The 20th & 21st; I really want this to be wearable.
The 20th of March. It's probably going to be another short one, as there's not much to report.
Mommy is fine today, as are all my muscles, so a gym visit would have been possible, but as I'm seeing Karen there tomorrow, I don't want to be in pain. Still feeling a bizarre amount of chest pain/heartburn, so I'm going through Rennies like it's my sole responsibility to keep them in business. Very frustrating.
This morning I typed up a blog post, which I've just realised is still in draft form. Never mind. Since then, I've been working on the jumper. I have to make sure I pay close attention because I fucked up the stitch count once already and it's been a struggle to get it back on track. I really want this to be wearable when I finish. I've never made a proper item of clothing before!
The 21st of March.
I don't know how things are with the chest wind today. I had porridge for breakfast in the hopes that maybe it would keep me full and stop it from setting in, but that didn't really work because I started having the pain about eleven anyway. I did some googling and it could be bile related? I think I will see if it persists for a few more days and if it keeps going for a week I'll get in touch with the liver team.
Back at the gym today! Karen showed me some stuff on the Synergy station, which was cool. I did some battle rope - as in, one rope, two arms. I'm not quite up to both simultaneously. Then I did this thing where I pull down on a rope that goes round on a loop which was good but also hard! Medicine ball next - hold it at the chest, push out, bring back in, above my head, back down, out in front again and twist from side to side. All slowly. And I did all of these in my chair so I can work these parts of my body without totally exhausting myself and causing myself pain. I also did some medicine ball deadlifts and yoga ball sit ups. Lastly (with Karen, anyway), I did some TRX squats and pull ups. It's good to have stuff to do that isn't just sitting on a machine.
That is what I did next - climbed the stairs and followed my circuit round. I was there for about two hours in total so I imagine I'll feel it in all sorts of places tomorrow. I'm at the dental hospital in the afternoon so I hope I'm able to transfer between chairs without yelping.
Had lunch, then went upstairs to get changed because tonight I'm out at The Glee to see John Robins. Between food and more food, I managed to get a few more rounds of the jumper done. I've got about fifteen left and then I think I'm done so could be finishing it this weekend! Let's hope it's not a disaster.
