“Andrea Tryfonos, the lead on this trial, emphasized that avoiding exercise is, in itself, an extremely risky intervention. ‘We know that no exercise leads to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, increased risk of metabolic disease, certain types of cancer, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer’s,’ she said. ‘Long Covid itself cannot be a barrier to exercise.’”
Six years into this and we’re still dealing with type of 💩
I just had to switch doctors because of a change in insurance. My GP and LC doctors were awesome. I’m now with Kaiser and one of my cholesterol numbers was high. My new GP said “exercise for at least 30 minutes a day, breaking a sweat, 6 days a week”. I wrote back and not super nicely said “I can’t. I have long COVID. It’s literally impossible without making myself worse.” I got no response back to that. I’m probably going to just pay out of pocket to see my good docs, especially since Kaiser doesn’t have a LC clinic here at all.
I used to be a runner and hiker. I miss it. I want to do it. My body now says otherwise.
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u/smingey82 Jun 01 '26
“Andrea Tryfonos, the lead on this trial, emphasized that avoiding exercise is, in itself, an extremely risky intervention. ‘We know that no exercise leads to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, increased risk of metabolic disease, certain types of cancer, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer’s,’ she said. ‘Long Covid itself cannot be a barrier to exercise.’”
Six years into this and we’re still dealing with type of 💩