Getting healthy is killing me!
In the past 2 years I have suffered 4 different ailments in my attempt so get and stay at a healthy weight. Maybe some of it is my age, but this is getting rediculous!!
First, I developed ovarian cysts and bigger fibroids as a result of estrogen being released from my lost fat into my bloodstream. This caused an ovarian cyst to burst (very painful) and periodic ovarian pain that is more of a nuisance than anything else.
As a result of significant cardio workouts, I developed a heart murmur from mitral valve prolapse and a recurrance of PSVT (Paroxsysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia). So I have been on a medication to control the PSVT. This is especially bothersome because I had a cardiac ablation (burning of electrical pathways in the heart) done in 2002 to cure the PSVT so I wouldn’t be on meds for it for the rest of my life. 5% of PSVT recurs and it had to happen to me! Because of the murmur, I have to take antibiotics prior to some procedures like dental cleanings.
Now I have Bilateral Greater Trochanteric Bursitis. Which basically means both of my hips hurt. This has been going on since the summer and I finally decided to get it checked out. I went to Physical Therapy today for the first time. I really didn’t know how I got it because the thing I do a lot, the elliptical, does not cause pain when I do it. I can also ski without pain. It sometimes hurts to walk and I have a slight limp at times. What hurts, is lifting my leg while turning it outward. Like when you rest your ankle on your opposite knee to put on shoes or to dry your foot after showering. It also hurts to step up a big step. It hurts to lay on either hip when sleeping and to roll over in bed.
After a rather complex PT evaluation, the Physical Therapist concluded that I am overdoing the elliptical and not stretching beforehand. I also have a very slight scoliosis in my lower back. So I got ultrasound treatment to both hips today and heated massage of the ligaments on the inside and outside of my thighs, which are all inflamed. So, I am allowed to do the elliptical but have to reduce it to half the incline and half the resistance and keep it to 30 minutes.
I go again on Monday and Wednesday next week. I must remember to take Motrin before I go because I was pretty sore afterwards. I meant to take it today, but was running late and didn’t eat breakfast and didn’t want to take it on an empty stomach.
He gave me stretches to do twice a day which are pretty simple. Hopefully, I will be feeling better in a few weeks.
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Family Updates
Tara got her Driver’s license last week!! She actually parallel parked in Sam’s big truck! Way to go, Tara!! It is nice not having to make so many trips to the school. She drives herself and Jake. Softball season has started so we need to pick up Jake sometimes if practice starts right after school.
I have not gone skiing as much this year as usual, but I plan on going today! The snow sucked pretty much until we got that big storm a few weeks ago. But I was working a lot and couldn’t make it out until this past weekend when I went with Jenny and Jeramiah. We had a blast!!
Tara’s first Softball game is Feb 27th. We are pretty sure that she will make the varsity team since she was moved there the end of last season for the 3A State Championship which they went on to win. There are bunches of games so we will be traveling a lot.
Jake is only playing Little League Baseball this year. He thinks he won’t make the JV team, so he didn’t even tryout. :( They start playing Apr. 26th.
I hope some of you will be able to make it to watch them play.
Erin got contact lenses yesterday. She is still working on getting used to them.
Sam turned 50 yrs. old last week. We had a party with some friends the Sat. before and then went to his mom’s on his birthday for a nice dinner and cake.
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Old friends
The last few days, I got to visit with some friends that I don’t get to see very often. Yesterday, I drove to Gilbert to see my friend, Omana. She is from India. We became friends 3 yrs ago when she moved to Pinetop-Lakeside to work at the hospital where I work. I trained her to work in our Nursery. She has been a NICU nurse for many years, so I really just had to show her our paperwork and computer stuff. She only worked with us for about a year and then moved to the Phoenix area to work. I haven’t seen for about a year even though she doesn’t live that far away. I learned to appreciate our country more from her. She worked in Kuwait for many years and told me about how they were not permitted to practice Christianity there.
Today, Helga (my friend since I was 4 yrs old from NY) came to Jenny’s to visit. She is in AZ from Florida visiting her husband’s sister with her family. I haven’t seen her since probably 6 years ago. She helped me through so much as a kid. It is very rare to be friends with someone for so long. Someone who knows you so well and knows where you came from. She reminded us that she has been to AZ twice and we have never been to Florida to visit her. I hope someday soon that we will be able to visit her at her home in Florida.
Next week, I am hoping to see my friend Marcia who lives in Tucson. She plans on being in the area. We saw her summer 2008 when we went to Tucson for a Little League tournament. Marcia and I have been friends since grade school in NY and have kept in touch all these years.
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