Long Covid Hope Podcast

Nov 17 2024 39 ep. 59 mins 15
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Welcome to the Long Covid Hope podcast: the podcast that tells the more hopeful stories of people with Long Covid. The Long Covid Hope podcast is created by a former Long Covid sufferer, for people with Long Covid, and hears from the true experts: those with lived experience of the condition. Each episode features an interview with a Long Hauler guest, who has either fully recovered from Long Covid or is still on the recovery journey with an optimistic story to tell. Season 1 tells the stories of the First Wavers, the unfortunate pioneers and now the veterans.

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Lucy

Nov 17 2024 69 mins  
In this episode, we speak with Lucy, a disability and mental health advocate, working in the charity sector. Lucy caught Covid in April 2020 and developed Long Covid with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which lasted nearly 3 years. She was house-bound for much of that time, couldn’t work for almost a year, and experienced multiple relapses. Now she is fully recovered and has been sympt

Sita

Nov 10 2024 80 mins  
In this episode, Sarah is joined by Sita, known online as Mama Sita, a tireless and outspoken advocate and support of Long Haulers, and a founding member of the Long Covid Moonshot Movement. Sita developed Covid and Long Covid in the Summer of 2021, and describes how her condition developed rapidly into Dysautonomia, Mast Cell Activation (MCAS), exercise intolerance and more. Sita

Chris

Nov 03 2024 75 mins  
In this episode, Sarah speaks with Chris, known online as Chris GeoCK, who is a Geoscientist, cyclist and adventurer, side-lined by Covid in December 2021. Chris shares his story of how he got from very severe POTS symptoms along side many other LC symptoms, to the place where he feels 85-90% recovered (and continuing to improve - check out his recent Twitter posts for his cycling

Julia

Oct 28 2024 67 mins  
In this episode, Sarah speaks with Julia Claire Taylor, a professional opera singer living in New York City. Julia caught Covid and developed Long Covid in 2022, and we talk through her personal experience with Long Covid and how, fortunately for her, Julia has had access to a wealth of healthcare resources in New York, including the leading Mount Sinai Long Covid Clinic. Julia sha

AK Davidson

Oct 20 2024 57 mins  
In this episode, Sarah speaks with AK Davidson about her full recovery from Long Covid and about her wonderful poetry collection: Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions: Short Poems from Long Covid. Anna shares about her Long Covid experience including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, heart issues, and breathing difficulties. She shares about how brain retraining assisted in her rec

Cathy

Oct 13 2024 71 mins  
In this episode, Sarah speaks with Cathy, who is a health coach and mum of two, who managed to fully recover from Long Covid and is now offering services to assist others with Long Covid. Cathy is a First Waver (another Friday the 13th-er) whose recovery from Long Covid took 3-4 years and one of her main symptoms was myocarditis revealed in the CoverScan Long Covid Study. They talk

Dr Raven Baxter

Oct 06 2024 77 mins  
Let's start Season 3 with a bang with a very exciting guest! In this episode, we have the wonderful and brilliant Dr Raven Baxter, aka Raven the Science Maven joining the Long Covid Hope Podcast. Raven talks about her full recovery from Long Covid, how it took a lot longer to cognitively than previously discussed and what she used to get herself back to where she was pre-Covid. W

Sarah, Long Haul Yogi

Sep 29 2024 57 mins  
Season 3 is finally here!! Welcome to Season 3 of the Long Covid Hope Podcast, the podcast that shares the more hopeful stories of those with Long Covid. In this episode, Sarah the Long Haul Yogi and your Host of the Pod welcomes you back to the show and introduces Season 3 and the guests that will be appearing. Sarah shares the events that have unfolded since Season 2 which have

BONUS: Theresa - Update and Replay

Jul 28 2024 77 mins  
Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring. So here's an update from Theresa from Season 1, about what her life is like nearly two years since her recovery and we last spoke with her. Theresa explains how her life is different from it was before she was sick, and how sh

BONUS: Jackie - Update and Replay

Jul 21 2024 96 mins  
Season 3 is coming! In advance of Season 3, we are going to be updating you on how some of the Long Haulers from our favourite episodes are now faring. So here's an update from Jackie of Season 2, about her life is now one year since her full recovery from Long Covid. We discuss the difficulties of processing recovery and post-recovery identity, her return to signicant exerci