Nightmares, sweating, fatigue, dizziness… These were the symptoms Ms. Brandon found. Nana Dariotis at the age of 57 years. “I woke up in the morning, and after a quarter of an hour I wanted to fall asleep again,” describes in “K”“I had huge problems concentrating.” Three weeks earlier, he had contracted the coronavirus with the variant “Omicron“. “I passed it very easily, with tithing and a bit of fatigue, as I was also triple vaccinated.” Therefore, he does not link the two situations together. “I started not doing my job well, I felt tired and frustrated, I wanted to cry,” she recalls, “so I turned to a psychiatrist, to whom I explained how I felt.” The psychiatrist interpreted the change in her psyche as an effect of self-isolation during the pandemic, “however, I explained to him that I never worked from home, I usually went to my office.” For some reason, she begins to look for the cause of her problems on her own and thus “gets” into scientific research related to the protracted COVID.

“Fortunately for me, I was informed about the operation of the long-term COVID clinic at Sotiriya Hospital. The relief he felt after the first date was enormous. “I felt relieved because I was convinced that I had not lost my mind, that everything I feel has a scientific explanation and a causal relationship with coronavirus disease,” she notes. “The first time I stayed for a total of 2.5 hours, I spoke with a social worker, and then with the team’s infectious disease specialist, who in turn referred me to other specialties – a pulmonologist, hypertensive specialist, an endocrinologist.” As the first tests showed, the passage of the coronavirus led to the disruption of various systems in her body, “like pre-diabetes, which until recently was completely controlled.” The team gave her a time horizon of up to a year and a half to eliminate many complications. Ms. Darioti continues close cooperation with the specialized clinic “Sotaria”, whose activities she considers “exemplary”.

eight months later

“Today, eight months have passed, I feel a little better, but I haven’t returned to my old life: if I“ listened ”to my body, I would like my day to end at one in the afternoon.” Her social life has almost disappeared, “I can’t go out anymore” and she still hasn’t passed the necessary medical tests. “It is difficult for others to empathize with my situation, because outwardly I look completely healthy,” she comments, “however, since I speak openly about my problem, many friends and acquaintances who experience similar difficulties after illness contact me, and I attributed them to “Salvation”.