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Anna Amholt has been ill for more than 200 days.
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HV71 goalkeeper Anna Amholt, 20, has not played an ice hockey game in over a year.
She initially had a concussion and this spring she fell ill with covid-19.
More than 200 days later, he is still fighting for his health.
Anna Amholt had a perfectly good day.
He has rested until three in the afternoon and has had time to study a little.
– Every day when I have no pain in the body, fever and extreme fatigue is a good day, says Amholt.
On a worse day, it looks different.
– It’s when you have a fever, completely exhausted and in pain all over. You are completely exhausted in the body. On a really bad day, it feels like you’ve done a lot of maximal tests and the body is completely physically exhausted, he says.
“All symptoms”
The reason she feels this way started in April.
He had trained hard and the next day he developed crown-like symptoms, among other things, he lost his smell and taste, and it took him just over two weeks before he felt healthy.
Then he went for a run.
– I thought it wasn’t strange. You can usually do that after you’ve been bad, says and continues:
– After that, I had all the symptoms of a pericarditis. Not something that I have been able to confirm, but I probably had all the symptoms and had chest pain for three months afterward.
“Nobody has any idea”
When he was able to perform the COVID-19 antibody test, he did. But still she continued to feel bad.
She still does.
More than 200 days since he got sick.
– I probably experienced more good days at first than now, says Amholt.
It must be frustrating.
– Yes absolutely. Now it’s been so long that I can barely remember what it’s like to be healthy. You’re really only taking one day at a time. I think that now I feel worse more often because the body has broken down and it no longer has the same muscle mass.
She doesn’t know why she feels that way.
– I have no idea. It doesn’t seem like anyone who has a clue, she says.
You mean doctors?
– Yes, exactly. It is very difficult. We found almost nothing wrong with the samples, so it’s hard to say why I feel this way, why I have a fever, and why I have a sore throat every day. All samples look good. I take many different blood samples and am waiting for a chest x-ray.
Photo: DANIEL ERIKSSON / BILDBYRÅN
Moved to parents
Since Amholt became ill, he moved from Jönköping’s house to his parents in Askim. In addition to being hampered by covid-19 suites, concussions are reminiscent.
Of course, everyday life is limited and what you do during the day is very different.
– It really depends on how I feel and what I did the day before. Yesterday I went out to lunch with a friend and studied a little, and that is why today I had to take things easy. Some days I can take a shorter walk and sometimes I can take a longer walk and then I can have a hard setback, he says.
What kind of setback do you have then?
– Then there is fever, pain in the body, pain in the throat and so on. But then it lasts in a harder way and lasts for about two to three weeks.
The contract on hiatus
The contract with HV71 is put on hold. But Amholt still has contact with his teammates and has been visiting and watching a few games.
– It’s fun and boring. While it’s very hard to watch, it’s fun to join the conversation and “feel healthy,” he says.
Otherwise, try to avoid watching hockey.
– You see that others can play and not you. It’s a frustration that builds up and then you can feel a little sad about it all.
How else do you see your hockey career?
– If I think about going back, it will only be a great stress. I’ll get well first and then we’ll see how physically active I can be. If I can be enough, it’s not impossible for me to put my skates back on. But it feels far away so I want to take it one step at a time
Positivity around you
But despite the setbacks, Amholt still manages to be positive. Thank you very much to the people around you.
– I have a hard time feeling sorry for myself in general. Of course it’s not fun and I have days where I feel sorry for myself, but people are worse off. On days that I feel good, I go out with good friends who give me a lot of energy. I have a lot of positivity around me and that’s probably what makes you strong, he says.
Once you recover, what is the first thing to do?
– Just start and train, that’s what I miss the most. Then eating good food and feeling the taste again would have been wonderful.
What kind of dish will it be then?
– Oh, it could probably be a truffle paste.
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