Brooke

Line

Support for COVID-19 Long-Haulers 24/7 via call or text

1.844.276.6530

You can hear Brooke s story by clicking on her name above She died by suicide on August 27 2022

1983 - 2022

The long COVID support line was started in August 2021 to provide peer support It was renamed for Brooke after her death and now long haulers have a place to call and be heard by other long haulers You are not alone

Brooke Line

You can reach us at:

covidlonghaulers@gmail.com

What it's like, by Brooke

I really need you to know what it is like

To hear you tell me I just need psych

You don't understand my daily struggle

The symptoms I must bear through and juggle.


You cannot see this agonizing pain

Pain I really try to hide and not complain.

You don't realize I'm dizzy/lightheaded

It never stops and nothing to recommend.


It doesn't matter the fatigue is extreme

A simple task makes me want to scream

I'm now falling down unexpectedly

Losing strength or trouble balancing.


My symptoms still continue to get worse

My body, my life, everything just hurts.

I put on a fake smile, no one will know

inside, you have no clue what I undergo.


I would like to ask you for some relief

but you will just look at me in disbelief.

i need you to know when you don't listen The dismissal hits hard, feels like a prison.


Is there empathy for human suffering?

You need to care, my thoughts troubling.

Every appointment I attend, I pray for hope

Leave crying, go further down the slope.


I consider my options, my only way out

one less patient for you left to doubt.



I need you to know what it is like.


You still don't care though, alone to fight.


Stay.

Stay, &

Fight

You are needed