Recovery time is supposed to be a week, but I think they meant the time to get up and moving again, now that it's Monday and I'm still sleeping every few hours and no way am I going back to work today. I feel great, in that I know I'll feel better in a few days, but I'm still recovering and trying not to push it. I have a bad habit of making myself get up and going even when I feel terrible, so I'm trying to allow myself the time to heal so I can get up and going without being knocked out again later, you know?
To help with that, I think I'll also do a few sessions with a personal trainer at work (we get really, really good rates, especially if we have a training partner). That'll get me moving again with a regimen designed for me where I'm at, so I don't push it. I tried exercising again in January after being sick with that virus, and a half hour on the elliptical--which I'd thought before getting sick to be an okay workout, but not too trying--that half hour on the elliptical was too much and knocked me back. If that was overdoing it, I want to be sure I start right.