‘Tell me about that colleague’: long COVID, narrative medicine, and a remarkable conversation

[摘要] This is an account of a remarkable conversation the two of us had in December 2021 during an online workshop in narrative medicine. We had never met before.Maria Victoria Bovo writes: I’m a 37-year- old mother, wife, and paediatrician working in Spain. Now I’m also a ‘long COVID patient’. It has been more than a year since my first acute symptoms of COVID-19 appeared, and I’m still tired, breathless, and suffering from headaches and ‘brain fog’, which has reduced my attention span, concentration, and memory. These symptoms are incapacitating me both personally, in interactions with my family, and professionally, as I cannot resume my job. I have written an account of my experiences for Health Affairs called ‘Long Covid: Making the Invisible Visible’.1 I have also recorded this as a podcast.

[学科分类] 卫生学