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…
The End Of Long Covid
Yesterday I stepped out of my house to get my mail and smelled gingerbread in the air. A sign of summer ending in my neighborhood! I happen to live near a bakery factory where the famous Swedish Mor Annas gingerbread cookies are produced and each year, at the end of summer, the wind carries the…
Fully Vaxxed - Where Is The Confetti
I had somehow expected confetti. Bubbly drinks and happy songs. Suddenly seeing the world in brighter colors… Getting fully vaxxed is nothing like that. Funny how the mind works! I now have hybrid protection against covid-19. Never heard that expression before but we all have gained a lot of new words since the pandemic started…
First Vaccine Shot: What Happened To Me
So there I sat in the passenger side of our car on the parking lot outside Sweden’s largest vaccination center, about to go in and get my first vaccination shot. My body was shaking, I couldn’t see or hear clearly, I was crying, looked at my husband and said: I’m so afraid right now. I’m…
Vaccine Envy
A week ago I went out for a walk and forgot my phone. Well, that actually isn’t quite true: I deliberately left my phone at home. As it turns out, the park behind my house is filled with birds who sing their hearts out every day but I never hear it because I always 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…