We Need a Better Understanding of Long-Haul COVID and Suicidality
One day, I messaged greetings to a friend who also has long-haul COVID, but I didn’t hear back from him immediately. It wasn’t until the next day when I recognized the familiar, friendly Facebook new message ping that I found in my inbox his messages, where he recounted to me his ordeal.
He described how he experienced a TIA, or transient ischemic attack — also known as a mini stroke. His brother and step brother had to give him CPR while his family waited for an ambulance to arrive.
But he didn’t recollect any of it. “I just don’t know how much more I can take,” he cried. His confession called me back to June 2021, when I was in my own fight against long-haul COVID symptoms, including struggling to breathe with San Antonio’s high molds, to which I had become severely allergic.
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