Fatigue from a long life with severe scoliosis?

Long time since I wrote a chapter in my blog, but this summer has been so amazing 🌞
It has been the warmest and driest summer in over 70 years in southern Norway! Not good for farmers and nature, but my body loves it and I have less pain 👍

I love walking on the soft paths in the wood, and a long the river with my dog

I have not been much at the gym, because I have been sooo exhausted.
My physioterapist and my doctor agree that I have fatigue from having severe scoliosis all my life 😔So now I only go to the gym 2 days a week, not 3. I was so tired after walking my dog every day (wich of course is a must!) and excersising 3 days,- and try to keep contact with family and friends. The house is a really mess because it has come in the last place of what I should do.......

But I love all my flowers in the garden, and the tomatoes, chili and peppers 🍅🌹

I have not been away on holiday this summer (I usually don't because I go away in winter), but I was at the cinema and saw Mamma Mia 2,- very nice! We laughed, cried and wanted to sing and dance 

This summer I have tried making something new and healthy,- have you heard of Kombucha? It is fermented tea and very good for the bacteria in our bowels 😊

Surf a Norwegian kombucha with Mango

Ask another Norwegian kombucha with Hibiscus

Scoby, the "fungus" that work in the tea to ferment it

My first batch, the scoby is in the bottom, the new scoby is in the making at the top, and the rest is Roibus tea, water and brown sugar

It is a new world, with lots of strange words: scoby, scobyhotel, batch, kombucha, fermenting 😏 I will try to ferment vegetables also later, very healthy.
Anyone else do this?

Dennis, my little dog has also loved this summer

Cheese

Drinking cold water from the river

Dennis has a crazy and very kind aunt, she bought him sunglasses 😍

Looks like autumn, but it is because the very warm and dry summer

This was my summer,- hope your summer has been fine too? Without much pain?

I am back at the gym now

Can't give up! And I know that inside I get better,- less fat and more muscles 💪💗

Big hugs from Norway 😊
 
 

Tired

Last week I was at the gym 3 days as usual, even we also had the annual Kongsberg jazzfestival 🎶

I have increased almost every excersise since I started again after surgery of my foot 😮
Seated legpress now 62,5 kg 💪

The rowing machine I do 11 (12 is max)

Back extension: 42,5 kg

If I compare the first weeks with now:
* Treadmill: May 2016: 5% 5,5 km/h
                   July 2018: 11% 5,5 km/h
* Seated legpress: May 2016: 35 kg
                            July 2018: 62,5 kg
* Rowing machine: May 2016: 6
                               July 2018: 11

This sumer has really been HOT! Norwegian summer is normaly temperatures around 20-25, this summer we have had more like 25-30 in south of Norway 😎,- northern part is rainy and cold 😢

Kongsberg is my hometown 💓

Doing excersises on the fitnessball

My left foot gets swollen often after the surgery, so on Friday I had to go without shooes 😢

Lots of people have vacation now, so it is spacy these days 👍

 The physioterapist and I are now talking about maybe I have fatigue because I never get the good feeling after beeing at the gym, and because I am always exhausted and have not been better after 2 years at the gym.

Someone else with fatigue? What help you?
I am thinking of only go to the gym 2 days, not 3. And doing even more with my food than I do now,- I eats mostly clean food, but I need to be better!

Because of the hot weather ( that me and my body loves 💓) Dennis and I have enjoyed  walking along the river

Nice cold water

Sunny shadow

We have waterpauses too

The jazzfestival in my hometown has been for 54 years and we have artists from all over he world,- most jazzartists of course, but this week we also had A-HA and Sting.
Lot of different places for concerts,- this is one of them:

In the hot weather I have to carry lots of water, but because of that I have lots of flowers, tomatoes and chili 💗

I hope you all are ok? Take care 💓 Big hugs from Norway 😊
 
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Back at the gym!

On Friday I finally got back at the gym! Actually I have missed it 😦
The treadmill was not good on my left foot ( wich I had surgery on in May) so I only did 5% increase instead of 11% and 5 km/h and only for 5 minutes.

* Then I did rowing: 10 X 3, 10 in weight (think I will do 11 soon!)
* Balanse on a BOSO-ball with squats: 10 X 3
* Excersises on a big fitnessball,- sitting on it and lieing on the floor with feet on it
* Seated leg press: 10 X 3, 65 kg(long time since I did this regularely, but same weight!)
*  Back extension: 10 X 3, 40 kg
* Pectoral fly/ rear detoid: 10 X 3, 12 kg (only for posture)

I did not do plank this first time, because after this round both my left foot and my lower back was sore.

I would expect my muscles to be really sore after this excersises, but I was fine!! 

My left foot was swollen when I put my shoe on, next time I will use the support stocking I have!

Everyday I also walk my dog, not the long walks as before surgery, but we are getting there!
Today he has been to the groomer, we took the bus to and fro and he got a new harness for good behaving 💓 I love him 💓


I hope you all are doing ok? Are you excersising?

Big hugs from Marit 🌺

 

Check-up

Last week I was in the hospital on a check-up with my scoliosis doctor in Oslo.

First bus

Then train

Then tram

The hospital

The doctor and I got a very good laugh! The people who took the x-ray managed to messure my curves wrong 😜 so my big curves suddenly where only 51 degrees!

This is the right one! Still 90 and 85 degrees 👍

They have lots of art in the hospital

And a beautyful wall of colours

 The doctor and I had a long talk, both about my health and about scoliosis in general. I have some wear in my neck. If I get more problems I need to se another doctor who can help me with that. I shall continue at the gym just as I am doing 💪
My foot is better now so I plan starting again to morrow!
 

Yesterday Dennis and I was with a good friend of mine and her 2 grandsons in a museum in my hometown,- with a nice view of the waterfall deviding the city 🌞

 

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 I hope you are all doing fine? Soon vacation?