hey Pooks, I missed you! I'm sorry you have shingles, my aunt who is 83 also just got them and it has caused permanent nerve damage in her face. she is so depressed, I think she won't recover.
You on the other hand, get on your bike and try it! we need your spirit here.
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01-02-2007, 11:22 AM #1
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01-02-2007, 11:50 AM #2
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Nice to see you Pooks! Shingles can be difficult to recover from.
Please take it easy. I know what it is like to be excited to get back on the bike. I am hoping to get on the trainer this evening. Check with your doctor before to mcu activity. Heal quickly!
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01-02-2007, 12:05 PM #3
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Hey Pooks,
I'm glad to hear that you are excited to get out on the bike but you should keep a couple of things in mind. Shingles is a type of viral infection that is running unchecked. So although the prednisone will keep the pain down your body still has to do the work to beat the virus. So, like all other viruses that stress your immune system, some light exercise is good but too much will slow your recovery. Feel free to exercise but keep your heart rate low. If you don't have a HR monitor, try to exercise at a level that allows you to continue to breath through your nose, this will keep your intensity level in check.
Take care and recover fast!
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01-02-2007, 02:39 PM #4
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Good you're back! A fellow beginning biker I know also landed shingles this winter... so she's been careful not to push hard - but doing some exercise helps keep the systems kicking in.
Remember, 0.5 miles is more than 0.0 miles. Just do it!! Right now half a mile takes you past a dozen people at least on BJ
(I'm all frothing because I'm down at 800 something in the ranking now, after my high-falutin' ascent!! but my commute home should take me up a couple hundred...)
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01-02-2007, 05:01 PM #5
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Pooks, I fell off the wagon too.... When I started school I quit bike commuting and that was bad, but when I got in the accident, I haven't ridden but a handful of very short rides. We can start over together! Yay!
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Edepol nunc nos tempus est malas peioris fieri. -- Plautus, Miles Gloriosus
(Now is the time for bad girls to become worse still.)
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01-02-2007, 09:24 PM #6
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Missed you Pooks, it's great to have you back
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01-03-2007, 04:20 PM #7
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So, ladies, have ya been outside? Or is the weekend going to crack the door open for you? Half a mile is infinitely more than no miles... and we need to be rackin' 'em up for Team Estrogen!
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