Balancing Exercise with Health Issues

[BlueIV]

I find it really difficult to determine what I can do in a day. Sometimes I'm fine, other times I end up exhausted, and sometimes afterwards I end up sick.

I'm doing much better than what I was, but it's still difficult to know if today's the day I can go for a 2 hour walk and be fine, or if shopping for 15 minutes is going to leave me feeling like crap or worse.

How do you balance things out?
Is anyone able to figure out when they are going overboard and it's going to cause issues hours later or even the next day?

 

[flyhighk]

Are you using drugs? Whether you'll feel good or sick after exercising may depend on when was your last dose. Try exercising the same time every day, or every other day. After a while you'll get used to it and any soreness will go away. Balancing things out is very hard if your day isn't organized. I recommend you go to bed at the same time every night, and set an alarm to help you wake up.

When I first started exercising it was hard, sometimes I would feel good and sometimes I would get very tired. After a couple weeks though, exercise became part of my daily routine. It's impossible to get predict how you'll feel after a strenuous activity if you exercise at random times. I don't know about you but most people will benefit from being organized.

 

[Mysterie]

how is your diet and do you smoke or anything?

if you are really out of shape, start with walking 30 minutes a day

main part of exercise is just building a solid routine around it

doesn't matter where you start because over time you will get better with consistent practice

just be patient with yourself and give it some time to win you over

 

[BlueIV]

I am using drugs, all stuff recommended to me by doctors, plus the occasional NSAID. I also drink, but not heavily. My schedule is definitely off, but it's because of health issues. Sometimes I can't sleep well because of them, other times I need lots of sleep. I took a very long nap yesterday after a painful IV experience. I thought I was screwed for my schedule. I still feel asleep around my typical time last night and got more than 8 hours.

My diet is pretty good, it could be better but on bad days I am more likely to give in to cravings and just don't have the energy to prepare things.

I was pretty fit, but lost it because doing pretty much anything would cause a flareup and leave me feeling awful for days. Now that I`m finally treating the problem after being misdiagnosed I want to get back and not end up in the ER because I pushed too hard, which has already happened once.

 

[Maya]

I say observe your body and how you react to exercising on a particular day. If you have had enough sleep the exercising is good but if not then rest and do it the next day.

For me, if I feel extremely tired and did not have enough sleep then it's not cool to workout so I try to rest and just go the next day. I also alternate from hot yoga to gym workouts so that I dont overdo the workouts but I am a crazy one and I feel horrible without working out for two days so I tend to go for 6 days a week.

Is there a chance that you can elaborate the health issues you are experiencing?

 

[BlueIV]

It's a blood disorder and any stress physical or emotional can set it off. Things like yardwork can lead to a bad reaction. The last time I was in the ER the trigger was painting the deck, and my husband left me the easier parts. I ended up being fine, but at the first signs of it possibly being dangerous I'm supposed to medicate and hang by the ER in case it doesn't work. That day I had medicated twice at home, the second time for the early danger signs and it slowly got worse. The 3rd dose in the ER ended up working.

 

[Maya]

The only thing I can think of is trying yoga and see how it goes for you, at least for yoga it will help you relax and you can always let the instructor know that you have a certain health condition.

In our yoga class, the instructors would always ask what type of injury we have etc so he/she knows not to push you.

 

[BlueIV]

Yeah, I've been meaning to get into some yoga classes. Eventually though, I want to do the other activities I used to, within reason. Curious to see how others read into their bodies when most of the feedback comes afterwards and not during.

Maybe I just need to be more patient too, I might be able to read the early signals better with more practice. Before treating I just felt crappy most of the time, so it wasn't too helpful, pre attack, attack and post attack were constantly blended together.

 

[Maya]

^ I think the worse I had been was when I was recovering from a comedown. I would still get bad anxiety attacks while working out that and panic attacks so I have to stop after only 10 min of exercise and I was pretty frustrated about it.

I can also suggest doing tai chi, this is also a light type of exercise which will not put a physical strain on your body. Try this and yoga and see how your body reacts to these two types of exercise.

 

[BlueIV]

I got into an exercise program offered by the health system
It's still causing some issues, but I'm learning. It does get frustrating.

Not sure what I'm going to do yet once it's over, but I'll get into something.

 

[thujone]

t'ai chi is good, it emphasizes slow motion and control over speed and quantity

 

[BlueIV]

Tai chi has come up a few times. I think I'm just going to have to look it up. Should be gentle enough that as long as I'm not already having issues, I should be able to incorporate it in with other exercise