For the last 12 years, I have continued to experience pain and burning in my legs from my knees down on a consistent basis. After a series of tests checking the nerves and having a muscle biopsy, the cause of this has yet to be determined. My last test was in 2022 and since then, due to my responsibilities as a caregiver to my parents, I honestly did not feel like it took priority, so I decided to accept it and just live with the pain. Fast forward to now, I have fulfilled my caregiving responsibilities, and that journey came to an end. I have within the last year, began addressing my health and had hernia repair (5 hernias) and my gallbladder removed. Now I am once again considering pursuing the issue with my legs to see if my suspicions are valid, that it may be some form of Neuropathy.
I joined a gym in November 2023 and started working with a personal trainer. I was going consistently up until I had my surgery in March 2024 and was out for 5 months due to a challenging recovery period. My trainer and I needed to regroup and modify my training sessions due to the type of surgery I had. We have continued to have our training sessions which will be coming to an end within the next month. In addition to the gym, I also work out at home, and I am physically active with doing projects around the house and yard as much as possible.
The pain can be overwhelming and can literally stop me in my tracks. It is literally mind over matter and I keep telling myself do not quit and do not stop moving. My bestie recently gave me a treadmill that her mom used to have and now I have added it to my home gym. This is the second time this has happened, but today on my way home from work, I could not wait to get home because I had made up my mind I was going to get on the treadmill and beat my distance and time from my last walk on the treadmill. Sure enough, I did it and it felt empowering!
I will be speaking to my Primary Dr next week and will address my concerns with my legs. In the meantime, I will continue to power through and not stop moving.
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