Here ends my boring medical update. To thank you for your time, I leave you with the conversation I dread having with my trainer:
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Never underestimate the power of bipolar depression
A relatively low dip brought me to my knees at work yesterday morning and—aside from a brief rally at dinner last night—I've been sound asleep for more than 24 hours. Full shutdown notwithstanding, this is actually progress; as little as six months ago, my shutdowns lasted around five days. This episode, however, comes with flashes of deep, excruciating pain from my right hip to my right foot. Diagnosis still TBD.
Here ends my boring medical update. To thank you for your time, I leave you with the conversation I dread having with my trainer:
Here ends my boring medical update. To thank you for your time, I leave you with the conversation I dread having with my trainer:
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