Hi--
Has anyone else out there had a medical condition that forced them to forgo any kind of exercise for a prolonged period of time? I was really getting back into swimming when I had a bad side-effect from the birth control pills my OB put me on in the Spring. I was hospitalized with a pulmonary embolism 2 1/2 weeks ago. Now I'm on blood thinners and they're trying to stabilize my levels so I'm told I shouldn't exercise at all until that's done. It's about to drive me insane. I haven't stopped exercising for over a few days since before high-school (25 years ago).
I'm so tempted to just get in the water and swim easy but don't want to do anything stupid. Guess I just wondered if there are any others out there who survived an exercise lay-off and the resulting decrease in conditioning (and increase in crankiness). :)
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I spent 10 weeks in a hospital bed and 10 months on crutches following an unexpected trip down the stairs in the middle of the night. The recovery was the reason that I learned to swim. I took "comfort" from a section in the book "Zen in the Martial Arts" where Bruce Lee was talking about using his handicap (one leg considerably shorter than the other) to be a strength as it dictated certain types of fighting stances that he perfected instead of fretting about his handicap.
You do the same. If your doctor will let you, do some things like stretching and shoulder strengthening that will serve you when you get back in the water. "Perfect" those while you wait for what you would normally do and I bet that your swimming will benefit.
Best of luck.
-LBJ
I spent 10 weeks in a hospital bed and 10 months on crutches following an unexpected trip down the stairs in the middle of the night. The recovery was the reason that I learned to swim. I took "comfort" from a section in the book "Zen in the Martial Arts" where Bruce Lee was talking about using his handicap (one leg considerably shorter than the other) to be a strength as it dictated certain types of fighting stances that he perfected instead of fretting about his handicap.
You do the same. If your doctor will let you, do some things like stretching and shoulder strengthening that will serve you when you get back in the water. "Perfect" those while you wait for what you would normally do and I bet that your swimming will benefit.
Best of luck.
-LBJ
