Courtney Baker
@cbakerls.bsky.social
Educator. Athlete. Lifelong learner. Auntie supreme. #LongCovid advocate. Bluesky newbie. Currently in an LTR with Los Angeles… but it’s complicated.
Running 100 miles ain’t nothing compared to living with Long Covid.
Running 100 miles ain’t nothing compared to living with Long Covid.
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Courtney Baker
@cbakerls.bsky.social
· Nov 14
#23:
Podcast Episode · Long Covid, MD · 08/09/2024 · 51m
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My LC story. For now.
“Where is the finish line?”
Hosted by Dr. Zeest Khan, Long Covid MD
“Where is the finish line?”
Hosted by Dr. Zeest Khan, Long Covid MD
Ed Yong is a gift.
Speaking of which, there’s a gift link to the article in the comments!
Speaking of which, there’s a gift link to the article in the comments!
On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ed Yong is a gift.
Speaking of which, there’s a gift link to the article in the comments!
Speaking of which, there’s a gift link to the article in the comments!
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A tumultuous 24-ish hours since our preprint was released yesterday. I mentioned that this was a fraught issue and I genuinely do understand that people have mixed feelings about the work. I wanted to take some time to respond to some of the concerns and comments that have 1/
February 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A tumultuous 24-ish hours since our preprint was released yesterday. I mentioned that this was a fraught issue and I genuinely do understand that people have mixed feelings about the work. I wanted to take some time to respond to some of the concerns and comments that have 1/
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Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
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Wildfires bring pollution hazards for unhoused people in LA: ‘Like breathing in lead’: As officials urge people to stay indoors, those experiencing homelessness struggle to shield themselves from toxic air Thick, noxious clouds of smoke engulfed Los Angeles as several wildfires rage acros...
Wildfires bring pollution hazards for unhoused people in LA: ‘Like breathing in lead’
Wildfires bring pollution hazards for unhoused people in LA: ‘Like breathing in lead’: As officials urge people to stay indoors, those experiencing homelessness struggle to shield themselves from toxic air Thick, noxious clouds of smoke engulfed Los Angeles as several wildfires rage acros...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Wildfires bring pollution hazards for unhoused people in LA: ‘Like breathing in lead’: As officials urge people to stay indoors, those experiencing homelessness struggle to shield themselves from toxic air Thick, noxious clouds of smoke engulfed Los Angeles as several wildfires rage acros...
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The Air Quality Index (AQI) that says the air is safe in LA after the wildfires does not take into account toxic gases that form when urban materials burn at such high temps. Considers ozone, PM, NOx, SO2. My team and I are discussing going there to measure the toxins in the air (between SD & LA).
January 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The Air Quality Index (AQI) that says the air is safe in LA after the wildfires does not take into account toxic gases that form when urban materials burn at such high temps. Considers ozone, PM, NOx, SO2. My team and I are discussing going there to measure the toxins in the air (between SD & LA).
ISO - Professional who can interpret existing CPET and iCPET results in relation to mitochondrial functioning vs overall conditioning.
Can interpret lactate recovery time, average mixed venous oxygen @ rest & exertion, anaerobic threshold independent of VO2 max. Asking for a friend who will pay.
Can interpret lactate recovery time, average mixed venous oxygen @ rest & exertion, anaerobic threshold independent of VO2 max. Asking for a friend who will pay.
December 26, 2024 at 4:54 PM
ISO - Professional who can interpret existing CPET and iCPET results in relation to mitochondrial functioning vs overall conditioning.
Can interpret lactate recovery time, average mixed venous oxygen @ rest & exertion, anaerobic threshold independent of VO2 max. Asking for a friend who will pay.
Can interpret lactate recovery time, average mixed venous oxygen @ rest & exertion, anaerobic threshold independent of VO2 max. Asking for a friend who will pay.
Reposted by Courtney Baker
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
December 25, 2024 at 6:53 PM
I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣
Another super insightful convo between @ruhoy.bsky.social and @kaufmanmd.bsky.social
Y’all give me hope!
Y’all give me hope!
T CELL EXHAUSTION AND MORE
YouTube video by Unraveled: Understanding Complex Illness
youtu.be
December 25, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Another super insightful convo between @ruhoy.bsky.social and @kaufmanmd.bsky.social
Y’all give me hope!
Y’all give me hope!
