Great that you could do a 5K! I am a firm believer in exercise to oxygenate our Lyme ridden bodies. Some days I do feel better after exercise and some days I am positively achy after for a day or two. The achiness does not stop me from trying again. I think it is a good mental boost as well.

I am impressed with your distance. I am still only able to run for a mile or swim for 12 laps. Keep up the good work. It sounds like you are on the mend.

I think many of us here can't jog even in place, well at least those more than mildly affected, or who are well into treatment and have regained much of their health.

Not "perhaps" but definitely. My MD has followed the progress of those using HBOT vs. exercise and is adamant that the "addiction" to oxygen from exercise is far better for our bodies than the addiction to HBOT. The effects of HBOT are short lived if you do not supplement with exercise.

Although he tends to scold me for overdoing it, he will not write me a script for HBOT. Says I don't need it. I exercise 6 days a week, whether I want to or not.

If you can do it, my opinion is that it can only help, even in moderation.

Kudos to maxima for 4 miles on the treadmill! I hope to be there one day soon.