Yesterday was a pretty good day. Nothing "felt" wrong and I have learned trust my instincts when it comes to how I feel. So imagine my surprise when I went in to give my weekly blood work and found out that not only are my neutraphils low (1.1 compared to last week's 1.7) but that all of my blood work was down and I am currently anemic.Immediately my nurse Tess was grilling me... Did you over do it this weekend? Have you been eating this week? How are you feeling?
I was honest:
I ran/walked 15 miles this weekend but other than some fatigue, I feel fine. My eating has been normal and I am down 2 pounds but I attribute that to 4 weeks of consistent run/walks. I'm sick of losing my hair only to find it all over the house and OTHER THAN JUST A MOMENT AGO WHEN YOU TURNED ME INTO A PIN CUSHION AND PIERCED A VEIN LEAVING ME WITH A SORE, PURPLE FOREARM ... I'm just fine, thanks!
Tess is not "impressed" with the fact that Dr. Butler is letting me train for the Marine Corps Marathon. I had a hard time making her understand that this "IS" low volume working out for me right now.
Now I am worried that Dr. Butler is going to change his mind on my training and tell me that I shouldn't do it. Either way, that is an uknown until next week, so I will eat some more protein, drink plenty of water, try to catch a few more naps and worry about "what if" later.
Living STRONG with a few less blood cells.
4 comments:
Maybe everything will be back to normal next week and it was just a fluke...here's hoping for good news!
You are amazing!
Well, Nurse Tess is not your doctor. She clearly does not understand the emotional benefit of your training. Your doctor does or he would not have approved the training.
You can do it!
I suggest you don't talk to Dr. Butler until after MCM. :-) Ever helpful....
But hey, he's a runner, right!??
I am not a doctor, but you mentioned protein, and not iron! Make sure you are getting enough, maybe it will help the anemia (and get Nurse Tess off yor back).
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