I've got it. Having covid really knocked the wind out of my sails, but I was belligerent, determined, owner manager. I worked through it, carried on, even though I had the brain fog, the fatigue, the inability to almost trust my own judgement when it came to decision making. Long covid is a cluster of symptoms that persist beyond four weeks after an infection with the covid virus. These symptoms can fluctuate so they can change over time, but importantly, we need to exclude all the conditions that could be causing these symptoms, such as cardiac problems that could be causing heart palpitations. Once those other exclusions have been made, then we can make a diagnosis of long covid, which can affect any organ or system within the body. So again, I talked to my GP and they said everything you're describing now is the classic symptoms of long covid. Their main concern is they have not returned to their normal level of well being and function and are often frustrated or worried about why that's not happened. Everybody's had a cold or flu and you know after two or three weeks you can go back to doing the normal things you were doing, and people are very concerned that they're not able to do that. I began noticing real differences in my physicality. I'd yawn and my entire body would shake it. I was in meetings at work and I couldn't remember the next point I wanted to make. My short term memory was shot. I knew there and then that, you know, this wasn't me that something that was seriously, seriously wrong here. Get in a routine with sleeping habits, rest habits, eating habits, gentle exercise or physical activity if you can manage it. Have a social network around you if you can that are going to help support you, not put too many demands on on you. Let work know that you're not improving and ultimately contact your GP and start that process of getting the long covid diagnosis. Through talking to my GP, and I talked to my GP every month now, to monitor my condition, but through talking to him, I was able to access a referral to the Stockport Long Covid Clinic and through that clinic, my physiotherapist has helped me to think about structure in my day, to think about how exercise helps my mental health, to not be frightened to listen to my body and take a nap or close my eyes for 10 minutes. From a personal approach from self managing the rule I would offer to everyone is get a routine get back into the routine that includes good sleep hygiene, regular meals, light amount of physical activity, and time in your day to rest. If you or anyone you know is suffering with the symptoms of long covid, please start by talking to your GP. They'll be able to signpost you and point you in the right directions, maybe even refer you to the long Covid clinic who are just doing incredible work. And I'm grateful to the health service for all they've done for me.