Three years ago, I quit my job and moved with my husband and our two teenagers from Stockholm to a little village by the sea in Spain. My intention was very clear at the time: I wanted to know what would happen in my life if I stopped all doing and started just being. This…
Healing From Long Covid
Today marks the start of week 18 for me, day 126. I’m happy to write that a lot of my symptoms have disappeared. What’s left is chest pain, some gastrointestinal problems and a general tiredness (but not fatigue/exhaustion). I’m able to walk a bit longer every day and even have energy to also do some…
Resilient Surfer
Fighter, warrior. Victim, sufferer. I have noticed that these words are sometimes used to describe people who have covid-19 (or any other health condition really). Somehow, as a person with long-haul covid-19, I don’t identify with any of these words. Even more: I feel a resistance towards them. I really don’t like anyone calling me…
Life of a Long-Hauler
The last day I wore jeans or a bra was the 12th of March.It’s official: I have become braless yoga pant-woman. On my walk the other day I was passed by two people in the park behind my house because apparently they felt I was walking too slowly. The noticeable thing about this? They were…
The Guesthouse
I have recently started to take a small walk on my street every day. Normally, walking this distance would take me about five minutes but today the same walk takes me 15 minutes. I have never looked at my neighbors’ gardens so closely before! It’s really quite fascinating, the level of detail in nature I…