A Good week ruined!

Good week ruined by health.

 I had such a good week last week it ended on Sunday with a 20 mile ride and I was planning my diet out a bit. There was a problem on Sunday I was having that I thought was just an eyelash or some other thing rubbing my eye. Well I am getting ready for bed and notice that it was a stye. Not a big deal normally but this one was a bit big and my eye was leaking a lot. What ever I will just wear my glasses the next day I thought.... I woke up in the morning and my eye was stuck shut not able to open. I wash it with some water and look in the mirror once I can see properly. The stye has grown to an infection as my eye lid was puffed out 3 times the size and I had some pain in my neck that after feeling it was the lymphnode being swollen. Instead of getting to work I went to the Dr to get checked out and left with some very large antibiotics. 

The problem with antibiotics.

I am all for taking the medications I might need when prescribed and what I am about to talk about is not about medicine itself but the side effects it has for me. Anyway I took the first dose of the antibiotic and went to work thinking that I might be able to ride later that day or at the very least get on my treadmill and go for a run. Well the antibiotics started working about an hour after I took it and that is when I remembered I hate antibiotics. It took a full day before the swelling in my eye started going down but the hour after I took them the side effect of having to be on the toilet hit. My stomach has not been settled fully since taking that first dose and I also have to be close to the bathroom as things come on quick. I was going to attempt to get on my treadmill as it is in the house thinking that I could at least do that but the problem there was it made it worse. I was on the treadmill for 10 minutes thinking I was going to be okay but NOPE... So I have not gotten to do any exercising since Sunday. To top all of that off they have also made me extra tired so getting any energy to exercise has been tough.

 The Diet is still on though right?

So through all of this I was trying to still plan out my diet but due to my eye not working right and being tired I half jotted some things down and called it a wash for the moment. I still have things put on paper on what I am going to change and do so its not like I was fully sitting there doing nothing about it. The basic is eat less and more healthy things again and keep with in my calories. The food options and things are the details of what I am trying to get sorted out. 

Just some thoughts.

I have not had an eye problem ever get to the point of infection like this before. I have had styes in the past but they normally go away in a day or two with out much thought from me other than do not wear my contacts with a stye. I am normally fairly clean about my eyes and wash my contacts before putting them away and again before putting them in. The only thing I do that is not a recommended thing is shower with my contacts in. Though I normally take them out right after showering so they get washed right after and its not like I have had a problem with that before but I am rethinking that. I really do like to see while I am showering though so that is going to be annoying to do. 

As for my eye and the progress there. Its still puffed a little in the spot where the stye was but there is no more leaking and my lymphnode feels only a touch swollen, though it does not hurt to touch so I know its healing fine. I am going to be off the antibiotics on Sunday night so I am thinking I can get back to cycling on Monday even if that means wearing my glasses instead of contacts for a few rides. 

I am off to keep an EYE on my health. Thank you very much for reading have and wonderful day!