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Janec1956Graduate
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At the beginning of lockdown last year I caught covid and was extremely poorly for a couple of months. Fortunately I recovered but have had breathing difficulties since, unable to climb the stairs at home particularly without stopping to catch my breath at the top and not helped by the fact I have half a paralysed face and only 1 working nostril 🤭. C25K has obviously helped enormously and I can now, very very slightly, also breath through my other nostril. But today, another first!!! I went into a sports shop and decided not to use the escalator but use the stairs. WOW, I sprinted up 30 steps and didn't fall apart at the top. This really is a big deal to me 😂😂 along with my 28 minutes run and its all because of this brilliant programme 👏 It's a life changer 😄.

Hope everyone has a lovely evening 😊

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Instructor57 profile image
Instructor57Graduate

Well done you.

And congratulations on your progress!

So close now to Graduation 😁👍

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drun

Well Done you can already feel the benefits. It's all about building yourself up gradually. Keep up the excellent work

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate

Congratulations to you Janec1956 on running up the stairs and completing that 28 minute run of week 8, you have had a bad year, hopefully now things will get a lot better for you., not long now until you graduate from C25K.

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Headspace1st

Hi JanecCovid has been an awful thing for so many people, I’m sorry you had to go through it and still have lasting damage from it. On the other hand I’m delighted that you are feeling improvement now as a result of the programme, in different ways. It’s been amazing to journey alongside others and feel their joy and pain. We’re almost there, we’ve come along way on our own individual journeys, we’ll celebrate with you when we make that milestone in a week or so 😁

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Janec1956Graduate in reply to Headspace1st

Hi Headspace1st. It's just amazing how much I've learned about myself these past few weeks. Definitely stronger both mentally and physically and I like it 😊. There's no stopping us now. We'll celebrate like never before. x

Ace a definite runner Janec1956

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njd967Graduate

This journey benefits us all in so many ways….not long now until graduation!

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Janec1956Graduate in reply to njd967

Just got ready to go and complete my final run week 8.....😍

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OldflossAdministratorGraduate

Huge well done you! That is absolutely wonderful! So glad that you are feeling so much stronger:)

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SkyblueandblackGraduate

First of all well done Janec1956.Secondly thanks for giving me some home that I might be able to run again too.

Back in early August I too found myself getting out of breath running up stairs....odd as I'd been running for fifteen minutes plus only a day earlier. A day or so later I got out of breath walking up stairs!

Over a week later when I finally managed to get an appointment (having tested negative for covid) at my local surgery the nurse who was seeing me urgently called a Dr as my oxygen levels were so low......into hospital, X-ray, it looks like covid, tests, it isn't covid. Admitted to hospital but they don't know what it is...decide its a virus now on 4litres of oxygen.

15 days later I'm breathing for nearly a week without oxygen and and released.

My everyday five minute walk into town at a snails pace was a real effort.

Now three months later the walk into town has got easier and I can put a spurt on if need be. Going up stairs still makes me short of breath but not as badly as it did and my oxygen levels soon recover to 96/97% quite quickly.

For the past few weeks I keep thinking I'll start C25K again next week from W1 or at least see if I can even run for one minute again even if I had to walk two or three minutes between runs. But when it comes to it, the steroids are still doing my head in. Lifting or moving anything heavy is still beyond my physical ability.....I just won't be able to do it just yet.

Shortly after I was admitted. The hospital respiratory consultant asked about my normal physical activities....I said I'd done C25K and still ran albeit not as regularly as I'd like due to work pattern changes due to covid restriction.......they told me that it would be a while before I'd be able to do that again.,..not in my worst nightmare did I ever think nearly four months after I first started to get out of breath that I'd still be suffering.

Again well done and tanks for giving me some hope.

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