I could weep

secretsam

2 glorious days of clear, sunny weather

No wife and kids, all off on half term trip to France

Just me, and my bike

And a chest infection.

meanredspider

Cheer up - it could be worse. I'm taking my son for a CT scan on his lungs today after they didn't like what they saw on his screening x-ray. Hopefully it's nothing.

Get well soon.

secretsam

meanredspider wrote:

Cheer up - it could be worse. I'm taking my son for a CT scan on his lungs today after they didn't like what they saw on his screening x-ray. Hopefully it's nothing.

Get well soon.

Ah - some perspective. Best wishes, hope it's all OK.

veronese68

Everything crossed for you MRS.

Ian.B

Yes, hope all OK, MRS

meanredspider

Thanks folks. All clear!

And breathe...........

veronese68

Phew, thank god for that. It's good that they keep a close eye and check everything, but I can imagine how much that would make you worry. I used to get quite stressed before my check ups, then very relieved afterwards.

Now, back to the OP. That's really irritating SS, hope you feel better soon. Even if it is going to rain tomorrow.

meanredspider

On the positive side, I took chunks out of my segment times from Sunday (which were PBs themselves) on my ride this morning Amazing what a bit of stress does...

daniel_b

SecretSam wrote:

2 glorious days of clear, sunny weather

No wife and kids, all off on half term trip to France

Just me, and my bike

And a chest infection.

I've had a nasty cold for the last 2 weeks. Usually I stop riding altogether when I am ill, but this time I have decided to replace intervals in the main with endurance miles, and keep riding.
Managed 46 miles on Sunday which I was pleased with, and managed to 'clear myself out' quite a bit in the process.
First intervals yesterday with no ill effects, and 1hr 20 should happen tomorrow lunchtime.

Not saying this is advisable or would work for everyone, but I seem to have gotten away with it.

And just to add, loads of people have had this cold, and it's lasting 2-3 weeks for everyone, so I don't believe I have extended it's stay.
Perversely there is an extra grain of satisfaction for me from still plugging home the miles despite the cold.

MRS - pleased to hear you had good news.

tlw1

meanredspider wrote:

Thanks folks. All clear!

And breathe...........

great news

I've missed the last couple of days due to work meh, so I'm going to get apparent 'heavy rain' for 4 hrs tomorrow

meanredspider

Thanks all. Heavy rain and stupid winds tomorrow and I'm still going out on my bike. Being given a jolt reminds me that we need to live every day.

tlw1

meanredspider wrote:

Thanks all. Heavy rain and stupid winds tomorrow and I'm still going out on my bike. Being given a jolt reminds me that we need to live every day.

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hegyestomi

meanredspider wrote:

Thanks all. Heavy rain and stupid winds tomorrow and I'm still going out on my bike. Being given a jolt reminds me that we need to live every day.

This....
Glad that everything is ok.

Wheelspinner

hegyestomi wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

Thanks all. Heavy rain and stupid winds tomorrow and I'm still going out on my bike. Being given a jolt reminds me that we need to live every day.

This....
Glad that everything is ok.

Also this, lots.

Plus, be safe out there MRS in the bad conditions.

DJFish

I'm in a similar situation to the OP.
Spending my hard earned pocket money on parking and public transport when I should be cycling but every time I get on my bike my lungs just get clagged up.
I'm on my third lot of Antibiotics & steroids and have been told I might actually be asthmatic, worst of all I also had a chest x-ray just after xmas which was fine, until I got an appointment slip through for another one, upon enquiring (they didn't bother to actually call me) my GP had noticed an unusual shadow and wanted to investigate.
Turns out it was just calcium deposits from where I'd broken some ribs a few years ago, but that was not a pleasant two weeks waiting for the results.
Worst of all I have to sit on a bus and watch cyclists whizzing past!

secretsam

DJFish wrote:

I'm in a similar situation to the OP.
Spending my hard earned pocket money on parking and public transport when I should be cycling but every time I get on my bike my lungs just get clagged up.
I'm on my third lot of Antibiotics & steroids and have been told I might actually be asthmatic, worst of all I also had a chest x-ray just after xmas which was fine, until I got an appointment slip through for another one, upon enquiring (they didn't bother to actually call me) my GP had noticed an unusual shadow and wanted to investigate.
Turns out it was just calcium deposits from where I'd broken some ribs a few years ago, but that was not a pleasant two weeks waiting for the results.
Worst of all I have to sit on a bus and watch cyclists whizzing past!

I'm in the Asthma club, diagnosed in my 20s, always wondered why I seemed so unfit for the first 30 mins of playing rugby but was then OK...<<reminds self to go and get peak flow measured>>

@MRS: glad to hear all was OK.

meanredspider

SecretSam wrote:

@MRS: glad to hear all was OK.

Thank you

lostboysaint

meanredspider wrote:

Thanks folks. All clear!

And breathe...........

Excellent news.