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I thought this was good advice re not returning to work/pushing yourself too hard whilst recovering from Covid, from my friend Alice Stuff (some here may know her, she said, and that it was ok to use her name):

Alice Stuff said:
Make sure you rest, and then rest some more, and then rest even more after that!
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Alice Stuff said:
Reminder that covid is a sneaky bitch who punishes overdoing it harshly, sometimes for quite a long time after your initial infection. The best thing you can do to avoid long covid is rest (apparently a good guide is decide how much you think you can manage before exhaustion, and then only do half of that, because you need to not get anywhere near exhaustion if you want to get better quicker). It's boring (and difficult if you have things you have to do) but it's less resting overall than if you keep overdoing it and then also have to recover from that, and if unlucky end up with long covid.
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Also:

Alice Stuff said:
It seems like with covid you have to pace/rest like you do for CFS/ME - very carefully and never overdoing it if you can help it, rather than eg POTS or EDS, where ideally you need to keep active (within current tolerances/still with pacing yourself) and you usually want to gently push yourself with slowly increasing amounts of the right kind of activity to slowly increase your fitness. Important not to confuse the two.
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chainsawjob said:
I thought this was good advice re not returning to work/pushing yourself too hard whilst recovering from Covid, from my friend Alice Stuff (some here may know her, she said, and that it was ok to use her name):



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Good stuff. I thought I was pretty much back to near-normal, but went for a 2 hour walk last Saturday. While I was fine on the actual walk, I was absolutely fucked on the Sunday. Had no energy for another walk at all, and stayed in all day, which is unheard of for me. It was like I'd drained a battery.
 
sojourner said:
Good stuff. I thought I was pretty much back to near-normal, but went for a 2 hour walk last Saturday. While I was fine on the actual walk, I was absolutely fucked on the Sunday. Had no energy for another walk at all, and stayed in all day, which is unheard of for me. It was like I'd drained a battery.
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Similar story here. If I've overdone the walking a bit, I get totally poleaxed the next day. I even had the sore throat come back, briefly, once. Really weird virus.

Take your time getting over it, folks.
 
Day 3 for me now and still feel very rough with the aches and headache, one minute bunged and next dripping, etc. Also feel really chesty and have really bad stomach pain. I took some Night Nurse last night and slept for about 8 hours straight, but I don’t feel rested at all.

Not gonna bother with LFT at least for a few more days.
 
Numbers said:
Day 3 for me now and still feel very rough with the aches and headache, one minute bunged and next dripping, etc. Also feel really chesty and have really bad stomach pain. I took some Night Nurse last night and slept for about 8 hours straight, but I don’t feel rested at all.

Not gonna bother with LFT at least for a few more days.
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someone on twitter described it as "like someone refitted your intestines back to front" and that was the point I thought "hm, not just a cold, do an LFT"...
 
Haven’t been too bad with it - just snotty and generally feeling a bit meh it but still have a good pink line day 9. OH same as me. Have cancelled social stuff for today.
 
Numbers said:
Day 3 for me now and still feel very rough with the aches and headache, one minute bunged and next dripping, etc. Also feel really chesty and have really bad stomach pain. I took some Night Nurse last night and slept for about 8 hours straight, but I don’t feel rested at all.

Not gonna bother with LFT at least for a few more days.
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Hopefully this is peak and you’ll start feeling better very soon. After 3 days I started feeling better but it will be gradual. Hang in there!
 
Still tested positive with solid line this morning but no more aches, cough, shivers or headache, just slightly bunged up at times. Have done a fair bit of gardening today without having to have a break + have had a cpl of Mauritian Mojitos.

Nasty for a few days but feel OK again now <<< might be the Mojitos tho' so not taking recovery for granted. Feel thankful.

Good thing is I haven't smoked tobacco for nearly 4 days.
 
Brother who was only twice jabbed has now had it. Not too badly.
SiL who wasn't jabbed at all just has it and has taken to her bed.
 
Numbers said:
One other thing, have had an incredible appetite over the last few days, been eating at least double the calories than normal.
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I had lost all my appetite. Still trying to catch up. I don't have scales but I reckon i must be down to 50kg or so.

Covid also fucked my hearing. Right ear is blocked. Went to have it cleaned the other day, but they said it wasn't wax, so must be the inner ear. Either a swelling or fluids.
They said to give it a couple of weeks before consulting a specialist.

It's bad news for me - I hear for a living.
 
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