Just had the weirdest experience with the secretary at medical clinic I go too. I’m convinced that tons of folks are walking around unaware they have long COVID.
So they have s system where you can renew prescriptions by having the pharmacy fax the clinic. This is useful when you are on long term meds like me. I had my pharmacy send the fax a week ago and crickets so I called the clinic, a whole ordeal.
The secretary told me my doctor no longer worked there. I thought it was weird that no one alerted me when he left or when the fax came in but whatever. I asked to be transferred to the doctor who took his caseload and for the soonest appointment so I could get my prescriptions renewed.
She asked what the appointment was for, I repeated prescription renewal. At this point she told me I could get the pharmacy to fax them for a renewal. I said that since my doctor no longer worked there, the renewal request had gone unanswered.
At that point she asked me for my doctors name (again) and my info (again) and asked if I was sure he longer worked there. I told her she just told me he had left and that’s why no one answered the fax and she sounded *so* confused. This was over the course of maybe 2 or 3 minutes.
My previous gp left the practice 2 years ago when a medical leave kept extending. She is younger than me, early 30’s. No idea what her illness was but now two young doctors left the practice in 2 years and my doctor’s secretary seems to be too out of it to call patients or book appointments.
Oh god, yeah. Even on my worst day as a receptionist in a medical clinic I was never THAT spacey. And I have ADHD, and was accused of being high at work (i never was). So like, i was spacey.
There is no contact for the manager but I’ll ask at reception when I go in next week. This is a general practice that is part of a university research hospital.
I’m in Canada and pretty sure it’s required here too. It’s especially annoying because I have been living inbetween two cities in two provinces so have to really plan out my appointments until I officially shift residency.
Canada and the states have rules so similar that had I gotten my Rx tech license I could work up there. So I think that's probably something we borrowed from y'all
This from Mount Sinai really made an impression on me. Really smthg that even being sufficiently aware of symptoms as to report them on a questionnaire does not necc make a dent in ppl’s self-conception as unaffected by Covid—some so convinced of it that they offer to help research in that capacity!
I completely believe this, have heard similar stories, and it makes me so nervous for a future where you just don't know if your surgeon or lawyer or pilot unknowingly has LC and doesn't realize they're spacing out
Yep. In the worse of my long COVID I was so spaced out I couldn’t run basic errands. It’s improved a lot after 2.5 years but I’m nowhere near what was before. It makes me very, very nervous.
Yup this is why my fear of flying has gotten exponentially worse. Between this, the Boeing shit, and the climate change super turbulence... I kinda never want to set foot on another airplane
Statistically a fuckton of people have #LongCovid 10-50% chance of LC with EACH infection, depending on which study you read on any given day, with increasing load of terrible permasymptoms for so, so many.
NO, you aren't getting "old"at 30-40, ffs!!
When I started showing more obvious fibro symptoms in my early 30’s, my gp at the time told me it was getting older and get used to aging. I had vertigo bad enough that it was hard to put on pants or shoes.
When I was 29, a doctor told me my precipitous decline from regularly running 10+ mi runs to barely being able to struggle through 2 mi (this happened over the span of about a couple months mind you) was "just aging"
Anywayyy turns out it was undiagnosed Lyme! Cool cool cool
Honestly, when they spout some obv bullshit like that I am seriously starting to think it actually means, "I don't know, but I don't want to admit I don't know something so I'ma gaslight you, and you can be in the dark for longer in service of my ego"
I think my case, fibro came from having had meningitis but I’ve had mono as well. As a child and young adult, I was the person who caught every virus and was constantly on antibiotics for one infection or another.
that also seems likely from something I read recently
In any case Covid isn't the only virus that can have awful long term effects. You can point this out the next time you encounter a Long Covid skeptic
YIKES, what a thread! 😱
This is sort of related to the way I drive now: "Please keep front of mind, minxmarx, that X percentage of your fellow drivers on this road (60-90%?) have had COVID and COVID damages the brain." 😬
Sorry. Montreal driving has always been scary, since COVID there has been a close call or three everytime I’m in the car. People are erratic af, it’s less bad in Edmonton, the other city I live in
I (56 yrs old) know I have long covid (new neurological, cognitive, fatigue, gastrointestinal issues) and man, it’s all messed up. Could see how someone who’s young and hasn’t seen the gradual decline in facilities due to aging in general might not click to understanding what they’re going through.
Having met this woman in person, I’d guess she’s 40-ish? A big part of noticing my decline was applying for a PhD before long COVID & starting it after, I could see clearly how my cognitive stamina was not there. And that’s after dealing with a lot of mental fatigue/confusion due to fibromyalgia.
Even most drs have dismissed the possibility. I've had 12 drs since the pandemic and only 4 of them acknowledge the situation and others of the 8 have told me that they don't know anything about long covid
That sure, but I imagine if you feel out of it but your doctor keeps saying your test results are normal, it might be very hard to mentally push back. Especially if you can’t pinpoint a clear demarcation.
