Katrina Veerman

cell.com/cell/fulltext/… Fantastic paper! Serotonin is stored in platelets (largest stores outside brain). We have noted significant platelet damage in LC. Damaged platelets will definitely not be able to carry serotonin! @dbkell @doctorasadkhan

Fatigue can shatter a person. #LongCovid #MECFS " ... in these diseases, fatigue is so distinct from everyday weariness that most of the people I have talked with were unprepared for how severe, multifaceted, and persistent it can be" @edyong209 theatlantic.com/health/archive…

@edyong209 I can not thank you enough. I feel seen.

🛑I wrote about what “fatigue” really means for people with long COVID and ME/CFS, and why this profoundly debilitating symptom is so often misunderstood and trivialized. (This piece also covers PEM.) 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

I dont think people realize how much discipline living w #LongCovid takes, especially if you were previously a go-getter type. We have to constantly stop ourselves and say no to things we want to do, because they will make our symptoms worse. We have to miss out on life to live.

Today is International #LongCovidAwarenessDay Thinking of those who are suffering with #LongCovid. 🙏🏽 I both care for people with Long COVID & live with the effects of it myself. Mine is thankfully mild, but I’m still not 100%. As a physician, I still get gate-kept & gaslit.

On #LongCovid, @Dr2NisreenAlwan reviews The Long Covid Handbook by @Daltmann10 and @gezmedinger, and folds in her own experience and wisdom thelancet.com/journals/lance… @TheLancet

“Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.” — George Santayana via the 5-Bullet Friday newsletter (tim.blog/fbf) from @tferriss

A statement from Captain Jonathan Toews ❤️

Thrilled to share this Comment in @TheLancetInfDis that I coauthored with the amazing @PutrinoLab on “Why we need a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of long COVID”. Sharing an accessible document here. Thank you for reading and sharing 🙏🏼 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Here is a terrific interview with @EricTopol in @FortuneMagazine by @cbarbermd “Right now, we are long on mechanisms and short on treatment. That’s the summary of everything." Grateful for his support of #LongCovid fortune.com/well/2023/01/2…

@RpsAgainstTrump NONE

Kevin McCarthy has decided to put George Santos on two House committees- Small Business and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. What job would you trust George Santos to do?

@RachelStrohm @PutrinoLab This is v. v. cool - have you studied this??

🧵As many of you know, last year I developed #LongCovid with severe fatigue, which disrupted my life for many months. I’ve been debating whether to share the story of how I recovered from it, and am doing so now in case this is helpful to anyone else. /1

I wrote a guide on how to find help for #longCOVID in #NYC for @THECITYNY's MISSING THEM project. It’s packed with advice from New Yorkers + clinicians on talking with medical providers, joining support groups, finding joy on difficult days + more. 1/ bit.ly/longcovidguide…

Today, is the right day. #motivation #leadership #lifehacks

How I explain my #longcovid fatigue to the lucky souls who don’t quite get it…😉🤗🤗 #chronicillness #mecfs #HappyFriday

@MVGutierrezMD @trentgarrison This is where I am - I did not realize that I had Long-Covid and tried to push through last summer. Now PEM central.

@trentgarrison Unfortunately some will develop ME/cfs & then cannot exercise at all (or become housebound)

Me in my Facebook running groups reminding people about radical rest when you get acute #Covid. Losing a few workouts for a couple of weeks is better than losing all of them for the rest of your life to #LongCovid.

Every morning I wake up and wish I felt the way I did before I got ill. Every single morning. #longcovid is like a prison sentence without a term. You slowly get used to living within its restrictions. You do your best to stay positive. But you constantly dream of escaping.

@resiapretorius @PutrinoLab Thank you thank you for all the work you do. I will not give up.

On this eve of the new year, I wish you a blessed and healthy 2023. My wish for you, if you are suffering from LongCOVID or ME/CFS; or if you are caring for someone, is to never give up. A special shout-out to all my #TeamClots collaborators - you all rock! We will not give up.