This is my second post for today because the earlier post should have been written last night, but I was too sick to do so. After I rode yesterday I was a little sore but went ahead with my exercise program and swam my 10 laps (almost 200 meters) anyway. If that wasn't enough, Barbara and I then went shopping for a new range. A trip we thought would only be for about a half and hour, two hours later we were finally leaving the store.
But that wasn't all. We then went and did our weekly grocery shopping, which took about another hour. So, by the time we got home I had been on my feet, standing in the appliance store and pushing the grocery cart for three hours, not good for a person with MS.
My body fought back violently with extreme numbness and tightness in my legs, along with the shooting pains down my arms. I was miserable and nothing seemed to help: not sitting, or lying down, or taking a hot shower, or even my usual meds, nothing until 11 PM when I was finally able to fall asleep. Of course, that only lasted until 6 AM, when the roofers started the tapping across the street on the church roof.
It is now 4:30 PM and I have spent the entire day doing nothing. Of course, I am feeling better from all the rest and plan on riding Bouffe tomorrow. I'm telling myself riding is all I'm doing, knowing full well I'll probably give in and swim. But I've got to set some limits, or I'll be too sore to make it past being an occasional trail rider.
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