I've been starting each day with the exercise bike. Fifteen to thirty minutes. A goal that I'd be able to keep was important and I have. I actually feel a difference in my overall energy level for the first time in my life due to exercise...less sluggish and blah. I officially lost four pounds in a month, nothing to get too worked up about. I've also been watching what I eat, which I think helps. Let's see if I can lose another 4 pounds, that will be the true test. My endocrinologist is keeping a tight watch on me, having previously blamed my health problems on my weight, though now he's seeing it may not be that simple as my lab results constantly come back all over the place. (I understand that losing weight can make me healthier, but I HATE skinny doctors who suggest it's to blame for EVERYTHING.) That would have been my last visit to him if he ignored all the other symptoms again and told me to diet.
For over a decade, I've been diagnosed with one endocrine issue or another, but nothing fit. We'll see what happens next, though I've realized many years ago, the issues will never be suddenly fixed. But at least I can drop a little weight and feel healthier. How I look now concerns me very little...I want to be healthier and I think about longevity.
If only exercise could cure my back aches and my hands going numb...etiher from sleeping wrong or even just know, as I type, my left hand has started to go numb. Had this issue since I gave birth to Adam. "Carpal tunnel syndrome" a neurologist proclaimed after an odd needle test poking into different points of my hands and arms. "Nonsense" scoffed my chiropractor Dr. Falanga, a man who has been adjusting backs since the 50's. "It's your spine out of whack." I tend to believe Dr. Falanga because when I was going to him it got a little better and the sleeping positions he suggested sometimes works. And he the hell wakes up with carpal tunnel syndrome one day? That didn't make sense to me. Hmm...maybe it's time to go back and have him re-align me some on his 60 year table that goes up with a crank. Exercising has actually made my hands WORSE!
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My arms always go numb at night too now. Weird. As for as the carpal tunnel ish pains. I once, in Watertown, was suddenly hit with very painful symptoms in my wrist, that literally kept me awake at night. It was painful!! I bought a wrist brace, specifically made for those symptoms and it really helped. I can't remember how long I wore it, but I wore it all day and night for as long as the directions told me too. It was tough because I was a one-man band reporter, trying to type and shoot video with an wrist brace...but it definitely worked amazIng. Worth a shot!!
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