Lilas
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Here is an article on Long Covid appeared in the Châteauguay newspaper (Quebec) Link . It talks about the first research and care project for patients which inspired the opening of several other Long Covid Clinics later by the provincial government. The initial project was carried out in collaboration with the University of Sherbrooke, where professor and physiotherapist Simon Décary, whom we know, teaches and does research. In short, the article includes 2 testimonials, mentions PEM and even the AQEM (Association québécoise de l'encéphalomyélite myalgique) as a resource for pwLCs who are on the waiting lists for these clinics. The distress experienced by some pwLCs of no longer understanding what is happening to them and being left without help is also underlined. Some excerpts :
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" I was working full time, plus a lot of overtime to fill shifts. Then, overnight, I was no longer able. It is as if I had been put in the body of a 95-year-old person, who has no more strength, who has no more energy. "
For Ms Rouleau, the symptoms include pain “which can go from zero to ten in three seconds” and the complete loss of taste and smell. Three to four times a week, she experiences mental fog – days when she “doesn’t have access to her brain properly.
" Post-COVID syndrome is defined by symptoms that persist 12 weeks after infection and cannot be explained by other health conditions. These vary for each person. The most common, Post-exertional malaise, consists of an aggravation of COVID symptoms, including intense fatigue, for several days after having made minimal physical, cognitive or emotional effort ", explains Annik Jobin, senior advisor at the innovation and the development of clinical tools at the CISSSMO.
She specifies that Long COVID is a disease for which there is no cure at the moment. Treatment involves helping patients better understand and manage their symptoms.
* All excerpts are translations