While I am fully off the
antibiotics and
prednisone prescribed by my doc for the
upper respiratory illness I contracted over the holidays, I can't actually say that I feel all that much better. Well, I'm not as tired and not having coughing spasms. But my
sciatic pain has crept back, as well as the
inflammation in my gums. Both had been banished for the past week but have returned.
The sciatica was so uncomfortable last night that I didn't fall asleep until 4 AM and only after rolling onto my side. Worse, I've been sporadically lightheaded and feel like there's a weight pressing on my chest. My pulse rate and BP are normal though. I have fleeting thoughts about going to Urgent Care but they're only open until 8 PM tonight.
I did make it to the gym today, if only to get in some cardio (elliptical #1 since Wind Breaker reclaimed #3) and a paltry set of pull-ups. Those definitely don't feel right, especially triggering a flash of sciatic pain during the dozen or so reps that felt cursory and not at all normal. My sciatica doesn't normally twinge unless I curl my legs up, but today the nerves seemed inflamed without much provocation.
Afterward, I did a limited set of movements in the Aerobics Room. Dead Bugs okay. Push-ups making my foot numb and exacerbating the sciatica. Air Squats okay. I've been going to physical therapy, and while I was on prednisone, it was fine. Tomorrow, I suspect it will not be fine. I see my glaucoma doc next week. I wonder how my IOPs will be... I hope this chest pressure goes away... it feels like I have a large pill stuck in my throat but further down. My face has been flushing intermittently as well. Very weird.
8 Jan 2026 12:48-1:56
Thursday No Meds
Bare Basics after 3 weeks
Sleepless w/d meds
Program 2 — right calf pain
Time: 30 + 5 (5294)
Distance: 2.72
Cal: 296
Avg Hr: 148, 184-48!? seriously?
New FB: 42-119
HGPU 14 (sciatic pain during)
DeadBugs 20 x 5 (mild sciatica)
Child’s Pose
Push-Ups 25 (sciatic pain)
Air Squats 25
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