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  1. I am amazed your friend needed only a year to feel fully recovered. Did she lose much weight during her ordeal?

  2. parker:

    She did get quite thin, but gained it back (and a little more!) in considerably less than a year.

    Much of her hair fell out, as well, and then grew back.

    She was mostly very weak for many many months.

  3. At 87 and with idiopathic tachycardia along with slight anemia, I would be at great risk if I get pneumonia. The decrease in oxygen would drive my heart to pump faster to make up the deficit. They could give me meds to slow my heart rate, but once my O2 levels decreased to a certain level the anemia would start affecting my kidneys. At that point there would probably be no turning back.

    If I’m infected, my best chance is to get treated with Hydroxychloroquine (if it is truly effective) before my breathing becomes too labored. Ideally I should be treated when I am still only experiencing a fever and sore throat. Considering how difficult it is to get tested, I have my doubts about getting treated expeditiously. Scares the bejabbers out of me. I’m being careful as I can, but I’m not losing sleep. It’s been a long and enjoyable life. No one lives forever.

  4. I know of a case earlier this winter where a woman’s heart was so damaged by bronchitis that she died of it.

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