Yesterday I had a good race, I will post a race recap tomorrow, but today I have had to surrender to this sickness that I have not been able to shake for three weeks. I spent most of the morning and part of the afternoon at the doctor's office getting chest x-rays, picking up medicine and the remainder of the day resting.
I am officially sick.
The doctor was concerned with some abnormal sounds in my left lung so I had to have chest x-rays to make sure I didn't have walking pneumonia.
I don't.
What I do have is severe bronchitis that is a couple steps (or runs) away from walking pneumonia. So I am on antibiotics and resting.
Lessons learned from this:
- If a cold doesn't go away after a week, see a doctor.
- Don't continue to run 30+ miles a weeks when sick.
- Sometimes antibiotics are a necessary evil.
- Admittance is the first step to recovery. :)
If I wouldn't have been soo stubborn headed about being sick I would have been on antibiotics the second week of this crud and would have been 100% at the race on Sunday. My husband would also like to add that if I would have listened to him and sought real medical advice instead of trying to heal myself (viral shock, neti pot
, and steam inhaler
) all of this could have been avoided.
On the bright side, my dear husband made "brinner" tonight. Chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, eggs and OJ. Yummy!
, and steam inhaler) all of this could have been avoided.On the bright side, my dear husband made "brinner" tonight. Chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, eggs and OJ. Yummy!
