So I haven't been training for nearly the past year. It aggravates me every day that I don't, so why have I been riding my bike more and not rolling or kickboxing at all?
Well, as it turns out I have a chronic illness. For most of the last year I've either been injured or had painful open wounds on my fingertips that have kept me out of the gym and severely limited what I can do in the way of exercise. I can't even fathom the thought of trying to hold onto a gi with them. Any kind of shock to the affected finger(s) causes near blinding levels of pain, so I haven't even been able to get a decent amount of range time in. Turns out they're called digital ulcers and take frigging forever to heal. I took the blood tests that confirmed the presence of an autoimmune disorder last week and will be meeting with a rheumatologist on Tuesday for a formal diagnosis. I expect a diagnosis of limited scleroderma.
The good? While incurable it's treatable. With the proper prescriptions I should be able to return to training next month. Finally. The second "good" thing about it is that it's so rare in males that it's almost certainly service connected. It's also a bit of a relief to actually have a diagnosis and a plan of action rather then just a sense of "WTF, over? I'm falling apart."
The bad? Well, aside from incurable I suppose there isn't much that's bad since progression to more fatal forms of the illness are almost as rare as the illness itself. I'll likely just have to take some annoying-ass pills.
While this thread was mostly just for me to vent to anonymous assholes on the internet, I was wondering if any of the rest of you are dealing with similar issues that are affecting your training. If so, how are you dealing with it?
Well, as it turns out I have a chronic illness. For most of the last year I've either been injured or had painful open wounds on my fingertips that have kept me out of the gym and severely limited what I can do in the way of exercise. I can't even fathom the thought of trying to hold onto a gi with them. Any kind of shock to the affected finger(s) causes near blinding levels of pain, so I haven't even been able to get a decent amount of range time in. Turns out they're called digital ulcers and take frigging forever to heal. I took the blood tests that confirmed the presence of an autoimmune disorder last week and will be meeting with a rheumatologist on Tuesday for a formal diagnosis. I expect a diagnosis of limited scleroderma.
The good? While incurable it's treatable. With the proper prescriptions I should be able to return to training next month. Finally. The second "good" thing about it is that it's so rare in males that it's almost certainly service connected. It's also a bit of a relief to actually have a diagnosis and a plan of action rather then just a sense of "WTF, over? I'm falling apart."
The bad? Well, aside from incurable I suppose there isn't much that's bad since progression to more fatal forms of the illness are almost as rare as the illness itself. I'll likely just have to take some annoying-ass pills.
While this thread was mostly just for me to vent to anonymous assholes on the internet, I was wondering if any of the rest of you are dealing with similar issues that are affecting your training. If so, how are you dealing with it?