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Gurgle, gurgle
I bought a swimsuit today! I hope to relearn how to swim and to begin doing so regularly. It’d be nice to have an activity that doesn’t beat up my body quite so much. You know, I could never open my eyes under water without goggles on. It just burned too much. And I don’t like having stuff in my eye, even if it’s water.
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Just one of them days
I got a physical today, and got some surprising (but not more than vaguely scary or bad) news. My car’s “Check Engine” light turned on… and is staying on. Car problems are sadly expensive, and this one (whatever it is) will also require me to be at the shop at 08:00, and possibly to miss class and more work. I got weighed today. Frown. WO and I are both short on sleep, so we’re tired, emotional, and grumpy. Did I mention that car problems are expensive? I didn’t meditate today. I didn’t eat well today. I didn’t get any exercise today. I’m sore as hell from yesterday’s weight-lifting–my first since…
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Quad tendonitis.
Due to super-tight quads and hip flexors. I was given some great stretches to do multiple times daily, and the results of my (excellent) examination by the Sports Hurt Lady will be sent back to the campus doctor. *whew*.
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Acknowledge your ignorance: an open letter
Dear doctor, If you are not a sports doctor/trainer and are not listening to my explanation of my pain, do not pass off my pain/discomfort as a mere “overuse injury”. Explain to me why my injury has the pattern it does if it is a mere overuse injury. Do not shrug helplessly at my limited alternatives for healing (no anti-inflamatories) and insist on using the old, so-in-the-box RICE method… with the anti-inflamatories I can’t take. If you refuse to think outside the box, at least admit your fucking ignorance and refer me to someone who might know more. Not an orthopedic surgeon, but maybe someone who can differentiate what kind…
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Ow, my jaw.
When I went to take my pill upon waking this morning, I discovered an immense amount of pain in my jaw. What the hell? I thought carefully back over my weekend’s activities, and discovered not a one that would cause that degree of soreness. I skipped breakfast and showered and carefully, carefully brushed my teefuses. More ow. What the hell could be causing this, if not something unmentionable to the public? Then I remembered my workout last night. (Ahem.) I ran the longest I have in quite a while. What’s that got to do with my jaw? All the hard breathing. I discovered a couple of years ago that if…