Well firstly thank you very much for olsbean for helping with the graduation page while I was away on holiday. It was very much appreciated.
I was in Spain for a couple of weeks holiday. I was so excited about this particular holiday as I have been going there on and off for 14 years and they have this fantastic sea front walk way called the paseo. I have seen people run it for years. This is the first time I felt I could be one of those people. I was so excited about being able to do it. The first day I woke up at 8am ready to go for a run but it was chucking it down so I went out later that day at 4pm. I was so disappointed every muscle ached and every joint was screaming in pain. I couldn't believe it.
A week later I realised what the problem was. I have a thyroid issue and a couple of months ago the dr increased my medication. I had forgotten that he told me if I get my old symptoms of overactive thyroid come down on my medication. Hindsight is a great thing. I now realise that I had gone past that stage three weeks ago without realising. It came to a crunch when I had been out for a run and I could of cried with the pain in my calves and joints after 1km run. I had no energy and my muscles were as sore as hell. I wasn't sleeping well and I sat in a restaurant and went to cross my legs as you do. (Cause believe it or not, I am a lady) And the only way I Could manage it was to grab hold of my right leg and pull it over my left leg as I had no muscle strength to do it by thought alone. Still I did not twig. It wasn't till I got back to the flat after a massive meal and I found I was still pigging out (overeating for me, is a massive sign for my thyroid being out) that I realised my thyroid medication was out. I came off the extra tablet like the doc had said and within 5days I now feel normal again and I can run again.
Sometimes we don't realise as we are so focused that we forget to have faith in what we know about ourselves. Deep down I feel like I let myself down, but in realty I am human and yes, we do expect a lot of ourselves. I forgot to look out for my personal signs and I suffered. Hopefully I learnt a lesson, but in reality I will always want to be normal. So maybe I will always miss these signs. Hehe. We are All human after all.
I just wanted to share as I think sometimes we set dreams and goals and life gets in the way. It doesn't mean it went wrong it just means there is work to do. The dream is still alive. Well that's how I feel...NEXT TIME. I will do the run of my dreams.
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