Well, kids – everything has been going fabulously in the healing world - or it was until Saturday morning. I woke up dizzy-as-all-getout and almost fell over when I got out of bed. I stayed in bed the rest of the day, not feeling like walking around in a stupor and was trying to figure out what in the heck was wrong with me. I’ve been done with pain meds for a few days now so it wasn’t that making me dizzy. What could it be??? Hoping that my body might reset itself if I went back to bed, I slept a bit more, but to no avail, my dizziness was still with me when I woke up. Everything else felt fine, blood pressure seemed normal, blood sugar seemed normal. Just really off-balance – almost to the point of vertigo. And if you know me – you know I don’t like the spins – so that meant lying down for Karey. And if you really really know me – you know that forced lying down makes for a grumpy Karey.
Anyway, this continued into Sunday and finally Monday afternoon I made my hubby drive me to the ER. (Doc isn’t open on holiday). So, after another CT scan of my brain to make sure I wasn’t bleeding (no big deal, right?) and some explanations of why doc’s can’t really figure out dizziness, I was sent home with glorified dramamine. Honestly, i felt a little better that night and today I’m feeling almost 100% better. I think my balance sensors needed reset. So, hopefully that doesn’t come back – cause I didn’t like it one bit.
Anyway, other than that, things are moving right a long about as fast as I can move along with my walker. Still in limbo zone – have my follow-up appointments coming up next week. That’s about it. Spirits are still doing okay, despite a few setbacks – it is what it is, right? Still very thankful for my toes and am starting to have a little more flexibility in my left leg, which is great!!!
I’ve decided that I’m a bit sadistic. I’m not sure if its cycling that I miss at this point, or just feeling the suffering and pain of anaerobic-cough and burning quads and body. I watched this link the other day (cause I secretly want to be a pro XC skater) and started crying cause I can’t do that to myself. And then I sat there laughing to myself because what normal person would really be desperate to feel that sort of suffering??? It also made me decide that since there are no cars on a ski track that I am going to devout a lot of time to this next winter. Chris and I did some skating up at Mt Hood Meadows and Teacup last year and it’s a blast and such a great workout. So, winter 2011 here I come!!!!
