What a scary story! Definitely worth checking into things, and resting when we need to!!

Googlie, have you thought about if you have any allergies? I had a similar problem this spring, although I felt "under the weather" probably even more frequently. I had all the tests: thyroid, diabetes, kidney, iron, etc....everything returned "normal". On my own, despite what the medical community could figure out, I discovered I'm allergic to ginger, of all things! And there I was, all spring, every time I got a sniffle or anything, I ate more ginger to kill the bug!! Silly me, I was poisoning myself!

Anyway, ginger free has meant very few illnesses since then. A whole lot of other things (including at times just not feeling like it) have kept me off my bike much more this year than I'd hoped, so I haven't proven yet that no ginger and training hard will work, but I'm really hoping for it!!

Just another avenue to explore! I agree with the others, too, though. If your body needs a rest, give her a rest!!!

Good luck,
Namaste,
~T~