Long Covid Hope Podcast

Let's start Season 3 with a bang with a very exciting guest! In this episode, we have the wonderful and brilliant Dr Raven Baxter, aka Raven the Science Maven joining the Long Covid Hope Podcast. Raven talks about her full recovery from Long Covid, how it took a lot longer to cognitively than previously discussed and what she used to get herself back to where she was pre-Covid. We talk about s...

Season 3 is finally here!! Welcome to Season 3 of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that shares the more hopeful stories of those with Long Covid. In this episode, Sarah the Long Haul Yogi and your Host of the Pod welcomes you back to the show and introduces Season 3 and the guests that will be appearing. Sarah shares the events that have unfolded since Season 2 which have made her hopeful...

Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring. So here's an update from Theresa from Season 1, about what her life is like nearly two years since her recovery and we last spoke with her. Theresa explains how her life is different from it was before she was sick, and how she is embracing res...

Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring. So here's an update from Jackie of Season 2, about her life is now one year since her full recovery from Long Covid. We discuss the difficulties of processing recovery and post-recovery identity, her return to signicant exercising, and what she...

Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring. So here's an update from Anna, who has since we last spoke announced her FULL RECOVERY! She has since moved with her family to the Caribbean and they have been having the time of their life travelling and exploring - all completely symptom-free...

Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring. So here's an update from Stephanie about her travels and move to Taiwan, return to regular workouts and other wonders, and then the full Season 1 episode replay. You can catch Stephanie on Instagram to see her beautiful art and travel inspirati...

In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring. So here's an update from Charlie on how his epic 170km walk in the Himalayas for Long Covid SOS Charity went, and then the full Season 1 episode replay. Charlie's photography on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlierussell92/ Long Covid SOS Just Giving...

Guess what? Season 3 is coming!! Here's a quick update from Sarah, about the upcoming new season and rebrand. With a request that if any listeners would like to share their hopeful long hauler story - or knows anyone else that is interested - to please drop Sarah a line! And if you love the podcast and want to support us, please remember to rate it 5 stars, review and share with a friend! Let&...

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope podcast, Sarah is joined by none other than Kyle Warner - pro athlete and now advocate and campaigner for the post-vaccine / vaccine injury community. Kyle discusses his post-vaccine story with Sarah, how he developed myocarditis and other debiliating symptoms after having the Pfizer vaccination, and how researching into this and treatments such as Hyperbaria...

In this episode, we are speaking with Sophie, formerly a teacher and now follows her passions growing flowers from seed at @floraldaysintheshires and sowsandgrows.co.uk. Sarah is a massive fan of her Instagram account, and is thrilled that she could join us on the podcast. Sophie caught Covid in the first wave and went on to develop fatigue and POTS. She was unfortunately bedridden for around a ye...

.

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, we speak with Andy, who is an IT professional and father of two young children, living in the West Midlands of the UK. Andy caught Covid in March 2020 and experienced respiratory symptoms such as extreme breathlessness and chest pain, which in time progressed into Long Covid with POTS or dysautonomia symptoms as well as post exertional malaise. Andy...

Today we are speaking with Ariel, who is a consultant who deals with ethical, legal, technical and policy issues around autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence. Ariel is a scientist and has created a website to help other Long Haulers and people with chronic health conditions, called Science Ghost.com, which focuses on teaching about the overactive nervous system and the various mind-body t...

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that aspires to shine a light on the more hopeful stories of Covid 19 long haulers, we’re talking with Jerry, a languages teacher living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Jerry is originally from China, so we begin our conversation talking about the pandemic from the Chinese perspective, and of Jerry's experience visiting China during the init...

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope podcast, Sarah meets with Hisaka, a psychologist based in Houston Texas, USA, about her full recovery from Long Covid. After catching Covid in January 2021, Hisaka developed Long Covid, with dysautonomia being one of her main grouping of symptoms. She learnt about an experimental therapy - Stem Cell Therapy - and decided to try it for herself, which led to an...

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope podcast, the podcast that aspires to tell the more hopeful stories of people with Long Covid, Sarah is joined by Jackie Baxter, of the great Long Covid Podcast. Jackie comes on the podcast to talk about her full recovery from Long Covid. Jackie shares her acute Covid and Long Covid journey, and in particular the breathwork she practiced to help her with her s...

In this extra special episode of the Long Covid Hope podcast, Sarah is joined by Merel and two members of the Long Covid Kids Choir, Caitlin and Clara (and Caitlin's mum Lorna). Merel talks about her experience with her acute Covid infection and Long Covid, in particular her respiratory symptoms and the effect that had as a professional musician and singer. We discuss how she started up the Lo...

In the first episode of Season 2 of the Long Covid Hope podcast, Sarah meets with Lorrie Rivers, who has both recovered from several years of severe ME/CFS, as well as fully recovering from her Long Covid experience from 2020. Lorrie shares her journey with ME/CFS and fibromylagia and how after recovering and spending several years working to help others with ME/CFS, when she caught Covid she noti...

The Season One Finale episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that aspires to shine a light on the more hopeful stories of Covid-19 long haulers. In this episode, we hear updates from the Season 1 participants as well as a huge great thank you to everyone who took part. This podcast wouldn't exist without its wonderful and generous interviewees! Sarah attempts to summarise what has...

Brief Update from Sarah: Following my Covid reinfection I am still in recovery from a significant ME/CFS relapse, and haven't been able to record the final episode of Season 1 yet. It will be coming...as soon as I have the capacity to do so. I would like to take this moment to say a huge thank you to everyone who has listened to this podcast and shared it. I appreciate how limited many long ha...

Our next guest needs no introduction! Here is the Long Hauler that supplied Sarah with so much hope throughout her Long Covid recovery journey…Gez Medinger! Gez has been a consistent feature of most Long Hauler's experience of Long Covid, with his groundbreaking videos on Youtube that have attempted to work out what has been happening to us from Day 1, and continue to lead with updating Long Haule...

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that aspires to shine a light on the more hopeful stories of Covid 19 long haulers, we’re talking with Charlie, an actor and photographer living in London. Charlie is a first waver who had a difficult time with Long Covid, but has since fortunately recovered his health and returned back to fitness and exercise in a big way.  Charlie is do...

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that aspires to shine a light on the more hopeful stories of Covid 19 long haulers, we’re talking with Trixie, an architectural designer from Manila in the Philippines. Trixie’s story is particularly fascinating as she unfortunately is also a SARS survivor. She is literally a double first waver - and doubly isolated as there were very few...

In this episode of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that aspires to shine a light on the more hopeful stories of Covid 19 long haulers, we’re talking with Sarah, a now retired NHS doctor who caught the virus while working in a hospital. Dr Sarah discusses her first wave Long Covid story, her experiences with cold water swimming therapy off the South England coast, the ENO (English National...

Happy International Long Covid Awareness Day! This is a brief bonus episode to discuss the International Long Covid Awareness Day on 15th March 2023. Sarah reads the UK Press Release for the LC Awareness Day and discusses the various events that are taking place on this day worldwide. Please do take part in any way that you can - whether it is attending a Twitter Space, wearing the Awareness colou...