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Old 06-02-2010, 11:44 AM
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Sheds - thanks for that note - it's encouraging to hear other longer term sufferers facing the same thing as me. I'm with you - I'm normally very active, got a bit of a weight gain and it hits your self-confidence. I go to the gym 3x a week now and generally feel bad whether I do or I don't. Can get my heart rate up to 160 now without getting Nausea. Sometimes gotta stop sometimes it's OK. It's hard to explain but what I'm facing is constant headaches and light headedness. Not so much nausea anymore. Anyway - if I start feeling really bad I just stop. I've found for me that lifting weights, biking and some running on a treadmill is generally OK. The reality is though I feel pretty awful all the time. The good thing for me is I don't feel like puking every minute of the day which I faced for the first 9 or 10 months.

It's hard to keep the big picture perspective but I couldn't walk around the block for the first 2-3 months. I couldn't look left/right/up/down without feeling sick. So the fact I can do any exercise I am happy about. Last summer I couldn't play ball hockey or catch with the kids or swim or do anything. I can do it now and tolerate it the bad feeling but I'll take that anyday over not being able to do any exercise - for those facing this I know it is a helpless feeling but for many it will get better.

Small victories, small victories.
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