Knees Up Mother Brown

I enjoy working out so much that I increased my intensity even though my knees were hurting. Well, that turned out to be a bad idea. I now have something called PFS: Patello-femoral Syndrome. My knees hurt so bad I actually had to start limping, so I decided it was time to get to the Dr. This is really cramping my style and slowing me down. I can't even go down the stairs without cringing. I tried to treat it myself with glucosamine, MSM supplements and omegas etc just like the good google said. None of it helped one bit and now I have to take RX strength Naproxen which makes me dizzy and messes up my stomach. The whole point of this health kick was to become healthy and less dependent on pills. Between my allergies and my knee pain I'm back up to a handful of tablets every day, again and go to Physical Therapy? Cheese and Rice!

So while my body tries to catch up with my ambition, I have taken down my cardio and kept up my food log to keep my portions in check. It's too easy to lose focus on the diet when exercise is not part of the daily routine. I do feel discouraged though. I'm back up to a 40 hour work week, toddler in terrible 2's with 2 year molars coming in, I'm surrounded by unfolded laundry, and then there's the cooking and cleaning full time since my husband's job had picked up and he's been working the late shift almost every day. Life is stressful enough and now I can't move around without pain and all I want to do is get a 20 minute run in for the day. I'm trying to be positive and stay the course, but it's very tempting to give up and go back to the pizza and ice cream. It's so much more time efficient than grocery shopping, hand washing/slicing organic kale and grilling chicken.... now my sink is full of organic dishes UGH!!!

Hopefully the pain will subside soon and I can work my way back up to speed walking and jogging again. I really enjoyed the feeling of accomplishment from running. It's a much better feeling than emptying the dishwasher or sorting socks.

On a positive note I had a follow-up MRI last week with a postcard reply which read "nothing new, come back in 6 months." So that is a no-news-is-good-news result for me :) If you're wondering what an MRI is like, just imagine a Faint song is about to start and you have to try to remain perfectly still....but the song never starts it just continues to sound like it might at any moment. That goes on for about 45 minutes or so.

Here is a picture of someone who's energy never seems to run low. We had a beautiful Easter Sunday together. One of the best days I've had since before my diagnosis. Makes me feel officially back to life!