I just saw a naked person here at work!

Our group bathrooms have showers in them, with frosted doors, but for the longest time they've been used as storage for paper towels and whatnot. I'm surprised someone had the chutzpah to actually use it as a shower. I don't think I'd risk it in front of people I see every day that I'm not related to.

Lisah, how long did you rest them? I haven't done any running in about 5 weeks...and was feeling ok...but 90 second spurts of slow running yesterday (couch to 5k) immediately made them painful again.

I finally finished some crochet projects and got them to the people I made them for. I'm really crappy at getting them out and done - but I posted pictures on Pinterest.

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I just saw a naked person here at work!

If I saw any of my coworkers naked I would be scarred for life.

Great, now I'm picturing all my coworkers naked. Thanks.

Two more OKC dates being scheduled. Date two with Marty Sue this weekend, and a first date with another guy tomorrow night. I'm thinking Marty Sue is going to end up as a friend, which is fine by me.

The part of my back that hurt yesterday is fine, but the other side of my back is now hurting. WTF? Two hours to chiropractor and counting...

Cass, could you send me that stretch, too?

The part of my back that hurt yesterday is fine, but the other side of my back is now hurting. WTF?

My right hip was the painful one yesterday, and when I woke up it was fine, but my left hip had become a ball of pain. This has been happening for a while -- the ping-pong of which hip hurts.

I really like the chiropractor, and the practice as a whole, which focuses on biomechanical problems and sports injuries, and not "We can heal your blindness through spinal manipulation!" I had an adjustment, which was hilarious, because I said at one point "Are...are you trying to pull me off the table? Because I don't think that's therapeutic!" and the chiropractor just laughed his ass off. (He did not, in fact, pull me off the table.) And then I had the electrical stimulation TENS unit thingie and a cold pack on my back. I didn't expect to throw down my (metaphorical) crutches and sprint out of the office (and indeed I did not), and so far I haven't noticed much improvement, if any. But I remember from previous chiropracting that it takes more than 1 adjustment to get things acting right. I go back tomorrow and Friday, and then Monday.

His assessment was "You're like the Tin Man right now -- your hips and pelvis are rusted stuck. But we'll take care of that." And now "If I Only Had a Heart" is stuck in my head.

amyth, that's great news about the lack of apnea!

I hope everyone's pain levels go down soon.

In other news, I got to watch three people pass out today. We had a blood drive at the office building next door to mine, so I walked over and donated. No problem. After I donated I sat down by the cookies, and watched three people decided that since their office was *right there* they could do their recovery period at their desks, check their email, etc. As I noshed on my medically prescribed carbs, I saw the tops of their three heads heads outside the truck. Then I saw two heads. Then one of them came in asking for a nurse. Then that one went back out to help her friend and, a minute later the third one came in saying the second had passed out. She went back out and one of the nurses stuck her head in, saying she needed help because donor number three was down.

About that time I was feeling queasy, even with the help of sugar and fluids, so I put my head between my knees. One of the nurses helping the others told me, in very commanding tones, "You stay right there!"

After getting the first three women back on their donor sofas, they set me up on one, too. I lounged about for another half hour. And they had someone drive me from that parking lot to the front door of my own office building.

I feel ok-ish now. But day-um, people. When the nurses tell you to sit down for a bit after giving blood, sit your ass down.

As a followup to the shower story, I now know that one of the women here wears blue panties. This is information I don't need about my coworkers.

On the "wow y'all have experiences" tip, anyone got experience with shin splints? I've had them on and off since January and it's making me crazy. Every time I think they're healed, the next time I even try to do a TINY bit, they're hurting like crazy again. I got insoles and stuff so I'm supposed to be good there, but apparently not. My roommate thinks I should go to the doctor, but I feel weird asking my GP about it, but even weirder calling some other doc (orthopedics? Sports medicine? No idea) about it--and I really dont want to pay for two visits!

Stretch, ice, pop NSAIDs, and change your shoe & running stance. Your GP should be qualified to deal with your splints, but I did love going to my sports therapy doc.

This sounds counter-intuitive, but your shoes might be TOO padded, so your calves and associated muscles might not be working properly. I'm not a barefoot running advocate, but a zero-drop shoe has saved my running life. It might be worth checking out. (I love the NB Minimus Trail, even though I mostly run on pavement. [link]

Thanks Juliana--apparently I have high flexible arches and pronate like whoa (though on review of video of my ankles at the fancy running store, the insoles seem to have mostly fixed it). So everything I've read online other than serious barefoot rvangelists says not to do that.