I’m trying hard not to think about what it means if my bloodwork shows evidence of muscle breakdown.
Some of the possibilities are very detrimental to my overall health.
I don’t like this – the constant sensation of feeling so tired and weak.
One thing I do know is that I have got to find a way to stop napping. My rheumatologist had told me at one point that it was detrimental to nap so much.
All this time, I assumed that I felt so weak because of my vaccine shot… but now I’m worried something else is at play.
My doctor recently gave me a referral for PT… again.
I’ll hold off on that until next year, I think… Right now, I have a better and less psychologically trying way to start getting my strength back. I say psychologically trying because I’m already staring down the barrel of a potential barrage of other diseases.
Yay! More sickness! Just what I always wanted!
… Said no one ever.
I find out though… Starting in December when my first tests begin.
I’m also actively losing weight too so… A bit more exercise can’t hurt.
Well… that’s a lie.
Over a decade ago, I was bodybuilding. My shoulders were huge! And my dad always bragged about the size of my biceps too.
For perspective, I was curling 35l bs, lifting 300 lbs with my upper back, pulling 150-160 lbs with the lower back and leg pressing 418 lbs.
It was not easy at all to get to those numbers. I maxed out the upper back machine also. I likely could have gone higher if they had more weights on it.
Eww. I had already adjusted my schedule into something more manageable.
Well that’s about to go out the window. And now the schedule is about to get a lot tighter…
Finally, it is time for me to pull out my “Exercise Schedule” building chops again.
Yeh… I used to have a whole program I’d built for myself.
This time though – I’m going to consider my current limitations. After all, I can’t avoid doing that, right? The last thing I need to do is make my physiological conditions worse.
And considering all the problems already in my back, I need to be extremely careful about what I do around that whole region. So, I need core exercises that strengthen the muscles in the abdomen to better support the muscles in the back. Without putting unneeded stress on my back.
I do plan to start lifting my weights again, but I’m maxing out at 30 lbs. 15 lbs on each side. And, I will be sitting in a chair right at my weight rack.
Man… my 20 and 25 lb dumbbells are going to stay dusty.
Will the exercises improve my overall health?
I doubt that my hands will stop shaking which is why I’ll cap everything at only 15. My balance will continue to be absolute garbage and my joints below the waist are pretty much jockeying for which one will misbehave or nearly fail on a daily basis.
Hollaback if you’ve sprained or strained your ankle by stretching in bed as a normal part of waking up. Cause I have. It sucks.
But I do want to be able to cook and bathe myself without feeling like I’m about to die. That would be nice.
Oh! And climbing the stairs would also be nice!
I suppose I need to nearly completely cut out carbs and focus on proteins and veggies.
Dangit… I really like my crackers.
I love beans too, but I see lots of beans/chicken and beans/tuna in my future.
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~J. Lyst
I’m going to miss all my pasta too, but my body really does need more protein. I might also be losing muscle weight because I’m not eating enough in general over the course of the day.
Yikes!
Oh! And as an aside, I have completed Chapter 2 of “Catch & Release II” already. I wrote it in one night. Will edit it this week and get it online. I really like it so far though.
More on the story later on!
Hey, Miss J! 
Your Thoughts?