This page is for you who has covid-19 as well as you who is healthy and would like to read a personal story about how this virus can affect a person, both physically and mentally. My name is Nanda and I believe in the power of sharing, vulnerability and honesty. From this space I have…
Hope
Today is the Swedish national holiday Valborgsmässoafton which celebrates the arrival of spring. I like having a day to celebrate springtime, especially after this particular winter. It’s been dark, it’s been cold, it’s been challenging. But now the light has returned, and not only weather-wise. These days, at least on the outside, it looks a…
First-Waver: How I Feel Today
Spring has arrived and I spent many hours this past week with my hands in the ground of my garden, clearing it of dried leaves and dead branches. If you don’t know me you will read this as a normal sentence. But if you know me, you probably have to read it one more time…
My Covidversary
It’s been a year. A whole year of my life. Happy covidversary to me. Exactly one year ago I was so acutely ill that I thought I was going to die. And here I am, 52 weeks later, feeling fragile and super strong at the same time. I have moved from counting minutes, to counting…
Stillness
Current status: my lungs still give me trouble and tiredness stays connected to it. Some days are better, some days are worse. It’s been 11 months now, every day coming a day closer to the one year-mark. That feels weird, a whole year of symptoms caused by a virus that most people shake off in…
The Light And Darkness Of Long Covid
Since December 21st 2020 we have gained over an hour of daylight per day already here in Sweden and I couldn’t be happier. Somehow however, I am the type of person who doesn’t fully understand that the dark days are over until we’re well into the middle of say, May. Or June even. I’m not…