Back to Work

After being out for the last three weeks with my latest health issue, I finally return to work tomorrow. I actually can't wait. You can only watch Sportscenter so many times. It took me awhile to realize that they were just replying the same hour long show over and over again. At least I had a chance to watch a few movies (ie. The Darjeeling Limited, Die Hard, The Hurt Locker). I'm a creature of habit and I need get back into a routine.

Right now I'm still on 40mg of prednisone per day. I hope to taper (again) 5mg per weeks until I get to 20mg. After that, I will taper 2.5mg per week. I think I'm at about 80% right now. I even started to workout again, but it's been hard with the loss of muscle mass and anemia. I tried to do some "easy" squats on Friday and my legs are still killing me. I guess I need to take it a little easier next time. I got on the indoor trainer for 30 minutes yesterday and it damn near killed me too. With the anemia, everything is hard. Maybe I'll stick to walking for the next few days until things get better.

I watched the last 20km of Amstel Gold on the web this morning after church. It was good to see Gilbert win. He's been on good form lately but hasn't had the results...until now. It is hard to watch races sometimes because I want to be out there riding and racing too. Hopefully it can somehow motivate me for the rest of the year. I don't think I will be doing any racing but at least I hope I can get out and get some miles in.