Originally Posted By: SatinSilver
What's the problem with your health? I thought in the past you've reported positive things about your health. Unless I'm confusing you with someone else. You know working out, losing weight, staying in shape, etc...
I have always been a fairly fit guy, bicyclist, motocross/enduro etc. I hit the gym regularly, eat very carefully, maintain a good weight and so on. However, I have at least 2 autoimmune diseases that are knocking me down hard. Hashimoto's thyroid and MCTD. The combo is nasty. Mitochondrial dysfunction, where cells can't use energy and muscles disappear within 3 weeks. The last 5 years have been a steady decline into incapacity. I'm having a hard time getting up from the chair now.
Most days now, I run out of energy in about 5 to as much as 10 minutes. A bad day at the gym is being able to finish less than one set, followed by complete exhaustion. (a good day includes 3 sets of modest weights, which is more and more rare) . So lately, I average 1-1.5 sets and fail, lower and lower weights every month. A bicycle ride might be 7-9 mph, about 30-45 watts output, 105 heart rate and unable to go more.
However, a very good day might have a bicycle ride at 19 MPH, heart rate at 150 and muscles functional.
Blood glucose is often low, never high. But I can get BG of 108 or so for a workout, if I consume lots of gatoraid. Does not help one bit.
Quite frankly, I'm having a hard time working just about every day now.
Back to Cleveland Clinic next week. I'm concerned about the next diagnosis. I have many of the symptoms of other diseases.
