Long Covid Podcast

Episode 134 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Vicky van der Togh & Dr Jeremy Rossman from Research-Aid Networks. We discuss what the organisation does, what brought Vicky & Jeremy together as well as their recently published hypothesis paper. Research-Aid Networks  www.researchaidnetworks.org   Pandemic-Aid Networks www.researchaidnetworks.org/pandemic-aid-networks Long Covid hypoth...

Episode 133 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with A K Davidson, author & poet, who has now recovered from Long Covid. We chat through her experience, how writing because so important as well as helping with recovery, although not always in the way she expected! As always - recovery stories are one person's experience! They can be useful for ideas, but more than anything, giving hope of...

Episode 132 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the wonderful Hadas Golan & Rosalba Courtney. Hadas and Rosalba have been collaborating on working with people with Long Covid and have recently published a series of case studies detailing their successes. We take a deep dive into my favourite subject - breathing - discussing some of the underlying pathology and how this relates to using br...

Episode 131 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the wonderful Dr Wes Ely, internist & pulmonologist, clinical triallist & also author & Long Covid advocate. We chat through some of his experiences with Long Covid patients as well as the clinical trial of baricitinib for Long Covid which is enrolling very soon. ICUdelirium.org Stat News - "Don't give longhaulers the silen...

Episode 130 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Dr Marco Leitzke who has been exploring the use of Nicotine Patches to help with Long Covid. We discuss what Nicotine is, why it can help and how this could be something incredibly useful. Links to Dr Marco's work & social media etc: https://linktr.ee/marcoleitzke A blog written on "Health Rising" https://www.healthrising.org/...

Episode 129 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Lily Spechler, a registered dietitian who is working with people with Long Covid following her own experience with it. We chat through some of the trends she is seeing and some pointers for people to follow. Lily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longcoviddietitian/ The Energy Expansion Project: https://www.longcoviddietitian.com/ with...

Episode 128 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Nigel McCracken, COO of Virax Biolabs & Sean Knight, Clinical research fellow at the University of Manchester. Nigel and Sean are working together in collaboration on a study to dive deeper into T-Cell exhaustion in people with Long Covid. We take a deep dive into T-Cells, immunology and the quest for a biomarker! Virax Biolabs Long Covid re...

Episode 127 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Rachael Heath-Porsz about her recovery from Long Covid! We chat through her experience - the things that helped, the things that didn't and what life looks like now. We also chat a bit about what Rachael is doing now - helping people with Long Covid to return to movement in a safe & supported way. Rachael's Instagram: https://www.i...

Episode 126 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Joshua Roman - Cellist, Composer & Curator, as well as Longhauler. We chat through some of the things that he experienced, learned and some of the incredibly inspiring work he is now doing to help others with Long Covid as well as heal himself. Links: Joshua Roman Website "Immunity" Project Your Brain on Art by  Susan Magsamen &amp...

Episode 125 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Peter Burt. Peter has found himself "washed up on a desert island" after floating around in the sea of Long Covid for a couple of years. We talk through a lot of fascinasting stuff, the idea of "not feeling like a man" and how difficult but extremely important it is to ask for help - and then receive it! This is such an hones...

Episode 124 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Dr Elizabeth So about East Asian Medicine. We take a deep dive into what EAM is and some of the background to it, as well as how it can help with conditions such as Long Covid - and why! This was such a fascinating discussion - we could have carried on for hours - and one of the biggest takeaways for me was the need to work together. That, and I...

Episode 123 of the Long Covid Podcast falls on Long Covid Awareness Day, and also 4 years since I first became unwell. This is my reflections on the last 4 years - Long Covid & beyond. I also did a video for youtube which might be of interest here Episode 94 - my recovery story Message me! (I can't reply to these messages) Support the show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

Episode 122 of the Long Covid Podcast welcomes back the wonderful Professor Louise Cummings to talk about her follow-up study into the cognitive & linguistic difficulties in adults with Long Covid and also looking at employment outcomes for those people. This is a hugely enlightening discussion, covering a lot of information - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. My previous episode with Loui...

