Broadway Star Danny Burstein on His Struggles After COVID-19: "I'm Not Really Sure How I'm Doing"

How terrible.

Rare for women to have ALS. It is a horrible disease.

Heartbreaking

the scariest section:

Four months later — and here's the honest truth — I'm not really sure how I'm doing. While my symptoms have dissipated for the most part, they also remain in subtle and, on some days, not-so-subtle ways. I can suffer terrible exhaustion. I've had swelling in my hands and feet. I had a few weeks where I had short-term memory loss; that went away thankfully. I read survivor websites and hear from other people who have also experienced this illness in similar ways. Sadly, it seems anyone who's suffered with COVID-19 has also had some kind of residual symptoms.

Much love and light to them both.

I have a friend who is probably in the last months of his life due to ALS. He lives in my hometown, and so I've not been able to return and see him since February due to Covid. It's a cruel, ceaseless fucker of a disease that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.