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I can't remember (insert Long Covid cognition joke) who said it that "nothing makes you appreciate living than nearly dying"--or maybe I was the one that said it back in 2014 when I crashed in a...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2024/02/long-covid-turbo-cancer-and-fast-car.html

I don't quite get it. I've given up on "can't we all get along," but don't quite understand how the Long Covid community has veered off onto such an ugly course. I get it. Of all people, I get it...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2023/09/its-mad-mad-mad-mad-long-covid-world.html

What is it with Slate and their minimization and downright dismissal of Long Covid? If I didn't know any better, there has to be a similar "yarn on the corkboard" connection to PAC money or the l...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2023/08/slate-long-covid-hate.html

Good Lord. Where do I start? There are two twitter storms within the Long Covid community stirring up quite a bit of dust; one being tensions boiling over with division starting to happen to wh...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2023/05/the-dirty-dozen-symptoms-of-long-covid.html

UPDATED: April 2023.  Continuing to add more recent work at the top. Chronological art further below as noted.  Mango Mussolini pretended Covid didn't exist. Joe Biden is now pretending it's ...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/10/the-art-of-long-covid.html

We've jumped the shark. Despite people continuing to die from Covid-19 and more people facing permanent disability with #longcovid, Joe Biden and the good 'ole US of A is ending the public health...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2023/04/day-of-living-dead.html

If you've followed my blog or twitter , you've perhaps seen one or both of my #longcovid "Mean Tweets  videos." Both have featured the "king of gaslighting" Vinay Prasad of UCSF. On Friday, I...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2023/02/vinay-conspiracy-bear.html

UPDATED: (February 26, 2023) Added #LongCovid Mean Tweets Second edition with a return appearance from Dr. Seuss (aka #saunastalker.)    For those fans of Jimmy Kimmel and his "Mean Tweets"...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/12/mean-tweets-long-covid-edition.html

The California Department of Public Health put out a "propaganda video" titled "Test It, Treat It, You Can Beat It." Absolutely shocking that a State as large as California that "leans left" woul...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2023/02/ignore-it-get-it-regret-it.html

UPDATE (February 2023.) Working with a law firm, I have been notified that I have been approved for Social Security Disability. My "Notice of Award" has not arrived but I received notice from my ...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/08/navigating-choppy-waters-of-long-covid.html

I had an online twitter friend post a question last night, "People don't talk about Covid because________?"  My reply was simply a non-flattering image of "TFG." The same day, news broke that...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2023/01/diamond-in-sky.html

From the creative group at Seeking Boston Marathon, I present to you a timeless classic holiday film, Love Actually sliiightly different. Long Covid Actually. Enjoy!

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/12/long-covid-actually-love-actually.html

At my fifth "home" this year as a vagabond moving around as we rented out our home to cover some finances due to Long Covid, I was having my morning coffee with my wife and brother-in-law. Marc s...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/11/long-covid-brain-fog-is-not-fog-its.html

Once again, it's that time of year in the United States when families gather for Thanksgiving. For those of us with Long Covid, it potentially brings a layer of anxiety as getting another round o...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/11/thanksgiving-toast-cheat-sheet-2022.html

#DollyHelpLongCovid Well hello Dolly. The word is spreading like wildfire on the internet that Jeff Bezos is giving you $100M for charity. I know you likely already have your designated chariti...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/11/dolly-parton-please-help-long-covid.html

This one's tough. Last night, word started coming across the twitter feed on my phone that Julie Powell died unexpectedly at the young age of 49 due to cardiac arrest. I immediately wondered if ...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/11/goodbye-julie-julia.html

Some stories seem made up. This is not one of them.  As you've followed my journey, this year has certainly been a "hold my beer" nine months having lost both my parents in February and May. W...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/09/evergreen-rose.html

After my third day of Long Covid IVIG (Intravenous immune globulin which is a product made up of antibodies given intravenously to boost the immune system) in my second round of infusions (four d...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/09/dear-director-walensky-please-do.html

In today's post, I won't bemoan my symptoms other than to say my shortness of breath, brain fog, and chest "madness" all seem worse than they were three months ago and certainly one year ago. Wit...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/07/you-want-good-news-or-bad-news.html

Last night Seeking Boston's "crack" research team (also known as Mrs. Seeking Boston) sent me an article  ("How Long Covid Exhausts the Body") from Josh Keller of the New York Times. As I slowl...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/06/how-long-covid-exhausts-my-body.html

This has been the toughest post yet to try and put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. Especially approaching the first Mother's Day without my mom. My mom who was one of my biggest fans passe...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/05/fifty-things-i-forgot-to-thank-my-mom.html

Back in my running days, I'd occasionally post "Meme Monday" that usually (at least tried to) post something inspirational regarding running, training, or chasing the unicorn (Boston Marathon .) ...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/04/meme-monday-i-dont-like-mondays.html

There's a fine line between constantly bitching about something and reporting what's accurate in my world. Unfortunately, the later looks more like the former.  Aside from my Long Covid "heali...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/03/long-covid-seventy-two-hours.html

Sorry for the lapse in my long covid updates. The last six weeks have been rough having lost my mother unexpectedly in February due to a massive stroke and dealing with my dad who has dementia an...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/03/dear-pete-why-did-you-sell-my-mortgage.html

I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire. I Went Down, Down, Down, And The Flames Went Higher. And It Burns, Burns, Burns, The Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash) There is no shortage of perplexing symptoms w...

http://www.seekingbostonmarathon.com/2022/01/i-fell-into-burning-ring-of-fire.html