Hey Greg, sorry to hear about your situation. I wish you a speedy recovery. You got this.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.The absolute best way to do that is to visualize a beautiful place you've experienced and loved, a place where you felt peace, and then isolate every sense. What did the air feel like, the texture of your clothes? What colors were predominant? What sounds? While you imagine all those details try not to use words, just picture-images in your mind. If you can create a mini movie with a beginning, middle, and end filled with details then you can start running that loop to relax.Tonight is tough. Sleep will not come. Too many challenges prevent me from finding peace. Thanks for all the kind words. Friday makes 14 days here. I have been focusing on slowing my bometrics. My respiration and pulse. Get out of fight or flight. Self control and regulation must return to a more stable rate for the future.
I once spent 3 days not able to breathe much, oxygen levels dipping below 80.Tonight is tough. Sleep will not come. Too many challenges prevent me from finding peace. Thanks for all the kind words. Friday makes 14 days here. I have been focusing on slowing my bometrics. My respiration and pulse. Get out of fight or flight. Self control and regulation must return to a more stable rate for the future.
Focus on the exhale.
I am actually focusing on exactly that. Lung capacity is my stressful limitation now. Easy to go into hyperventilation. I have been focusing on slowing exhale as my inhale is much less. Thanks guys.I'm not sure if this is advisable in @Runum's situation but generally speaking longer exhales and shorter inhales slow down your heart rate. A good rate is 2 to 1 (an exhale that's twice as long as the inhale) This, plus focusing on the diaphragm. Most people breathe from their chest and that's not a full breath.
Box breathing is a very good exercise to master that. Depending on your abilities you start with, for example, 4 second inhale, 4 second hold, 8 second exhale, and 4 second hold and then repeat the cycle for a few minutes while focusing on your diaphragm.
But like I said above, while I assume it may be a great exercise for post-covid recovery when done slowly and mindfully, I'm not sure it's advisable now.
I remember the feeling. It is because I had that experience years ago that I quarantined hard at the outset of this thing.Lung capacity is my stressful limitation now. Easy to go into hyperventilation.
Sad to hear, sending my best wishes and support to @Runum ! Come back safe and soundAs Greg B reported @Runum is currently in the hospital fighting some variant of Covid.
Please send him some thoughts, prayers, or well wishes as he continues to fight in a medical facility, which by his reports, doesn't seem too interested in his recovery.
Get well Greg, we're all rooting for you!
PS: Greg, this thread was created for you if you need to relay any of your thoughts, or messages. If you want the thread closed (or deleted) please let me know. I've moved all the other messages from the main CV thread into here.
Again, you are not alone!
All anyone can do is educate yourself on the risks and play your hand. I am 62 with no comorbities. I am very active and take care of myself. I contracted covid Jan 4 and have serious covid pneumonia. I am currently in the fight for my life. It can and does happen but I wouldn't want everyone locked down for me.View attachment 41753
Hello Mr Greg,All anyone can do is educate yourself on the risks and play your hand. I am 62 with no comorbities. I am very active and take care of myself. I contracted covid Jan 4 and have serious covid pneumonia. I am currently in the fight for my life. It can and does happen but I wouldn't want everyone locked down for me.View attachment 41753
As far as alternative treatments. I am being told I already survived the cytokine storm and nothing serious over the horizon. I am passed the point of any alternative therapies. Doc and I had a lengthy, contentious meeting about everything being done that can be. Fighting the O2 addiction is the current struggle.
Glad to hear that you are feeling better.Last night was good, maybe too good. Slept on cpap machine.
Currently I am addicted to supplemental O2. It's a constant fight between the mental overreaction, anxiety, if anything stresses me physically. My pulse and oxy demands shoot up. Which causes even more stress. I have to collapse back and work on breathing. Slow everything down. It is painful and scary. Every exertion, or test is my next challenge to manage my air with diminished capacity. So far 100% success.
Obviously there is the physical demands but getting control of the mental anxiety will help recovery. It is my daily fight right now.
As far as alternative treatments. I am being told I already survived the cytokine storm and nothing serious over the horizon. I am passed the point of any alternative therapies. Doc and I had a lengthy, contentious meeting about everything being done that can be. Fighting the O2 addiction is the current struggle.
Thanks for all the kind words. I will get through this
I am really happy to hear about the positive update!Last night was good, maybe too good. Slept on cpap machine.
Currently I am addicted to supplemental O2. It's a constant fight between the mental overreaction, anxiety, if anything stresses me physically. My pulse and oxy demands shoot up. Which causes even more stress. I have to collapse back and work on breathing. Slow everything down. It is painful and scary. Every exertion, or test is my next challenge to manage my air with diminished capacity. So far 100% success.
Obviously there is the physical demands but getting control of the mental anxiety will help recovery. It is my daily fight right now.
As far as alternative treatments. I am being told I already survived the cytokine storm and nothing serious over the horizon. I am passed the point of any alternative therapies. Doc and I had a lengthy, contentious meeting about everything being done that can be. Fighting the O2 addiction is the current struggle.
Thanks for all the kind words. I will get through this
At this time I am improving which is good and bad. I am wary of the possible cytokine storm. I am continuing to press for alternative therapies to avoid that storm as much as possible. That is my main goal at this time. They are aware that I have the resources, just trying to get them to listen. The time window is closing.
Really happy to hear this.Last night was good, maybe too good. Slept on cpap machine.
Currently I am addicted to supplemental O2. It's a constant fight between the mental overreaction, anxiety, if anything stresses me physically. My pulse and oxy demands shoot up. Which causes even more stress. I have to collapse back and work on breathing. Slow everything down. It is painful and scary. Every exertion, or test is my next challenge to manage my air with diminished capacity. So far 100% success.
Obviously there is the physical demands but getting control of the mental anxiety will help recovery. It is my daily fight right now.
As far as alternative treatments. I am being told I already survived the cytokine storm and nothing serious over the horizon. I am passed the point of any alternative therapies. Doc and I had a lengthy, contentious meeting about everything being done that can be. Fighting the O2 addiction is the current struggle.
Thanks for all the kind words. I will get through this
Edit: removed last name for privacyTo all of Greg B******s Facebook friends. Greg took a bad turn early Sunday morning. He is now in ICU, on a ventilator, heavily sedated with high doses of pain meds. His heart rate was too high, and he couldn't breathe. We covet your prayers when you think about him.
Thanks Trevor.I saw that Greg hadn't posted here or on Facebook in a while, so I checked his wife's page and she just posted this 1 minute ago:
I saw that Greg hadn't posted here or on Facebook in a while, so I checked his wife's page and she just posted this 1 minute ago:
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Hey, thank you so much for this.I saw that Greg hadn't posted here or on Facebook in a while, so I checked his wife's page and she just posted this 1 minute ago:
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