Long COVID Real Talk Podcast

S4 E11: Saying Goodbye To The Old You To Embrace The NOW You Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418306020831350 If you would like to tell your story on the podcast or have any questions or comments — or just want to say hey! You can...

Thank you for being a part of the podcast and hope you have a very Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay From now on our troubles will be miles away Here we are as in olden days Happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather...

S4 E10: Why We Are Grieving Extra Hard During The Holidays Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418306020831350 If you would like to tell your story on the podcast or have any questions or comments — or just want to say hey! You can e...

S4 E9: Escape to New Orleans Current Prescribed medications: Psychotropic meds (for anxiety, depression and ADHD) Abilify (for chronic fatigue/Long Covid) Singular (for Long Covid/mast cell stabilization) Low Dose Naltrexone (for Long Covid) Valtrex (for Long Covid) Nifedipine (for dysautonomia/blood pressure) Carvediol (for dysautonomia/elevated heart rate) Pepcid (allergies/Long Covid) Zyrtec (a...

S4 E8: “Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About This Crisis Besides Us?” (w/ Matthew) 🌟⭐️✨💫 You can reach Matthew at: MatthewNeil@comcast.net. COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project - Website: https://www.longhauler-advocacy.org - Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/c19lap/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF Long Covid, MD Podcast: - Website: LongCovidMD.com - Episode on the Long COVID Moonshot Bill...

S4 E7: How To Survive Holidays/Events (guest: Dr. Zeest Khan) 💫🌟⭐️✨ You can find Zeest on her podcast: Long Covid, MD Email her at: LongCovidMD@gmail.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/long-covid-md/id1716072073 Website: LongCovidMD.com Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so muc...

S4 E6: Life Update Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418306020831350 Email: longcovidrealtalk@gmail.com Google Voice/Text: 1-650-382-2217 DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational a...

S4 E5: The First Thing You Have To Do To Begin Healing From Long COVID Spoiler alert: it’s ACCEPTANCE. Fighting like you have in the past will not work. Every day, every time you have to do something differently than you used to — accept it, let go of how you used to do it pre-COVID, and make the next sane choice. :) Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode t...

S4 E4: Epic Fail At The Zoo Zoo visit did not go so well today, looking at creative ways to make this work out better next time! Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418306020831350 Email:...

Season 4, Episode 3: We Need To Just Hang On During These Times Having Long COVID really sucks. Sometimes all you can do is grieve your old life and try to hang on while you navigate your new one. Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Fa...

S4 E2: How To Go To An Amusement Park With Long COVID Tips and tricks for people with Long Covid, ME/CFS, POTS, and dysautonomia to help prepare for a trip to a local amusement park. And remember — you’re not alone in this! Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟...

S4 E 1: “It’s Not Hopeless” (w/ Vicki) How to connect with Vicki: www.mycreativecorner3.com Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418306020831350 Email: longcovidrealtalk@gmail.com Google V...

Bonus Episode #7: I Have A Favor To Ask Discusses recent news of a family member being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, requests positive thoughts/prayers/vibes from podcast listeners. Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group:...

Season 3, Episode 25: Why I Got Bamboozled/How To Avoid Getting Scammed Discusses recent encounter with a scammer and explores how a disabled state may influence gullibility. In other words, the allure of being able seemingly help someone even when you can barely take care of yourself due to disability/Long Covid. Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode t...

Season 3, Episode 24: How To Brush Your Teeth With Long COVID Discusses two recommendations from my dental hygienist and dentist to help people with Long COVID perform dental care/oral hygiene when symptomatic. ​Electric toothbrush - More expensive than regular toothbrushes but Ideal for us when our arms are tired/aching and it is hard to move our arms around. - I think of it as an investment to a...

Season 3, Episode 23: “It Was Hell & It Is Hell” (guest: Lydia) Listen to Lydia’s story of going from working full time and being a homeowner to becoming homeless and everything in between. Grateful to hear her powerful story! Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening!...

Season 3, Episode 22: The Mental Game of Long COVID Our guest, Laurie, returns to finish up the part of the interview that was cut off last time by the recording and to explore some other topics, including the Mental Game you have to play when you have Long COVID. Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podca...

Season 3, Episode 21: When You Know More About Long COVID Than Your Doctor Discusses how it felt to have symptoms minimized/not be believed at my recent appointments which leads to the question: is it our job to educate our doctors on Long COVID? Please subscribe, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help others find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟...

BONUS EPISODE #6: My Long COVID Clinic Appointment Discusses recent appointment at the Stanford Long COVID clinic and gives general overall treatment update. Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help others find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418306020831...

Season 3, Episode 20: How To Go To A Baby Shower With Long COVID Tips and tricks for people with Long Covid, ME/CFS, POTS, and dysautonomia to help prepare for a baby shower/travel. And remember — you’re not alone in this! Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟...

Season 3, Episode 19: Snoring Mommy Discusses the difficulty of parenting with Long COVID and feeling very limited in that regard. Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help others find this podcast! Thank you so much for listening! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418306020831350 Email: longcovidrealtal...

Season 3, Episode 18: Long COVID & The Risk Of Suicide If you are considering suicide, please call 988 or your local suicide/crisis hotline. - Long COVID evokes significant emotional stress as it is an untreatable disease that causes severe distress … social isolation and loss of income can result in significant distress (Sher, 2021). - Long COVID may induce a mental health condition or aggrevate...

Season 3, Episode 17: When You Start To Cry At The Drop Of A Hat Discusses the profound effect Long COVID can have on emotion regulation. Here are the levels of support discussed: inpatient hospitalization = highest level of support, you are staying in a secured inpatient hospital unit with safety checks every 15 minutes partial hospitalization program (PHP) = you come to the outpatient place of t...

Season 3, Episode 16: When $#!+ Gets Real Guest star 🌟 my sister, MJ, who is a fellow long hauler, discusses the moment when having Long Covid got real for her. The shout out mentioned during this episode is Dr. Zeest Khan of the Long Covid, MD podcast. Please rate, review, share, and leave a 5 star review if you liked today’s episode to help other people with Long Covid find this podcast! Thank...

Season 3, Episode 15: Aiming for the Goldilocks Zone Guest star 🌟 my husband, Michael, discusses the three types of days and how to best conserve and sustain one’s energy. Please like, subscribe, share and leave a 5 star 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟review wherever you are listening! It really means a lot and helps other long haulers find the podcast! Long Covid Real Talk Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/g...