Thread by @ManeeshJuneja

Day 367 of living with #LongCovid & 44 days since 1st dose of covid vaccine

Despite <3 hours sleep, energy was high today (but still not as high as how I felt just before the 1st dose)

Fasted for 15.5 hours overnight - was very manageable 1/n

Had my pure tone audiogram & tympanometry this morning. Now waiting for ENT to review. No dizziness today but ENT said it would come and go. Tinnitus persists though, although it doesn't stress me out 2/n

I also decided to pay for private blood tests today. I want to get an idea of my levels now that I've started intermittent fasting, and will repeat the blood tests in 3 months time to see what difference the regime makes to my body 3/n

Wasn't planning to walk much today after my medical appointment, but my energy remained high and I strolled around London (not in one go, but with rest breaks), feeling like a tourist and it was therapeutic to have enough energy to walk 2.6 miles! 4/n

I did need a 2 hour nap in the late afternoon though and the good thing is that it refreshed me. So many days have passed where sleeping/napping would not leave me feeling refreshed 5/n

Incredible to look at my stats for the day and take in my total activity today including all my activity up and down the stairs at home (I have a lot of stairs) - planning to take it easy tomorrow 6/n

The resting heart rate and HRV measured by my Oura ring from last night's sleep continue to be way better than my average stats during Long Covid, so it motivates me to keep doing the intermittent fasting as it seems to be having an impact 7/n

Just because I didn't have brain fog or extreme fatigue today doesn't mean my Long Covid has disappeared.

Personally, I'm going to consider myself "recovered" once I've had 90 days of feeling completely normal without any symptoms 🙏🏽

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