Coronavirus survivor, 82, finds initial recovery is only start of battle back to full fitness
Covid-19.But, after two months, he is back home with wife Margaret, having “recovered” from the brutal illness.However, what many don’t realise is the battle to recover properly from coronavirus can take months as the illness can leave sufferers with fatigue, anxiety, balance issues and breathlessness.For Hugh, who used to swim and go to the gym twice a week, his road back to complete recovery is beginning in earnest.Speaking about leaving Hugh at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, his daughter Alison Deighan, 47, said: “We were fearing the worst, especially at the beginning. We had a couple of conversations because we didn’t know what way it was going to go.“The first couple of weeks were pretty tough.