Long-Covid is still here. I can't walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently - and I am not alone

"When Lydia Fischer Dooley got Covid-19, she didn't expect to be still dealing with the fallout three years later - now she wants to raise awareness around what she says is wrongly viewed as a 'relic of the past' condition The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she rightly assumed that she had developed Covid-19."

"Like many of us, she recovered from this bout of illness and wasn't overly concerned when she experienced the illness for the second time a few months later."

Lydia Fischer Dooley developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022 during a global Covid-19 pandemic. She assumed the illness was Covid-19 and recovered from the initial episode. A few months later she experienced the illness again and was not overly concerned. Three years later she remains affected by the fallout and is seeking to raise awareness around a condition she says is wrongly viewed as a 'relic of the past'. The account links initial Covid infection, subsequent recurrence, and prolonged health consequences over multiple years.

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