Data details during my morning check-in with EliteHRV. Mean HR 48bpm but very erratic HR plot over 2.5 minutes.

Readiness 2 and very high RMSSD leading to clear swing to right on graph - Parasympathetic Dominance

RMSSD graph for the past 7 days. Massive leap this morning

...EliteHRV sees these ridiculously high RMSSD values as a BAD thing 👇

From experience, this is a typical Parasympathetic Swing. If I'm not careful, I will easily over-exert today, as I will clock-up very few #VisibleHealth pacepoints, due to a ridiculously low Resting HR...

13.1 out of 30 Pacepoints used so far today

Glad I rested in bed until 7am. I've been full-on busy at work since 0815 and running parallel to my #VisibleHealth 'Pacing Line' 👇

3 hours of (online) parents' evening next.

#LongCovid #Teacher

Visible health heartrate graph showing Activity but not Exertion this morning

Visible PacePoints graphics

Four hours of busy-ness!

Staff meeting

Straight to Assembly

Taught three 1-hour lessons, back-to-back

And STILL I haven't even used three #VisibleHealth PacePoints because

1. My resting HR is so low (Parasympathetic Swing Danger 🚨!)

2. I have avoiding walking around much - and Exertion avoided

Visible Health Morning Stability of 3 out of 5 - Slightly out of balance

Woke up full of energy after a quite active day-off yesterday (although I did stay within my 'Energy Envelopes' for #VisibleHealth PacePoints and for #KiActiv Movement).

Resting Heartrate is very low and Heartrate Variability very high - Signs of a slight #ParasympatheticSwing

Feb 8th to March 10th 2024. Very up and down

Feb 9th to March 12th 2025 - fewer extremes but up and down

Feb 9th to March 10th 2026. Mostly 4 out of 5

What getting on-top of my #LongCovid #PEM symptoms looks like 👇

Comparative graphs of my Morning Stability score from #VisibleHealth over the past two weeks, in comparison with the same period exactly one year ago and exactly two years ago 😊

This comes from careful heartrate monitoring and #Pacing

Heartrate graph shows lots of lying down in between each set of exercises

Just 7.7 out of today's 30 pacepoints used! Well behind the pacesetter

Cooked a meal and thought that was it for the day; but after lying down for 30 minutes I decided to go to the gym after all.

I don't regret it! Feeling much better in myself and still FIFTEEN #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's PaceSetter 😊

I've managed so much today by #Pacing!

#LongCovid

Visible Health heartrate graph for the past hour. Red is exertion, white is Resting Heartrate

Just under an hour strimming the long grass in our garden.

Of course, under half of that time involved strimming and much of it was Deliberate Rest 👇

Thankful for the #VisibleHealth app in helping me to Pace and to my separate #CoospoFitness armband for the Warning Buzzes!

Visible Health pacepoints: 5.1 out of 30 daily pacepoints used - well behind my pacesetter (I should be around 18 by now!)

Strange 🤔

8 hours later. Been to work, taught three one-hour lessons to teenagers, had lunch, went shopping, then home for my early Friday finish.

All that and only FIVE #VisibleHealth PacePoints used 🤔

Forgot to take painkillers when teaching so had dental pain by 1pm, but why is my HR so low?

Visible Health morning stability 4 out of 5 - Looking Stable

Whereas on those two occasions I waited too long to address my dental infection, resulting in a drop of 10ms in my Heartrate Variability (HRV) scores, this morning my HRV is actually *rising* 👇

The #VisibleHealth app notes Stability and a low resting heartrate; infection is being knocked-back?

Pacepoints tracker screenshot

Heartrate monitoring every minute. Exertion on treadmill and during some weight training. Lots of lying on the floor!

Coming to the end of a very carefully-paced session at the #NuffieldHealth Fitness Centre.

So interesting to get a new insight via the updated #VisibleHealth PacePoints tracker 👇

Running parallel to my daily pacesetter during my gym session, but PacePoints in-hand due to deliberate late start.

EliteHRV 9 out of 10 Readiness. HRV 61ms. Resting HR 62bpm. Relative balance between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems displayed at bottom of image.

Visible Health 'Looking Stable" 4 out of 5

KubiosHRV Normal Readiness of 59%

A quick check-in with my three HRV-based apps confirms that I've rested well for the past 16 hours and I'm...

READY (9/10) and IN BALANCE ( #EliteHRV )

LOOKING STABLE with both HRV and Resting HR in a good place ( #VisibleHealth )

NORMAL in terms of #KubiosHRV READINESS.

#Pacing to avoid #PEM

Visible Health heartrate graph showing rest periods

Pacepoints graphic. Hardly registering!

2:45pm

Mind-blowing! 2km walked - very slowly - and I'm almost at town.

Less than one #VisibleHealth pacepoint used and I've not felt this good in years.

I'm going to keep stopping to sit and rest on every bench, as I know what's at stake, but this feels amazing!

#LongCovid #Pacing

Visible PacePoints graphic showing only 0.2 of a pace point used this morning

1:15pm

I've lazed-around all day so far.

Going to try the flat walk into town again; I know where all the sitting and resting places are, and it's SUCH a sunny day ☀️

ELEVEN #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter.

As long as I'm cautious, as ever, I'll be fine. Maybe catch bus home 🙏

Visible Health display saying 0.0 out of 30 pacepoints used so far today. HR well into my rest zone at 50bpm

Visible pacepoints monitor

The joy of a weekend lie-in, as a relatively high-functioning person with #LongCovid 👇

Current heartrate nice and low, at 50bpm!

No #VisibleHealth PacePoints used, because I'm still in bed and I've not used any of my limited energy supply yet.

