40 - Dr Boon Lim - autonomic dysfunction, the heart & Long Covid

Episode 122 of the Long Covid Podcast welcomes back the wonderful Professor Louise Cummings to talk about her follow-up study into the cognitive & linguistic difficulties in adults with Long Covid and also looking at employment outcomes for those people.

This is a hugely enlightening discussion, covering a lot of information - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

My previous episode with Louise: Episode 18 with more details about Louise's original study

Testimonials:
Samantha Berry, 52 years old:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EFP3EKgWKhQqKTK8TmWcI9vZldu-jlkm/view?usp=drivesdk

Neal Sandwell, 53 years old:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uhxujOe6Do5pVfDoWufmZeympGy4TMwU/view?usp=drivesdk

Sarah Thomas-West, 51 years old:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b0AYoR4pjqFAMsLmeZgEZMWLKOQWMVq8/view?usp=drivesdk

Publications:

Original study:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003257318-5/cognitive-linguistic-difficulties-adults-long-covid-louise-cummings?context=ubx&refId=9d0f2ed6-b33d-4696-9ab4-cc323f95ff0e

Follow-up study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949903823000325

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Episode 121 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Fatigue Coach Pamela Rose about those difficult conversations that can come up time and time again. We chat through some of her experiences and how they have led her to be able to work with & help people.

And we also dive into those difficult conversations - which ones tend to come up most often, and how can we best handle them?

Follow Pamela on Facebook & Instagram 

Website: https://www.pamelarose.co.uk

Courses and webinars: https://pamelarose.podia.com

Pamela's 1-1 time is often full. This group class starting 14th March is the quickest (& cheapest) way to work with her:  https://www.pamelarose.co.uk/4weekrescue

Pamela has kindly given a discount code for her courses & webinars for listeners of the podcast - use LCPOD at the checkout to get 15% off.

For more information about Long Covid Breathing, their courses, workshops & other shorter sessions, please check out this link

(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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Episode 120 of the Long Covid Podcast welcomes the wonderful Dr Mark Faghy back to the podcast for a long awaited catch-up on all the research he's been involved in at Derby Uni, but also info on the first anti-viral Long Covid clinical trial - in the UK, if not the world!

https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/showcase/long-covid-research/

Episode #103 with Amy Proal on Viral Persistence

Episode #36 with Mark when we first spoke, back in early 2022.

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(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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Episode 119 of the Long Covid Podcast is a fascinating discussion with Ewa Beldzik and Daniel Gomez about the Long Covid study they are doing involving MRI and mapping the brain during tasks.

We dive a load into the study and it's absolutely amazing!

A link to enroll in the study 

And their email for any questions: MGHLCOVID@MGB.ORG

For more information about Long Covid Breathing, their courses, workshops & other shorter sessions, please check out this link

(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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The Long Covid Podcast is self-produced & self funded. If you enjoy what you hear and are able to, please Buy me a coffee or purchase a mug to help cover costs.

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Episode 118 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Dr Sarah Myhill about her experiences of working with people with ME/CFS and now Long Covid. We chat through her treatment protocol and some ideas to help that are practical & cheap - an important factor!

Dr Myhill's website

Books:
- chronic fatigue book
- paleoketogenic diet
- ecological medicene
- Underactive thyroid book

Dr Rachel Brown MetPsy

For more information about Long Covid Breathing, their courses, workshops & other shorter sessions, please check out this link

(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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The Long Covid Podcast is self-produced & self funded. If you enjoy what you hear and are able to, please Buy me a coffee or purchase a mug to help cover costs.

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Episode 117 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the wonderful Leela O'Brien about her experiences with Long Covid and what she has learned about herself in the process. A big takeaway from this is the "what can we do" and that we don't need to wait to be healed before trying to find ways to enjoy life, even if they are not what we wanted or expected.

Personal website & info about her coaching business: https://www.leelaobrien.com

Leela's wellness & outdoor adventure blog: https://www.therealleel.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leelaeobrien

My Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor

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(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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Episode 116 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with the fabulous Dr Claire Taylor. We take a dive into her previous experience which led her to Long Covid, and also to some of the common trends & useful strategies she is seeing with her patients.

Claire Taylor Twitter
Claire Taylor Website
Claire Taylor Instagram

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(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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The Long Covid Podcast is self-produced & self funded. If you enjoy what you hear and are able to, please Buy me a coffee or purchase a mug to help cover costs.

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Episode 115 of the Long Covid Podcast welcomes back CEO of Dysautonomia International Lauren Stiles to chat about research into Dysautonomia, and how this is relevant to Long Covid.

This is a fascinating discussion, which dives back into research pre-Covid that is (or should be) informing research happening now. We also take a look at trials and studies happening now - and why they are important.

Dysautonomia International Website: http://www.DysautonomiaInternational.org
Dysautonomia International's Long COVID Research Fund: longcovidresearchfund.org
Dysautonomia-informed doctors: http://www.DysautonomiaInternational.org/doctors
Dysautonomia Support: DysautonomiaInternational.org/support
Episode 66 - my first interview with Lauren

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(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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Episode 114 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Sarah about her recovery from Long Covid. Sarah is a yoga teacher who is now teaching yoga classes to help people with Long Covid, as well as running her own podcast focused on recovery stories. 

We chat through Sarah's experiences, what helped her to recover and what life looks like now.

http://www.LearnitLive.com/longhaulyogi - regular Yoga for Long Covid Zoom classes online

Longhaulyogi.subkit.com - Yoga for Long Covid OnDemand content

Instagram.com/longhaulyogi - main social media 
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/long-covid-hope-podcast/id1667250841
Dr Myhill: https://www.drmyhill.co.uk/

For more information about Long Covid Breathing, their courses, workshops & other shorter sessions, please check out this link

(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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The Long Covid Podcast is self-produced & self funded. If you enjoy what you hear and are able to, please Buy me a coffee or purchase a mug to help cover costs.

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Episode 113 of the Long Covid Podcast is an incredible showcase of creativity inspired by Long Covid. These wonderful talented people have shared so many different varieties of creativity and it was such a joy to witness.

Links to all the participants are below - please do check them out - and all the visual elements - paintings, collages, crochet & nail art are on the website creativity page - check this out because it's amazing! Not only does it have this years' participants, but the previous two as well.

Louise - poem

Juliana - paintings 
IG jtbgart
Facebook

Vee  - @vaveenails on insta, facebook & TikTok

Skyeris - website
Book available here
Instagram

Wendy - collages FB page

Miriam Pasquier - crochet instagram page link

Ann Wallace - "Days of pressure & fog" "Ties that bind" "Synesthesia"
Website (including info about upcoming book release)
The WildStory: A Podcast of Poetry & Plants episode discussing Long Covid poetry
Follow on Insta/threads, Twitter & FB

Jess

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(music - Brock Hewitt, Rule of Life)

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The Long Covid Podcast is self-produced & self funded. If you enjoy what you hear and are able to, please Buy me a coffee or purchase a mug to help cover costs.

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