- Friday Jan 24th: Walk 60, Outdoor bike 50 minutes 7 miles
- Saturday Jan 25th: Walk 60, Zwift 30
- Sunday Jan 26th: Walk 60, Zwift 30
- Monday Jan 27th: Walk 60 with weights, Zwift 30
- Tuesday Jan 28th: Sick, episode / seizure stuff starting up
- Wednesday Jan 29th: Walk 60 outside at Stevens start low-carb
LUNAR NEW YEAR, YEAR OF THE SNAKE - Thursday January 30th: Walk / Run / Hike Kwis Kwis 60 minutes
TOTALS FOR THE WEEK:
WALK: 360 minutes or 6 hours
CYCLING: 2 1/2 hours
WEDNESDAY WALKING WITH I… AT FT STEVENS
I returned to Zwift for short 30 minute cycles. I need to calibrate my trainer better. Below you can see out my windows there is no longer an RV sitting there. I’ve observed an official looking ‘health and safety’ vehicle taking photos, video and scoping the place out somewhat covertly. Everyone knows every vehicle though – you bring in strangers in this neighborhood and everyone knows about it. When the FBI tried to do surveillance here with brand new shiny clean vehicles, they were striking and noticeable.
Oswald really likes the window seat but he isn’t litter trained and I can’t have him inside the house too long or he absolutely has accidents unfortunately. I have him in pretty often though and he gets treats, good food, cuddles and warm naps.
I went to the store by myself on a Saturday this week but it was such a shit show, too crowded, too crazy, I won’t do that again if I can help it. I wonder if every store is locking up their detergent now or just us?
The forest is so dark and so lonely. There was nobody out there. I loved it. Had a really good time running the downhills and walking the vert. I did have my compression gear on because of the tumors. I dislocated a couple of toes per usual but popped them back in.
Ehlers-Danlos?
Since I was a kid I dislocate my joints very easily so in my house there is a walker in my bedroom, crutches in the closet, a variety for ankle compression wear, I have a taping method for when it’s my big toe to stabilize it, I have a hip brace for my left hip when it went out. I have a lower back brace. I have a brace for both wrists. I have compression gloves for when my fingers go out. I have a lot of knee braces of various sorts. I have individual very specific foot gear. A variety of specialized footwear. Eh’ it’s just what I do really. My first major dislocation was in my back when I was seven or eight, hurt like a bitch. I was always doing in my knees though so couldn’t play sports and was made fun of, as a result I would run at home a lot and practice. Even with nightly practice I still wasn’t picked and I still couldn’t run.
Things I have had X-ray’d …
Hands
Ankles
Cat Scan on Neck and Shoulders
Shoulder
…. I think that’s all I bothered the doctor over. I mean normally I can pop my foot bones back into place after a bit.
This is Ehlers Danlos right? I mean, Jesus it kinda has to be. Although things hurt a lot when they pop, I’m so damn used to it that it’s more annoying than anything. It goes from oops can’t put weight on that leg to, give me a minute and I’ll pop it back into place. My recent back dislocation hurt so bad I puked, but normally I get by, I’m not on Vicodin or anything so maybe it’s not Ehlers Danlos.
By my 20’s this shit was getting very problematic for me. I couldn’t ride in a car very long or my hips went and it was so painful. I couldn’t lift anything or my back would slide out. I couldn’t roll over in bed, I would have to grip the side of the mattress and try to haul myself over. Getting up and down was difficult.
My first trip to the gym I was so scared you know. I already broke myself daily, what if this put me in the hospital or destroyed a joint completely? I cautiously put in a twenty-minute workout that first day and I felt so good afterwards. Not only did my joints not slip out as often but they were so much better. Cue: lifelong gym rat is born. The problem later was that I wasn’t recovering from exercise and I had a lot of fatigue.
The workouts have been difficult but I have a new lease on life these days. I want to go back to learning Korean, sewing cool projects and painting things, gardening, and keeping my house up. I’m going towards a Carnivore diet but cautiously because my GI doesn’t work properly and I don’t know how it will respond.
