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![My life went from [panels: woman biking; woman dancing] to [panels: woman lying on couch].](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cb600f2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1368x1759+0+0/resize/2160x2778!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe0%2Ff2%2Ffb2ff43942a4b74d25c147488515%2Fla-oe-gilsanz-covid-02.jpg)
![And things I'd never realized I'd taken for granted became impossible. Like showering. [Panel: woman ordering a shower stool]](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0947052/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1368x1555+0+0/resize/2160x2455!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F44%2Fb1%2F1a22ef0745a1b1e097b9fd3d9b46%2Fla-oe-gilsanz-covid-03.jpg)
![Now more than a year later, my recovery is not linear. [Panels: woman at lunch with friends; "rest of day" woman in bed]](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/79faf76/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1368x1761+0+0/resize/2160x2781!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdb%2F14%2Ff9ed7f9a4255ac52c7bc1a8164da%2Fla-oe-gilsanz-covid-07.jpg)
Daniela Gilsanz is a designer and an art director in New York.
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