Episode 121 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Fatigue Coach Pamela Rose about those difficult conversations that can come up time and time again. We chat through some of her experiences and how they have led her to be able to work with & help people. And we also dive into those difficult conversations - which ones tend to come up most often, and how can we best handle them? Follow Pamel...

Episode 120 of the Long Covid Podcast welcomes the wonderful Dr Mark Faghy back to the podcast for a long awaited catch-up on all the research he's been involved in at Derby Uni, but also info on the first anti-viral Long Covid clinical trial - in the UK, if not the world! https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/showcase/long-covid-research/ Episode #103 with Amy Proal on Viral Persistence Episode #...

Episode 119 of the Long Covid Podcast is a fascinating discussion with Ewa Beldzik and Daniel Gomez about the Long Covid study they are doing involving MRI and mapping the brain during tasks. We dive a load into the study and it's absolutely amazing! A link to enroll in the study  And their email for any questions: MGHLCOVID@MGB.ORG Message me! (I can't reply to these messages) For more i...

Episode 118 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Dr Sarah Myhill about her experiences of working with people with ME/CFS and now Long Covid. We chat through her treatment protocol and some ideas to help that are practical & cheap - an important factor! Dr Myhill's website Books: - chronic fatigue book - paleoketogenic diet - ecological medicene - Underactive thyroid book Dr Rachel Br...

Episode 117 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the wonderful Leela O'Brien about her experiences with Long Covid and what she has learned about herself in the process. A big takeaway from this is the "what can we do" and that we don't need to wait to be healed before trying to find ways to enjoy life, even if they are not what we wanted or expected. Personal website &...

Episode 116 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the fabulous Dr Claire Taylor. We take a dive into her previous experience which led her to Long Covid, and also to some of the common trends & useful strategies she is seeing with her patients. Claire Taylor Twitter Claire Taylor Website Claire Taylor Instagram Message me! (I can't reply to these messages) For more information about Lon...

Episode 115 of the Long Covid Podcast welcomes back CEO of Dysautonomia International Lauren Stiles to chat about research into Dysautonomia, and how this is relevant to Long Covid. This is a fascinating discussion, which dives back into research pre-Covid that is (or should be) informing research happening now. We also take a look at trials and studies happening now - and why they are important....

Episode 114 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Sarah about her recovery from Long Covid. Sarah is a yoga teacher who is now teaching yoga classes to help people with Long Covid, as well as running her own podcast focused on recovery stories.  We chat through Sarah's experiences, what helped her to recover and what life looks like now. http://www. LearnitLive.com/longhaulyogi - regular Y...

Episode 113 of the Long Covid Podcast is an incredible showcase of creativity inspired by Long Covid. These wonderful talented people have shared so many different varieties of creativity and it was such a joy to witness. Links to all the participants are below - please do check them out - and all the visual elements - paintings, collages, crochet & nail art are on the website creativity page...

Episode 112 of the Long Covid Podcast is my 2023 reflections. A lot of look back on, be grateful for and certainly a lot that I've noticed - about myself and the world! Of course this isn't medical advice - just my own observations. Links mentioned:  Episode 94 - my recovery story Last year's episode - 2022 Reflections More info about Breathing for Long Covid Our Jan courses (info &...

Episode 111 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Sophie Reynolds who has recovered from  ME/CFS and is now using her experiences to help people through Pilates, which was one of the things that helped her so much. We chat through her experiences as well as what helped, and what she has learned from the experience to take forward into her life now. Sophie's Instagram profile https://www.in...

Episode 110 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Lisa McCorkell, Gina Assaf & Hannah Davis, co-leads & co-founders of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative. We chat about how Long Covid & the Body Politic Slack community brought them all together, and how the organisation has progressed and flourished from there. Website: patientledresearch.com Nature Review: https://www.nature.co...