Prolonged brain fog means Marcus Whitehead has had to retire early from his high-powered city job.
Marcus was unable to keep warm while ill with long Covid - this was a rare moment out of bed in summer 2020Three years ago, the first patients to develop long Covid began reporting debilitating symptoms. A recent survey suggested 14% of people with the illness have since lost their jobs.
Marcus, who lives in Harpenden, feels a "sense of loss" at retiring early and losing his mental agility. "I was no longer who I was," he says.It was in April 2020 that Marcus first developed symptoms of Covid-19. Marcus also suffered "fierce organ pain" and intense headaches, spending the following three months in bed.Marcus managed to attend his daughter's wedding, needing a walking stick, but suffered a relapse afterwards
"I'm very fortunate to have a lot of health back. But it's been quite a dramatic change in what I expected of that decade up to my early sixties," he says.found 14% of them had lost their jobs for reasons connected to the condition., 20% feel significantly limited in their ability to undertake day-to-day activities, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Claire believes Marcus's story highlights a significant need for "urgent research" into the "debilitating condition".
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