They say the COVID virus leaves after two weeks. But what if it doesn’t?
What if COVID lingers, squatting in your nervous system like an unwanted tenant, rewiring the fuse box of your whole goddamn life?
That’s when it becomes Long-Term COVID, or Long COVID. Or the biggest Pain in the Ass—and everywhere else—you’ll ever know.
Long COVID is the Pandora’s Box that opened up one day inside me and millions of other Americans.
For us, the Pandemic never ended.
Long COVID isn’t a myth. It’s a slow unspooling—of energy, of memory, of who you used to be. Brain fog thick enough to lose a decade in. Bones that burn like radio towers. Fatigue that swallows language mid-sentence.
Doctors now call it PASC. Most of us who have it call it Hell.
Just like Baskin Robbins, Long COVID comes in a variety of flavors—none of them worth tasting! Heck, some symptoms even stealing your sense of taste!
To date, there are over 200 symptoms—and counting!
You don’t need a positive test to be wrecked. You don’t need to justify your illness. You need answers, a plan, a lifeline.
Medicine doesn’t know what to do with us yet—but we know how to find each other.
You’re not alone. You’re not crazy. You’re not weak. You’re just still here.
And maybe that’s the miracle.
I’m writing a memoir about my Long COVID Recovery called “BRONX NIGHTS” 🌃🍎.
I crossed death’s doorstep I don’t know many times these past few years—I’m still alive. It’s time to tell my story.
“BRONX NIGHTS” 🌃🍎 will be “unleashed” June 2025.
To read excerpts from “BRONX NIGHTS” 🌃🍎, click here.
To listen to me read excerpts from “BRONX NIGHTS” 🌃🍎, head to my YouTube page.
Educational Resources on Long COVID
World Health Organization – Long COVID
Mayo Clinic – Long COVID Symptoms
Mount Sinai – Center for Post-COVID Care
Harvard Health – Long COVID Explained
Patient-Led Research Collaborative
Body Politic COVID-19 Support Group
MEAction – Long COVID and ME/CFS
