Profiles

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Robert

In May 2020 Robert completely lost his sense of taste and smell which profoundly affected his appetite and his daily work. His symptoms have persisted and he wonders whether his sense of smell and taste will ever return. He hasn’t…

  • Background

    Robert is a chef. He lives with his wife and primary school-aged children. He describes his ethnicity as white.

  • Age at interview 45
  • Adele

    In March 2020 Adele became unwell. Initially she had ‘textbook’ symptoms of Covid – a sore throat, temperature, cough and headache. After a week she became very unwell. After experiencing a wide range of symptoms, more recently she has been…

  • Background

    Adele lives with her partner. She worked full time as a doctor and has made a partial return to work. Adele describes her ethnicity as white.  

  • Age at interview 37
  • Jennifer

    Jennifer had Covid in March 2020. She developed symptoms of long Covid a few weeks after thinking she had recovered from Covid. It has taken over a year to begin to recover. She has found it helpful to share her…

  • Background

    Jennifer lives with her partner. She is a self-employed Sports/Remedial Massage Therapist. Jennifer describes her ethnicity as white.

  • Age at interview 45
  • Judy

    Judy has struggled to recover from long Covid for over a year at the time of the interview. She continues to experience symptoms, including post-exertional malaise, headaches and occasional breathlessness. Judy was interviewed in April 2021.

  • Background

    Judy lives her partner and 10-year-old child. She works as a university academic. Judy describes her ethnicity as white.

  • Jamie

    Jamie had cold or flu-like symptoms, but no cough, early in the pandemic (2020). He developed breathlessness and general malaise. His main challenges were getting a clear diagnosis for his illness and getting some people to take his symptoms seriously. Jamie…

  • Background

    Jamie lives with his partner and 2 year old child. He works full time as a mechanical engineer. He describes his ethnicity as white.

  • Age at interview 36
  • Adele

    In March 2020 Adele became unwell. Initially she had textbook; symptoms of Covid - a sore throat, temperature, cough and headache. After a week she became very unwell. After experiencing a wide range of symptoms, more recently she has been able to return to her work part-time. Being able to share experiences and treatment ideas with others has helped her recovery. She regrets pushing herself too soon and too much, both physically and mentally.

  • Background

    In March 2020 Adele became unwell. Initially she had textbook; symptoms of Covid - a sore throat, temperature, cough and headache. After a week she became very unwell. After experiencing...

  • Jennifer

    Jennifer had Covid in March 2020. She developed symptoms of long Covid a few weeks after thinking she had recovered from Covid. It has taken over a year to begin to recover. She has found it helpful to share her experiences with other people with long Covid.

  • Background

    Jennifer had Covid in March 2020. She developed symptoms of long Covid a few weeks after thinking she had recovered from Covid. It has taken over a year to begin...

  • Judy

    Judy has struggled to recover from long Covid for over a year at the time of the interview. She continues to experience symptoms, including post-exertional malaise, headaches and occasional breathlessness.

  • Background

    Judy has struggled to recover from long Covid for over a year at the time of the interview. She continues to experience symptoms, including post-exertional malaise, headaches and occasional breathlessness.

  • Jamie

    Jamie had cold or flu-like symptoms, but no cough, early in the pandemic (2020). He developed breathlessness and general malaise. His main challenges were getting a clear diagnosis for his illness and getting some people to take his symptoms seriously.

  • Background

    Jamie had cold or flu-like symptoms, but no cough, early in the pandemic (2020). He developed breathlessness and general malaise. His main challenges were getting a clear diagnosis for his...