And Then This Happened

     Wednesday started off well. We went to the gym with the intent for bi's & tri's. I kicked it off with some EZ Curl Skull Crushers and quickly ended up in a massive amount of pain. On y last set, I felt a weird "balling up" feeling in the back of my neck, right at the base of my skull. That was followed by pain in the back of my head. We moved to Tri pull downs then seated dips where the pain ramped up to migraine level at a speed I had never experienced in my life (and I'm no stranger to migraines). I had to leave after a 3rd set. By the time I got to the truck I was in both agony and tears and Frank was debating taking me to the ER. We got home, I went directly to a cold shower because I was overheating and then I sucked down 3 ibuprofen and put an icepack to my head. I went to bed and slept for about an hour or so and woke up feeling like a functional human again, although not totally pain free. I took my last ibuprofen and headed back to bed.

     I feel much better this morning, but the headache is still lingering. I'm out of drugs so I'll be making a trip to the store in a few to stock up. I cannot begin to tell you how sick of all this I am. If it's not pain in my knees, it's pain in my back. If it's not pain in my back, it's this new, instantaneous migraine. Awesome. I mean, what the actual hell? I spent some time with Dr. Google this morning and I'm fairly confident this was an exertion headache, so I'm not horribly worried. Frank was leaning more towards aneurism, but I'd be dead by now so I'm ruling that out. My honest thoughts? I'm probably dehydrated, depleted of electrolytes, and not eating enough or appropriately. I'm headed to GNC today to get a multivitamin because that certainly can't hurt. 

     I also may need to rethink my training. I like going everyday but I think the intensity may be too much? I don't know. We'll see how it goes as I make adjustments to diet/nutrition and the multivitamins. I've also found another recipe for a homemade electrolyte drink. I'm not giving up. I can't allow myself to do that. I don't know if I'll go to the gym tonight or not. If I can't shake this headache, then I'm staying put and working in my garden. It's going to have to be one of those "let's see how it plays out" sort of things. 

     In any case, here's what I got done last night before my head almost exploded:

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EZ CURL SKULL CRUSHER:

(aptly named for what happened, I suppose)

(30lb x15) 4x

TRI PULL DOWNS:

35lb x8

30lb x8

(25lb x8) 2x

SEATED DIPS:

70lb x12

80lb x10

80lb x8

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     I'm determined to plough my way through all of this. I want to be fit, to be strong, and to be healthy.