After days of storms and unsettled weather that made my pain levels and numbness spike, we woke to warm sunshine and just enough breeze to keep it from being hot. I even had feeling in three toes on my left foot all day, which happens occasionally for a few hours, but rarely for a full day. Brunch at the Green Barn (yum!) and a 2.5 mile hike to celebrate!

#GetOutside #Hiking #LongCovidRecovery

I've crashed worse than I have in a while but just the knowledge that I'm off sick from work has helped. It's likely the increase in nicotine has helped too.
I think doing any paid work and being a student is just too much at the moment. I've tried to do both and been somewhat successful but to finish off the degree I feel I should take a break from working.

#longcovid #longcovidrecovery

I really could've done without a neighbour's mum shouting abuse at us for being on what they thought was their land (which a surveyor had recently declared wasn't). As bad is the police not caring. Now I have to deal with the consequences. When you have long covid it's not one ruined day; it's a few. And no one cares.
I am motivated to work on my dissertation but my whole body and mind is heavy and it's like there's a tension everywhere making it hard to think.

#longcovid #longcovidrecovery

Make it make sense. I have a couple ideas.

Things that trigger post exertional malaise lately:

- A stressful meeting in a room with several people
- Litter picking for an hour
- 9 minutes of constant slow cycling

Things that haven't or triggered it less than expected:
- cross country skiing
- aerial silks class
-moving 250m in water slowly (a bit but still not bad)

#longcovidrecovery #longcovid

The difference talking to mentor once a week makes.
I've kept track of sleep, rest, general wellbeing and dissertation work time for a week.
I can see I rested an average of 82min/day (deep rest) and slept 8h. However, on the days I worked I rested less and slept less than average (probably when I need it most!) So Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening and Thursday I felt not so great.
So the next step is to rest the average amount every day and see how I feel.

#LongCovid #longcovidrecovery

Wow, you know a nidra yoga session was good when you're happy to keep resting for 14 minutes afterwards.

Maybe being forced to learn to rest my brain and be okay with quiet is ultimately a bright side of this long covid. I stopped napping at three years old and have been a very on the go person at times and other times tired and slower but still not resting. The modern world is loud and stimulating so it's rebellious really to seek out quiet and rest.

#longcovid #longcovidrecovery #nidrayoga

I definitely feel like I have a mild cold so I can't tell if yesterday's very short workout triggered any pem or not. I feel heavy but so far no worse than yesterday.

#pem #postexertionalmalaise #LongCovid #longcovidrecovery