February! Whoa!

1. Medical Stuff:

• This was one of those weeks I felt like I lived at the doctor.
• 1 Day of PT. Planks, planks, and more planks.
• 2 Days of Home Rehab. I upped my treadmill incline this week.
• I saw my psychiatrist on Tuesday. In 15 years, I can honestly say I have always left his office able to breathe so much better. Tuesday was no different. I told him he is never, ever allowed to retire. We changed my meds a bit, and I will be seeing him bi-weekly for the time being. I am always reminded after those appointments that working on my mental health is just as important as working on my physical health.

1. Medical Stuff:

• 1 Day of PT. My PT has a new student working with her for the next ten weeks so I did a lot of explaining about everything that is EDS and POTS.
• 2 Days of Home Rehab.
• I slept better all week. Dear Sleep Gods, please let it continue.
• I have noticed that this extreme cold we are experiencing has been wreaking some havoc on my joints and circulation. Spring can come anytime…I’d even take 15 degrees at this point.

1. Medical Stuff:

• Snowmageddon and the Polar Vortex cancelled PT.
• I got in 3 days of Home Rehab.
• I had prolotherapy Friday morning. (Post to come).
• I saw the gyno Friday afternoon and scared the nurses because my heart rate was over 200 sitting. I am wondering if it was a response to being in pain from the prolo? Right now, I still have quite a bit of pain, but my heart rate is 70. Having POTS is so strange. You never know what your body is going to do. SIDENOTE: Remind me not to schedule other appointments on prolo days. Not sure what I was thinking on that one…

What. A. Week.

Not in a bad sense whatsoever…It was just a bit crazy at times, extremely busy, and quite magical.

1. Medical Stuff:

• No PT.
• 2 workouts at the Michigan Athletic Club (My teaching partner gave me a 7 day “friends and family” pass so Allie and I lived it up at the MAC on Monday and Tuesday).
• No doctors (2 weeks in a row. That must be some kind of RECORD).
• I have started sleeping again (Knock on wood). Crazy how a break can help with that.

With the ice storm, power outages, sick family members, and the holidays I am more BEHIND than usual…

1. Medical Stuff:

• 1 Day of PT.
• 2 Days of Home Rehab.
• Zero doctors.
• Very little sleep.