Been a long time apparently

Apr 08, 2014

So apparently I have forgotten to write a blog the past few months. In my defense..I've been busy. So Christmas was hard for me. So many temptations and a weak mind resulted in me indulging in things that I really shouldn't have. Which of course resulted in a few episodes of dumping..you would really think that would be enough to steer me clear of it...apparently my week mind had control of the wheel and well that being said...January was MUCH MUCH better. Got back on track. A friend of mine who lives in Australia wanted to start a challenge on the NIKE+ running app we both use to kind of keep us in a small competition..By the time I left for my first out of country vacation on January 28th  I had ran the most miles in a month I had ever run. clocking in at 53.24 miles. My previous best was 34.02 miles a few months previous. I won by only .2 of a mile that month. but man did I gloat :)..he's a good sport though! So we went to Cuba for a week. It was sunny and beautiful the whole time we were away. we walked so much everyday my legs ached to lay down by 10 pm every night. I only got out for one run, but it was awesome running across the beach. We went on the Catamaran and snorkled a few times. absolutely beautiful. Before I left for vacation though I had my 6 month follow up in Toronto. Dr. Huynh was concerned with a pain that I had been having in my lower intestine on the left side. He had a scope planned and a ultra sound booked for when i returned from vacation. I had to cancel the scope but went to the ultrasound and of course they did not find anything wrong...but this is where it started getting crazy.

My on and off pain  started becoming more frequent..long duration and new symptoms of extreme dizziness..symptoms almost like motion sickness, a lot of burping (which normally isn't normal for me) and not passing normal amounts in terms of bowel movements. I was sure that the new symptoms had nothing to do with the belly pain(the motion sickness anyways) I could barely stand let alone run (even though I still got 16 miles in during February). My GP said I just had an ear infection and gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 3 days later I finally got a hold of Dr. Huynh and he wanted me to rush down to the ER in Toronto to be looked at. They had an x-ray done and they could see that my bowel was inflamed but they did not know what the cause of it was. Needless to say I was put on the emergency surgery list and stayed the night at Humber and had surgery before lunch the next day. Turns out that I had a hernia that was grabbing my intestine and twisting it..then letting it go..no damage to my intestine just looked a little inflamed. They stitched up the hernia. Spent a couple of days in the hospital, but as soon as I woke up ALL of my crazy symptoms had disappeared. Dr huynh wasn't convinced that the hernia was my only problem..but I knew right away that it was. I spent a month recovering at home and was cleared to go back to work a couple of weeks ago now. I have had very little pain from the hernia site and any pain i do have is different then it previously was. My best guess is that it is healing related. 

I joined a gym a few days before the doctor cleared me to start working out again (March 25 is when I saw the doctor)...I have been back full force since I was cleared. During the last weeks of March I ran 47.38 miles (15 of those the last day of March so I could beat my running competition for a second time! ~gloat gloat gloat~) I feel fantastic though. In terms of weight loss I am bouncing between 178-180 lbs. I had a polar body age test done today at the gym. the thing claims I am 32...real age is nearly 30. If my blood pressure was normal during the test (it never is when someone besides myself if taking my blood pressure) I would be 28. My blood pressure since surgery has been normal so I am going with 28..I deserve that! 25ish pounds to goal..hoping to get there before my 1 year mark. 

Signed up for 3 fun runs this year. The first one is 3 days after my 30th birthday...it's a Color me Rad race on June 29th. The Next Race is the Warrior dash (the one I couldn't do last year because it was 3 days post surgery and I was very disappointed) July 19th. The third race is my first 10 km race around the shores of Owen Sound. I am planning on doing another 10 km night race is I can find another soul brave enough to come with me. That is all the fun stuff going on with me. Will try to blog soon and I should have new pics soon (around the 17th of April). 

 

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