Running a Small Business as a Covid Long Hauler with Megan Wages

Welcome to S04E08 of A Friend for the Long Haul - A Long Covid Podcast! I'd like to share that this will be the first installment of a change to the podcast: shorter episodes! Longer recordings will be chunked into more digestible episodes, for all our spoons.

Six years ago, my friend Megan bit into a raw onion to see if she could taste it. She couldn't, and that's how her long covid story starts. She was my second guest on this podcast, and in this segment, she's back to give us an update on how she's feeling and to talk about what it's like to run a small business with your spouse when you get sick. Megan is the co-owner of Fancy Free Nursery in Tampa, a first wave long hauler, and we discuss:

• Long covid friendships
• Perimenopause
• GLP-1s (anecdotal! talk with your doctor! don't judge other people! don't compare yourself!)
• Running a plant shop and floral nursery during lockdown
• How plants saved the shop
• Business collabs
• Using and running social media when you're your only team
• Branching out into silk florals

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Fancy Free on Insta

Megan on TikTok

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