Jul 5, 2009

Checking in

Hi all,
Sorry I've been missing in action lately. I guess I needed a longer break from being an artist than I thought! I'm starting to get the urge again, so hopefully sometime soon I'll have something to show you! Plus, I've got a lot more free time to work with lately...

Part of the reason I've been missing for so long is the fact that I've been working on getting myself into better shape. That unfortunately takes up an aweful lot of time. Working a full-time job, then coming home and exercising for 1.5 hrs usually, then showering, then supper takes up most of my night, leaving me only about an hour to relax and watch TV. And since summer has started, so has my soccer season, with games usually 2-3 times a week. Phew!

And now for the reason I've got some more time on my hands....
I've always had back problems, but last summer I hurt my back pretty bad during a soccer game. Ever since then, my back has been giving me an aweful lot of grief. My most recent problem is low back and sciatic nerve pain, that makes me limp most of the time, and has been going on for about 2 months. I've been popping ibuprofen like candy (I know it's terrible on the stomach), and I've been seeing a chiropractor and physiotherapist.

Because of this, and on the advice of these practitioners, I've decided to completely stop exercising for 2 weeks and see how things go. I have a feeling that I may need to take a longer break and perhaps even miss the whole soccer season. It's killing me that I have to stop exercising because I was 2 weeks away from being done my P90X training program (which is a feat in itself), and I love soccer! And I was finally in really good shape and losing weight.

Anyway, that's what's been going on in this artist's world. I hope to get back into drawing again soon and I'll try not to take such a long break in the future.

7 comments:

Sally McLean said...

I wondered what had happened to you! I hope your back sorts itself out soon. Maybe some stress free drawing will help!

Heather Page said...

That might just do the trick!

Chuck Dilmore said...

beautiful to see you...
and hope you're feeling better!

Heather Page said...

Thanks Chuck,
Sadly I'm not feeling any better. I had an MRI and found out I've got a herniated disc. My symptoms haven't gotten any better in about 3 months and they may have even gotten worse. I've started seeing a physiotherapist and I'm to see my Dr. again in a month. If there's no improvement, I may be looking at surgery down the road :(
Thanks for the kind words!

Chuck Dilmore said...

there's never been a better time
to be alive... imaging is everything!

i know they will take good care of you!
sending best, healing vibes!

peace~
Chuck

April Jarocka said...

Hi Heather. Sorry to hear about your back! I too suffer with low back pain but had to stop popping the ibuprofen. I do hope you're better soon!!

Chuck Dilmore said...

sending best, healing vibes!
Chuck