Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Runs End. But Being a runner never stops. (my mantra)

I picked up that mantra in a magazine. I didn't post yesterday because the past few days have been absolutely stressful and filled with appointments to find out what is wrong with me. I guess that running was a major stress relief and not running has caused the stress in my life to boil over. I have been in a major depression and I have been riddled with anxiety. My Primary doctor did a full workup on me yesterday and everything came out fine. I have been having vertigo and other problems that I need to address. I then went to my PT today and am going to start the bike with him on Friday. I did 5 minutes on it today and felt good, physically. I also went to see the pain management psychologist and everything was fine there. I have actually stopped the narcotics and moved onto napoxen and acetaminophen to handle pain including deep breathing and relaxation techniques. After the PM psych I went to see my therapist and we talked for about an hour, I came out enlightened was to the reasons for my depression and anxiety. I won't go into detail but it had alot to do about running and exercising. I am coming down with head cold, so that sucks. Just a bunch of b*tching on my part but what the heck it is a blog about me and my family:) I then went and saw my buddy John, the president of Planet Sun( a kiosk/store that is dedicated to reducing sun exposure and staying hydrated www.planetsunhawaii.com ) and he has had knee surgery before, he told me to stay with the exercises, that it helps, and stay focused in my recovery and I will be out there soon enough. H ehten gave me an Ultimate Direction pouch for my fuel belt and placed a planet sun sticker on my cane and said that I am now an official sponsored athlete on the planet sun team that is in recovery mode. Give Thanks John, many mahalos. Tomorrow is a new day and a new rebirth for this once sullen athlete in recovery. Jah Bless the sunrise. Give Thanks for listening.

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