Christmas can be magical… but navigating chronic illness makes that harder. This episode explores the hidden labour, the energy budgeting, and the emotional weight of big occasions when your body doesn’t cooperate.

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I recorded something a bit personal this week. Some friends visited recently and reminded me that I’ve made progress this year. I have a little bit more energy, capacity, and can do things I genuinely couldn’t have done twelve months ago.

But there’s a tension there, isn’t there? As soon as we say “I’ve improved,” people hear “I’m getting better and it’s never that simple.

If you’re living with Long Covid or any chronic condition, you’ll get this one. ”

Hope it helps someone feel a little less alone today.

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It’s the 50th episode of Life with Long Covid — and what better way to celebrate than by talking about the most baffling, bizarre, and frankly ridiculous symptoms long Covid throws at us?

In this episode, I explore the strange side of chronic illness: the jelly legs, the electric zaps, the temperature chaos, the sensory weirdness, and that moment when you forget why you opened the fridge in the first place. If it’s odd, unpredictable, or impossible to describe… I will probably cover it.

Episode 50 is all about validation —Life can be exhausting and sometimes the only way to cope with these ridiculous symptoms is to talk and laugh about them together.

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