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Effects of a symptom-titrated exercise program on fatigue & quality of life in people with #postCOVID condition – RCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Our findings also allude to deconditioning not being the cause for objective fatigability in PCC"
Image from S4ME update
#LongCovid #PASC
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Our findings also allude to deconditioning not being the cause for objective fatigability in PCC"
Image from S4ME update
#LongCovid #PASC
![Nature Scientific Reports
Effects of a symptom-titrated exercise program on fatigue and quality of life in people with post-COVID condition – a randomized controlled trial — Barz et al.
"While exercise in our study has reduced the subjective fatigability during activities of daily living as evidenced by the reduction in FSS scores, it did not improve the [objective fatigability] in tasks requiring consecutive maximum exertion of effort such as the repeated HGS test. Our findings also allude to deconditioning not being the cause for objective fatigability in PCC."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:43rudsv62fuwsmnk7oppgtdy/bafkreihxuevzrglqxfnbcparpfvexmttfq22a7djxaxtsdy67k6r7hsrwi@jpeg)
December 24, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Effects of a symptom-titrated exercise program on fatigue & quality of life in people with #postCOVID condition – RCT
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Our findings also allude to deconditioning not being the cause for objective fatigability in PCC"
Image from S4ME update
#LongCovid #PASC
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Our findings also allude to deconditioning not being the cause for objective fatigability in PCC"
Image from S4ME update
#LongCovid #PASC
I was today years old when I learned about Warburg effect and suddenly the last 4 years of my life comes into sharper focus.
Once again, @ravenscimaven.bsky.social @putrinolab.bsky.social and Amy Proal at @polybiorf.bsky.social are killing it with the gifts 🙏🏼
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7TC...
Once again, @ravenscimaven.bsky.social @putrinolab.bsky.social and Amy Proal at @polybiorf.bsky.social are killing it with the gifts 🙏🏼
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7TC...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Chronic Illness
YouTube video by CoRE at Mount Sinai
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I was today years old when I learned about Warburg effect and suddenly the last 4 years of my life comes into sharper focus.
Once again, @ravenscimaven.bsky.social @putrinolab.bsky.social and Amy Proal at @polybiorf.bsky.social are killing it with the gifts 🙏🏼
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7TC...
Once again, @ravenscimaven.bsky.social @putrinolab.bsky.social and Amy Proal at @polybiorf.bsky.social are killing it with the gifts 🙏🏼
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7TC...
Reposted by Courtney Baker
The form of PEM that occurs in #MEcfs is (as far as we known unique to ME and even diagnostic of it. If someone has that, they have ME. But lots of things get mistakes for PEM that are not ME-PEM.
Brief thread 🧵 on my thought after 22 years of this.
Brief thread 🧵 on my thought after 22 years of this.
December 9, 2024 at 1:31 PM
The form of PEM that occurs in #MEcfs is (as far as we known unique to ME and even diagnostic of it. If someone has that, they have ME. But lots of things get mistakes for PEM that are not ME-PEM.
Brief thread 🧵 on my thought after 22 years of this.
Brief thread 🧵 on my thought after 22 years of this.
FACTS.
I think this is a big factor in why there aren’t treatments for LC and ME/CFS.
Salon: 'Why conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID are still so mysterious'
'A disease that's prevalent in women highlights the female sex bias in medicine'
www.salon.com/2024/12/08/w...
'A disease that's prevalent in women highlights the female sex bias in medicine'
www.salon.com/2024/12/08/w...
December 9, 2024 at 2:49 PM
FACTS.
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Just to bust this myth: PEM is *not* just disproportionate fatigue. This is a huge misconception. PEM/PENE is a systemic, whole body response to over exertion, that involves inflammation, muscle damage, neuroinflammation, immune activation and metabolic dysfunction. It’s never just fatigue #MEcfs
December 9, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Just to bust this myth: PEM is *not* just disproportionate fatigue. This is a huge misconception. PEM/PENE is a systemic, whole body response to over exertion, that involves inflammation, muscle damage, neuroinflammation, immune activation and metabolic dysfunction. It’s never just fatigue #MEcfs
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Extraordinary interview with actor Matt McGorry. Some people cannot understand long Covid. If they can't see it, you don't have it. It makes work, and pacing, particularly hard. Be careful, good people. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
‘I was in denial about it’: actor Matt McGorry on having long Covid
Orange Is the New Black and How to Get Away With Murder star speaks about the disease and another way of looking at health
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Extraordinary interview with actor Matt McGorry. Some people cannot understand long Covid. If they can't see it, you don't have it. It makes work, and pacing, particularly hard. Be careful, good people. www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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Dr. Yellman is speaking next Friday 12/6/24, 1p Eastern US, to @renegaderesearch.bsky.social hosted by @isabelrb.bsky.social and Renegade Team. Free. Will be recorded + posted to Remission Biome channel on YouTube.
