I was so excited that I was feeling better during the week and that I was able to get back to running Saturday morning. I had a pretty good run to! Immediately following my run we jumped in the car so we could pick up Justin’s glasses, rushed home after that, showered, then right back out the door to head to a party in Edisto.
It was a beautiful day at the beach! I was really enjoying it. But as I was sitting there my right thigh began to tingle. It was so odd. I thought maybe I was getting sunburn; which really doesn’t make any sense but I couldn’t imagine what was going on. As the day went on it only got worse. Right after we left Edisto I rushed home again to go out with the most fabulous group of people.
We went to downtown Charleston for dinner; what a beautiful night but still the numbness would get worse and before I knew it, my entire thigh was numb (and that’s a lot of numbness). It was so distracting; I wasn’t sure what it was and it had me a little uptight. I tried to put it out of my mind as much as I could. Whenever we sat it would worsen but then when we walked around it would feel a little bit better.
The next day I tolerated it; I figured I did something to my back but I couldn’t place where or when I would have hurt it. Later on in the day, it felt as though my face, on the same side as my thigh, was going numb to. I thought for sure I was having a stroke or I had a blood clot. We went to the urgent care center where they did all kinds of tests. Blood, x-rays, and CT scan; everything came back fine with the exception of the x-ray. The space that should have been between my S1 and L5 was all gray…the space is gone…darn it!
The next day I stayed home from work and called the chiropractor; he took me in within an hour and a half. I was excited to hear that it was because my hip flexors and quads were so tight that it caused the disks to come together. So with some therapy and stretching I should be fine.
I’m pretty upset about the fact that my training for the half is being interrupted. I’m not sure how I am going to be able to do this especially with not knowing how long it will be before I can run again. I’ve benefited from the running so much between weight loss and self-confidence. I was so excited about my progress.
I’m feeling like all the mean rotten things I used to say about running has come back and bit right in the glutes, the hip flexors, and the quads <sigh>...that’s karma for ya.
I’m feeling a little bit better tonight. During our training session Brent had me do all kinds of rolling and stretching, which almost brought me to tears but towards the end almost put me to sleep. It was wonderful…he is wonderful! Have I ever mentioned how great he is?
Back to the chiropractor tomorrow…praying for some more relief overnight.
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