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Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by mygoodaccount on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @03:00PM (#27824819)
> As for lung capacity: I used to play saxophone pretty fanatically and I think that is one of the reasons I got through this with a relatively low amount of damage.

Funnily enough, I used to play the flute and sing before contracting COVID. With my lung capacity halved, my ability is nowhere near what it used to be. Long COVID has taken all my hobbies away from me: running, singing, hip-hop dancing. If anyone knows of any support groups relating to Long COVID, please let me know.

Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by jacquesm on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @03:04PM (#27824868)
Gah that sucks, I really feel for you. But: you will recover. For the longest time I thought that I wouldn't and then bit by bit it got better. If you can find an exercise bike I would really recommend you find one, it is super motivating to see your distance creep up day-by-day as you regain your strength and wind.
Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:13PM (#27825715)
Have you tried postural drainage for your lungs? I ask because if you've lost half your lung capacity (and I expect a singer and flute player would know), then you must have some kind of junk in there.

For those not familiar with the term: You position yourself with your head a foot lower than your hips (and your back straight). You hold that for 15 minutes or so. You let gravity pull the junk out of your lungs down to where you can cough it out. Warning: It's not fun. First, your head feels like it's going to explode from the lung pressure. Second, when a chunk comes out, oxygen starts hitting an area of your lungs for the first time in maybe months. That hurts. (Or so my daughter says. She had to do this.)

Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:43PM (#27826091)
That sounds like the kind of thing you should do on the advice of your doctor, rather than on the advice of a stranger on the Internet.
Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by waterhouse on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @05:42PM (#27826659)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postural_drainage#Risks

"Postural drainage is considered safe and effective, but may cause some side effects. The procedure is discontinued if the patient complains of headache, discomfort, dizziness, palpitations,[3] fatigue, or dyspnea. Patients may be dyspnic after the various manuovers, since the head-down position increases the work of breathing, reduces tidal volume, and decreases functional residual capacity (FRC).[citation needed]"

Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @05:06PM (#27826326)
Well, my daughter did it on the advice of a retired nurse (her grandmother).
Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by fragmede on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @03:44PM (#27825370)
There’s are many Facebook groups, and a Slack. (No idea the overlap.)

http://survivorcorps.com

The particular FB group I'm in is called (creatively enough) "Long Covid Support Group", but a search there reveals there are many more.

My email is in my profile if you want to connect further over this. I consider myself mostly healed by this point (infected March 2020) and can share my vitamin regime (its efficacy is anecdotal, my sample size is 2) but I still have lingering health issues over a year later.

Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by Invictus0 on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:32PM (#27828484)
We have a lively long covid discord group here: https://discord.gg/HcxrH7xZ
Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by loopz on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @03:49PM (#27825453)
Breathing exercises and meditation/yoga may help, both with heart and lungs. Worth a try along with long covid support/meetups.
Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by disabled on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @03:54PM (#27825516)
Yep. I do breathing exercises daily. It helps with the dysautonomia (long covid causes dysautonomia) too.

You may want to look into the Airofit Pro: https://www.airofit.com/

Re:Burden of post-Covid-19 syndrome and implications for hea... by loopz on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @05:53PM (#27826735)
One may also learn Ujjayi breath. It needs no technology and has other benefits.