. . . in the distant, early morning . . .

Running while dizzy

I’m still sick: constantly dizzy, coughing badly.  I’m currently on medication but it looks like I’ll need to see a specialist early next week since this has been going on over a week.

But today I was sitting staring at the telly, too hot to do anything outside and too dizzy to do anything inside.  I was really, really bored. So I decided to run.  First, I had a banana and some orange juice. 

I started off slow and stayed slow compared to what I’d been doing.  I only actually ran about 1/3rd of it, and speed-walked the rest.  I had to keep a very close eye on my heart rate as it is higher than normal from the dizziness and meds.  I ran too long at one point and my heart-rate was through the roof, so I went back to a walk.

After about 17 minutes I started a cool-down, finishing on .7 miles at 20 minutes.  Shorter than previously, not that much slower, but it felt good to actually run again.  It felt really dizzying as well, and perhaps I shouldn’t be pushing myself - but I’m happy that I did.

In the shower my ear popped.  Kind of similar to an altitude change.  Then the other ear popped.  The pressure has somewhat changed ears.  I’m not sure what that is all about but I’ll report it to my doctor in the a.m.  I’m mostly worried about hearing loss, along with being permanently dizzy.

... and if I am permanently dizzy, then why put off running?  I’m going to get fit somehow, and I am not going to allow this to stop that progress.

I’ve lost some weight since starting all of this as well, which feels good.  Much slower weight loss than I want but I hadn’t really modified my diet much, so any weight loss is welcome.  In fact my diet has reverted to awful with my recent illness.  So it was a real surprise this morning when I stepped on the scale.

I’m really looking forward to sussing out what is going on with me, and hopefully fixing it.  It’s scary being dizzy all the time, and the cough is annoying.  Hopefully we can figure this thing out and, even more hopefully, find out that it is not serious.

-Lisa, on July 25, 2010 at 2:31 pm .::. Comment (0)