Workington woman's battle with Long Covid has changed her life
A year after contracting Covid-19, a Workington woman is still battling the effects of what has become known as Long Covid.
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A year after contracting Covid-19, a Workington woman is still battling the effects of what has become known as Long Covid.
The social worker is now being supported by the North Cumbria Integrated Care long COVID service. “I thought I had a cold so I was just taking it a bit easy, but then my breathing got so bad that I couldn’t take my inhaler that I use to control my asthma,” Lisa said. “Not for one minute did I think that I had COVID because I didn’t have a new persistent cough and that was the main symptom they were emphasising then. “I went to Workington hospital where they were absolutely brilliant and explained they would take a COVID test in case. The next day they told me I had tested positiv...