Coronavirus prep

Cleaning is exercise. You are moving as you do it, you could be reaching up for cobwebs, reaching down for something dropped, moving your arms when cleaning windows or a dusting, moving items about, anything from a pencil to a pile of laundry, it all takes more effort than sitting watching the tv. Its varied and true you could say done with "light effort" or something but if you are doing things for two or three hours, it all builds up. Alternatively have you thought of counting your steps, there are gadgets to do it for you. Is it 12000 which is said to be a number to aim for. I can't remember the average step count of the average UK post delivery person its probably a little higher. Its not necessarily as repetitive as a gym session some would say its more effective for all that.

True I responded to SModa61.

Chronic conditions are related to long covid, long covid shares much of the symptoms found in CF and other long term depleting conditions, different people's symptoms are expressed differently. I felt accrediting "work within the home" as one way of taking exercise was essential, even if as SModal61 was doing in a parents, assisted living apartment, sheltered housing, in the UK.

If the only exercise you have energy or time to do is "house work", probably seen as menial therefore seemingly dismissed by many overtly healthy folks, being active to your personal level has to be better than being confined to you bed. By choosing "house work", for those with limited mobility in my view would show, they have an interest in their quality of life, they are not giving in to what ails them.

Please SModa61, I am not inferring you are deplete in any way, you like many have much to do. I took the opportunity to say, "house work", any activity has it benefits for those who's health is very poor or who's time is restricted. I'm sure you were intending to be read as restricted choosing to help parents over going to the gym. I wonder if you cross/miss posted. I wish everyone health, without health we are nothing, from my experience.

Long covid has many similarities to those found by CF suffers, and those with other similar disabilities. Understanding on the medical functioning of the immune system is strongly suggesting having a stronger immune system by consuming many and various veg and to some extent fruits, even in supplement form to provide the body with the quality of minerals and vitamins at levels to support, as well as restore the immune function to the persons personal usual level of immunity can reduce the severity of the long covid or other severely depleting conditions such as CF. This paragraph is a much simplified version.

Please do your own research, keep to accredited medics, even check their qualifications. Always do what is best/right for you. By this I mean, your understanding of the information you find chimes with your inner feelings and everything you feel internally, to help you achieve better health at any age, "go for it". Please don't miss out on the chance of feeling better and getting your life back.

Best Wishes to all.


Then live well. Be well and enjoy everyday.

kshama2001 wrote: »

I'm sorry lockdown was so triggering for you. Are you in therapy? I started in April 2020. It's been 100% virtual, which I love.

Yes I've been in therapy since October 2021 and mine is all virtual too. I also have a psychiatrist and take medication although it hasn't been going well. It just feels like things are never going to get better. I feel dead inside and like nothing is real and nothing matters, and I think I am probably stuck that way forever.

I would answer your "what was the point" question but I fear you might feel invalidated by that and since I don't want to diminish your difficult experience, I won't.

Well that's a better reaction than all the people who called me a "murderer" and a "N*zi" for questioning lockdowns (even though I followed all the lockdown rules despite disagreeing with them, and a lot of the people trashing me broke the rules). Now I see the NY Times saying some of the same stuff I was saying back in March 2020, so what does that make them?

SModa61 wrote: »

@siberiantarragon My parents made it all the way to this past October without getting it. Then the bivalent shot came out and their assisted living set up a clinic. Everyone wanted it, so everyone shoved themselves together waiting to get the shot. 27 out of the 75 residents ended up getting COVID, directly or indirectly from that day......

Wow. That's...ironic.

Were they ok?

Siberiantaragon:- I sympathise with your recently catching covid, we tested positive over the weekend. Its really not helpful.


As an aside, but may help others....

Here in the UK I've heard parts of a radio 4 series titled, "is psychiatry working". Its exploring things psychiatry. In parallel with this, following my interest in all things health, I have come across work relating to the nervous system and how for some CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, does not always help because it misses or reactivates the persons unique cause.

Seems trauma, is not necessarily one event, its how the person resolves or stores the effects of that event. The effects are often at a cellular level. Its too complicated for me to give an overview.

Particularly for females the work of Dr Amie Apigian, "Trauma Healing Accelerated" could be useful.

The definition of Trauma as against Stress is also developing. Some of us are reluctant if not unable to define our issues as Trauma and hold it as stress, again its complicated.

Another with an on line presence is, Alex Howard, he came from a cfs, Chronic fatigue syndrome background and has written books relating to "things/actions" he has put to use in his own recovery.

CFS and other similar health issues can have a basis in trauma. Again the said trauma is specific to that person again how is is resolved or stored by the person.

As with everything, please do your own research and only try what is right or feels right for you.

I want everyone as healthy as they can be.

snowflake954 wrote: »

Don't know if I got it. I have had 4 vaxx, so if I got COVID I didn't even notice. Here, in Italy, numbers are so low that all the COVID centers are closed. Intensive care for COVID is almost empty. People only wear masks if they are fragile and maybe couldn't vaxx. Hard to believe after all we went through.

Oddly enough I heard on the radio this morning that we have 4 Covid patients in ICU which is a sudden jump for us, I think it's been one or none all winter.

We still mask in any medical facilities... doctors' office, hospital. I'm going to a meeting tonight that is held on a medical site and I'll need a mask to enter the building even though it doesn't operate in the evenings. My dental clinic dropped masking requirements around 6 months ago however. There are maybe a handful of people at work who still mask, out of a staff complement just over 100.

It's still pretty rampant based on what I know from folks who test positive but any type of mitigation has long since been dropped. I continue to mask up because it really doesn't hurt me and I have so far (knock on wood) avoided it. I have 4 vaxes on board but not sure I will continue on with them. I like that there is going to be a home test for both flu A.B and covid but I haven't seen it available for folks to buy yet.

Most of our family have had it except gs here & gd in OK. (Of course, she is rarely without a mask…lol)