Sam Wollaston’s article on those living with long Covid brought me to tears (‘I could bench-press 100kg. Now, I can’t walk’: Lucy’s life with long Covid, 5 June). It’s the first time in four years of reading every piece I can find on long Covid that I’ve been able to see my partner in an article. I’ve returned to Wollaston’s description of an “amalgam patient” – which he collated from hundreds of responses to the Guardian’s call-out asking for long Covid stories – again and again since I first read the article and each time it brings me back to tears.
My partner has been severely ill with long Covid since May 2020; the loneliness and misery of living with a condition for which there is still no treatment, and little support has been, and is, the most isolating experience of our lives. We are grateful for this article, as we struggle to maintain a fading hope that the desperately needed support and treatment for long Covid patients is on its way.
Rose Brown
London
• Sam Wollaston’s first article in his Life with long Covid series brought me to tears. Being two years into long Covid I recognised so many of the experiences described but what moved me was Sam’s brutally honest evocation of the scale of Lucy Keighley’s loss. My tears were for her, for me and for the millions of sufferers worldwide. I want to thank Sam, Lucy and all of the other 950 contributors who informed this article. Together they have articulated the devastation that this chronic condition causes.
Phil Turner
Stroud, Gloucestershire
• I just had to write and thank you for the article about long Covid. I am three years in to it, and relate to every word. It is such a relief to read someone who believes it exists.
Linda Mills
Rochdale, Greater Manchester
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