Beating Back the Beast - Day 6

My plans for a run were scuppered today by the weather. The day dawned wet and cold! Now you may say don't be such a princess it's only a little rain, and I too would say that to anyone of normal health but I have learned the hard way what may seem a simple thing to others is not always the case for the immune compromised.

My problem with the wet and cold started a few winters back. I was feeding out to the stock in the freezing rain, my legs and hands got quite wet and very cold. I thought it would be a grand idea to have a hot shower to thaw myself out. This proved to be a learning opportunity for me. I learned that extreme temperature changes can bring on hives and not just any hives but hives so big my knees swelled to three times their normal size.

I was still seeing my "GP" back then and she informed me of what had happened and gave me steroids to control it. What she didn't tell me was that the steroids came with side effects. Which for someone who has a history of allergies etc may have been a red flag. Suffice it to say I chucked the steroids away when my heart rate went all over the place and a whole lot of other icky side effects kicked in. I suffered through the hives for some time until they finally went away. Lesson learned.

So a run today was out of the question, instead I did another circuit. I have to admit that by doing circuits the switch of muscle groups at each station allows me to workout for longer. It is not so much my fitness nor my determination that holds me back but the muscle fatigue that sees my muscles just quit working when they have to work for more than a few minutes at a time. By changing up the muscle groups I am able to get an effective workout and my energy levels actually increase.

On the sugar front......massive fail....in the words of Scarlet O'Hara - tomorrow, tomorrow is another day!