Results & Recreation day...

I was looking forward to today for a couple of reasons. The first is that I'm getting the results from last weeks blood work tests and hopefully there will be some answers and direction. The second is that we are going away as a family to Sherkston Shores and renting a cottage for the weekend. The weather is supposed to be in the 20's and their is a 150km, 12 foot wide bike path that I can do my long ride and run on.

I did my swim first thing in the morning. I knew I had to do it but it took a lot of inner discussion to get me committed and out the door. Even on the drive to the pool I didn't mind the stop lights and delays in getting there. When I got there the lanes were full and with very slow leisure swimmers. It was another reason for me to postpone the workout but I didn't. Even 30 minutes into the swim I really wanted to quit, then they took the pool down to one lane only and everyone was in one lane, and everyone but me was about a 3:00 per 100 swimmer, and now I really wanted to cut it short, but I kept persevering.

The reason I wasn't motivated was because of the anxiety of getting my blood work results. I just wanted to get them and do nothing else until I got them. But I was worried that if they came back with bad news I'd be too down to want to train so I really forced myself to work through the anxiety. I'm glad I did, I had a good swim with all my 12 x 100's between 1:43 - 1:48.

When I got the results, in only one week my ALD and AST rose another 25%. My doctor explained to me that my body is not getting rid of all the toxins and the waste is being dumped into my blood stream. He said that I need to take pressure off my kidneys and liver and suggested that I start taking enema's everyday and recommended a nutritionist. I asked if the waste was cause by the amount of exercise I do and he said no.

A little background on this doctor is that he is closing his practice in July. He almost died of prostate cancer 2 years ago and believes that a holistic doctor through nutrition saved his life. He is now finishing his training to be a holistic doctor.

I expressed my concern and asked "shouldn't more tests be done"? From my research it could be many things, including cancer or a tumor, etc. He thought it was a good idea and booked me for an ultra sound. I was a little concerned because after his near death experience he has "really drank the Kool-aid" on nutrition and when "all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail".

After I left I decided to talk to another doctor at the research program I'm involved with and have them get me into a specialist. I'm not discounting the nutrition aspect, and will try it, but I also want to pursue a medical diagnosis through scans and biopsies. 

Now let the weekend begin...

Speed Swim - 1:13:40 / 3000 meters

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