“I got myoclonus with it. So those are the muscle jerking, involuntary shock-like muscle spasms. So that has been difficult to do deal with," Blake said."Those symptoms presented on day 5 of when I had COVID in 2020 and I’ve had them ever since."
“I wanted to participate in this study, give back to the community and help other patients that have the neurological issues that I had,” Blake said."What we haven't had a lot of information about is how do these symptoms evolve over time, what happens to these individuals suffering from neurologic complications of COVID," Graves said.
The hope with this data is the medical community has another tool to help those who contract the virus. As the study of the impact of long-haul COVID continues, Blake is glad there’s data for others to lean on going forward.