{"id":30326,"date":"2021-03-31T08:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T07:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=30326"},"modified":"2021-03-31T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T07:06:30","slug":"video-diagnosed-with-me-attending-long-covid-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/video-diagnosed-with-me-attending-long-covid-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Diagnosed with ME, attending long COVID clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Long Covid: ‘It’s like someone has piled sandbags on top of me’<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Reece caught coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in March 2020, but like many twenty-somethings, he wasn’t hospitalised overnight.<\/p>\n

What he thought would be a mild illness became a protracted nightmare with his partner Alice becoming his carer.<\/p>\n

Months after his initial infection, he was diagnosed with CFS\/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) by his GP and referred to a specialist. His CFS\/ME consultant later confirmed his CFS\/ME symptoms were a form of ‘long Covid’ and referred him to a long Covid clinic [England].<\/p>\n

Watch the BBC video <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0March 30, 20212<\/i><\/p>\n

Video Journalist: Lorna Acquah\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/i>Executive producer: Kate Forbes<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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