I had C19 in October and was very poorly (at home) for two weeks. No breathing issues or cough but terrible gastrointestinal symptoms. I crawled around for the next couple of weeks and remained exhausted but started a few hours work a week at home. I kept trying to increase my activity as recommended by my GP and also on websites re chronic fatigue. However it is now known that this is not the right advice re C19. Rather it is to embrace ‘pacing’ and it took me another good few weeks of learning the hard way what this means. I had excellent and very direct advice from a physio and OT (both family members) who were clear that my symptoms were not ‘long covid’ but that I’d had a serious dose of a nasty viral illness and it would take time for my body to heal. I see C19 as a rotten virus with a long tail. I am fit, very active, don’t smoke or drink and was laid very low. I’ve never felt so ill or for so long, in my life. 3 months to the day since I first fell ill, I started to feel ‘myself’. I did my first Zumba Gold class this week, a great milestone, reduced the energy I put into it by about 50% and felt good afterwards. That’s the key with pacing, to stop before you have to, keep some reserve in your tank. I’ve set aside targets like building up to 10,000 steps a day in 1,000 step increments, am relaxing, taking care of myself, recognising what a brute of a year I’ve had, and enjoying as much gentle self care as I can. I hope you feel better soon, and if you’re currently working, I salute you! I’m writing up some research and can do that a few hours a day, but that’s it x