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************2011 HAS HIT ME WITH VENGEANCE!
(Better get comfortable....this is a long posting)


The week following Christmas was at the time a good week. Daily workouts and I even had the opportunity to teach one class and all seemed fine.
Then on New Years day I awoke with a scratchy throat and by noon on Sunday I had a full blown cold....yuk! Lots of coughing so much to the point at night I actually rubbed Vick's on the souls of my feet and wore socks to bed. I read it somewhere so I tried it and OMG it worked the coughing stopped.
Out came the Netti pot just to keep the sinuses open.
I suffered through Monday and on Tuesday I felt that I needed a cardio workout so off to the Y for a good walk on the track. It felt wonderful!

It came time to do my cool down stretch. I did the right side first with a ham, quad, and calf stretch then upper body. Then the left side I got as far as the ham stretch and OMG a pain hit me in the right upper glut! I thought I would faint. All I could do was to 'deep breath' and try to straighten up.
DAMN it took so long to get out of the pain but once I did moving slowly was the answer. I had to pick up some Tylenol at the same time the heavens opened up and dumped snow to the point that driving was slow. We caught a streamer off the lake.

As I tried to manage the DAMN PAIN getting in and out of the car was HELL! I did manage to get home and safely in the house.
This moving slowly just isn't my style....I think there is a LESSON to be learned from this experience....duh...have to think about it.

Once home and settled into a comfortable position in my chair I jumped on the internet and went to the Mayo Clinic site and found out that the cause of the pain was the pinching of the sciatic nerve and icing the area was advised which I did and YIKES relief! I have only heard of people experiencing it now it has happened to me!

I realize now how it happened to me. My resistance was low do to all the intake of unhealthy food and too much salt over Christmas visit along with being out of my environment way too long. Then the 'cold' hit and along with the heavy coughing I stressed the effected area to its' limit.

My whole world came tumbling down.....so off to bed I went and slept 11 and a half hours....gee, do you think I needed the rest?
That happened thanks to the Tylenol. I have a rather high pain threshold and very seldom take anything for pain I just try to work through it.
Along with icing the area several times each day and stretching and moving I feel like a NEW WOMAN!

My dear neighbour A.M. has been checking up on me and she popped in yesterday for a visit which was lovely.
I call her my SLS...(Sweet little soul)!

Look out world I am back!!!!!!!!


Till next time