April 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    amymoreorless wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    The taper is typically started TWO WEEKS before a marathon (shorter races need less). So you have a little time yet but listen to your body. If you need more time to recover from our double 18, take it.

    @PastorVincent I am getting conflicting advice about a double 20 mile weekend. One person in my running group says I should do it and two others are telling me it will just put too much unnecessary stress on my body. I had a hard time with the double 18s this past weekend. A big part of it was working too much but I don’t want to burn myself out before May. I am also having serious negative thoughts about my abilities and maybe being in over my head .... Ugh.

    None of the others giving you advice are in your body, right? So who is in the best position to know what your body can handle?

    Keep in mind that the top end of the training run distance is supposed to be very hard. The training plans are designed so that you can not finish a 80% of your race distance run easy. If you can, you probably were under training. On race morning the 2+ week taper will have changed EVERYTHING.

    Judge your condition the morning of the first 20. If you think you are up to it, run it. If not, do not. Then make the same call for the second 20.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Scott6255 wrote: »
    taxgirl1 wrote: »
    Dog was over the run at about 1.7 miles, so I dropped her off and finished the remaining part of the run. New running shoes felt great.

    Whew..first time I read that I thought your dog was run over halfway into your run! I have always been slightly dyslexic. Glad the new shoes are working out.
    @scott6255 - I read it that way too, so not just you!😁
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    edited April 2019
    i have an appointment but as the race is saturday, idk how much it will help.
    mine isn't....oral but monthly but i think at this point i'll be looking at something in copper

    apparently, it's been 2 years since i've been in....i'll see what the dr can offer tomorrow. she's pretty suggestible.
    mostly worried about anemia. trying to move but being too tired like when i ran with a cold. so if it doesn't have some sort of iron, i'm probably not eating it this week.
    and they clearly can't do a pelvic exam at this point. i will sit, they will ask questions, they will palpate, and then i leave with another appt so they can do it.
    the pads chafe along the edge from previous experience. the herbal teas and whatever make me tired. the "greener" stuff gives me a migraine

    i think low income have easier availability at least in our area with a variety of clinics that cater to that sort of thing.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @mbaker566 I do iron supplements just to help my running. But since my cycle is not much of a cycle, my iron doubled, and I don’t take it as often. I use the lower dose, spatone iron water. I like it. My dd says it taste terrible. It tastes like if rebar were a liquified snack. Might be ideal for you. I chose it because a few professional female athletes recommended it.

    My pcp would not hesitate to do a pelvic any day of the month. Dang, he’s brave.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,190 Member
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.

    You have regular pelvic exams for bc?? Why? I get a smear every 3 years for cancer screening but that's it. Only pelvic exam I ever had was during labour!

    I remember having to get my blood pressure checked every 6 months which was a pain enough
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited April 2019
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.

    You have regular pelvic exams for bc?? Why? I get a smear every 3 years for cancer screening but that's it. Only pelvic exam I ever had was during labour!

    I remember having to get my blood pressure checked every 6 months which was a pain enough

    Welcome to the USA. You know in my childbearing years, if you wanted bc, a pap was every year (why I have 3 kids of course. If they hadn’t been so stingy with them- I may have had zero). Of course now they are backtracking on that and moved it to 2 or 3. I think i do one every 5-10 years. No normal pap, no bc.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited April 2019
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.

    You have regular pelvic exams for bc?? Why? I get a smear every 3 years for cancer screening but that's it. Only pelvic exam I ever had was during labour!

    I remember having to get my blood pressure checked every 6 months which was a pain enough

    It varies by doctor and location and thankfully is getting less common, but yeah, it's a ridiculous requirement. When I was in my 20s I had to get annual pelvic exams to get my prescriptions and didn't even realize I had an option to push back.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    @mbaker566 - I'm not sure where you live and it's too late to help at this point, but have you looked into something like https://nurx.com/ ? I used them the last time I needed to renew my bc Rx bc I couldn't get an appt soon enough and I was feeling lazy, lol. No actual appointment necessary, just questions through their site from one of their docs. Might be worth some investigating, I think there are other companies that do it too
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    @mbaker566 ugh, yeah I knew it wasn't available in some states due to some dumb*kitten* laws, how irritating. We are so backwards in this country, I swear.

    I like the idea of a desk fort, that sounds really smart, lol
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    edited April 2019
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.

    I gotta say this is one thing I don’t miss now that I’m menopausal. Doctors holding my life hostage. It’s ten thousand times easier to get a prescription for opioids than birth control. These days I only have to deal with doctors holding my life hostage over my thyroid and diabetes meds. Every six months I have to jump through a bunch of hoops in order to be allowed to keep living, it’s ridiculous.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.

    I gotta say this is one thing I don’t miss now that I’m menopausal. Doctors holding my life hostage. It’s ten thousand times easier to get a prescription for opioids than birth control. These days I only have to deal with doctors holding my life hostage over my thyroid and diabetes meds. Every six months I have to jump through a bunch of hoops in order to be allowed to keep living, it’s ridiculous.

    as someone who needs both, i do not find it's easier to get opiods. in fact, it's hard for me. legally, that is.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,190 Member
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.

    I gotta say this is one thing I don’t miss now that I’m menopausal. Doctors holding my life hostage. It’s ten thousand times easier to get a prescription for opioids than birth control. These days I only have to deal with doctors holding my life hostage over my thyroid and diabetes meds. Every six months I have to jump through a bunch of hoops in order to be allowed to keep living, it’s ridiculous.

    Just more examples on how the US healthcare system is just screwed up. Universal healthcare may not be perfect, but its a damned sight better than worrying about what your insurance will/wont cover, and about which hospital you can/cant go to. Also, We have far fewer specialists - so the only time I saw an OB/Gyn was when I was in hospital having my kids. thats it. anything else I go to my GP.

    And I WORK in healthcare. Its so nice that our patients dont have to worry about how to pay for their x-rays. That said we are stingier with them than the US is.
  • NCK96
    NCK96 Posts: 146 Member
    edited April 2019
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    rheddmobile wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    Elise4270 wrote: »
    @mbaker566 awful. Why are oral BC rx anyhow? That’s just the dummest thing. Can you get an emergency appointment? What about those sticky hot packs? Are there any otc herbal remedies that might help? My poor dd says it always like her uterus is trying to kill her. Good luck.

    Agreed - this is a real pet peeve of mine, especially the pelvic exam requirement. Yes, it's a good idea to get regular screenings, but it's like requiring someone to get a blood panel when they buy aspirin. Considering the abominable state of the health insurance system in the US, it's yet another hurdle for low-income people, especially in areas without easy access to reproductive health services. /steps off soap box, hugs @mbaker566.

    I gotta say this is one thing I don’t miss now that I’m menopausal. Doctors holding my life hostage. It’s ten thousand times easier to get a prescription for opioids than birth control. These days I only have to deal with doctors holding my life hostage over my thyroid and diabetes meds. Every six months I have to jump through a bunch of hoops in order to be allowed to keep living, it’s ridiculous.

    Just more examples on how the US healthcare system is just screwed up. Universal healthcare may not be perfect, but its a damned sight better than worrying about what your insurance will/wont cover, and about which hospital you can/cant go to. Also, We have far fewer specialists - so the only time I saw an OB/Gyn was when I was in hospital having my kids. thats it. anything else I go to my GP.

    And I WORK in healthcare. Its so nice that our patients dont have to worry about how to pay for their x-rays. That said we are stingier with them than the US is.

    Whoa! This blows my mind!!

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