Fran Kirby

I was sofa bound for a good two months.

I wasn't really allowed to do any walking.

I wasn't allowed to do anything that would stress my heart or stress me.

I was so tired.

I just couldn't move really.

I was just fed up.

If I'm honest, that's just how I felt.

I just felt like every day I'd played a 90 minute game and just couldn't do anything at all.

But

You know, it was a tough, tough few months, but like I said, now I'm coming at the end of it and I'm able to train.

I'm able to smile, have a conversation with people.

So I'm in a much better place.

It's really nice.

It's really nice to be able to push myself.

I haven't been able to do that for a long time.

I came back a couple of times to try and train, but just had another setback and then another setback.

But each time I was able to train for longer.

without having symptoms.

And then I would experience a symptom for a week or two.

So yeah, it was really tough mentally coming back and then having a setback and then coming back again, having to stop again for a few weeks.