Two New York City residents battling long COVID share their unique experiences with the lingering condition to provide a sense of hope for other long haulers or people who may be enduring similar symptoms
Matthew Boyd, 32, lives on the Lower East Side with his fiancée, Lauren. Boyd was sick with COVID-19 twice in 2020 -- before and after vaccination -- and underwent numerous hospitalizations.
After recovering from both coronavirus infections, Boyd has non-specific lesions in the brain and suffers various post-COVID impacts like brain fog, full-body hives, and nerve-tingling sensations. At one point, he took 43 pills a day as supplements, including trying Chinese herbal medicines.While improvement and next steps are constantly on Boyd's mind, he believes in telling his story to help others cope with the related illness.
"If you have symptoms that you've never heard of before, doesn't mean that yours aren't real. COVID has its own agenda for everybody. A lot of people are asymptomatic that are fine or people die. I've had everything from hypertension to psychosis, so just know what you're feeling is real," said Boyd.
This story is part of a series,"Living with Coronavirus For the Long Haul," following long COVID experts and patients during the two-year pandemic anniversary.
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