In this episode Hannah discusses the tools & treatments she's been using since she quit work in November 2024 to focus on recovery, and the progress she's made as a result.

Resources mentioned:

The Optimum Health Clinic: https://www.theoptimumhealthclinic.com/begin-your-journey 

The Waking Up Meditation App: https://www.wakingup.com

Me + app: https://enerjoy.life/me-plus/

I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You - Miranda Hart

Decode Your Fatigue - Alex Howard

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In this episode Katya talks about her experience so far as a mum-to-be with long covid, and Hannah shares the findings from her research on the impact of long covid in pregnancy.

Links to the articles Hannah found most helpful from her research into long covid & pregnancy:

https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/br.2024.1893 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11059432/

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In this episode, Katya & Hannah speak to Gez Medinger, co-author of the Long Covid Handbook, to find out what he's been up to since we last spoke in February 2023. 

We discuss Gez's journey to recovery, his motivation to keep trying, medically supervised fasting, the state of Long Covid research, attitudes to long covid and more.

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It's been almost a full year since our last episode, so we thought we'd do a catch up!

In this episode, recorded in March 2025, we find out how Hannah has been getting on. We discuss relapse, the impact of illness on our relationships, Hannah's decision to quit work, what Hannah is doing now to improve her health, and more!

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In which Hannah and Katya set out to discuss the impact that Long Covid has had on their identities,  and briefly stray off topic to complain about periods and reminisce on university crushes.

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A short update from Katya & two new recommendations

Visible band & app:
https://www.makevisible.com/

Breathwrks app:
https://www.breathwrk.com/

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In which Katya & Hannah discuss black hole thoughts, the healing powers of time, and the emotional rollercoaster that is life with long covid / fibromyalgia.

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In which Katya gives Hannah a call to tell her long covid/christmas-themed jokes.

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In which Hannah shares her remarkably thorough period emergency kit (parents of teenage girls take note) and describes how covid turned her periods upside down (and inside out and all over the place) Katya listens in sympathetic horror.
 

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In which Hannah & Katya discuss the dreaded word 'progress' and Hannah gets a little nerdy!

If you're interested, you can read Katya's article in Cosmopolitan here:
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a44283736/long-covid-recovery/

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