Hi, just over 7 weeks since first feeling ill (8 weeks since first tickle in throat) and after a massive dip on Thursday night, I think I'm ever so slightly improving.
Still have burning chest pain and burning upper back pain and a slight evening cough, but my SOB has really eased off, the tight pressure on my chest has eased and I feel like I have more energy. (Although I'm still too scared to do anything yet!) But most importantly, for me, my heart rate has come down! It was racing, beating out of my chest on any movement, and also waking me up at night, but for the past 2 days has it has been so much better.
Really hope I'm on the mend now. Fully expecting another dip, of course, but feeling a bit more hopeful today.
Just resting loads (I've taken another week off work and the kids have had way too much free play and tv unfortunately...I'll make it up to them), drinking lots of herbal tea, loads of supplements and sunshine in the garden. Oh and ibuprofen. I got to the point where I thought if I have a reaction to it and I end up in hospital at least they'd be forced to treat me...
I was just so desperate to be out of pain and paracetamol doesn't touch it.
In terms of recoveries, I've seen some on the Slack thread, usually between 8-10 weeks (it's a worldwide app so gives us a better longer-term picture). People are going for runs! Can you imagine?! But lack of recovery stories doesn't mean people aren't recovering. I guess people go off and start living their lives again and don't necessarily update these threads.
I saw a post on there that inspired me, wanted to share. Something like this is a big mountain were climbing, huge, the biggest we've ever seen. It has lots of summits, sometimes we stumble and fall down a little, sometimes we fall a bit further, but our bodies are still climbing, still fighting. We're aching and tired from the effort but we're doing it, we'll get there in the end, at our own pace. Love to you all 