[maryavan]

I have been bed ridden for 2 weeks now. It is driving me crazy....I want to get back to my exercise program....heck I just want to walk to the bathroom or the kitchen...

As many know, over the past 14months, I've lost over 75lbs from a starting weight of 344. I kept up w/ my program even through multiple m/cs. I was walking or doing a tape nearly every day. I had recently started adding more strength training/ muscle building to my routine. I need to lose 4% body fat before RE gives us go ahead to try to conceive again.

16 days ago I had a small pain in my knee. The next day my hamstring was a bit tight. I thought maybe I'd over done my aerobics and training that day. But I hadn't pulled or injured anything. I had done upper body work, not lower. It was bizarre. The third day my knee swelled up like a balloon and was very painful. Dr said it was strep throat that went to my joints as rheumatic fever. ??? I could barely hobble to bathroom for a few days. Then my opposite foot swelled up and I lost all ability to stand or walk. I could only get to the potty chair by using my one good foot (w/ the bad knee) and using the good knee (w/ bad foot) on the bed edge. I truly worried about losing either the good knee or good foot b/c I would have been totally bed bound!! Fortunately, I didn't lose them.


Finally, after 2 week of being bed bound, I could finally stand and take baby steps to a rolling chair to get to the computer!! I am so desperate to take a walk!! After I get to take a shower of course (been a week!!) The rheumatologist says it could take 2 weeks to get full use back. Yikes!! He didn't think that the rheumatic fever damaged my heart though---whew! I will be doing heart tests on 3/4, my bday just to make sure.

I coudn't eat as healthily as usual b/c dh has been doing all the food. He can only do canned veggies and steamed broccoli. He was also using a lot of convenience foods b/c everything for the household is on him. So I was expecting that I'd actually gained several lbs. When I could finally get to a scale tonight, it showed that I'd lost maybe 3 lbs!!! That must be a mistake! Gosh, it would be nice if it was right though! After no exercise for 2 weeks, I just feel so flabby and yucky!!

So please keep me in your thoughts--esp. those of you who can get out this weekend in nice weather. It is supposed to be in 50s here!! I can't wait to get back to my regular eating and exercising! I miss exercising so much!

[MiaCamille]

i hope you feel better soon and get back to your healthy lifestyle to loose the excess weight you want to loose... Good luck to you!!

[QueenAngie]

Hoping that you have been on a round of antibioitics for the strep infection. So sorry that you've been sick and suffering.

Happy Birthday 3/4/08!

[maryavan]

I got a shower in finally!!

I did have a reg run of antibiotics for the strep. I've already started taking my daily preventative antibiotics. I only have to take them until all kids are out of school--so 10-18yrs.
My knee is still not much more improved. Foot is better, but still has far to go to normal. But nothing has gotten worse. Tomorrow is EKG and other test. I did a few upper arm toning exercises today. Now that I'm not worried about it being rheumatoid arthritis, I won't panic if my arms are sore.

I weigh myself whenever I hobble to the bathroom the weight loss is still there, so it must be real. 5 lbs in 18days! That's faster than I was losing exercising every day!! Go figure. Maybe it is the expensive fish oil and Udo's oil I started taking right when this started. I doubt is has been the daily reece's easter egg...