In this episode, Emerson and Jessie sit down with Noah, a 23 year old former college gymnast from South Dakota, USA whose life was flipped upside down after his first COVID infection in early 2024. 

Before developing Long COVID, Noah was a fit individual, who followed a healthy lifestyle and trained regularly as an elite gymnast. He is a type one diabetic with ADHD, who knew that an infection could affect his health but never expected this sort of outcome from a single COVID infection. He developed dysautonomia, chronic fatigue, PEM, MCAS, muscle twitches, dermatographism, and an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s as some of his many longhaul symptoms. 

Desperate to find relief and return to his former life, Noah consulted specialists from multiple departments in different states who were unable to help him. Ultimately this led him to become his own “pioneer” and experiment with new and alternative treatments such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ozone therapy, nicotine patches and different infusions. These therapies have helped him improve, enabling him to return to work as a coach for his fellow gymnasts. However, as of now, he has not resumed his training as a college gymnast. 

This is only part one of Noah’s story focusing on his health developments, thanks to the treatments he was fortunate enough to access. Stay tuned for next month's episode, where we will discuss how COVID affected his ability to train as an elite athlete and forced him to medically retire at such a young age.  

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