Good morning all

It's been 3 years since my last cycle and have since retired. I was in a physical job and in pretty good shape. I don't remember being this tired during and after my cycle. I was thinking just because I'm older and not working anymore. I know I would be exhausted right after my dance but I don't remember being tired all the time.  Is this typical?

Thanking you in advance

Ilndguy

Peter is on the right track.

There is a good bit of research which shows how quickly our body begins to lose tone and endurance following loss of regular activity. One eye catching study revealed a measurable loss of muscle tone just 24-hours aftter being in bed (hospital patient).

Unless we replace the activity of work with even a modest program of activityl/exercise, research reveals the picture you report is normal.

I'm living in a retirement community now ana I'm amazed the notable difference between folks who swim/exercise/even mosst waling daily, and those who do nothing. Both body and brain slow down without even modest levels of activity, physical and mental.

Hey Inldguy,
I hope you 're well.
I'm 48 year old and love working hard at what I do when I have a job on.
I'm self employed and depend on a phone call form someone to say "hey, will you come do this job for 3 /4 months?" For me the longer the job is, the better. When i have a job on I 'm full of beans, Up at 7 a.m and actually looking forward to day's work ahead, i love what i do. I guess the fact that it is extremely well paid helps. For each job, i need to hire people, they are often the same people, mainly friends, mainy good friends, we get on well and understand each other so it's fun. I juggle a lot of money and spend a lot of it over the job. I have to deliver the projects on time or I will never get another job again. Despite the pressure, i love it and am always full of energy. i even go to the gym after work sometime and swim and gym at weekends.
Then, the job ends and I don't know what to do with myself. I might go and visit people here and there, that i haven't seen in a while but that soon fizzles out. My energy levels drop dramatically, fairly rapidly. Even though i Love going to the gym, running, swimming, I find it very hard to motivate myself as i feel tired and quite lethargique for a whille. It takes me a month or so of feeling shite to eventually be motivated to do all th things i love doing.

It is undertandable that your energy levels are low.
I hope you'll find something that will make you want to get up and feel good about it.
It can take effort to start, sometimes a few weeks of efforts, pushing yourself to do something. but then, i find, the activity becomes enjoyable when we can see results, meet new people and in general feel more at ease doing this new activity.

Anyway, keep coming back here to chat, it's a good place with lots of great people.

All the best.

Good morning everyone

Thank you for all your comments. I did enjoy my job and wish I was not retired. My injury now prevents that. I can't even play golf which was what I loved to do. I spend a little time in my workshop doing odd jobs for friends, but that's not really physical. I should watch my granddaughter more often, because that is exhausting, but worth it.  I've had two back and three foot surgeries so a lot of the things other people take for granted I very much struggle with or cannot do at all. I have a great family and things could be a lot worse.

Thanks again. It's going to be a great day

Ilndguy

Great day everyone

Great idea Peter. I will have to give that a try.

Sincerely


Ilndguy

Good evening

I heard the same from an insurance exec., the average life expectancy after retirement is 3 years. You have to keep busy and your mind working, no matter what it is. I was helping my son paint his bedroom this weekend in his new house and now I can hardly move. Good times

Take care everyone

Ilndguy

Thanks everyone

I don't think I'm deficient in D3 because I've been on it for two weeks now. I didn't do the loading dose because I was only getting shadows. I've been PF for the last two days. Life is great again

I do have a question though.

I'm an avid reader and when my cycle started and I started getting my kip headaches I noticed when I read, I need readers, this would bring on my headaches. I read 100 pages yesterday for the first time reading since June. Has anyone experienced this before?

Thank you Batch for telling me about the D3, it worked!!!

I'm back to my self

Ilndguy

Oh my god, this must be so devastating for your wife and a big disapointment. The main think is that despite the fact that she is going to miss the marathon, she has proven tp herself that she has been able to persevere with the training. It takes huge mental (and physical) strenght, perseverance and efforts to train like she did. Well done to her. She must feel soooo disapointed.
Yes it is likey that the shadow you felt was from stress, might not even have been a CH shadow but just a stress pressure. Delighted to know you've been Pain free, it sounds like you are another succes story of Batch's D3 regimen.
All the best

Thank you Peter and Batch

I'll get her on that starting tomorrow. I already have enough pills. I bought in quantity

Ilndguy

Thanks Mike,

My wife has a high tolerance for pain. She tripped a few months age running and broke her arm. The doctor told her it wasn't a bad break and a sling for four weeks would be okay. She wore it for it about three days and only missed two days of training. This time is a different story. The pain is really bad for her, which means it really hurts. I don't think I'll have trouble keeping the cervical collar on her.  She already said that she would start the d3. 

Housework is no problem for me, but styling her hair and putting on her makeup might be a problem. Her pain goes through the roof when she lifts her arm up. She'll more than likely look like a clown when I'm done. I told her I would go buy her a bunch of hats. Halloween is coming up. Maybe some masks also. Thank god we both have a sense of humor. "It will be okay" is our motto

Thanks as always

Ilndguy

Hey Peter

That's a great idea but I don't want to rush that. Eventually is not going to happen for awhile. I still act like a kid, but I guess mentally is different than physically.

Ilndguy