Cancer and coronavirus, part 2

A couple of weeks, or so, further on, and I can say the breathing is now ok, apart from the problem I am now unfit, again, and am slowly working on my stamina!!

So I would say 7 weeks duration to shake off this bug. The main symptom for me was the breathing, or lack of. Scary. Might write down the things I tried that I think helped me through this, before I forget.

Good news indeed and as the old saying goes ‘time is a great healer’ in many ways.

Let’s see this continue and you can get more active to bring your fitness back up, it can be hard work at first but if you get into a simple exercise routine, following some YouTube keep fit classes, after a month it will be a habit.

((hugs))

Good to hear you are still improving Gemmary.  Pace yourself, your fitness will come back in time, small steady steps will get you there.  As Mike says "time is a great healer" give time time.

Take care and sending you some more Hugs.

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 It is 3 years yesterday that I had my hip replacement, and boy what a lot has happened in between!! But I seem to be turning a corner, in that I am finally as physically well as I have been for over a year, and the mental battle of it all is also being won at last. Hopefully the new me will go onwards from here. Operations all healed, chemo just about recovered from, likewise covid. So providing I pace myself, I'm hoping that the world will be my oyster!! I realize it will not be a straight path, but I am hoping this is a new start - again.  So I have some good news for a change!

Take care all, and thanks.

This is great news Gemmary , where does all the time go....... but looking forward is the name of the game and if we are doing this, we are not going back.

I read this somewhere over the past few weeks and it is so true...... "It’s our moments of struggle that will define us, how we handle them that matters"

Keep on keeping on ((hugs)) from the Highlands x

Now mid June. The fatigue has returned, and brain doesn't always want to work. Sounds like chemo symptoms but I think it is probably 'covid tail' as this is about the 11 to 14 week mark. 

Stamina has stalled, and if I try and increase exercise I just get shattered, and am back a few months of recovery, physically and mentally. Again getting problems concentrating, need things to do on autopilot. Cannot describe to ordinary mortals what it is like, but chemo patients will recognize.

Not sure when the rollercoaster will level out, I thought it had, but life has other plans. Still, I hold onto the belief that I am lucky I survived covid, it could have gone the other way. 

Anyone like Charlie Mackesy? The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse? Its helped me over the last year, worth a look. One of his that is in my mind at the moment is,

"Is your glass half empty or half full? asked the mole.  I think I'm grateful to have a glass, said the boy. "

“I think I’m grateful I have a glass said the boy”....... a great life lesson in there I think.

The cancer rollercoaster life...... ((hugs))

July. Had a barrage of blood tests to check things. All clear, though I had hoped something was wrong so I could get fixed!!!

Thought I'd share something I read, might resonate with you all as well. This was from a fit young man.

"Reminding myself that I fought off the suffocation on my own. Because, thankfully, I was strong enough pre-infection to beat the death grasp. And I'll get back to that pre-infection strength at some point. So I'll take 'long haul' (ie covid tail) anytime so long as I'm still breathing. Just remember, you beat death. Be proud of yourself for that achievement. It's a marathon not a race, just be patient and gentle with yourself."

If I dare to think about how much I've been through, its quite remarkable I suppose. So I guess I'm allowed my down days. Need to have more patience with myself. But I wish others could understand. One day I'll get back to both BC and BC19!!!!

Clear tests - good news.

Continue with the journey, the more you focus on the future the more the journey gets fuzzy at the edges.

((hugs))

Well, a quick update. Have been feeling somewhat rough, and somewhat fed up. I got sent for a chest xray last Sat and waiting for results, but that's not the reason for this update. I am getting some deja vue, as I'm now getting a repeat of the chemo side affects I had. I can only assume that they are my weak points and have been picked on with this covid tail, I doubt that it is coincidence though it could be.

I had a reassuring conversation with an oncologist on the 10th, as he was pretty much on the ball with the covid side of things, which made a change. Both to be believed and to have questions asked and answered on both sides. Obviously there is still a lot unknown but it helped.

Stay safe folks.