i am really pleased to welcome back brendan sheridan and brett breslow to the programme., first, how are you doing? physically ok but i still struggle with sleep and the ptsd side of things and flashbacks, but other than that, just a day at a time. brett, in newjersey, how has it been for you? mostly physically recovered. i am still going to physical therapy for this drop foot issue that i still have. it is slow going but it is coming back. they say, you know, it could be a while and could take up to one year potentially to fully recover there, but there is hope that we will fully recover. in physical therapy we're also continuing to work on my conditioning, my lungs and my heart rate recovery. so physically i am ok. emotionally i am doing great. i don't have any of those ptsd—related issues from the experience that brendan has mentioned. brett, when we first spoke to you and interviewed you on the programme it was your last day in a hospital bed. you were in a rehab centre. tell us about your homecoming. it was amazing. my wife was insistent on coming to visit with me in

brendan sheridan and brett breslow sharing the experience of their long recovery from covid—19. paul perino in spain. she was treating covid patients in hospital in barcelona when she caught the virus herself. and she told us something about the trauma being experienced by many frontline medics. most of us have some kind of trauma with this. there is a general feeling of frustration and it is difficult to manage the fact that you have to think of yourself, not only your patience. as a doctor you are co nsta ntly, co nsta ntly focused on patients. did you let yourself cry? oh, i did. and i am happyi yourself cry? oh, i did. and i am happy i did because i really needed it. and i am sure that possibly almost all of my collea g u es possibly almost all of my colleagues did because you need to do with. it is a relief. you need it. because the stress is incredible. you are working, thinking of the disease every day, all the time you are awake. since we spoke to polverino, spain has experienced more than 100 new outbreaks and this time she says, different groups are being affected. i w