Twelve days after getting sick I am finally well. This was one of the worst in years. I wonder if a flu shot would have mitigated the severity a bit.
I’ll be back on the bike soon just in time for the weather to turn. When it’s too miserable to ride I will be on the wind trainer. It’s been a lousy cycling year for me for a lot of reasons but I’m optimistic.
Two weeks ago I had my fifth colonoscopy in four months. The plan was, get it done and then get on with my life. I got good news and won’t need another one until February.
After the procedure I felt oddly tired. For nearly a week it didn’t go away. Then last Tuesday night I went out to dinner with my wife and daughter out to eat at The Feve in Oberlin. Great meal but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I came home and slept for fourteen hours. I had a severe sore throat with running eyes, nose and severe coughs. For the next five days it got better and worse. Each day I slept twelve to sixteen hours. It got so bad that I thought about going to Texas and getting Ebola, it might be a lesser disease. Right now I’m calling what I have Coldbola, It’s brutal. Right now I only have sporadic attacks of coughing. My eyes are running but is is 80% better.
The weather has been nasty but I need to get on the bike. The weather is supposed to get really nice by the weekend. I’m hoping that I will be well enough to do some riding. We’ll see.
I’m exhausted. Going to spend the day studying the chess games of Paul Morphy and watch Netflix.
I tried to find a picture online that illustrates how I feel and this is the closest I could get.
Had my fifth colonoscopy in four months today. I’m still tired and will probably be myself in a couple days. There was good news. Only two polyps and my colon looked healthy. We are keeping the Lynch Syndrome at bay. I don’t have to have another colonoscopy until February of 2015 so I have four months uninterrupted. Plus the stress factor can drop down a few notches.
I’ll be back on the bike soon.
Since I have little else to say, I’ll just post a picture of French cyclist Marion Rousse.
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