Well...I have an irregular heartbeat.

[mrspunkysmom]

Rant away. It's allowed.

I do empathize. I could say why, but I'm not stealing your thread. I went through another round of "woe is me" recently, and I decided this morning that I needed to pull myself out of the ditch myself.

I have to admire someone who can run triathlons with your medical history. I can't see me doing that at any time.

Good luck.

[Alysser]

WOW, so I have a lot of updating to do! I probably shouldn't have made this thread till I completely *knew* for sure what it was!

Doctor called back on Monday, he's such a nice nice guy! It was CAFFEINE. Freakin' CAFFEINE. I guess I shouldn't be annoyed but I am because it was something SO stupid. Now, let it be known, I've never had a restricted diet with this condition and I swear I don't drink that much. I drink a iced coffee every morning, which isn't really high in calories. I am going to stop drinking it. I also usually have caffeine free soda but sometimes don't really look at what I'm buying. I'm trying to stay away from sodas and eat healthy! But hey, sometimes it's hard! Especially for a college student. I do not eat that bad I swear.

Thank you guys so much for the support. I was finally able to come on this morning and all your messages mean so much to me!

My issue is, I've been born into a military family. My great grandparents, grandpas, my dad, my brother, cousins, etc. are all in some branch. My dad was a Marine and My brother was in the Army. I think we had a few airforce boys and a one navy guy. But I've always looked up to that. When I was younger, my dad didn't really have the heart to tell me I wouldn't get in. Let it be known, no I probably would hate boot camp LOL. I can't run to save my life and couldn't do the running they do. So, maybe it's for the best. My dad said he's be proud of me anyway, if I became a biologist or a park ranger, so that's good. He's always said that.
Courtney, I sympathize 100% with you boyfriend! It really is frustrating and I'm sorry he has to deal with that. I am glad he stretches his boundaries a little bit. It's a very admirable trait.

Mrspunkysmom, if you ever wanna talk, especially about health issues, PM me anytime! I'm glad you promised yourself you'd get out of it and I hope you do!

Okay, so I did my Triathlon with my sister this morning. It was 3 miles running, 2 miles kayaking, 5 miles biking...It was a relay type thing so technically I only did two events! BUT I'm still proud of myself. My sister did the running 3 miles...god knows I can't do that. We both did the kayaking 2 miles, which was fun! and I biked the five miles, but I do that quite often on this trail. It was hard but I only stopped twice. By the time I got to the 4 mile marker I was so excited. I finished before a few people, so I am proud of that in itself. I didn't expect to place, I just wanted to finish. I've been told I couldn't do things like this and today I did 7 MILES of physical activity. I didn't win but I sort of feel like I did. reading the messages this morning helped with that, I'm convinced of that! I'm #119!