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For most of February, March, April, and May of this year, I couldn’t walk across my apartment without collapsing out of breath. Long covid is scary and debilitating… I started noticing mild symptoms last June: unexplained fatigue, breathlessness, and forgetfulness. By last fall, they were bad enough that I stopped going to the gym and traveling. No more #digitalnomad 😞 And they left me stuck at home for most of this year. I opened up about it in November at Surf and Sales, and to a couple of colleagues at Lavender 💜 But otherwise, I kept it to myself. I turned down an invitation to represent a company at SaaStr last month, And I’ve been off LinkedIn, too. Just focusing on recovering. Well, I have good news! I’m feeling a lot better now! 🙌 Long story short, I made a treatment plan using research studies and anecdotes found online, and parts of it have worked wonderfully for me! I started steadily improving back in June, and I had a sudden improvement after a procedure this month. A couple of months ago, I started working part-time - only as much as I could handle each week. At first, I helped a past boss, Evan Jones, with GTM for his new company, Bonboard. I love working with Evan. Then, I started advising my friend Nishant Deshpande with his startup, OpenPitch. He has since signed their first paying clients 👏 Then, my friend Darren Fanton ✦ asked me to help with sales calls for ScreenSpace ✦ while he finalizes a big partnership. I met Darren at SaaStr last year and was happy to help out. It’s felt good to get back to work. Right now, I’m about 75% of my normal self, and improving. I still can’t go to the gym for more than 20 minutes of light lifting, but otherwise I feel great! And I’m starting to think about my next full-time role. Will I go full-time with one of these three companies? Or will I choose a larger one? I haven’t decided yet. I need to work with them more, pay attention to my health, and catch up on the state of the market. But what I do know, is that I’m ready to give more time to work, and to LinkedIn again 😊 So, hi everyone! 👋 I missed you! And I hope you’ve all had a better go of it than me lately… 🤦♂️
Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better - I had to go to the ER in July when I caught covid due to breathing problems, it's no joke! I hope you continue to have a good recovery!
I'm glad you're on the mend, Josh Norris! Welcome back to LinkedIn.
Really glad to hear you are feeling better. Cannot imagine what that's like.
I’ve missed you and your heartfelt posts!! So glad your back but most of all, soooo glad you’re feeling better!!! PS - Bummer you weren’t at SaaStr. :( I was there this year. Would have luuvvved seeing you again! 😊💖
Sorry to hear what you've gone through Josh. I hear Longvida Curcumin and EMIQ Quercetin (both are highly bioavailable/absorbable versions of their respective supplement) can help with recovery. Hope you can get back to 100% soon!
Thought this place felt different, welcome back! 💪🏼
we hear the sands of playa grande heal
I had long haul covid myself, even after 2 vaccines and a booster, and my naturopath was instrumental in my recovery. Just got another booster and I've been tired since, yuck!
Glad you are feeling good and back at it!
🇺🇸🇨🇦 Sales Guy | Former SALES @ ObviouslyAI + ENG @ Practice + SALES @ GoogleAds | Proud American-Canadian | 17 Years Sales | 10 Years SAAS | 6 Years Startups | 2 Years AI | Pro Remote Work + Hard Work
1ySo glad to hear you're feeling better. BTW if you're not already aware, organichemusic on twitter/X is a legend at collecting/presenting surveys on what's helped other pwLC recover.