November 26th, 2012
I’ll make this short just to explain what went down today.
So you guys know the B12 turned my running around like I hadn’t had since before this thing started. My logs for a couple weeks say “Amazing run!” “Fantastic run!” “OMG, just like my old self again!”
But when I posted that potassium thing, it was because I had started having some fatigue and I thought it was due to the B12/Potassium connection I spoke about.
I didn’t get my previous pep back though, and on the Philly marathon week, I took 3 days off (not for feeling bad, just worked out that way) so I felt sure the next week would be great. But last week was horrible. I glossed over it completely in the last post, but I knew it was bigger than just being tired. One run, a 5 miler, I stopped several times and eventually walked the last mile home. The next run, another 5mi seemed a bit better but the one after that, on Saturday…horrible. All of these runs felt like I was carrying a 2-ton sack of potatoes on my back. But I kept hoping, thinking it could be hormones or too many glute exercises or…denial.
So I took yesterday off and with my usual positive hope, went out today and it was just like when it all began. My balance was weird and after a little bit, my steps got smaller and smaller. I almost fell over a couple times. Hell, at one point, I wondered if it was that innocuous metatarsal pad I’d put in but pulling it out of my shoe didn’t help. I got around 1.5mi with a couple stops and then couldn’t even restart. I walked home and knew it was time for help.
Don’t go to the ER the Monday after a holiday weekend if you have a choice. I waited about 5 hours, then they put me on a stretcher in the hallway because there weren’t any rooms. A nice resident finally saw me about an hour later and looking at my transcripts from March, declared that I had received the Cadillac treatment for all the tests I’d had. Then he got his supervisor and they said there was nothing more they could do. They gave me the name of a neurologist and a sports ortho and that’s that.
I hate this, but am not surprised. If only I wasn’t a runner, then none of this would matter. I wouldn’t even have a problem. WTF.
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Dang!
Man I hate seeing this as it is too close to what I go through some days. You have fair dinkum banged the nail squarely on the proverbial. I get fracked off completely with the whole ‘you seem fit/strong/healthy’ to the point of utmost distraction. I can understand Joe Couchsurfer having that bent but I have given up almost on some doctors as they give me their little pathetic little neurological examinations and declare me as being fine. Fine if I want to sit on my posterior, watch TV and not live my life; not at all fine if I want to smash life to smithereens which is my natural wont.
Take care Flo!
You and I, what a pair.
Wish you lived in the States, Kevin.
And for the record, I suspect you’ll always find a way to smash life to smithereens.
Argh….And it really is frustrating. The OBESE lament the discrimination they face by the medical establishment, but the fit face our own issues.
And Flo, I am so sorry you’re dealing with this. I wish I had more than words – some magic doctor to send you to, etc.
Bloody hell! I was expecting to share strange foot callous stories with you and now this! Yes, have this callous near ball of my right foot/big toe. Have been working on it with a pumice stone. Anyway, good luck. All I can suggest is don’t have days off! You were running well there for a while.
Oh no, Flo! :-(
Sending big hugs your way. Stay strong and continue to advocate for yourself. You will get to the bottom of this.
Good luck, my friend.
Sending positive vibes your way, Flo. So sorry to hear the symptoms are back. I hope the neurologist can help.
Man, I hope that you donate your body to science someday, because it will probably help some researcher win a Nobel Prize for Medicine. But life always has a way of balancing itself out so you will eventually triumph over this too and be back to normal. Whatever that is. :-) Hang in there.
Awe Flo I’m sorry. I can sympathize with having the sense or thoughts of,”I’m back.” “I feel like I should.” only to be taken away again. The crash is so disruptive and I hope as hard as I can hope that you feel like “Flo” again. Thanks for the update, I was worried when I saw the ER post on FB.
WTF is right. That sucks, Flo. Wish I had some words of wisdom for you, but I am thinking of you.