clevermanka (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
clevermanka) wrote2012-09-13 01:10 pm
clevermanka) wrote2012-09-13 01:10 pm
Entry tags:
My legs are fine. After all, they are mine.
Locals: The Amphitheater Previously Known As Sandstone has another Saturday concert, but at least it's not an all-day music fest. The show starts at 7pm, so Smoker will be well over by the time it starts. Good thing. The bands? Motley Crue, AC/DC, and Poison. I'm pretty sure this means that P Gate will be closed (again), so plan accordingly if you need to be on site Saturday.
I went to CrossFit this morning and felt pretty okay for most of it. The warm-up was kinda fun--a wheelbarrow with partner across the gym, switch positions to return, then five burpees, repeat for a total of three times. I was mostly okay with the wheelbarrow once my partner was instructed to hold my legs closer to the knee than the ankles because I don't have enough strength to keep my back from sagging (ouchie on the low back, there). She let go sooner than I expected on one round, though, and I fell hard enough to take the skin off my right knee. For skills, we did push presses (which I rock at, technique-wise, even if I can't actually lift very much weight) and deadlifts. And, okay, deadlifts are not my best thing, but they're better than overhead squats where I fall back onto my ass with some regularity. So I was feeling pretty good about those, and the WOD wasn't too terrible because it did not involve running. Five rounds for time:
5 Hand Stand Push Ups (I did this nifty prep for HSPUs)
10 Pull-ups
15 Knee-to-Elbows (I worked on just getting my hips to 90 degrees)
20 Kettlebell Swings
25 Squats
I finished in 25:01, which was pretty slow, but I was taking breathers to avoid a coughing fit (yeah, I'm still coughing) and just taking it easy in general because, you know, MY BODY. I felt tired, not wiped out--which was good. But my ears felt like they were stopped up and they were ringing like crazy. That was new. And not cool.
Luckily, I had acupuncture this morning, so I told Kiva about it because (an hour and a half later) they didn't feel much better. After hearing about my respiratory infection and hives and a super miserable three-day weekend at KCRF and that I still went to CrossFit twice this week, she looked at me like this:
Apparently ringing and pressure in the ears is a sign that your kidneys are stressed like whoa, which means there is a good chance (in my case, it's about a 99.999% chance) that the adrenals are pretty much shot to fuck. So she did a lot of work on my kidney and spleen lines in hopes of getting some relief to my adrenal glands before they completely give up on me. Again. She also told me that for the next week, the most I should be exerting myself is walks and yoga. No lifting. No heavy exertion. Nothing that winds me, makes me break a sweat, or causes muscle fatigue.
Obviously I'm not going to be able to adhere to that for Saturday's Smoker, but I'm looking at a return date to CrossFit delayed until September 24.
Yesterday afternoon, I had a good and helpful email exchange with a friend who has similar thyroid and adrenal problems. I asked her the same question about finding an internal motivator for not hating my body and she had some great advice. I want to make a whole post about it, though, so it's going to have to wait for tomorrow.
In the meantime:
I went to CrossFit this morning and felt pretty okay for most of it. The warm-up was kinda fun--a wheelbarrow with partner across the gym, switch positions to return, then five burpees, repeat for a total of three times. I was mostly okay with the wheelbarrow once my partner was instructed to hold my legs closer to the knee than the ankles because I don't have enough strength to keep my back from sagging (ouchie on the low back, there). She let go sooner than I expected on one round, though, and I fell hard enough to take the skin off my right knee. For skills, we did push presses (which I rock at, technique-wise, even if I can't actually lift very much weight) and deadlifts. And, okay, deadlifts are not my best thing, but they're better than overhead squats where I fall back onto my ass with some regularity. So I was feeling pretty good about those, and the WOD wasn't too terrible because it did not involve running. Five rounds for time:
5 Hand Stand Push Ups (I did this nifty prep for HSPUs)
10 Pull-ups
15 Knee-to-Elbows (I worked on just getting my hips to 90 degrees)
20 Kettlebell Swings
25 Squats
I finished in 25:01, which was pretty slow, but I was taking breathers to avoid a coughing fit (yeah, I'm still coughing) and just taking it easy in general because, you know, MY BODY. I felt tired, not wiped out--which was good. But my ears felt like they were stopped up and they were ringing like crazy. That was new. And not cool.
