Sunday 9 October 2011

Health and feeling down

Confession time - I feel like I have failed in the 12WBT already, and it's only Week 4. 

Why?  Well, let's be honest, I've put on weight.  Not much, about 500g and I have no one to blame but myself.  My nutrition hasn't been terrible, but I haven't been keeping enough track of it.  In terms of exercise, injuring my ribs really through a spanner in that.  After two weeks, I'm only just now feeling like exercise is possible, sit-ups still being out of the question.  Then, in another 2 weeks I have my tonsillectomy, and have been told by the surgeon to not exercise for two weeks afterwards.  I'm getting back in that "all or nothing" mindset.  As in - I won't be able to exercise after my surgery, so why bother exercising for the next two weeks? 

In other health news, I've started seeing a chiropractor. (She is actually my old chiropractor - I used to see in her as a child in the mid 90s).  I've been meaning on seeing one for a while, and, (I feel embarrassed writing this), the reason I hurt my ribs was because I had a friend walk on my back in an attempt to get it back in alignment.  My back actually felt better, but ended up with a cracked rib in the process!  Not the outcome I was hoping for. 

I've also been officially diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnalence.  I am going to write a much longer post about this, but essentially this means I always feel tired, no matter how much sleep I get.  And I've basically felt this way for 10 years. There is no cure, just medication, but I need to wait a month to get the medication as special approval is needed for the specialist to write a prescription.  (Not sure how I feel about taking medication that is so strong that it can't be prescribed without approval, but hopefully it will work)!

 

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