Jiffer
10-23-2012, 04:49 PM
I haven't been around here in a while again. As many of you know I've had some health issues that derailed me from the kind of riding I was doing a year and a half ago. Adrenal fatigue, hypothyroidism, low hormones across the board and more. I went from riding pretty fast, lots of climbing, a handful of centuries a year, a few road races in 2010 to riding 5 to 10 miles at . . . oh . . . 10-12 mph on as flat of terrain as possible. I could physically do more, but if I did, my symptoms of fatigue and blood pressure dropping when I stand would worsen.
Well, I'm still working on all my issues, but my symptoms do seem to be a little better. The black out sensation when I stand is way better, which is directly related to adrenal fatigue. My actual feelings of fatigue, while still there, are a little better. My TSH test results came back showing a closer to normal number. Still not normal, but moving in the right direction now and the best results so far. My vitamin D was WAY low and is now close to the low range of normal. I'm waiting for results from all my female hormones. Next week I'm having my mercury levels tested and will probably begin mercury detox as I believe it may the source of ALL my woes.
I've been testing out what kind of riding my body can tolerate. I've had some mishaps and realized I needed to back off, but over all, I'm doing what feels like almost normal kinds of rides . . . in between super easy and short rides. Trying to find the right balance. But I'm seeing some progress and this makes me very happy. :D
What is pretty cool is that my muscle memory is definitely still there. I did a 36 mile ride on PCH (flat) drafting my husband at an overall average of 18 mph (which means we were going 21-22 most of the time), and, while it was a pretty hard ride for me, I did okay. And my legs weren't killing me during the ride or the next day. However, I did realize that this ride was more than I should have done when I tried to do the club ride the following week and didn't feel so great a third of the way through and rode back to the car at a moderate pace with my husband. All part of the experimenting process. But the point being, once my health is back in order, I know my muscles will be there to get me where I wanna be again and hopefully a much stronger rider than I ever was before. ;)
Well, I'm still working on all my issues, but my symptoms do seem to be a little better. The black out sensation when I stand is way better, which is directly related to adrenal fatigue. My actual feelings of fatigue, while still there, are a little better. My TSH test results came back showing a closer to normal number. Still not normal, but moving in the right direction now and the best results so far. My vitamin D was WAY low and is now close to the low range of normal. I'm waiting for results from all my female hormones. Next week I'm having my mercury levels tested and will probably begin mercury detox as I believe it may the source of ALL my woes.
I've been testing out what kind of riding my body can tolerate. I've had some mishaps and realized I needed to back off, but over all, I'm doing what feels like almost normal kinds of rides . . . in between super easy and short rides. Trying to find the right balance. But I'm seeing some progress and this makes me very happy. :D
What is pretty cool is that my muscle memory is definitely still there. I did a 36 mile ride on PCH (flat) drafting my husband at an overall average of 18 mph (which means we were going 21-22 most of the time), and, while it was a pretty hard ride for me, I did okay. And my legs weren't killing me during the ride or the next day. However, I did realize that this ride was more than I should have done when I tried to do the club ride the following week and didn't feel so great a third of the way through and rode back to the car at a moderate pace with my husband. All part of the experimenting process. But the point being, once my health is back in order, I know my muscles will be there to get me where I wanna be again and hopefully a much stronger rider than I ever was before. ;)