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). :)
Leonard, ouch. I'm glad it lead you to swimming, though.
I found out I was pregnant in Aug (in 2004) and was immediately told no more than 1 hour at a time, 3 times a week. Then it went down to 30 min for a while and the last 6 weeks I was down to no exercise at all. Then I did 6 weeks of recovery from a c-section. It was a total of about 11 weeks out. I hated every minute of it but it's gone now.
I hope your time goes by quickly and you can get back in the water soon.
Alison
Leonard, ouch. I'm glad it lead you to swimming, though.
I found out I was pregnant in Aug (in 2004) and was immediately told no more than 1 hour at a time, 3 times a week. Then it went down to 30 min for a while and the last 6 weeks I was down to no exercise at all. Then I did 6 weeks of recovery from a c-section. It was a total of about 11 weeks out. I hated every minute of it but it's gone now.
I hope your time goes by quickly and you can get back in the water soon.
Alison
