covid in February, pushed along, and then ended up in the hospital a couple weeks ago for two days. We ended up flying to her to help her for the week after she was released from the hospital. She missed 2.5 weeks of work (plus the 2 weeks she was flat out in February with the initial Covid infection), and today was her first day back to work since she was released from the hospital. She had hoped to start dancing again this week or next, but it's looking like she will be out for the rest of the season to heal. She will have appointments with a neurologist to test for POTS as well as working with a pulmonology/cardiac rehab team. She has been on a beta blocker, since she was hospitalized, as her pulse hit 140-180 every time she sat up or stood. The med is doing a good job of stabilizing her heart rate. So, yeah, it's an awful disease that is unpredictable in its outcome!

Praying for you all.