The long COVID survival guide: how to take care of yourself and what comes next

All you need is one person: the birth of a patient community (and what to expect from this book) / Fiona Lowenstein

It wasn't the beans and rice: fighting biased health care systems with community care / Karla Monterroso

Standing tall (and sitting right back down): living with Dysautonomia / Heather Hogan

COVID can't be outpaced: learning radical rest and pacing / Pato Hebert

With disability, comes rights: navigating the financial impacts of COVID-19 / Letícia Soares, Alison Sbrana, and Karyn Bishof

The long haul of undeniable need: finding a caregiver / Chimére L. Smith

The obstacle course: obtaining a diagnosis / Rachel Robles, Dona Kim Murphey, MD, PhD, and David Putrino, PhD

Down in the well, we will mourn and sing: surviving mental illness / Morgan Stephens

Am I making any sense?: navigating cognitive dysfunction / Terri L. Wilder, MSW, and Yochai Re'em, MD

Not the only one: talking about menstrual issues / Monique Jackson

Gut instincts: finding peer-to-peer support / Padma Priya

Knowledge Is power: navigating long COVID research / Lisa McCorkell

Such a powerful love: disabled and chronically ill people and our long fight for justice / JD Davids and Naina Khanna

Afterword / Akiko Iwasaki, PhD

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About the contributors

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