Luckily, I had acupuncture this morning, so I told Kiva about it because (an hour and a half later) they didn't feel much better. After hearing about my respiratory infection and hives and a super miserable three-day weekend at KCRF and that I still went to CrossFit twice this week, she looked at me like this:
Apparently ringing and pressure in the ears is a sign that your kidneys are stressed like whoa, which means there is a good chance (in my case, it's about a 99.999% chance) that the adrenals are pretty much shot to fuck. So she did a lot of work on my kidney and spleen lines in hopes of getting some relief to my adrenal glands before they completely give up on me. Again. She also told me that for the next week, the most I should be exerting myself is walks and yoga. No lifting. No heavy exertion. Nothing that winds me, makes me break a sweat, or causes muscle fatigue.
Obviously I'm not going to be able to adhere to that for Saturday's Smoker, but I'm looking at a return date to CrossFit delayed until September 24.
Yesterday afternoon, I had a good and helpful email exchange with a friend who has similar thyroid and adrenal problems. I asked her the same question about finding an internal motivator for not hating my body and she had some great advice. I want to make a whole post about it, though, so it's going to have to wait for tomorrow.
In the meantime:
no subject
no subject
no subject
http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Eustachian-Tube-Dysfunction.htm
Oddly, although I haven't gotten my September bronchitis since my three years of giving myself those allergy immunotherapy injections, yesterday I woke up with the ETD just before the flare hit. I may have to check out my kidneys.
no subject
no subject
For me, ETD has frequently been triggered by bending over during or after a cold or similar nastiness, but I would think you would have felt it (like whoah!) during your first hand stand push up if that were the case for you.
I am only somewhat familiar with your health issues, since I have only read your posts since last year. Are they worse now than ever (beyond a flare) or do your problems seem to wax and wane? You've mentioned Hashimoto's, cortisol, and food/digestive problems, but, otherwise, I don't really have a complete picture. Do you know of a post where you may have discussed this?
Anyway, no worries if you don't, I was mostly wondering if you've been tested for/diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency (ACTH Stim Test)or had those BUN, creatinine, and/or creatinine clearance tests for your kidney function? (A good friend and former co-worker of mine has Cushing's and my beloved kitty, The Choop, died from Addison's, so this happens to be one of those medical areas in which I've done some reading and which raises my concern level:( )
no subject
I have been tested for cortisol levels, and I know they are out of whack. They are lowest in the morning, dip in the early afternoon, and start to rise again in the late afternoon instead of peaking in the morning and tapering off during the day. My adrenals are worn out from nearly a decade of dealing with an undiagnosed autoimmune disease (and general poor health). I haven't had the ACTH Stim Test, and right now I don't see that happening since I'm undergoing treatment for excess estrogen and I believe estrogen therapy can skew the results.
It's definitely something to pursue, though, should the estrogen and cortisol regulators not offer any improvement after six months of treatment. Thank you for the recommendation!
no subject
Oh is it now? Well.
That explains a lot.
I've been looking at doing a liver/kidney cleanse and adding some supportive herbs or food because a stressed liver also whaps the hell out of the adrenals. Pretty sure my liver is stressed. ;)
Yeh, I was going to discuss all the Crossfit with you, and ask how you can do it. I was told by Brad at King Pharmacy that while I'm trying to restore my adrenal function to only do *gentle* exercise. Pfft.
no subject
I was going to discuss all the Crossfit with you, and ask how you can do it.
I can do it because honestly, I like it. Unfortunately, though, I need to seriously evaluate whether can always equals should.
no subject
Oh, and thanks for the rec on the TetraCleanse.
no subject
no subject
no subject
It's also a symptom of adrenal fatigue.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
I really hate running, but I have been known to run to the Pirate's Pub if it starts to rain.
no subject
no subject
Thank you! I've always lived by the idea of giving something your all or don't give it at all. Which is why taking it easy during a WOD is so unsatisfying.
I have banged up my knees in CrossFit more in the past six months than I have since I stopped doing my Turkish Drop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sA1ujjtOv4) at regular bellydance performances. My knees are always scraped or bruised from something. One time I hit my left knee with the barbell when I was coming down from a deadlift (my 135 pounds personal record lift). That sucked.
And yes, running is the worst. God, I hate to run.