04/03/2021
WARNING, ESSAY.........!!!!
So this was a good day but I certainly paid for it the next & that wasn’t with a hangover! Some already know but I’ve been suffering with long Covid. I got through the summer with mild fatigue but being in events, everything was cancelled & there was nowhere to be so life was pretty easy riding. Come September though the fatigue got worse, October the racing heart & extreme breathlessness arrived. Multiple blood tests & an ECG came back all clear so I trucked on as before. Then the chest & rib pain started, add in brain fog, armpit burn, body twitches, pulsating arms & a dose of chronic fatigue & there we are, no word of a lie, one fu up Wyatt! This has genuinely wiped me off my feet, I’m a pretty robust person, always busy & constantly developing ideas & plans but by Christmas it was game over. Now the bastard of this thing is that it makes its own rules. A handful of goods days can be side swiped by debilitating days that follow & the consequence of an average day pre Covid (like in the picture!) can keep me in bed all the next day. Mentally I have remained strong, pi**ed off at times yes but depressed, no. I realise that others aren’t so fortunate but I count my blessings because although this bu**er has taken over for a bit I still understand & know how lucky & privileged my life is. I’m having acupuncture, seeing an osteopath, been referred to a long Covid clinic, taking a multitude of vitamins and supplements, adapted my diet to provide the best for my microbiome, using pain killers when unbearable & generally doing anything & everything within my grasp to get this s**t sorted. I am under no doubt that with time & the right behaviour & actions I’ll get there, it’s a post viral illness, they were around well before Covid was! The reason for this post? Well as it stands I’m feeling better but certainly not fixed & I’m working hard on understanding my limits. With this in mind it may well be that Sages suppers need to take a sabbatical! Once we are all back up & running I have important flower commitments that will be taking priority & my marquee work too. So please bare with me, I got this and we will be back! Xx