if !bgSeq.lastHealActivity.IsZero() {
		dur = time.Since(bgSeq.lastHealActivity)
	}

	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
		prometheus.NewDesc(
			prometheus.BuildFQName(healMetricsNamespace, "time", "since_last_activity"),
			"Time elapsed (in nano seconds) since last self healing activity. This is set to -1 until initial self heal activity",
			nil, nil),
		prometheus.GaugeValue,
		float64(dur),
	)