“It’s best that I explain where I am in life, and maybe you can suggest a way forward for me… but a very near-death experience with COVID has knocked me for 6. I need to improve my fitness, lose weight, and learn how to follow a healthy diet and lifestyle plan. Can you help me?”
Were Lynn’s first words to us in a chain of emails at the end of June.
Less than 6 months ago, Lynn found herself going into GRH hospital suffering from a collapse of both lungs after contracting COVID-19 and was immediately placed on a ventilator to save her life.
Lynn told us, “I spent the first 2-weeks fighting for my life on machines, drugs, and having oxygen pumped in me. At first, I didn’t respond well to the treatment and ended up with 6 insulin injections per day as my blood sugars from multiple steroids had been shot to pieces.”
Lynn told us, “I spent the first 2-weeks fighting for my life on machines, drugs, and having oxygen pumped in me. At first, I didn’t respond well to the treatment and ended up with 6 insulin injections per day as my blood sugars from multiple steroids had been shot to pieces.”
“ICU was ready to put me in a coma to keep me alive. With the help of the HCA, I wrote goodbye emails and saved them in my drafts ready for my daughter to send… I had also signed a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ form as I didn’t want to carry on if I was going to survive and only be dependent on machines.”
“I was eventually let home after my house was rigged with many machines… After 5 weeks at home, I learned to push a wheelchair with my oxygen cylinder in so that I was able to move around. It took 9 weeks of hard graft to breathe for myself and walk around without tubes in my nose.. 12 weeks to walk unaided and talk at the same time… then I was in the gym with you.”
Fast forward to today, and she’s now in a very different position. Traveling on the right path has since turned her life around with exercise and nutrition.
- Over 2.5 stone lighter and healthier since starting.
- Can walk & talk without the help from oxygen tanks.
- Recovered from pneumonia.
- Consistently working out 3x per week.
- Now enjoying being more active, recording 8,000 steps a day.
- Feeling more confident with increased levels of self-esteem.
- Has had to buy a new wardrobe of clothes, 3-sizes smaller.
Lynn shared that “Since I was told that COVID had left me with Type 2 Diabetes, I’ve changed the way I eat… I’ve found a way to manage my blood sugars by eating a low carb, low sugar-based diet and exercising daily. Now being 2.5 stone lighter, I feel amazing and so I’m sticking with you!”
Coach Walt, who’s helping her on this journey says… “Already, her story is an inspiration and proves that it’s not what happens to you, but how you react is all that matters.”
“We’re so proud to be watching her confidence grow and her capacity to live a healthier life, bloom. Lynn proves each day that she is one who never quits, will give it her all and we all love that she always does everything with a big smile…”
Lynn – your story, progress, and character in these situations are what we’re all about. Small steps. Every day.
We cannot wait to see and keep sharing what you’ll do with your new lifestyle and excess energy in life.
You’re a HERO.
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