Annual Physical

Had my annual physical today, and the timing was perfect, as I appear to have injured my rotator cuff at bootcamp on Tuesday. Woke up at 3 am yesterday morning in tears, as the pain was so intense. Many, many, many Advils later and it started to subside, and today it was a dull ache, not the railroad spike in the joint of Wednesday! My doctor gave me some exercises to do, as he said the best thing for it is to keep it moving. And the trainer echoed that (yes, I still went to bootcamp today - I paid money for this, man, and I am getting every dime's worth out of it!!) and let me do the routine without weights and with some modifications. Hope to be back in form next week, but we'll continue to watch the shoulder. Today's workout was still hard, and I returned from it all sweaty. Tried one of the infamous Green Monsters everyone is blogging about and I have to say...okay...it's actually good. I did the almond soy milk, almond butter, banana, protein powder, salba combo with the spinach. It is very green, but it doesn't taste like spinach. Not that there's anything wrong with spinach, but I don't like to drink it!!! So I'll do this again, as it was an awesome pre/post bootcamp drink. I don't think I'd do it for breakfast, because I like to chew my food, but it was great for energy for the work out and for staving off the dinner hungries until we got through WW's.

Back to the physical...not sure if I speak for all women, but gosh darn it, don't I just live for this day each year!?! First, jump on the scale. And, okay WTF - where did THAT freaking number come from?!?! Crap!!! Then it's the joyous part, which we will gloss over the details, and then blood pressure (perfect, I might add), breathing, blah, blah, blah. My doctor is a man, and has been my doctor since I was 4. Yes, 42+ years of seeing the same man for all the ails me. It's kind of funny because we "chat" like old pals while he's doing the exam, and all I can think about is get this over with already, we can talk about my parents when I have clothes on again!!! No idea what I'm going to do when he finally retires (figure he's got to be in his 70's by now, although dang, he looked old today - must not be feeling well, because he's always been a very physically fit and active man) and no one takes over his practice (seems to be the thing in Calgary these days)...and since I'm not of the child-bearing age anymore (thank goodness and the makers of birth control!) or come with a family already, most other doctors don't anything to do with me. Imagine having a patient that only comes for her physical, or when something is really, seriously wrong. Shocking... I do have a specialist that I see for my asthma and that's it. I grew up with the family motto that unless something is lopped off, spurting or blue, then there's no reason to bother anyone about it! And we're all fine...granted some of us limp, and then there's that tick my brother has, but other than that, it's all good!! LOL!!!

I did have a minor meltdown during the physical, mainly because of the number on the scale. I run, for crying out loud...I walk to work every day (3k round trip), I walk to the store, laundry is an exercise, since I heft it up and down 3 flights of stairs, I joined a bootcamp (and trust me, I sweat), I go to weight watchers and still there's that number, just mocking me!!! There was a brochure on the waiting table that said to "ask about Julie's story" so I did...and after a long talk about my habits (sigh...cookies...) and such, and some hemming and hawing on my part, I now have a prescription for something that will (hopefully) get me going in the right direction. I have to go back in two months for a check-up, but I am just so frustrated, I'm willing to try anything and that includes seeing my doctor more than once a year!

That's all I have for tonight...starting to seize up a bit, and the shoulder's starting to ache again, so it's Advil and heat pad time!

Have a great night...