I've taken a hiatus for the last couple of weeks
after the doctor told me to lay off exercise. Eight or so years ago I
herniated a disc in my back. It’s never been quite right since. It
always bothers me a little, but most days it is like background noise. I
am used to it and I barely notice it. Sometime between Christmas
and New Year’s it started to bother me a lot. By New Year’s Eve I was
walking with a limp. I had to cancel my plans and go see the
doctor. I told him that I was training for a triathlon and I was hoping
that he would say “good! Exercise is just the thing that you need.”
But he told me that I could swim. He hesitated about the biking and told
me flat out to not run. I asked if I could do the elliptical in lieu of
the run. His answer was: “You know what, just stay off the exercise for a
while.” I was going bat crazy and becoming lazy, neither of which is
good. The doctor gave me a week’s worth of meds and told me to
contact him if it still bothered me in a week. It did, but not as
bad. I spent the next week playing phone tag with the doctor and have now
given up getting a hold of him. Unable to get his
permission I've diagnosed myself ready to go back to the gym, and I
was SO HAPPY to be back there this morning. Still got to get my back
better though.
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