after 35 it's all maintenance

[anotheranon]

Or so I've been told :P Unfortunately I've got cause to believe it.

I asked the hive mind that is my fencing club email list for advice re: shin splints and got several good suggestions, including some exercises that ARE helping, albeit slowly. I will seek a doc/physical therapy if I don't continue to improve, but I really don't want to do that as physical therapy eats tons of time.

Unfortunately, the ick from a few weeks ago has returned in the form of a kidney infection, and the antibiotics create their own special problems (like the possibility of inflamed tendons :( ) Also no caffeine, so I'm generally tireder and more lackluster than usual.

What's the most irritating of all is that I don't know when to quit. I feel unhealthy enough that I'm not pushing it for fear of making things worse (skipped fencing again last night, grr), but simultaneously like a slacker because I don't like to slow down unless I really feel like death warmed over.

I don't get sick often and the world of sports injury is new enough to me that I am erring on the side of caution but I'm deeply annoyed, and I'm sure I'd rest even better if I could give in and, you know, rest.

Back to sewing - it's low impact.

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[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

If the cranberry juice available down there is sugary sweet, then I don't blame you for hating it ... ick! I'm used to it being tart, but I tend to buy it in frozen concentrate form, which is more likely to be unsweetened.

Re the forced coffee abstinence ... at least it's only temporary, not illegal à la Kage Baker ... ;-)