Man, amazing how much I've taken good health for granted. Never again. I had been pretty miserable for about a 5-6 week stretch. Constant headaches (I never get headaches), neck/shoulder pain, constant fatigue, occasional queasy stomach. Finally got into my doctor last Tuesday. After describing my symptoms and informing him about a bite I had on my upper ### that coincided with when I started feeling unwell, and how that bite spread to the size of a silver dollar (but not the classic bullseye) and took over a month to heal, he thought the possibility of Lyme Disease concerning enough to immediately start me on 14 days of Doxycycline. In the meantime, he ran full bloodwork as well as the Lyme test. He indicated that the Lyme test was notoriously unreliable and often times gave false positive or false negative results, but that if it came back positive it would be one more data point. Instructed me that even if it came back negative, that I should finish the course of Doxycycline. A day after my appointment my bloodwork came back normal. Two days into the antibiotics I was having stretches throughout the day where I felt pretty normal. Then later that day the Lyme test result thankfully came back negative. So here I am halfway through the course of antibiotics and I feel about 90-95% better. Insane how debilitating it felt to have a constant headache, sleep for 10 hours, and wake up feeling exactly the same...every day for 6 weeks. So, I'm looking to take nothing for granted now. Hopefully I fully kick whatever was going on and get back to feeling completely healthy. Hope all of you dealing with nagging injuries or health concerns don't have to deal with those for any longer than absolutely necessary.
Three straight days of running for me, about to make it four. I also found out about a new trail race with the inaugural event being held this October, six weeks after my 100. It's a 12 hour event on a 5.7 mile loop on the bike trails that run through the park adjacent to my house. The loop actually comes within about 0.2 miles of our house, so I'm leaning towards giving it a go. Only downside is that it falls of my wife's birthday this year.
Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable 4th of July!