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Suffering Long Covid: What happened What I experienced What worked...for me And, what really didn't
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 25 2022
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Suffering Long Covid A Survivor's Guide to Recovery and Resilience
What if Covid-19 was not the end of the illness-but the beginning of a long and frightening ordeal?
For millions of people around the world, recovery from Covid-19 did not mean a return to normal life. Instead, it marked the start of Long Covid, a condition marked by fatigue, brain fog, neurological disruption, and symptoms that can appear, disappear, and return without warning.
Nominated for the Eric Hoffer Book Award (2023), Suffering Long Covid is a deeply personal account of living through the unpredictable reality of post-viral illness.
Author JZ Murdock experienced Long Covid beginning in 2020. What followed was more than a year of cognitive disruption, physical exhaustion, and the unsettling uncertainty of a condition still being studied by researchers. Just as recovery seemed possible, he contracted Covid again in 2022-triggering an even more severe and life-threatening wave of Long Covid symptoms.
Drawing on his experience and extensive research, Murdock explores:
- The strange and shifting symptoms of Long Covid
- Why recovery can take months-or years
- Emerging research into post-viral illness and cortisol imbalance
- The emotional and psychological impact of chronic uncertainty
- What daily life with Long Covid can really look like
The book is divided into three sections:
Part One: A narrative account of experiencing Long Covid and attempting to understand it.
Part Two: Daily journal logs written during the illness itself.
Part Three: A curated list of research and reference links for readers who want to explore the science further.
This is not a clinical textbook. It is the record of a person navigating an illness that medicine is still trying to understand.
For readers living with Long Covid, supporting someone who is, or trying to understand what the condition truly feels like, this book offers an honest account of survival, endurance, and resilience.
JZ Murdock is an award-winning filmmaker, author. and researcher whose documentary Pvt. Ravel's Bolero has won over 80 international awards.
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