# @breyeschow on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-01-04T18:18:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) — https://gondola.cc/breyeschow

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Read the full update on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/theamalgamation/p/long-covid-update-2024

Hey ya'll, with a new year upon us, I figured it was a good time to give a little update on the long COVID situation. I know many of you have been walking with me since I was hospitalized and scared everybody a few years ago, but I want to update you now that we are a few years out.

So I would love to say everything's back to normal and everything's fine, but the reality is it's not. It's been hard, but I think firmly saying that I have COVID is not debilitating like many others, but I continue to do blood tests for a few numbers that are a little weird. Doctors are not concerned, but we are monitoring some things for me. Most of my long COVID is about needing to be discerning about the energy I put into the world. Whether it's exercise or whether it's work or family or whatever. And so I have dived into a bit of spoon theory, for those of you who know what that is and are trying to tend to my time.

Now, we should all do that, and I hope that people don't need to wait until something life-shattering happens to make that kind of change. But for me, this is beyond just, I think, getting older and needing to rest and slow down. Every day, there is a point where my body just kind of shuts down. And so I used just to think, Oh, I just need to nap every day. But I really sleep every day in the middle of the day deeply. So usually an hour to an hour and a half that I just need to do. Occasionally I can skip it, but it really doesn't. And so I think my numbers and things that are a little strange for me manifest themselves and need to really take that rest.

Read on at Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/theamalgamation/p/long-covid-update-2024

#covid #longcovid #covi̇d19 #deltavariant

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Reyes-Chow | @breyeschow | https://gondola.cc/breyeschow | Writer/Author |

## Tags

covi, deltavariant, covid, longcovid

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