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Rough_N_Ready, (edited ) in Long COVID really sucks

It sure does. Mines a bit unique afaik though.

I was diagnosed with a swollen optic nerve a few weeks after getting Covid when I realized my vision was going dark in one of my eyes.

They did an mri to rule out any other causes and concluded it was from Covid.

Over then next few months the swelling of the nerve went away but the bottom 1/4 of my vision in that eye is still dark due to the nerve being damaged from it.

Theres been a number of other documented cases of this happening from Covid.

thanks_shakey_snake,

Wow, I’m really sorry that happened to you. I hope you can reasonably expect now that it won’t get worse, at least?

Rough_N_Ready,

Yep! As long as I don’t get Covid again?

It happened over a year ago and my doctor says there’s been no change, and to not expect it to get better either.

Digestive_Biscuit,
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Sorry to hear that. Does it frustrate you when you hear people dismissing COVID like it’s a normal cold or similar to the flu?

Rough_N_Ready,

Absolutely. I heard it non-stop from my dad and my in laws. Listening to them act like it’s nothing even after it gave me partial vision loss drove me crazy.

Not only does my dad think it’s ’like the flu’, he keeps saying it IS ‘just the flu’. He thinks it’s the same virus and people are conspiring to control us by giving the flu a new name and then freaking out over it.

Digestive_Biscuit,
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Even the flu is extremely dangerous from some people.

The pandemic certainly was an eye opener for me on how warped and selfish a lot of people are, perhaps the human race as a whole to some degree.

And the logic people apply to support odd ideas. The lengths people go to just so they won’t admit they were wrong.

galloog1,

I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. I saw so many deaths and suffering due to this disease through records in the VA health system and it constantly enraged me. I can only imagine what it would do to someone impacted by it directly.

Aurix,

In my slightly covid unrelated case, intracranial tension changes cause very subtle sharpness/clearness vision changes. So look out for these things, there might be more problems associated with it! Like IIH, CSF leaks or venous stenosis. It can cause a wide variety of seemingly random neurological pressure changes. Beware of substances affecting it like caffeine, weed, fat-soluble thiamine and Lithium. These can reduce or induce serious problems especially if the intracranial pressure is unstable. And while these might possibly be useful, be aware it is poorly understood overall and can cause damage.

TootSweet, in Long COVID really sucks

We Long Covid sufferers really need to put more info like this out in public. Cheers, OP. Wish I could upvote more than once.

I know the chest pain well. POTS is still an issue for me as well.

Amitskaw, in Roughing it

Is this the RV from A Goofy Movie?!

FlyingSquid, in Long COVID really sucks
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I’m not 100% sure it’s a Long COVID symptom, but ever since I had COVID a few months ago, I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night with a coughing fit. Not every night, but a lot of nights. It doesn’t last that long and I’m able to go back to sleep, so it’s not all that debilitating, but I’m pretty sure it’s because of COVID.

starelfsc2,

I have something similar, and something I noticed was if the air I was breathing was a little cold it made it worse, and a space heater made it better, as well as making sure my back/shoulders were fully covered in a blanket to keep the area around my lungs warm. I’m not sure how humidity affects it but maybe changing that could help too.

CaptainBlagbird,
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I might have the same, but I’m not sure if it’s only due to dry air. I’m currently monitoring and logging the humidity, and then might buy an air humidifier.

I also have more headaches, not sure if that’s because of getting older (I didn’t even have headaches when hungover when I was younger xD).

Mouselemming,

One way to get humidity is to wear a mask. An N95 isn’t necessary, you want to be getting plenty of oxygen in your sleep, but a loose-fitting mask will still hold the moisture and warmth from your exhales. And will stay in place better than just burying your head in the blankets.

CeeBee,

The lungs generally take the longest to get better. They’re constantly flexing without stop, so it’s a slower process to repair.

I’m saying this from experience as someone who has asthma, allergies, and had a cold or bronchitis an average of once every four months or so growing up. It can easily take several months for a general cough to go away.