The second image shows that I've got 4 PP in hand 🙂

Heatrate graph across today

Pacing line below pacesetter line. 11 pacepoints behind today's pacesetter

5:30pm Friday. I've avoided exertion today 🎉 despite having taught my lessons *and* doing lunch duty around much of the school site.

#VisibleHealth Heartrate graph and Pacing graphic 👇

It's a fragile Stability, but #pacing slowly is allowing me to Live with #LongCovid rather than simply Survive 🙏

Visible Health pacepoints. 9.6 out of 30 used so far today. 11.4 behind my pacesetter, for this time of day.

5:30pm.

At work for 9.5 hours, including 5 hours of actual teaching of teenagers, and THIS 👇 is what #pacing looks like 🙂

Look at the gradient of that line - staying well below the diagonal line of my daily Pacesetter ( #VisibleHealth ) 👇

Only possible because I started the day Stable & Ready.

Visible Health HRV on waking each morning

10 days ago, we travelled abroad for the first time since I started to properly monitor my heartrate (HR) and heartrate variability (HRV).

It broke my routine and it's interesting to see how, despite careful #pacing, I struggled to maintain my HRV 👇

( #VisibleHealth morning check-ins )

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Visible display showing my pacepoints use ahead of my pacesetter - on the curved semicircle line and on a line graph below.

Here is an interesting new graphical display by #VisibleHealth which shows how my REST over the past half-hour has reduced the gradient of my 'Pacepoints Use' line, giving me a better chance of falling back in-line with today's Pacesetter 👇

Another tool to aid my #Pacing and to avoid overexertion.

21.1 out of 30.0 pacepoints used

Had lunch (which raised my heartrate) and then taught another lesson (which also led to exertional heartrates).

Useful new #VisibleHealth display shows how I pulled-ahead of my daily Pacesetter even more...

Semicircle like a rainbow shape from left to right. Filled-in line goes just beyond my Pacesetter (a white circle)

First day back at work (secondary teaching) following the half-term break.

An unexpected fire alarm, followed by three very active 1-hour lessons have put me slightly ahead of today's #VisibleHealth pacesetter.

Nice new Visible Health dashboard - putting the Pacesetter front-and-centre 👇

PEM: Why “good days” may be costing you tomorrow

Excellent overview and explanation of #PostExertionalMalaise by @oonaghcousins.bsky.social and shared with me this morning via the #VisibleHealth app by Harry Leeming 👇

www.makevisible.com/blog/post-ex...

HT Todd @sunsopeningband.bsky.social Davenport 🙏

#LongCovid #PEM #Pacing

4.7 out of 30 daily pacepoints - donut graph

We've been back at the hotel for nearly 5 hours. Resting to recover from the holiday so far.

Rock-and-roll #LongCovid holiday lifestyle 😄

Look - I've clocked-up another tenth of a #VisibleHealth pacepoint (PP)!

19 PP behind today's pacesetter and ready for a short stroll around our local area 🙏

Visible heartrate graph. Lots of REST

Donut graph - just 4.6 out of 30 pacepoints. 11.6 behind today's pacesetter.

Blimey!

Vatican Museums ✔️

Sistine Chapel ✔️

St. Peter's ✔️

5000 steps.

Taxis there and back.

The telescopic stool was PERFECT - whereas my stick-seat would have struggled to grip the marble floors.

Fewer than five #VisibleHealth pacepoints 😊

My legs still feel tired but RESTING now.
#LongCovid

10,000 steps. Lots of sitting down. The telescopic stool really has been brilliant.

Pushed my 'energy envelopes' a bit, slightly exceeding my daily limit for 'Moderate' movement ( #KiActiv smartwatch movement data ) - but I'm well-within my #VisibleHealth pacepoints limit, as I've avoided Exertion.

Heartrate graph

5.5 #VisibleHealth PacePoints behind today's pacesetter. The telescopic stool is a Godsend when queuing!

#LongCovid #Rome

Visible Health heartrate graph during airport transfers. A fair bit of exertion but rest in-between.

Visible Health donut graph showing 26.3 out of today's 30 pacepoints used.

Arrived at our hotel 😊

My new telescopic stool had its first use - as we waited for passport control 👇

Managed to keep within my energy envelopes, as measured by movement ( #KiActiv ) and by #VisibleHealth Pacepoints 🙏

Now to sleep. We're staying a 4-minute stroll from a rather iconic landmark!

Visible Health donut graph showing just 3.5 out of 30 points used

Amazing to attend tonight's Band rehearsal without having had a full day's work beforehand!

Ending the day TWENTY-SIX #VisibleHealth Pacepoints behind today's Pacesetter, as my Heartrate has remained LOW.

Just 3.5 PacePoints used all day.

Handy, as we've got a LONG journey tomorrow 😊😁

Visible donut graph. 0.8 out of 30 daily pacepoints used. 18 behind today's pacesetter!

5pm on Monday of the half-term break. Got some 'holiday marking' cleared 👍

Sign of a slight #ParasympatheticSwing on waking this morning, so I've pretty-much rested all day, apart from 10 minutes of pruning in the garden 😊

Below ONE #VisibleHealth pacepoint used so far today!

#Pacing #LongCovid

Functional Capacity 5.3 out of 6.0

No improvement in my #FUNCAP27 Functional Capacity score, but at least it's not getting significantly worse.

Provided by #VisibleHealth

#LongCovid #Disability

Visible Health heartrate graph for my gym session showing lots of rest breaks - reclining and lying on the floor.

5.5 out of today's 30 Visible Health pace points. 16 behind today's Pacesetter!

At the gym on a Sunday evening - The joys of having a week off work! 🙏

My heartrate has been so low over the past week, and I've been #pacing so effectively, that I'm miles behind my daily #VisibleHealth pacesetter.

It's great to be able to actually *EXERCISE* a little.

#LongCovid #PEM -avoidance