As I mentioned a few posts back - I don't like exercising - but I have now made a habit of my swimming. I do still walk the dog a little and I also have the cross trainer that Greg kindly brought downstairs for me so I can go on it when watching TV - in the adverts, but it still comes back to the swimming!!
So on Wednesdays, when I am not at work, I go for a swim and a sauna at lunchtime. I have now reached the pace I had previously achieved and can do 32 lengths (half a mile) in just under half an hour. Then comes the real BLISS of going for a 15 minute sauna afterwards to just relax in the heat and ensure the old bones don't stiffen.
Well ................ today I missed it ...............it was for a good cause, I met up with an ex colleague for a coffee and scone and a long chat.
It was a good cause ........... but I now feel very guilty ..... as if I have forgotten to do homework ... or left work early... or even called in sick when I wasn't ...... that kind of guilt.
AND boy ... did I miss the sauna part ....... I did not realise how much it had been helping me with my headaches but have actually had a reasonable couple of months - free from the weekly niggles I used to get.
Yes I have still had the monthly migraine .... presumably hormone related .... but before the end of last year I was having weekly headaches that would be in danger of turning into migraines if I did not get my tablets down quick enough.
The last migraine I had was 3 weeks ago and I am 99 percent sure that was related to my injections for Hep A/ Hep B/Tetanus/Polio/Diptheria that I had received, (for our upcoming trip) the day before the migraine hit! (I keep telling you all I am a tad pathetic health wise LOL - the slightest thing will set me off !)
I am convinced that a mixture of the less stressful job and the regular swim/sauna mix has really helped and ... almost as if to prove it ... I have a bad neck/head tonight and will have to have a tablet to ward the inevitable off ....... missing the swim/sauna is not conducive to my health ............... both from that point of view and that in the last few weeks I have lost a few pounds - so it definitely is working for me!!!!
So I have already made sure that my diary is free for next Wednesday lunchtime and will have to work something our when I am due to start looking after Kovu - anything that keeps the headaches away is worth doing !
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