![]() ![]() Similar clinics that have popped up around the nation offer a hub of care where pulmonologists, cardiologists, neurologists and more specialists examine the complex nature of long COVID. ![]() Eventually, she received combined treatment for respiratory, gastrointestinal and neurological issues.īut here’s how she’s lucky: New patients must now wait more than six months to have an initial appointment at the same facility, and Fisher said, “Most people are really struggling with the wait times.” Most of her treatments were off-label and her heath care management has amounted to “a lot of trial and error,” said Fisher, who now receives disability benefits. She said she was among the first patients to be seen at a post-COVID care center in San Antonio, Texas, that opened in summer 2020. WATCH: People living with long COVID explain how the disease changed their lives Fisher was more savvy than most when it came to navigating the labyrinthine system of physicians, referrals and specialists, being the daughter of health care workers. An international flight attendant and part-time yoga instructor before the pandemic began, she initially became sick with COVID in June 2020. “Nobody’s doing this full-time to give patients the kind of care they need - it’s very complex and individualized.”įisher now suffers migraines and tremors and must undergo speech therapy and breath work, yet she views herself as lucky. ![]() When it comes to finding expert guidance and treatment for the complex tangle of disorders and illnesses, “COVID is full-time job,” said long COVID patient Liza Fisher. public health emergency expires today, and many fear that their struggle – to be recognized and treated within the nation’s fragmented health care system – is only beginning. For long COVID patients, the pandemic is far from over. ![]()
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