Feeling guilty whilst not cycling & car use thru illness

[mjr]

It is fairly horribly cold in that wind today. Everything seems to take more effort and I've not got a cold. I expect I'd be slower than usual on the bike too:

[Tonyf33]

It weren't windy here yesterday, that was the thing..today however, going up hill was almost as fast as downhill in places..lol

[landsurfer]

Went out this morning with my grandson.
Breakfast .. x3 30/500 co-codamol, x1 Naproxen, X1 Diazepam, x1 Aliupuranol , coffee and some flapjack.........
Cycled 12 miles along the canal path then 6 miles along the local roads back to the car.
1 hill, had to walk up it.
The drugs do work !!!!
8 weeks with Sciatica ..... had enough !!!!

[Cunobelin]

Things happen.

My wife's health deteriorated and this has meant various appointments and other commitments

I now bus in to work on a Thursday to escort her to an appointment, and our weekend rides are limited to a few miles and we no longer tour

I am down about 2,000 miles last year compared to previous years

However I do find that my time on the bikes / trikes commuting and the occasional weekend trip has become "better quality" as I realise that it is something that is to be valued and enjoyed.

[landsurfer]

Absolutely right Cunobelin. The quality and fun are more important than the distance.

[Brummoi]

I've not been on the bike since Saturday and as we speak I'm off out in the car to the supermarket

I've been rough as a badgers whatsit since last week and got worse, so far I've lost 5kg in 6 days, rattly chest, feeling cold all the time and gone right off food . I really wanted to go out on the bike to get some groceries and feel guilty using the car (it's less than 2 miles to the shops).
Should I just write it off as a one off or 'man the @#%$ up' as they say?

As a fellow IBD sufferer, I have UC, whenever I flare I just take it as 'me time' and indulge in other pleasures i.e. Reading a book in a couple of sittings, getting through a dvd box set or playing my guitar.

You just have to go with the flow, take to the settee and know that there will be an end to it.

Hope your flare is short lived.

[Tonyf33]

I've not been on the bike since Saturday and as we speak I'm off out in the car to the supermarket

I've been rough as a badgers whatsit since last week and got worse, so far I've lost 5kg in 6 days, rattly chest, feeling cold all the time and gone right off food . I really wanted to go out on the bike to get some groceries and feel guilty using the car (it's less than 2 miles to the shops).
Should I just write it off as a one off or 'man the @#%$ up' as they say?

As a fellow IBD sufferer, I have UC, whenever I flare I just take it as 'me time' and indulge in other pleasures i.e. Reading a book in a couple of sittings, getting through a dvd box set or playing my guitar.

You just have to go with the flow, take to the settee and know that there will be an end to it.

Hope your flare is short lived.

thanks, peaks and troughs, it's sooo frustrating. I'm all clear in terms of chest/breathing etc but oh my god I did just shy of 9 miles at lunch and it was incredibly difficult, crept up a short 6% that leads into the estate where I live and I barely managed 6mph, even the road before which 1/2 mile at 2% and I was on 10-11mph. Pedalling squares..I'm chilling out by doing some cooking..lol

[Flinders]

I had the same experience with sciatica. Intense pain whilst standing and walking, no pain whilst sitting or cycling. As Vorpal, my GP was useless and suggested after looking at me lying down on the couch that one leg was longer than the other and recommended an orthotic in my left shoe. The GP had one made specially for me which just transferred the sciatica from my pelvis and leg to my pelvis, leg and back.

The sciatica only went away with treatment from a wonderful physio. After getting me to lie down on her treatment couch she noted that one leg seemed longer than the other. However, she then noted after rotating my pelvis that the pelvis was out of alignment. After some gentle manipulation and rotation she put my pelvis back in alignment and gave me some exercises to do at home every day to strengthen the muscles which support the movement in the pelvis. After 3 days the sciatica was much reduced and after 2 weeks all pain had gone. I had a follow up session with the physio to make sure all was well. End of problem after 2 sessions which cost me £70. I would cheerfully have paid many times that to be pain free, such was its intensity and debilitating effect on my life.

Chiropractors work for some people (they work for me, and I have sciatic nerve damage from a long-term negelcted medical condition, but no longer get pain from it). I've also had friends have good results from osteopaths. But get a recommendation to a specific one from someone you know, they can vary a lot.