Welcome to On the Mend

About Me

My name is Harry and before 2020 I was a fit and healthy 22 year old, and a GB judo athlete.

I contracted covid-19 at the very end of September 2020. Like a lot of people, I suffered very mild symptoms including a fever and cough, before returning to my normal life a week later. Before I had covid, my mum had actually warned me that some people were suffering from this ‘long covid’ and me, being a fit, healthy (and also stupid) 22 year old, laughed at this suggestion, rather ironically.

Two weeks on from my initial infection I was suddenly hit with a wave of long covid symptoms and was truly horrified at what was happening to my brain and body. I felt drained and broken, and most scarily of all, I felt as though a foreign body was inside my head — I could no longer hold even a conversation, yet alone work.

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For full transparency, I am not 'fully recovered'. I still encounter some symptoms like brain fog and post-exertional malaise in my everyday life, and Long Covid still frustrates the hell out of me at points. However, being in a position where I can run a business, train daily and live a normal life feel surreal when I look at how I was 4 years ago.

I want to point out that I am no guru, nutritionist, doctor or expert in biology. Everything that I have learned is largely off my own back and whilst I do a lot of research and have learned a lot, I do not claim to be an expert in any of these areas.

Building a community as we get better

I am a big believer in the 'this worked for me, maybe it might help you too' vs. 'you MUST do X to recover' philosophy. I believe the latter is not only unhelpful but disingenuous, as there is still so much to learn about recovery from these conditions.

It would be frankly reckless for me to declare that there is a one-size-fits all solution, but that shouldn't stop us from building a positive community, where we all do our very best to get better.

My mission is simply to share what has worked for me, in the hope that it helps you too. I hope to build a community of likeminded, supportive individuals who will encourage each other as we find our own paths to recovery. ❤️

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