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Well - I felt so good today that I decided to do some gardening. I raked for about an hour - got quite hot and worked up a sweat. I am now itching all over and my rashes are back. It is so depressing that I can't do anything really physical besides a short walk. I am trying not to beat myself up for doing this - I just got caught up in the beautiful day and thought it would be ok.
I don't want to bother Dr. B. with this. I am thinking the heat and sweating caused a detox or stirred up my lymph and hoping it will calm down in a few days. Has this happened to anyone with exercise and heat/sweating?
When things like this happen I just get so down on myself - I should of known better - yet I was feeling almost normal and got caught up in feeling good.
Thanks - Breis
Hi Breis!
Hi Breis!
I am hoping that just because you triggered the rash, does not mean it is going to stay around a long time this time! Maybe it will calm down quickly! I hope so.
When you say you can only do a short walk, what does that mean? 20, 30 minutes? Can you add a little time on every week and see how you do with it (I am assuming you would like to go on a longer walk?) I tend to pick very shady walks and try not to walk in the heat of the day because I am not wearing sunscrean much these days. I don't have a fool proof one that is Dr. B approved that does not aggrevate acne, (although she did approve a mineral powder makeup that has some zinc sunscreen in it...but I digress....)
My issue is foot pain and knee pain so I totally get what you are saying. I have to stay within certain limits but sometimes I push it a little bit because I want to feel normal. I would love to take a ballet barre class and get myself back to the amazing shape I used to have...sigh...I still walk almost every day. Often for an hour. Sometimes my knee or foot hurts a bit more, but at least I got to do the thing (walk with a friend on a longer walk, cross-country ski with my family, etc...) I think it is so important to do these things that you enjoy once in a while to bring you some contentment and normalcy.
On a practical note, can you rake in the cooler hours of the morning LOL? You deserve to be able to do some normal things. And GREAT news that you had some normal feeling days. I think those will continue to grow.
I have friends that can't walk without using their inhaler for asthma, or suffer from terrible seasonal allergies which limit things they can do outdoors. Those of us with this imbalance are not the only ones with these types of limitations. I am only mentioning this so you don't feel so singled out as not being "normal".
I hope your rash/itching dies down quickly (your body did control it recently, so that is a good sign) and that you can accept your frustration. Be frustrated, and then hopefully you can let it go....You deserve to feel normal. I think you will have more and more normal days. You are still on the right path, even if it is an itchy one for now ;)
If we don't excel at health, the only other option is disease.
Thanks so much Mimi for your
Thanks so much Mimi for your support. I am walking about 30 minutes at a time - not everyday because I work and can't always get to it. I think I just need to give up gardening for now - I can't really control myself once I am out there. I think the overheating is what did me in. The itching and rashes have been with me all through treatment so far and I am just so darn sick of it!!!! This to shall pass.
Thanks Again.
Breis