@peatyRD
I didn't have COVID but I had bronchitis. But nevertheless I had symptoms after COVID which I believe would be common to long COVID such as
chronic fatigue symptoms
low RBC bordering on anemia
lower spO2
hardness of breathing
edema, expressed in ankles and belly, would be a sign I would watch out for as it would lead to heart failure
in fact, over a 2 year period I've been to the ICU twice and the ER once and each time learned more about it in order to avoid recurrence
I had to learn my own way without having to take the many drugs among which are hypertensive medication involving diuretics which would keep my lungs from being flooded with water from edema
I realized that because of having low spO2 (chronically being in the low 80s for stretches daily) led to many of my red blood cells dying, and over many months, this led to an accumulation of dead red blood cells, too much that my lymphatic system was backed up in clearing them quickly as normally they would when not overwhelmed; I still have an enlarged lymph gland sticking out my left elbow as a cyst to remind me I still have dead rbc's backed up in my lymphs; so the continual slow clearing and release of dead rbc's is the source of free iron and carbon monoxide into my bloodstream, in which the lungs would be heavily affected, as carbon monoxide would impair my breathing as it attaches to hemoglobin; the free iron would also have its negative effects w/r to the creation of oxidative stress
this analysis is however not something a doctor would tell me. this came out of my own way of making sense of Peat's writings on heme oxygenase enzyme and how it converts the even more toxic remnants of dead rbc's into the less toxic forms in free iron and carbon monoxide, which are still toxic in themselves only less
even if I were right in my analysis, I still am experimenting on using different peaty substances and devices, and even substances outside peat's province but consistent with his thinking, but so far I am benefiting from my own therapy as I no longer sleep poorly and no longer suffer from fatigue, no longer have edema from having normal spO2 levels but still have white phlegm from my throat which indicates strong immune system activity in my lungs that thankfully is being cleared out instead of blocking my breathing as thick mucus
I am however not out of the woods yet as I monitor my lung and heart health using an app on my old Samsung Galaxy S phone which has heart rate and oxygen saturation sensors. I find that on the times that correspond to the lung and liver and gallbladder on the TCM organ chart, my charts don't look good still and I'm still a work in progress.
