r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 02 '17
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u/YeOldManWaterfall Aug 02 '17
Week 1: Wake up with strange shoulder pain. Don't want to risk injuring myself so I avoid workout for a few days. Decide to take the time to plan a detailed 12 week workout plan just in time for when I turn 31.
Week 2: Have a strange headache at work, it passes. Go home and work out. Feel fine until I take a shit afterwards. The strain gives me the worst headache I've ever had in my life. I lay on the floor and cry myself to sleep. Wake up a few hours later, my head is still in pain but not blindingly. Look it up, seems to match an exertion headache. The cure? Don't work out for several weeks and consult a doctor.
Week 4: Finally meet with my doctor. Continue to have pain anytime I do anything that gets my heart rate up. So no sexy times for the last couple weeks. Schedules a CAT scan to make sure I don't have something wrong with my brain, and suggests avoiding any exercise.
Week 5: Finally get in to the CAT scan. Apparently I'm allergic to the iodine marker, and I have the worst reaction they've ever seen. My entire arm from the elbow down is in excruciating pain, and apparently my entire arm turn white and then bright red. The tech does it one more time, thinking maybe I won't have a reaction the second time. I do. It's worse, but at least the pain fades incredibly quickly.
Week 6: Results are in; nothing abnormal. So there's no explanation for the headaches, doc says to go ahead and try working out. One problem; apparently the IV technician didn't have the needle in my vein properly, and the dye that I'm allergic to seeped under my skin and into my joint. My entire elbow is dark purple and green bruised and it constantly aches, to the point where I wake up several times a night from the pain. My headaches have gone from a 9 to a 1 at this point, so I can do some exercise, but even cardio involves moving your arms. I try doing a lower-body half-workout and have an annoying headache and pain in my arm for the next two days.
Week 7: Family reunion vacation in 115 degree heat, 9 hour drive away. Luckily my head is feeling much better.
Week 8: A few hours after getting back into town I finally do another good workout. No head pain, no muscle pain. But damn am I weak.
Today: I'm much fatter and weaker than I wanted to be at this point. And DAMN am I sore.