Advantage of attending live? The Q&A.
Register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Advantage of attending live? The Q&A.
Register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 29, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Dr. Yellman is speaking next Friday 12/6/24, 1p Eastern US, to @renegaderesearch.bsky.social hosted by @isabelrb.bsky.social and Renegade Team. Free. Will be recorded + posted to Remission Biome channel on YouTube.
Advantage of attending live? The Q&A.
Register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Advantage of attending live? The Q&A.
Register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I am incredibly grateful today for the clinicians and health care professionals who remain dedicated to helping people like me despite (maybe because of?!) the complexities. This is literally
life-saving work. You are all rock stars. #LongCovid
life-saving work. You are all rock stars. #LongCovid
November 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM
I am incredibly grateful today for the clinicians and health care professionals who remain dedicated to helping people like me despite (maybe because of?!) the complexities. This is literally
life-saving work. You are all rock stars. #LongCovid
life-saving work. You are all rock stars. #LongCovid
Choose your Black Friday deals wisely, friends.
Just a quick reminder of the Wellness Industry, and particularly TWC itself makes money hand over fist and its members are some of the biggest misinformation actors out there
Oh look. Dr. Drew is giving out promos and discounts 🤮
#MedSky
1/6
Oh look. Dr. Drew is giving out promos and discounts 🤮
#MedSky
1/6
November 28, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Choose your Black Friday deals wisely, friends.
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The ignorance.
So dangerous...
So dangerous...
November 25, 2024 at 4:45 AM
The ignorance.
So dangerous...
So dangerous...
“Treatments evaluated include metformin, low-dose naltrexone (LDN), dexamethasone, statins, omega-3 fatty acids, L-arginine, and emerging therapies like intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and therapeutic apheresis...”
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16...
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16...
Beyond Antivirals: Alternative Therapies for Long COVID
Long COVID or Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) is a condition characterized by numerous lingering symptoms that persist for weeks to months following the viral illness. While treatme...
www.mdpi.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“Treatments evaluated include metformin, low-dose naltrexone (LDN), dexamethasone, statins, omega-3 fatty acids, L-arginine, and emerging therapies like intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and therapeutic apheresis...”
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16...
www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16...
If you’re looking for advocacy opportunities, this one takes into consideration factors like your time, spoons, interests, talents. By IACC patients for IACC patients. I just signed up.
November 23, 2024 at 3:11 AM
If you’re looking for advocacy opportunities, this one takes into consideration factors like your time, spoons, interests, talents. By IACC patients for IACC patients. I just signed up.
This is an incredibly important consideration in health care as a whole and particularly with chronic illness. Adding to my list.
White folks especially: arm yourselves with data about how this works
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/systemic-l...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/systemic-l...
November 22, 2024 at 2:53 PM
This is an incredibly important consideration in health care as a whole and particularly with chronic illness. Adding to my list.
This day should not have to exist. Full stop. ♥️
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence.
More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop.
Now.
More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop.
Now.
November 21, 2024 at 3:38 AM
This day should not have to exist. Full stop. ♥️
Cue society’s thousand-yard stare
“HIV/AIDS & COVID-19, particularly long COVID, share several significant similarities, especially in terms of viral persistence, T cell damage, immune system dysfunction, & activation of other pathogens.”
www.notesforfriends.com/p/hivaids-an...
www.notesforfriends.com/p/hivaids-an...
HIV/AIDS and Long COVID are Very Similar
Lasting Impact
www.notesforfriends.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Cue society’s thousand-yard stare
Speaking of the wizarding genius of @polybiorf.bsky.social
1/ Introducing PolyBio’s new interactive website module, where you can learn about our #LongCovid Research Consortium projects, technologies, and findings across international institutions:
polybio.org/consortium-p...
polybio.org/consortium-p...
November 20, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Speaking of the wizarding genius of @polybiorf.bsky.social