jetbike

Hope it's okay to vent, but this I'm so frustrated and crushingly bored of being sick.

I've had tonsillitus for the last three weeks and have been as weak as a kitten, totally unable to ride. Initially I went into denial and tried to train through, that was a disaster. It put my recovery back by about a week, just lengthening the misery.

So, I know I need to take my time, rest, not hurry back to work or riding. It is the single most demoralizing thing I've ever been through and just want it to end. I'm doing much of my riding on the internet and watching dvd's (I've watched 'Overcoming' a million times).

I'm just gonna check my tyre pressure and take a rag to my bike (for the thirtieth time this week).

See you on the road (soon).

Phil85207

I feel for you. I know just what you are feeling cause I was there. I am just starting to ride after 107 days.
Take heart, it's not as bad as I thought it would be, but it's just something a person has to go through I guess.
Mine started out like the flu, then to sinus headaches in the extreme. Had sinus surgery, which I needed badly.
The extreme fatigue continued and the original problem finally turned out to be a thyroid problem.
There for a while I thought
I would never ride again. Good luck, and try to stay up, I know, its hard, but things will get better.

KevinF

A few years ago I went through about a two-month period of getting ill with various things -- tonsillitis, a stomach virus, and the mono. So I couldn't eat because my throat was swollen, then I couldn't eat because my stomach wasn't accepting much of anything, and then I couldn't eat because I was too tired.

After I finally got healthy -- well, "weak as a kitten" was far stronger then I was. All I could do was sit on a spin bike at the gym for 40 minutes, all resistance off, and spin away, which is about 30 watts for 45 minutes. But the good news -- my fitness level really did come back fairly quickly. Six weeks after I was medically cleared to ride again I did a 75 mile ride through the Berkshires (i.e., not exactly flat).

So don't despair too much -- once you get back on the bike, you'll return to form mighty fast.

jetbike

Thanks folks. Very kind words. I'll bounce back, just need to give myself a break.

MegaTom

Gosh... I'm having a hard enough time coming back from a 4 day stomach virus. I can't imagine having to come back after weeks or months like you folks!