Mayhem

The past couple of weeks have been a bit chaotic. I crashed on my rollerskis about two weeks ago and landed on my thumb. Luckily I didn't land on my thumb the way that most people on skis land on their thumb, which causes a scaphoid break - a small bone near the wrist. Not me. Instead I landed on the tip of my thumb and hyperextended the upper knuckle and tore a ligament.

I have a slow motion video of the crash that keeps replaying in my mind. My thumb does not look good. The first thing I did when I stopped sliding was grab my thumb, half expecting it to be flopping from my hand. It wasn't that bad. I've still been able to rollerski. Lifting weights has been and exercize to exercize type of thing and most of it is no problem. Shifting gears on my mountain bike is a bit of a challenge.

that was the first issue.

about a week ago i started to have some serious stomach problems. I thought I had food poisoning but it didn't go away. Thinking it might be something serious I went to the doctor this weekend and found out that I probably have Giardia. Which is pretty cool. So now I'm on some seriously strong medicine that, from what I have read is more of a pesticide than an antibiotic. Either way, its making me tired and giving me a headache. Not to mention the metallic taste in my desert of a mouth.

By next weekend I'm hoping to get back to something resembling training again. Hopefully with a few less protozoa in my intestine and bit stronger thumb.

Until then.