After the Santa run on Sunday I was ready and raring to go on the advent streak. However, I ended up with hospital visits to 2 hospitals on the 1st day, 1 very hastily arranged.
Day 2 I did manage to get out for a very short run, the air was biting and the cold air does not agree with my VCD at all. But it felt good to be back on my normal route.
Day 3 now this is where it gets complicated, I am due to have a minor operation on Thursday so I need to be on a very strict diet of not alot. My energy levels are not good and over the next 48hrs I will be completely off of running. The outcome of this op may well dictate where and how I move forwards. If not I still have one more op to go through which should also settle things down for me.
Running has been a huge part of me for a long time, it does feel odd not to be out there as much, but I have to listen to my body sometimes. I am a firm believer in that when you are at 110% your body shuts down to enable recovery. I have over recent months listened to this signal, I rest as much as possible over my days off and take joy in having a sofa day. We live such busy lives these days that sometimes we forget that we need to recharge the batteries. For me sometimes running is my recharge and without it I feel lethargic and frustrated, but the last month has taught me that maybe sometimes other things need to be done first and my running will wait a day.
Day 4 was as expected never going to happen. I am scheduled to have a colonoscopy done so I have needed to take 'cleaning fluid' all I am going to say on this matter is, whoever invented that stuff is in league with the devil.
Day 5, absolutely wiped out today, my procedure is late afternoon so I am just trying to pass the time without thinking about food. I end up spending 5 hours in the hospital, in a huge amount of discomfort but able to leave quickly as i received very little in the way of pain relief....not on my request I hasten to add....there's another story. I really don't know if I will run this weekend I will see how my energy levels are, at the moment the small things are knocking me a bit. I am still in a little pain like before but hopefully this will calm down quickly. Now I have the wait to see what the results of the biopsy are. Again I will remain positive, I have to, at the moment we know that they have removed something that was causing a problem, it's whether that thing is more of the problem than 1st predictions thought.
Enjoy your weekends one and all.
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