Viral Infection - the come back road

[Joursans]

I'd recommend giving yoga a try. The Hatha stuff - not Ashtanga. If you get a decent teacher it can be very good for you both physically and mentally - it's great for stress.

Find a relatively easy going beginners class. You can push yourself as hard or as easy as you feel like on the day.

Plus the classes usually have some decent eye candy - get there early and find a space at the back.

After a good hour's session I have come out feeling like the dog's bollox. In fact I might start going again.
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I tell myself I will not go,
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[mattr]

Training??
Racing???
HRM?????

Speaking from experience, you probably need to step away from that sort of mentality and go and do some sight seeing for the rest of the year.

Start training for next season, this season is probably a right off. Don't even expect next season to be up to much if you have been ill that long/badly and have just had a long term issue diagnosed as well.

[martin smith]

[JimmyRay]

I hear you martin, and I am not always fooled by quackery.

Through the practice the chiro is able to provide private blood screening, so there is nothing but cold hard facts coming back from that. I will be getting teh results and having them analysed elsewhere!

To be honest, my own research into adrenal fatigue brings up plenty of 'for just $20 you can overcome your adrenal fatigue' results and not much medical science stuff, so I am mighty sceptical of its realness....

He is right about the stress though, and he at least listens and interprets what I say, rather than the doctor who unfortunately is confined by NHS best practice, and sadly for me that is not providing me with anything but anxiety and frustrating.

My doctor has been a c**t throughout, lets be clear. Either deliberately or through incompetence he has failed to recognise the effects the anxiety and stress of the situation has caused. despite me spelling it out to him he still sees the need to provide me greys and non-information (e.g. when asked if teh blood tests could rule out ongoing infection he stated that 'one thing the tests could not rule out is an ongoing underlying infection'). He has followed protocol and tested me for the obvious stuff first... diabetes, thyroid problems etc etc, and sees anything that is not life thretening as being beynd his remit.

As another example, following having a frank conversation about how I felt to him, he sent me away but not before introducing the added anxiety of potential cardiac problems knowing I would have to sit on that news for 8 weeks. No support, nothing... git.

Finally on request he has provided me details of a local stress management course which I am yet to enrole on as I know the key element of stress management is managing the causes of stress, adn that falls down hard with the 'I don't know why I feel this way and no one can or is willing to help me find out!' argument.

[JimmyRay]

Oh and I agree with you Martin about the not knowing business, and if I felt the doctor had done anything more than try and get me to stop bothering him, I would be happier.

For gods sake he has not tested me for anything. Not for Epsom Barr, or looked at other key viral/bactierial infections. There are tests he could do, but has chosen not to.

[martin smith]

sounds like you have a crap GP and a good chiropractor. bummer.

Change your GP?
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[jk_bike]

2hrs rides every other day easy/steady tempo and just dont worry be happy. worked for me after bein bugrd for 10 months.

[JimmyRay]