It all started out as a normal Monday. We got the kids to school and Mr. Geek and I headed to the gym. I want to preface this with saying I felt completely fine. I didn't feel any different heading into my workout. I actually felt really good and strong. We were working legs. My favorite day. I know, I'm a freak. A couple lifts in I noticed I was getting a little headache, which is nothing new for me. I have chronic migraines so I chugged some water and thought nothing of it. Until half way though. All of the sudden I had a blinding pain in my head above my right eye. It felt like someone was stabbing me over and over again. While this was happening, I was not aware but I went into a silent seizure. I stood there, frozen, unresponsive for about a minute. My husband noticed I was staring off into space, not blinking and tried to talk to me. When I didn't answer he realized something was wrong. He rushed me to the hospital where I was admitted, they started an IV, pain meds and a dose of seizure medicine. They also did some blood work and an MRI. The first MRI didn't show anything and the doctors were stumped. So they decided to do another one with contrast. This showed a tiny brain bleed that was causing pressure in my head. They have no idea why it happened or how. It was just spontaneous. I still have it. It effects me everyday and causes me not to be able to lift weights or do anything strenuous. I have been so incredibly frustrated and I am not going to lie, I have been eating my feelings. I have gained weight. A lot. So much so that my doctor said I need to lose 50 lbs. FIFTY. Mr. Geek has been so supportive and amazing. We have decided to go Paleo. I need to do something, I want to be able to see my kids grow up and I want to be able to play with them. Give them a good childhood. And in all honesty, I love paleo. I love how it makes me feel and last time I did Whole30 I lost 12 lbs. I will be doing light workouts, mostly walking and Barre classes. I miss weight lifting. I miss that feeling of PRing. But this is just temporary. I will continue to improve my life and that will always include weights.
I thought long and hard if I was going to continue to blog. I love this little blog and I love a lot of the people I have met through networking. This has been a hard year (and I can not believe it is already half way over...) I have found out about some medical issues for myself and Liam. I will probably be doing a whole post on Liams' because it is long and emotional and I still cannot bring myself to write about it. But with that being said, I am here to stay! And what is a post without some pictures? Here are some randoms...
xoxo
Danielle
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