The long COVID survival guide : how to take care of yourself and what comes next / edited by Fiona Lowenstein.

Date:
[2022]
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Description

"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.

Publication/Creation

New York : The Experiment, [2022]

Physical description

295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

All you need is one person: the birth of a patient community (and what to expect from this book) / Fiona Lowenstein -- It wasn't the beans and rice: fighting biased health care systems with community care / Karla Monterroso -- Standing tall (and sitting right back down): living with Dysautonomia / Heather Hogan -- COVID can't be outpaced: learning radical rest and pacing / Pato Hebert -- With disability, comes rights: navigating the financial impacts of COVID-19 / Letícia Soares, Alison Sbrana, and Karyn Bishof -- The long haul of undeniable need: finding a caregiver / Chimére L. Smith -- The obstacle course: obtaining a diagnosis / Rachel Robles, Dona Kim Murphey, MD, PhD, and David Putrino, PhD -- Down in the well, we will mourn and sing: surviving mental illness / Morgan Stephens -- Am I making any sense?: navigating cognitive dysfunction / Terri L. Wilder, MSW, and Yochai Re'em, MD -- Not the only one: talking about menstrual issues / Monique Jackson -- Gut instincts: finding peer-to-peer support / Padma Priya -- Knowledge Is power: navigating long COVID research / Lisa McCorkell -- Such a powerful love: disabled and chronically ill people and our long fight for justice / JD Davids and Naina Khanna -- Afterword / Akiko Iwasaki, PhD -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Resources -- Index -- About the contributors -- About the editor.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WC506.5 2022L84
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781615199105
  • 1615199101