what the *(&#(@$)?

[LBTC]

Nice ideas, Momonbike. You're good.

Of course, I am at work. So that's what I'm pretending to do.

If I were home I'd be sorting through receipts to get tax stuff to my accountant. blah.

oh, just found out my cat, Ted the survivor, who will be 14 years old and has outlived 5 feline companions in his lifetime, has hyperhtyroidism. Probably 2 pills a day for the rest of his life, at $1(ish) a pill, that means the online shopping will be somewhat diminished. *sigh*

Bike Goddess - get some sleep. sounds like you need it more than I do!!

namaste,
~T~

[nuthatch]

There is ALOT of stomach stuff going around here in my area and it seems to be combining itself with the respiratory/allergy stuff. It's just out there waiting at this time of the year to pounce on even a slightly taxed immune system.

[AutumnBreez]

I wish you wellness. I have been through it too, back and forth of feeling better and then phlemmy again with cough.

Think there are alot of weird stuff out there and I will do all I can to not take antibiotics. Zinc, Vit C and Echinacea are used instead.

Take care- with love, Breezy

[MomOnBike]

Nice ideas, Momonbike. You're good.

<Blush> I try.

Pills for a cat. No fun. They learn quickly. I've had several cats that could spit a pill from across the room from halfway down their gullet.

Mom(and small animal vet - sorta)OnBike

[snowtulip]

LBTC,
I am addicted to multi-tasking, and like you , when I'm sick I still have to be doing something. But I have learned that a quiet mind really does help me recuperate better, so what I do (other than taking healthy concoctions) is I go through old magazines, cut out interesting things and make collages. This way my mind is quiet and I'm still doing something. You might focus on collages with your great photos!

Feel better soon!

[LBTC]

wow! you guys really are great and full of great ideas.

I have a picture project to do: make cards to sell. Right after the taxes get done, that's the next thing for this brain to take care of!

The guys are out riding right now. I'm actually feeling poor enough that I'm not terribly sad about it. I know I will be next week, though, assuming I feel more normal. My coach (DH) is scaling back all intense activity for awhile. I won't be doing my race on May 7 (too soon to have fun), and no wed night rides for awhile - remember I'm the girl that rides with the fast guys....apparently it's more than my body can handle right now. And no road riding until we can get my bike fitted by a shop that knows how. That should be around May 23 ish. After that I should be able to begin ramping up my rides again. *sigh*. I'll make it. But thank you so much for listening to me whine and carry on! And being full of great ideas and support!

I have made an appointment with an alternative health practitioner....but she's booked until the end of May, so that's a fairly long wait.

Don't worry about my cat, though. The curious thing about Ted, my survivor (he's almost 14 years old), ge actually loves to take pills. Runs to me if I shake a pill bottle. Loves the treat after. Never fights me. I think 3 times in all his life he's spit out a pill, and that was my fault, too...and I do know how lucky we are for that - Ted's lost 3 companions during his life, and none of them, including his latest buddy, really liked taking pills - lots of squirming and scratching and carrying on. yup, this is the best it could be, considering.

if you've got any suggestions for my coach, feel free to pass them along. Including trying to figure out why I keep getting sick!

thanks all you great ladies!
~T~

[shewhobikes]

I hate your being sick. Been there myself these last 2 weeks, first w/a wicked cold and then a sinus/bronchial infection. Nasty antibiotics were worse than the disease. Run screaming!!!

Understand how frustrating it is to work up your training, then fall back, recuperate, try again, get sick again, fall back, oy vay!

So, sez mama, drink yer OJ, take yer meds, eat sum chicken soup and get yur rest girly. Hope you are back on the trails soon!

P.S. I also have a 14-year-old cat! His name is Percy because I was listening to Percy Sledge song on the radio when I brought him home. He is a FREAK of nature (stories later...) but now that he's old he's a homeboy and lots of fun. (Later I will tell you about the time he ran away, I moved to another city and I near about got arrested for cat abandonment....)

[mommelisa]

if you've got any suggestions for my coach, feel free to pass them along. Including trying to figure out why I keep getting sick!

I can totally relate to what you're going through!!

The same thing was happening to me this past few months. Yucky stomach, tired and sluggish, it felt like the flu maybe but I couldn't seem to shake it.

I am training for a couple of medium distance triathlons this summer (my first ones!!) and everyone, including my doctor had lots of advice. Maybe the training was too much for my body, maybe I was stressed trying to fit all the workouts in... After an ultrasound on my abdomen, a chest x-ray, a round of antibiotics and a prescription for zantac (in case it was stress that was causing it), the doctor did one last test that showed that I had an intestinal bacteria that was causing ALL the symptoms. Its fairly common, and most likely I got it from a swim I did in February in a local lake, but it can also be contracted by eating out where the food handlers do not wash their hands, etc. I know, it sounds yucky! Anyway, I did 10 days of a medicine, and I cannot tell you how much better I feel.

Its worth looking into if you think its been going on too long, is unexplainable, and its really hindering your training. The test to determine whether you have this or any other type intestinal bacteria is not the most pleasant, so I won't go into it here... but if you want any info, just let me know.

I am finally back to my regular training schedule and I am so much less grumpy! :-)

Hope you feel better!
Melisa

[LBTC]

good idea, there, mommellisa. glad you found the problem and your cure. funny, I would think the antibiotics I was on for strep throat would have killed that bacteria, if that were the problem. would that make sense or am I just wishful thinking?

so far I have appointments with: my chiropractor, eye doctor, a massage therapist, an alternative medicine practitioner. I'll keep you posted if anything helps or not. first appt is next Monday, but I don't see the AMP until the end of the month. *sigh*. The doc's we ride with just said: rest, sleep & eat well. go figure.

thanks again for everyone's support and sympathy. it's no broken pelvis!! but not knowing might actually make this nearly as bad. at least with a broken bone there is a course of treatment and expected results. (what I experienced with a broken humerus)

namaste
~T~

[mommelisa]

good idea, there, mommellisa. glad you found the problem and your cure. funny, I would think the antibiotics I was on for strep throat would have killed that bacteria, if that were the problem. would that make sense or am I just wishful thinking?

Yea, I wish, too! This stuff is only curable by taking a specific "vile, vile, vile tasting" medicine called Flagyl. Vile is truly the only way to describe it.

[spazzdog]

Hey! I get that for my doggie when he gets colitis... and he gets it in pill form.

Perhaps the people pharmacy has it in pill form and then you wouldn't have the icky taste.

spazz

[mommelisa]

Hey! I get that for my doggie when he gets colitis... and he gets it in pill form.
Perhaps the people pharmacy has it in pill form and then you wouldn't have the icky taste.

Yep! Same stuff. It comes in pill form for people, too, but it starts to dissolve the minute it touches liquid, so you put it in to your mouth and it starts to fall apart immediately!

[spazzdog]

oh...... yuck!

This is a prescription that calls for a JELLO SHOT!

[nuthatch]

I love that name...probably named for the flagellum of the wee critters swimming around inside! Uggg!

[mommelisa]

oh...... yuck! This is a prescription that calls for a JELLO SHOT!

WAIT! The worst part of the whole thing, besides the vile taste, is that you cannot have any alcohol during the time you're taking the medicine!! lol! It supposedly makes you violently ill (i didn't test it out!). So for the full course of the meds and three days afterwards, no shots.

My girlfriend had a birthday while I was taking the meds and so my husband I and went to dinner with her and her husband. The all had a drink or so before dinner then a couple of bottles of wine with dinner... Ever been the one that is stone cold sober when people are philosphizing over a bottle of wine???