Time and time again, we’ve heard that one antidote on the road to recovery was finding community – tell us about your experiences with long Covid
The first time Savannah Brooks collapsed, five blocks from her home in Minneapolis, her boyfriend had to carry her home. She had just been infected with Covid, but had waited a week after the worst of her symptoms had subsided to take a walk in her neighborhood. She had received her booster shot four months prior.
To say that Savannah, 30, was in good shape before her illness is an understatement. A boxing instructor, she was fluent in MMA and kickboxing. But her central nervous system is now “frizzing”: her heart rate is dysregulated, she can pass out at a moment’s notice, she is crippled by fatigue and suffers from panic attacks.
