The human body is one of the most complex things in this world. Why is it that one day we feel amazing and the next day we feel like garbage? Last night at the weekly 5k mentally I wanted to run but my body wanted no part of it. During my half mile warm up I was really hoping that the music and the little bit of running would wake my body up. No luck, I decided I should test to make sure that my diabetes wasn't the reason for my lethargic behavior. Ten minutes before the race my blood sugar was at 138, that wasn't the reason I didn't feel like running.
I was able to complete the 5k in a time of 23:19, my body finally woke up around the two mile mark. I'm not sure what took so long but because I felt so good after the run I decided to run an extra mile to the car. While running my right shoulder began to hurt, this is nothing new I have some kind of pain in my shoulder everyday. As I got to my car my arm was positioned like it was in a sling, I was definitely hurting. Again this is nothing new, I finished the ten mile race a couple weeks ago in the same position.
The strange thing was that the pain didn't go away last night, I have been experiencing numbness in my fingers and the temperature of my hand has been fluctuating for the past week or so. This morning I finally decided to go see someone to try and figure out exactly what is going on with my right arm. My primary care physician believes that I have neuropathy in my right arm. I had passed all of the major tests but having numbness in my ring and pinky finger suggest neuropathy. Next week I will have a Electrodiagnostic Test to see if the nerves in my arm have any damage.
I was not told that I couldn't perform any of my daily tasks so i will continue to run and bike until I'm told not to. I honestly believe that this is a small bump in the road, yes the pain and numbness stinks but I run and bike because I enjoy the pain. I'm mad that I have to go through this again (I had the same feelings in my arm in the fall of 09) but I will use my anger to run and bike. It sounds odd but I love taking my anger out while I workout.
I was able to complete the 5k in a time of 23:19, my body finally woke up around the two mile mark. I'm not sure what took so long but because I felt so good after the run I decided to run an extra mile to the car. While running my right shoulder began to hurt, this is nothing new I have some kind of pain in my shoulder everyday. As I got to my car my arm was positioned like it was in a sling, I was definitely hurting. Again this is nothing new, I finished the ten mile race a couple weeks ago in the same position.
The strange thing was that the pain didn't go away last night, I have been experiencing numbness in my fingers and the temperature of my hand has been fluctuating for the past week or so. This morning I finally decided to go see someone to try and figure out exactly what is going on with my right arm. My primary care physician believes that I have neuropathy in my right arm. I had passed all of the major tests but having numbness in my ring and pinky finger suggest neuropathy. Next week I will have a Electrodiagnostic Test to see if the nerves in my arm have any damage.
I was not told that I couldn't perform any of my daily tasks so i will continue to run and bike until I'm told not to. I honestly believe that this is a small bump in the road, yes the pain and numbness stinks but I run and bike because I enjoy the pain. I'm mad that I have to go through this again (I had the same feelings in my arm in the fall of 09) but I will use my anger to run and bike. It sounds odd but I love taking my anger out while I workout.
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