An Unexpected Journey: The Lived Experiences of Patients with Long-Term Cognitive Sequelae After Recovering from COVID-19, 2022, Loft et al

Abstract

This current study explored the lived experiences of patients with long-term cognitive sequelae after recovering from COVID-19. A qualitative design with in-depth interviews and an analysis inspired by Ricoeur’s interpretation theory was utilised. Contracting COVID-19 and suffering long-term sequelae presented as a life-altering event with significant consequences for one’s social, psychological and vocational being in the world in the months following the infection. Patients living with long-term cognitive sequelae after COVID-19 were in an unknown life situation characterised by feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and concerns about the future, significantly disrupting their life trajectory and forcing them to change their ways of life. While awaiting studies on treatment, symptom management and recovery after persistent sequelae of COVID-19, clinicians and researchers may find inspiration in experiences of other health conditions with similar phenomenology, such as ME/chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic headaches.

Paywall, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10497323221099467

 

I doubt it's inspiration they'll find.

 

For sure they find inspiration in not letting this happen, know what is awaiting them if it's allowed to happen. This is comically out of touch, although maybe it's just a terrible title and the rest is OK.

On the hand, ironically, they find inspiration in that people do recover naturally from it, which of course completely renders meaningless the entire body of research on rehabilitation and all the silly claims that clinics make. And makes the entire profession look clownish for being unable to see the bloody obvious.

They definitely find inspiration, and all of it is bad, the desperate kind of inspiration. Like the kind of inspiration people find when your jackass boat captain burns all the boats so you are not able to go home even if you wanted to. Or seeing your fellow prisoners disappear one by one and finding the inspiration to escape at all costs.