It has been a slow month at work to start the new year. The phones aren't ringing, and you would think that we would be twiddling our thumbs waiting for something to happen. Instead we have been working hard to get prepared for the upcoming push about to begin. There has been research to be done, planning timelines, and training to make sure when business gets going, we are ready.
But what do you do when your own git up and go don't go nowhere???
I have been battling a nerve and joint inflammation complicated with a bout of bursitis nearby. It has made my git up and go totally disappear. On my third round of "let's try this" medicine, I have at least gotten rid of the shooting pains down my leg. That should help some of my git up and go.
I have thought long and hard about how this could have happened to me. I have never had serious back issues, even when I was at my heaviest. Most of my trouble came from my knees. And I think my spine and frame got used to the way I walked or waddled along. But I went and lost some weight, and now I have to get my spine and frame to "undo" some bad habits.
I first noticed the pain on one side of my butt when I attained enough energy to swim laps in the pool. When it happened, I thought that it had been a while since I had that much git up and go, and my body was being pushed a little further than it was used to. I knew if I continued to keep active, it would eventually get used to stretching.
Then I got my job, and I started sitting at a computer all day. Not good for your git up and go. The only exercise I got was going to the ladies' room every hour or so. Which made my git up and go retreat a little farther down the road...
My intent was to walk at lunch, but for the first couple of months it was running close to 100 degrees outside and just too intensely humid to walk. What energy boost I would have gotten from the walk would have been outweighed by the sapping of your strength from the heat. So, I stayed in and let my git up and go go away a little more.
Suddenly, my back/hip problem became too painful to walk any distance. Going to the grocery store became a chore I hated more than usual. So I sat more and moved less. Not good.
By the time Christmas rolled along, sitting more, eating more, and moving less became my way of life.
When your car won't git up and go you take it to a mechanic. We humans git up and go to the doctor. Except during the holidays they are harder to find than the newest techno gadget. If you read my last blog, you know I found one. No help there.
Finally right after New Years, doctors came back to town and reopened their offices. So I got up and went. It was then he decided that in addition to my back, I had bursitis in the hip. A shot helped that. But the nightly nerve pains down my leg had kept me from getting a good night's sleep for about the last 6 weeks. Another check with the doctor, and I am now on a neuropathy medicine that is used for fibromyalgia and effects of shingles.
Wait a minute, didn't the shingles git up and go a couple of months ago?
The medicine has been working, and I have been able to sleep again. That helps. However the hip and back pain is still abundant, so the next order will probably be a MRI. That is probably when my money will git up and go.
My friend and I have both been having some age related issues, along with many others of our friends and acquaintances. We now spend a lot of our texting time in the evenings comparing notes about who has the biggest ache of the day and which neighbor is also having issues. We are becoming experts on various illnesses.
Our youth has gotten up and gone...
One of the side effects of this new medicine is that it makes me somewhat impulsive. I have put something in my mouth to nibble on before I have even processed that I got up to get it. It has made me crave sweets. Not good a week before you are supposed to go have your next lap-band weigh in.
All of this is my fault. If I hadn't let myself get so fat, I wouldn't be having these problems and having to "undo" all the wrongs done to my body over the years. What was I thinking? So here's my advice for the day:
If you are still young enough, don't let yourself get into this position. And if you are already there, fight through the pain and keep moving. You can stiffen up quickly and if you lose your flexibility, your git up and go won't....
Excuse me, I have to git up and go to the cookie jar.
Sometimes I think it might be a good thing if my git up and go didn't!
4 comments:
Dear Cindy Windy,
You know it really is "the candles on our cake" that are starting to tell on us. I don't think there is one of us that as we grow older doesn't have some physical pain. When my friends and I get together it seems our topic of conversation always leans to what doctor we just went to or who is having knee replacement, etc. I believe I'm too young to be a part of this, but . . . and here's my secret - if you could see me prepare to put my shoes on it would be quite entertaining. First, there's the soft little covers that fit around the second toe, second-on goes the bunion covers, third-the $400 orthodics go into the shoe and finally the shoe better be New Balance, Merrell or Privo--flats of course! If I wear heels even for a few hours, I know my feet will yell!!!! I thought I had neuropathy, but endured the $1800 test to find out Ihave "the most healthy" feet the dr. has seen in a long time. That means I probably need bunion surgery on both feet. All this probably came from the fact that in my better day I would buy a pair of shoes just because they looked pretty--even if they didn't have my size--I would buy the next half size smaller and just look pretty! Ha!
I do hope you can get rid of your pain and start swimming those laps again. Will keep you in my prayers and hope for the day we can relax on the beach together and just watch those waves roll in!
Bunches of love,
gail
p.s. don't tell anyone my secrets Hee Hee
OMG you got the grandma/cajun bunions! I didn't inherit that. What I got was grandma's boobs! Maybe that is what is wrong with my back LOL. Come on down, even if I am working, I will sneak an hour or two. Beach is nice this time of year, no crowds! Love you GGT
PS = known you all your life and never knew you were a little Imelda Marcos, cuz
Dear Windy Cindy (I just couldn't resist), Joyce and I can certainly relate to this blog. I'm sure Nancy and Chally can too, but they won't admit it. I joined Anytime Fitness and paid for a personal trainer. It has been one of the best decisions I've made in a long time. My trainer is young and good-looking which is a great motivator to not only show up, but to work as hard as I can on the weight training machines. I can see a difference in my arms, thighs, and waistline. It isn't cheap, but it has worked for me. Even if no one else can tell, I feel better about myself.
Ms. Hi-Mo... appreciate your empathy. I would love to get a personal trainer, but that requires both time and money, both of which in short supply right now. I gotta figure this all out how to work around the pain. Haven't gotten there yet. But at least the neuropathy med he has me on has allowed me to sleep through the night. That helps tremendously. Keep exercising for the both of us! Miss you guys.
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