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Fitness Check Day 94: Hanging on by a Thread

In my last post I talked about the stool tests that were ordered by a new gastroenterologist. I finally got all tests back and they were ALL Negative or normal. Including that new dirty lettuce one, cyclospora. I cried. because I still feel like garbage and I have NO answers. It's been 4 weeks of … Continue reading Fitness Check Day 94: Hanging on by a Thread

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Fitness Check Day 93

When it rains it pours they say and I even posted about this in April when I had some other incidents happen. Well now it's something totally different. I had posted on the 10th of this month how happy I was to get on that mat and do DDP despite the pain but I powered … Continue reading Fitness Check Day 93

Fitness Check In Day 92

A few days ago I posted about my birthday and the days that followed but didn't touch on some other things going on. Last Monday I wanted to get on the mat and despite little sleep and overall body pain, I hit the mat to do DPPYoga Energy 2.0. It was heavily modified and since … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 92

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Fitness Check In Day 91: Birthday Week

Unfortunately lately it seems my blog posts are at least two weeks or more apart instead of the daily or weekly posts I was shooting for. I have had soo many ups and downs, at one point I was becoming more unsure if I was going to keep this blog going or disappear completely online … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 91: Birthday Week

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Fitness Check In Day 90: A Month of Hell

It's been exactly one month since I have posted. I figured only a few read this, I doubt anyone is getting an inspiration from my blog, and it wouldn't even matter if I ceased to exist. I was thinking of closing down my blog, deleting all forms of social media and cutting all communication with … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 90: A Month of Hell

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Fitness Check In Day 89: Hurricanes of Life

In my last post, I mentioned how the things were going and in the weeks that followed I did have some good things happen but I also had a lot to weigh me down. Soo much soo that I thought about quitting the blog, shutting down the website and just disappearing from social media completely. … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 89: Hurricanes of Life

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Fitness Check In Day 86: The Clouds Are Parting

Since I stopped taking the PPI Voquezna, my stomach has had a LOT of ups and downs. Soo much so that I called out sick which I rarely do. The exhaustion as I mentioned in my prior post was brutal to the point I had to sneak in naps where I could to get through … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 86: The Clouds Are Parting

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Fitness Check In Day 85: Nervous Nelly

Last night I got the referral forms to get tested for C-Diff and check my levels of Calprotectin and made an appointment today to pick up the vials. It was very early in the morning but it was already 78 degrees or so and I felt it. I got what I needed from the lab … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 85: Nervous Nelly

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Health Check In: Still More to Endure

I made two videos which were unusable which touched on all of this and then another one on Sunday night that goes into some of what's been going on and can be viewed here for those that would rather watch a video. However, I feel that writing things down is much more cathartic so here … Continue reading Health Check In: Still More to Endure

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Fitness Check In Day 84

My last fitness check in was March 18th. Since then I dropped off my mile walks because of the plantar fascia pain that I was scared injuring myself further. To make matters worse, while the DDPY Bedflex was helping my body overall, it was making my pelvic floor super tight so I had to stop … Continue reading Fitness Check In Day 84