The Long COVID Survival Guide, Fiona Lowenstein
The Long COVID Survival Guide, Fiona Lowenstein
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The Long COVID Survival Guide
How to Take Care of Yourself and What Comes Next Stories and Advice from Twenty Long-Haulers and Experts

Author: Fiona Lowenstein

Narrator: Sara Sheckells, Lisa Reneé Pitts

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/17/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Medical


Synopsis

The first patient-to-patient guide for people living with Long COVID—with expert advice and an afterword by the leading research scientist

For people living with Long COVID, navigating the uncharted territory of this new chronic illness can be challenging. With over two hundred unique symptoms, and with doctors continuing to work toward a cure, people experiencing Long COVID are often left with more questions than answers.

A support group in book form, The Long COVID Survival Guide is here to help. Twenty contributors—from award-winning journalists, neuroscientists, and patient-researchers to corporate strategists, activists, and artists—share their stories and insight on topics including: getting diagnosed; finding a caregiver; confronting medical racism and gaslighting; navigating employment issues; dealing with fatigue and brain fog; caring for your mental health; and more.

This vital resource provides the answers and reassurance you need, to live with and heal from Long COVID.

About Fiona Lowenstein

Fiona Lowenstein is an award-winning journalist, producer, speaker, and the founder of Body Politic, a grassroots patient-led health justice organization. They live in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kayli on May 12, 2023

As a Covid Longhauler, I cannot recommend this book enough! If you are to only read one book on the Long Covid experience & management of symptoms, it should be this one. Unlike other ones I've perused, this book compiles chapters written by patients themselves, and isn't afraid to confront the real......more

Goodreads review by akemi on February 05, 2025

This is such an important snapshot of history and hegemony in the making. I was in Aotearoa when the pandemic hit and there was surprisingly little misinformation being spread by our government. At one point, when we had a mask shortage, the official statement was that masks were unproven as an effe......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 21, 2024

Such an important addition to books on chronic illness moving forward. Recent statistics from the World Health Organization states 10–20% of people infected with COVID-19 are likely to develop long COVID. As infections continue, you or someone you know may one day need this book, whether for awarene......more

Goodreads review by Cassie on January 30, 2025

Practical, hopeful, insightful. I will be returning to this book often as I continue on my Long Covid journey. Everyone who loves someone with LC also needs to read it!......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on November 26, 2022

If you’re only going to read one book this year, make it this one. The mass disabling covid19 pandemic is still on a low boil out there.......more