Covid-19 Awareness & Support

What is the definition of long Covid? The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in June (2024) released a comprehensive definition of long Covid: "an infection-associated chronic condition that occurs after Covid-19 infection and is present for at least 3 months as a continuous, relapsing and remitting, or progressive disease that affects one or more organ systems." According to AARP Bulleting (September 2024 issue), according to that definition, 18 million Americans have experienced long Covid; currently more than 1 in 20 of us are living with its symptoms. Researchers have begun to link long-term Covid with another recent phenomenon: our shrinking life expectancy.  Some people that were interviewed by AARP Bulletin (September 2024 issue) that experienced long Covid: (All of what you're about to read is copied word for word from the AARP Bulletin (September 2024 issue): Chrissy Bernal has caught Covid-19 three times, most recently in October 2023. &q

According to AARP Bulletin (September 2024) issue, if you test positive for Covid, you should remain isolated until you've been symptom-free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications, according to the CDC. Their next advice after (what I provided above) 👆 for the next 5 days (after you test positive for Covid), should be things you should be doing anyway (even if you didn't test positive for Covid) they say to practice social distancing, wear a mask around others, ventilate your home if possible, and wash your hands especially if you're around older adults.

 I had to take a picture of this when I was in the bathroom at the Fred Meyer in Tacoma, WA: This is a picture of the travel soap that I carry in my wallet/purse (see picture below). It's compact & perfect to use when you're at places that are out of soap.  See the picture (below) of what the soap looks like (when I open the container of the travel soap):

  Photographed (above) is the back to school drive box in the front entrance of their store (right in front of the cash registers toward the right when you enter the store). My visit to that store (the visit before my last), I donated hand sanitizer that I got from the Dollar Tree in Graham, WA (photographed below). The hand sanitizer is good quality (70% alcohol or higher is your goal for using any hand sanitizer) which you can see it says that on the outside of the packaging (see photo below).  It's also nice that it comes with a little lanyard clip for a student to clip on their back pack or keys. Obviously I want to be donating/want others to be donating hand sanitizer for this drive because let's keep the kids & our community sick free. 🙂

The Breather (BELOW) is a drug free way to exercise your lungs (I used several times a day when recovering from Covid). It has different levels of resistance that you work up to (similar to how one would when using hand weights when exercising). You can adjust the "inhale" and "exhale" resistance levels on the device to your comfort level. You have to wash the Breather daily with soap and water (I used dish soap & dish sponge) and you can wipe it down (however, letting it air dry like you would dishes, for example) lets it dry in the interior so when you use next you won't be sucking in water drops (when inhaling in & out). I could notice the difference when it was still wet on the inside (even when exhaling with the Breather if it was wet). There's a short video you can watch (paperwork including tracking your "reps" the amount of inhale & exhales [breaths] you take with the Breather to ensure that you're using correctly) that you

To assist with the long-term breathing problems I had when recovering from Covid, I took a picture of the leftover different types of lung teas I still have in my pantry (BELOW). I liked the "Lung Soother" (tea that's pictured in the middle of the other teas) best with regard to taste especially after letting it steep for awhile (when the taste of the tea intensifies) it's still good. These teas were bought off of Amazon. The price of the Lung Soother tea was in the $6 range. I have this leftover Mucus Relief Maximum Strength tablets (BELOW) from when I had Covid. I don't think they did much, but when I checked the expiration on it today (it's still good until 3/2025). I won't photograph other healthy breathing supplements (tablet form) that I took as I no longer have and besides I honestly think the lung teas (which are supplements as well) are the most beneficial. Be sure to follow the instructions for the tea/(s) you choose to drink. I also won't

The one and only time that I got Covid, it lasted SO long that I didn't think I'd ever recover. Of course I was consistently praying (I pray daily in general) and thanking God for NOT only having me be 100% be pre-Covid status today, but anyone else in the world who wants and needs to be as well. If you're familiar with Joel Osteen  (you can click on the "Messages" tab on his website & listen to any one of his FREE half hour sermons), (he's a famous Christian preacher at Lakewood Church, the outskirts of Houston, Texas) he's talked about in his sermons to ask God for things "today" (I think the reason why is because you're showing God how bad you want it & that you're ready to receive what you're asking for today & not some day, for example). I remember explaining this principle to a Naturopathic Doctor that I went to a couple years ago. One of the things I asked her to do was write a prescription for me to get massage (I