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I am sick again! When is this going to stop? I think stress is getting the better of me.

In addition to being sick, I’m faced with an injury that prevents me from lifting any weights. I will have surgery to fix the tendon on my right thumb next Thursday. Recovery will take SIX WEEKS! Argh! That means more downtime.

Oh, really quick, let me tell you about my MRI last Thursday. Most MRIs are about 15 or 20 minutes. Mine had to be 35 minutes because of the complexity of the hand. So, get this, I’m lying there perfectly still with my arm above my head when the tech says, “I don’t like the way the scan is going. I’m going to have to start it again.” Seriously? So we start it again and I shift positions, only to find that the way that I put my arms the second time around was more uncomfortable than the first. So, I’m lying there counting seconds, and counting, and counting. Two fingers on my left hand, which is under my right bicep, are falling asleep. Then I hear, “only 11 minutes left!” I’m counting seconds again. Lying in an uncomfortable position and trying to lay perfectly still is like torture. I think that I hear, “okay, one minute left.” One minute? I think that I can handle that. I count down 60 seconds. Then another 60. Then she says, “you’re are doing great. Only four and a half minutes more.” What?!? I though she said one minute. My left hand is completely numb. At this point I’m not sure if I can do another 4.5 minutes. I think that doing 100 miles on a bike was much easier than this MRI. The last few minutes was pure hell, but I pulled it off. I’m going to think twice before I engage in an activity that can land me in the MRI machine again. Okay, let’s get back to my current mental state.

Working out is kind of like my natural alternative to Prozac. STRESS - WORKOUTS = DEPRESSION.

I feel like I am on the way to recovery from this latest cold (or flu), so I am going to re-start and continue my cardio routines in the next week or so. I’ll keep you posted. I need an outlet for my stress so that I can feel good again.