Day 123 of #longcovid and whilst some might look at me and think I've "recovered" completely because I'm free of a lot of my symptoms, that's not the case, and symptoms continue to come and go [thread] #covid19 1/n

Yesterday marked the return of a persistent headache (I had no headaches for several weeks now), and with these headaches, nothing makes a difference, you just have to wait for it to go on its own, which it did by evening 2/n

It's rather hot and humid during this heatwave, so I did wake up early enough for preparing for sunrise rehab in the park, but still felt kinda sleepy, so tried to go back to sleep. I managed the longest sleep since symptoms began! 3/n

I woke up feeling differently though, as if I had done a heavy gym workout on my upper body the day before (the most I lifted yesterday was a very small bag of groceries!) - I really hope it's not the return of random muscle aches 4/n

Ventured out to a different park in London, and it's already quite humid by early morning, so did some cycling and walking, not many people around which is always good, in terms of avoiding crowds (cycle paths away from road traffic) 5/n

It was hard work to cycle, especially on very mild uphill cycle paths, and I was tempted to just "give up" and go back home, but I pushed myself mentally to keep going (it wasn't painful) - I can feel I need a LOT of rehab to get my body anywhere close to normal 6/n

Cycling especially felt very good this morning, especially when going slightly downhill and feeling the fresh breeze on my face. There as an outdoor gym with lots of people also exercising. Fresh air and sunshine are useful motivators 7/n

I did have shooting pains in my brain after my morning rehab for 1 hour or so, as if someone was putting a needle in and out of different parts of my brain at back of head. My brain MRI came back normal last month, so I just put it down to random #longcovid pains 8/n

Another day of lower body symptoms causing problems with certain movements, getting off the toilet etc - I just have to be mindful when using my lower body that it's still impaired and I don't want to risk falling over by trying to do something that my body can't cope with 9/n

I feel energised right now, but going to take it easy for the rest of the day. Slowly but surely is my motto in terms of pacing my recovery, rather than rushing it and potentially harming my body in the process /end