I haven't posted in a while...it's about time...Kidney surgery, what?! Yep the decision was made to remove my non functioning or I should say little functioning left kidney...I was worried but the surgery went well, and then came the recovery and the aftermath, which hasn't been so promising...
One thing good thing that came out of all this was that my blood pressure came down right away after removing the kidney which is the reason I decided to take the kidney out in the first place, along with a lot of docs advice that this was the best option for the long run when it came to my blood pressure. The negative: well since the surgery I've had a lot of fatigue when working out and training. This has especially hit me hard in running, some in biking and some in swimming. I can really tell my speed has slowed down and I can't go as hard or as long with out some chronic fatigue. At first I thought this was a nutritional issue but then quickly determined that this might be due to my recovery. I had a follow up with my kidney doc and he said he would check to see if my adrenal glands were taken out or maybe damaged during the removal of the kidney. If they were this could explain the fatigue and chronic soreness I've been feeling. The doc also suggested possible anemia or some type of eletrolyte imbalances. The blood tests await...
My other thought was maybe I'm just tired, since I never really did take any time off again this winter (I always say I will, but for some reason this is extremely hard for me to do). I'll see what the tests say and then maybe it would be a good idea to take a week off running, biking and swimming. This might be my last trial to see how I feel.
My feeling now are a bit worried for the season, since I feel pretty weak. I'm tyring to keep positive and at least be happy I am able to be out there, but that's just not my attitude when it comes to racing so it's really tough to keep positive. I really wish this would all blow over soon, as of now I'm very nervous for the season. This might be a year I'm just out there, we'll see if I can handle that.
