So much has happened lately…In December my husband and I both got Covid. My body handled Covid in not an easy way. Fevers, shakes, so much chest pain, and a bunch of my POTS symptoms got worse.
It all started after Covid, a week after recovering from covid my husband got RSV. We were sick and at home for way too long. Not to mention we had to stay further a part so I didn’t get sick again. That was REALLY hard, especially since my love language is physical touch and quality time.
Then after covid my depression got WAY WORSE. It was really scary for a bit I got an appointment with my psychiatrist which is Medi-Cal….I’m really not a fan. He changed my medication to help and it did the opposite. Why can’t my body just listen and do the right things, well the definition of my chronic illnesses are literally dysautonomia this means my body doesn’t do the normal functions correctly. I guess I should know but years and years of this dang it’s hard. Finally after fighting for another appointment and me having to tell him EXACTLY what I needed change, then I helped it.
But then after that my body physically started getting worse, like my chronic illness symptoms started flaring up. You don’t need to hear the whole list but some main ones are definitely chest pain, vertigo/dizziness, and body pain with neuropathy. This was also hard for a while, I was really nervous I was going to just keep getting sicker and sicker to the point where I was before having to use my walker and not be as independent anymore. Thank God this didn’t happen after a week in a half, it started to get better.
I’ve also noticed more swelling again which kind of scares me. I’ve been really swollen before and that was really hard to control.
I started seeing my Functional Medicine doctor again. She did give me some tips. 1) I need to start cutting out sugar slowly and then get rid of it mostly. 2) Some special tests she wants me to get done. 3) Movement and strengthening each day. 4) Seeing my nutritionist again and learning how to eat healthy again. 5) Need to create a better sleep schedule again being asleep by 10pm and up by 8:30am. 6) Get more sun each day to help with depression and energy.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. You can do it!
Love, Teresa
Teresa Love 
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