I was a happy and healthy 27 year old when the COVID-19 pandemic started.  After a brief acute COVID infection, I continued exercising, cooking and connecting virtually with friends as the world remained on lockdown.  After several months, I began to notice an overwhelming feeling of flu-like fatigue after exercise.  As time went on, this same reaction would happen from sitting or standing for too long, driving, or even taking walks.  Despite seeing over 20 doctors, specialists, and alternative medicine providers, the only concrete information I was able to get was a formal POTS diagnosis and speculation about whether my other symptoms were a result of Long Covid or ME/CFS.

After essentially seeing every medical specialist and doing every test possible, I had not found any form of relief and was largely bedbound, only able to walk to the end of the block and back.  Walking was the only thing I had ever been able to influence throughout these 2+ years, at one point working up to walking almost a mile before side effects from a new treatment brought me back to square one.  So in early 2023, I decided to take a slower, more gradual approach to recovery that leveraged a mixture of the lessons I learned in the Primal Trust program and a lot of trial and error to build up my capacity over time.  By June 2023, I was finally able to walk a mile and over the remainder of the year, I started sitting up, driving, and even eating in restaurants.  

In the time since, I have continued to expand my capacity to do more - going on longer drives, getting more exercise, and even leaving home for a few days for a work trip.  In addition to my slow-and-steady approach, I’ve been exploring a variety of new and emerging treatments such as Epipharyngeal Abrasive Therapy, nicotine patches, craniosacral therapy, and more. While my journey isn’t over just yet, I’m feeling stronger and more confident than ever, which led me to start offering free mentoring to a handful of clients in 2024.  Health sponsorship truly benefits both the client and the sponsor, and I see this work not only as a way to give back, but also as a way to keep growing and evolving the knowledge I’ve gained throughout this long and often confusing experience.  My goal is to be the resource I wished I had in the early days of my illness and to inspire others to do the same.

To learn more about my story, check out my interview with Raelan Agle below.