Is anyone else trying to return to their old fitness levels after an illness/injury? I had suspected Covid in mid-March followed by several months of post-viral issues, mainly pleurisy in my right lung, costochondritis, esophagitis and recurrent esophagial/oral thrush. So I went from being extremely active and averaging several hours a day of a mix of cardio, strength and flexibility. To being on enforced rest for 3 and a half months.
I've been mostly fine since the start of this month, I still have some costochondritis and bad bouts of thrush. I'm working my way back to my former fitness levels and my general endurance feels not too far off normal but my strength is in the toilet, my muscle tone isn't poor compared to how it was and I'm carrying about a stone more fat than feels best for me (some of the medication and supplements I was taking until a couple of days ago are associated with weight gain). My chest in particular is very weak and I have to be extremely careful with rebuilding that strength as I don't want to retrigger the costochondritis. I'm also very aware that I repeatedly relapsed due to attempting to exercise, especially between the initial virus and the triggering of the post-viral conditions.
One of my biggest issues as I restore my fitness is my utter frustration with myself. I've gone from complete delight at recovering and being able to exercise again. To bouts of frustration as I come up against all of the things I can't do right now. And really childishly I have an occasional pout about the things I thought I'd have achieved by now but are much farther off. I'm fighting my temptation to push myself too hard and set myself back while desperately wanting to get back to where I was.
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alittleprivacy · 30/07/2020 12:40
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