Sorry for not having replied sooner...
Thanks all for sharing your experiences. Am heartened that this may be temporary.
Thanks too for the reminder about sensible - maybe even pleasurable - self-care. Can't really do much to move forward if the foundation of physical well-being isn't established, and sure won't look good either!
I'll have a look into juicing/blending, naive... thanks for that.
Much better to focus on doing, rather than ruminating on lost years & wasted emotions.