This page is for you who has covid-19 as well as you who is healthy and would like to read a personal story about how this virus can affect a person, both physically and mentally. My name is Nanda and I believe in the power of sharing, vulnerability and honesty. From this space I have…
The Social Dilemma Of Long Covid
How do I know which information about covid-19 and Long Covid is true? This is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot. In the early weeks of my Long Covid-journey I remember a friend strongly urging me to drink liters of water every day because it will flush out the virus from my body.…
The Gift Of Long Covid
Somebody recently asked me a few specific questions about my experience with Long Covid and I suddenly heard myself answer her: I believe Long Covid is one of the biggest gifts of my life. Just so you know, I totally understand if you find this statement offensive or provocative especially if you are ill yourself.…
Long Covid: My Tips And Insights
During Week 9 of my covid-19 journey I experienced a brief moment when I thought I was healthy again. Looking back at it today, I felt I had some minor symptoms left in my body but they were so small compared to how I had been feeling that I ignored their existence and started living…
Shell-shocked
Day 157. There has yet to come a day where I declare myself 100% symptom-free but I’m getting closer and closer! My experience of covid-19 and its after-effects are still affecting my days, both mentally and physically (a chest pain/’tight chest’ and tiredness still remain in my body). A part of me feels like a…
Greetings From Noisy Village
In 1947, two years after she published Pippi Longstocking, the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren wrote The Children of Noisy Village (Alla Vi Barn i Bullerbyn in Swedish / De Kinderen van Bolderburen in Dutch). The book is about a girl called Lisa who lives in a house in between two other houses. The three houses…