"Wired!"

I went to the hospital this morning and got hooked up!

I've anticipated this machine for a month now, in the hope that it would give me some answers.

The doctor warned me that it was a bit of a "fishing trip", but that I should wear it for 3 days through all my normal activity, and that perhaps we would learn something.

Well the technician made short work of that by warning me that I couldn't shower and furthermore I was to avoid sweating!!! wtf??

I explained to her that the whole exercise (pun intended)would be pointless if I couldn't wear it while working out, and to her credit she was very supportive.

In the end she sent me home with instructions, and with all kinds of extra supplies in case any of the leads came unglued.  It's just as well, other wise I was gonna come unglued.

I headed back home and tried to have a nap to make up for another night of dreaming and/or lying awake, but to no avail.  I was also kinda hoping to get a break in the weather before my run but it soon became apparent that it wasn't gonna happen.  Besides, the nap didn't work out either.  Tonite I'm gonna take a happy pill.  

So I put on two of everything and headed down to the hospital again, this time the old one up the road where I can get a bit of a break from the wind.  I didn't know what I was most afraid of, either that I would feel great and I wouldn't have a chance to learn anything from the monitor, or that I would feel crappy and just be further discouraged. 

And the answer to the question?

I was actually surprised because I thought I was gonna feel pretty decent.  And indeed I did for the first 15 minutes.  Ten minutes later it was all over!  If the monitor doesn't show anything as a result of that then I quit, because there is a clear and drastic change that happens in that 10 minutes. 

We shall see.  The only thing I'm pretty sure of is that after this I'm gonna stop trying to figure it out, and start figuring out how to deal with it.  That may be the only option I have anyway, because there is no guarantee that there's any kind of treatment for whatever it is.  Like all things....time will tell. 

5 km run

"God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires"---Francis Bacon

Love
Peter