I had to make an incredibly difficult decision today---whether or not to continue instructing Zumba this semester after getting a repeated "You need to take it easy, NOW" from the staff at Urgent Care last night. The actual over-use injuries are not that bad, but the facts of my medical history and my family's medical history make doctors really nervous. I'm one symptom away (I won't get into it, it's pretty gross) from needing to go back in to Urgent Care to talk about potential Neuropathy. The doc kept saying, if this happens...go to the ER immediately. Oy. On a completely separate note (but not unrelated to the nervousness), it's been almost exactly 25 years since my bone-fusion surgery (complete with hardware) in middle school. When I mentioned this, everyone around me got quiet, frowned, got nervous, and started to question me about my back symptoms in greater detail. The upshot is that they got me to admit that this back pain is worse than any back pain I've had since I was sixteen (and fell down the stairs while practicing ballet...don't ask!).
Great galloping gobs of gopher guano! Holy heck. I really have to take a deep breath and step away from this situation for a moment. I can't just hate my body because it is prone to the ever dreaded be-careful-watch-and-wait medical stuff, complete with fun/stupid tests. It needs love.
In the spirit of Body Love, and in the spirit of self-care...the Zumba Fitness class is canceled for Spring 2015. *Sob.*
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