The long COVID survival guide : how to take care of yourself and what comes next
2022
Book
"The first patient-to-patient guide for people living with Long COVID, with answers and reassurance to guide readers through issues like getting diagnosed, dealing with symptoms, and caring for their mental health"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781615199105
Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Other Title: Stories and advice for 20 long-haulers and experts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.
Contents:
- All you need is one person : The birth of a patient community (and what to expect from this book) / by Fiona Lowenstein
- It wasn't the beans and rice: fighting biased health care systems with community care / by Karla Monterroso
- Standing tall (and sitting right back down): living with Dysautonomia / by Heather Hogan
- COVID can't be outpaced: learning pacing and radical rest / by Pato Hebert
- With disability, comes rights: navigating the financial impacts of COVID-19 / by Letícia Soares, Karyn Bishof, and Alison Sbrana
- Closer than they seem: finding a caregiver / by Chimére L. Smith
- The obstacle course: obtaining a diagnosis / by Dona Kim Murphey, MD, PhD, Rachel Robles, and David Putrino
- Down in the well, we will mourn and sing: surviving mental illness / by Morgan Stephens
- Am I making any sense?: navigating cognitive dysfunction / by Terri L. Wilder, MSW, and Yochai Re'em, MD
- Not the only one: talking about menstrual issues / by Monique Jackson
- The search for community: finding peer-to-peer support / by Padma Priya DVL
- Knowledge Is power: navigating long COVID research / by Lisa McCorkell
- Such a powerful love: disabled and chronically ill people and our long fight for justice / by JD Davids and Naina Khanna
- Afterword / Akiko Iwasaki, PhD.
LCCN: 2022027166
Control Number: 3212174
Publisher: New York : The Experiment, [2022]Subjects:
- COVID-19 (Disease) -- Complications -- Popular works.
- COVID-19 (Disease) -- Diagnosis -- Popular works.
- COVID-19 (Disease) -- Patients -- Medical care -- Popular works.
- COVID-19 (Disease) -- Psychological aspects -- Popular works.
- Chronically ill -- Care -- Popular works.
Genre: Instructional and educational works.
Other Authors: Lowenstein, Fiona, editor.