Dang, I must have jinxed it

[cjsmith]

Got a plan for some exercise. Went out once. Then the rain started -- I'm truly not sure how rain-resistant this wheelchair is, so I didn't go out yesterday -- and now I'm sick! Grr! If it were just the tickle in the back of my throat I'd soldier on through, but I've got a fever, which means No Infecting The Coworkers Please. Plus fevers make me stupid. So I'm heading home this afternoon. No exercise, no getting together with coworkers this afternoon to nail down details on a chunk of work I'm supposed to do.

Bummer.

I'm almost never sick more than once within a couple of years. I wonder what I'm doing differently now. Nutrition perhaps? I bet it's at least partially the inactivity. How can I possibly be robust when I never frickin' MOVE?

I am GONNA get more exercise. I swear. Today feels like "one step forward, two steps back" but I know I'm going to kick this bug, whatever it is, and after that I can DO STUFF. Enough couch potato life.

Important Safety Tip: if fever is already causing slight headache and lightheadedness, taking Indocin is one heck of a trip. Wheee! People pay good money to amusement parks to get these sensations.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I don't know. It's annoying in that it needs special clothing and can really mess up my hair, but I suspect it would be an okay way to exercise if I got over that.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

I have flippers that make you work harder, but I don't know if the movement would hurt you more. I know my niece gets hair treatments that keeps her hair from being damaged. (The squirt swims something insane between 3000-6000m a day.) I cut my hair because I am too lazy to dry it, but her hair goes to her butt.

Buuuuuut...there is also deep water training which you could probably avoid getting your hair wet (or mostly wet) which involves treading water and other exercises.