When Paige Christopher had coronavirus towards the end of last year she only had a slight headache and was back in work after self-isolating for 10 days.
So when she started feeling unwell in January of this year with palpitations and breathlessness, she didn't make the link.
Six months on and the fit 25-year-old is still not recovered, can't drive and has to get her mum to help wash her hair.
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Doctors have told her that she is suffering from Long Covid, and she now wants more to be done to help sufferers.
"I had Covid back in November, but I didn't even know I had it because I wasn't very unwell. I had a headache for a couple of days and it was only because I took a test that I realised I was positive," she told BBC Radio Wales.
"I went straight back to work after the 10 day isolation period and felt absolutely fine.
"It wasn't until the beginning of January that all of a sudden one day I started getting palpitations and couldn't breathe. I got rushed to A&E and six months later I still have most of those problems."
Paige, who lives in Flintshire, said said she was shocked and naive because she had never heard of Long Covid before, but she now feels there should be specialist clinics and better medical assessments of the condition which has changed her life "completely".
"I can't do anything I used to do, nothing is how it used to be. I suffer with headaches and blurry vision. I can't drive at the moment, I have chest pains and the palpitations keep me up at night," she added.
"I can't do anything because of my fast heart rate and breathlessness. I can't shower or wash my hair on my own. I can't cook or clean any more. I have got stomach pain and nerve pain in my hands and feet. I can't do anything I used to do. Seven or eight months ago I was walking up mountains and doing exercise classes so it has all happened in such a short period of time.
"My mum has to come round and wash my hair for me. You don't realise how much energy it takes to wash your own hair until that energy is taken away from you. If I do it myself it just completely wipes me out.
"I try to stay quite positive that one day I will feel better but until I get the correct assessment, I will never know. We need to have correct and thorough medical assessments."
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Health minister Eluned Morgan has announced a £5m investment which aims to expand the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care for those with lasting symptoms. This is what the Welsh Government is doing to help people with long Covid
There are estimated to be around 50,000 in Wales with varying degrees of long Covid and the Welsh government said its Recovery-Adferiad programme "focuses on expanding the diagnosis, rehabilitation and care for people suffering with long Covid to ensure they can access the services they need, as close to home as possible".
"People who require more specialist support, which is only available from hospital-based services will be referred via their GP or healthcare professional," said an official.
"As we are learning more about long Covid, the programme will be reviewed on a six monthly basis.
"By assessing patients in primary and community care setting, it will ensure that people are only referred to services where there is a clinical need and avoid unnecessary referrals to hospital services which can add to the existing long waits for services."
Responding to the call from long Covid patients for specialist clinics in Wales, Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: "Welsh Conservatives called for the establishment of Long Covid clinics back in March and it’s disappointing to see Labour ministers dragging their heels.
"Specialist ‘one-stop shop’ clinics would allow clinicians to develop the expertise needed to treat this new illness and help patients on the road to recovery.
"Labour’s health minister must now act on this call from patients and ensure there is a joined-up approach to tackle the effects of Long Covid before it piles more pressure on our NHS."
