Help Alison Recover From COVID

I’m shaking as I write this, because I hate asking for help, know I’m not the only one struggling, and it’s causing me more anxiety then I know how to describe..

BUT! It’s time, because I need help. And I can’t allow pride or fear of being judged stop me.

On 11/11/2021 I was diagnosed with COVID. After completing my quarantine, I was kept off for a few additional because I was not healing. I finally returned to work on Black Friday, but was put on stock duty, which included heavy lifting. I left after coughing up blood, and then passing out.

I went back to Urgent Care the night of 11/27/2021, where I was diagnosed with Long COVID and developing bronchitis, was given more medications and steroids, and told to follow up with my PCP. The following day, 11/28/2021, I again had a coughing fit so bad I passed out and went to ER. The ER Dr told me I needed to be on light duty, to which my employer responded that they could not accommodate.

Fast forward to now, I have depleted the money I had saved. I started a new job, worked one day, then ended up back in bed with a fever. A teledoc Dr advised I rest, take the additional prescribed medication and follow up with a PCP, and may need to be on disability as I heal. I haven’t been able to get into a PCP here, as I don’t have one yet. I’ve been trying, but have not been able to get into a PCP.

Now sit here, in fear of losing everything, especially my health insurance and medications needed. I have no benefits because this happened only a month in to a new job. Unemployment was denied because I was on Short Term Disability in January of this year, due to a breast cancer scare.

I have a variety of underlying health issues, which are impeding my progress and healing. Asthma attacks have been horrible, I already deal with chronic fatigue due to lupus, and this is the worst it’s ever been.

I have an amazing fiancé who has helped me a lot, but he financially can not entirely support me.

So here I am, swallowing my pride, and asking for help.

If you can’t donate anything, I entirely understand, but prayers and love would also be incredibly helpful and is just as important.