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Old Wed, Jun-12-02, 03:48
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Plan: My own
Stats: 235/186/135
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Progress: 49%
Location: Lossiemouth, SCOTLAND
Wink DOCTORS? WHAT DOCTORS?

HAVE IT TOLD MY DOCTOR WHAT I AM DOING? IN A WORD, NO

IN ACTUAL FACT, IT HONESTLY NEVER EVEN OCCURED TO ME. THE DOCTORS I SEE OVER HERE ARE NOT MUCH ON GIVING ADVICE. I MEAN, NONE OF THEM EVEN FLINCHED WHEN I SAID I WAS DOING LO-CARB AS LONG AS I DON'T KILL MYSELF, THEY ARE QUITE HAPPY FOR ME TO EXPERIMENT AND FIND WHAT SUITS ME (AND WHAT DOESN'T). I THINK THEY ARE JUST PLEASED THAT I AM NOT SITTING DOWN AND GIVING IN TO THE ILLNESS. THEY MAYBE DON'T WANT TO ROCK THE BOAT. I MEAN, IF IT IS TOO MUCH, I WILL STOP, AS I WON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.

YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT SLOWING DOWN, PACING MYSELF, WORKING UP TO THINGS, GOING FOR MODERATE, RATHER THAN INTENSE WORKOUTS. I JUST GET SO ANGRY WITH MYSELF. MY BODY IS NOT DOING WHAT I TELL IT TO; I GET FRIGHTENED THEN I GET ANGRY. THIS PAST YEAR, THE M.S. HAS REALLY JUMPED UP AND BITTEN ME IN THE ASS. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS MY ASS IS SO NUMB, IT TOOK ME ABOUT 6 MONTHS TO NOTICE

IT'S FUNNY, BUT I WAS EXPECTING SOMEONE TO BOLLOCK ME (GIVE ME HELL, KICK ME UP THE BACKSIDE), TELL ME I WAS A LAZY SO-AND-SO AND TO GET MOVING! SHAME ON ME FOR EXPECTING THE WORST, WHEN THIS GROUP, THIS COMMUNITY, REALLY IS THE BEST

SO, EVERY DAY I WILL DO SOME EXERCISE. THAT IS MY PROMISE TO YOU, AND TO MYSELF. IF IT IS LOW IMPACT, OR NONE AT ALL, IT WILL STILL BE EXERCISE. SOMEBODY ELSE WILL HAVE TO BE SUPERWOMAN FOR THE TIME BEING

THANKS FOR BEING THERE, ALL OF YOU!
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