Don’t take any of this as medical advice, but if it’s not getting better (or if it gets worse), you should go get it checked out.

solowolf, in Roughing it

went a little too hard on pimp my RV

wreckedcarzz, (edited )
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Needs more purple paint with sparkles, and some gold accents, also with sparkles. And spinners. Purple and gold for those, with sparkles, of course.

And hydraulics. See this jumping as it waits for red lights.

tygerprints, in Roughing it

That's my kinda camping - driving a mobile mansion into the not too deep woods, hopefully near a mall. I love that.

Nature ain't got nothing on human ingenuity.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
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Look if my tent isn’t a five minute hike from a five star restaurant I’m gonna throw a five alarm tantrum.

tygerprints,

A five minute hike? I just hope they have delivery options.

Drinvictus, in Roughing it

Nothing says camping like a sky deck and a pool

Prunebutt, in Roughing it

No, I will not follow “awesomeinventions” for more.

clearedtoland, in Roughing it

0.2 MPG!

creditCrazy,
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Hey better than my 1956 bel air that gets 20gpm

db2, in Roughing it

AI really doesn’t understand anything. You could sneeze in the general direction of that thing and it would tip over.

LazaroFilm,
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Ai understands perfectly what I want. It also understands it doesn’t have to be real

wreckedcarzz,
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Yes sir I see your 3 titty woman wallpaper but what are you ordering?

wreckedcarzz,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

Hey hey, Al Bundy has something here, a million dollar idea!

it falls over anyway but it is damn cool until it does

Tb0n3,

Also the mirrors are unusable by the driver, and the right side mirror isn’t even connected.

oce,
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It’s just holding on with superconducting magnetism.

glitch1985,

the right side mirror isn’t even connected.

Never heard of Bluetooth? Wireless my guy.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot, (edited )

“Wireless” is a scam. You ever open one of those things up? Absolutely full of wires!

thanks_shakey_snake,

And they seem to be outward facing…? Designed to briefly blind its enemies so it can escape, maybe?

sour, (edited )
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there's a light with no source

casmael,

That’s because it’s not intelligent, it’s just artificial

cm0002,

You say that like humans don’t have a long list of “inventions”/designs that totally wouldn’t/didn’t work but built it anyways lmao

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
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I feel personally attacked

creditCrazy,
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Just look at the history of the artic explorer that got outperformed by a stock vw Beatle

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot,

Was that a Top Gear special?

creditCrazy,
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No it was a project back in the 1950 I think and it was this big mobile lab but because there was this belief that rounded tires preformed better in the snow the builders sanded the tread off the off-road tires they got also the engines while they had plenty of torque the fastest the artic explorer could go was 2 mph and when it finally arrived at the artic it got stuck immediately and moved faster in reverse the scientists got soo fed up with constantly digging the 70ton paper weight free that they just gave up and started using it was a small stationary base until the ice under it broke then 20 years later vw sent a bone stock Beatle that managed be the first car to drive across the artic with 0 issues

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot,

Yeah, I was conflating two different Top Gear specials; one where they drove to the North Pole in pick-up trucks and another where they drove across Botswana and were out-performed by a stock Beetle.

Imgonnatrythis,

It understands my camping needs.

apfelwoiSchoppen, in Roughing it
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On the next season of Righteous Gemstones…

A_Union_of_Kobolds, in Roughing it

This is the kind of thing you’d see in the wasteland of some Dying Earth science-fantasy, a ruined curiosity left by some dead hubristic civilization

niktemadur, in The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun

“Granny, do the dog bite?”
“No, child, no.”

Maultasche, in The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun

I think I missed that episode of One Piece.

Klystron, in The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun

I must once again thank guitar hero 3 for introducing me to some legendary songs

GreenMario,

That version is my favorite. Changing the fiddle to an electric guitar is masterstroke genius.

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