One week later and the headaches/nausea continue
So I thought I turned a corner and was getting past the headaches. I had a minor headache Sunday morning but that was it. I didn’t work out Sunday and come Monday I was still feeling fine. I went into the gym looking forward to a good workout. My goal was to do abs and cardio but I wanted to get a pump in my chest so I hit the HammerStrength Lateral Chest first. I didn’t put much weight on it but as soon as I pressed my very first rep – it happened. I felt the blood rush to my head and the pain was intense. I immediately got the painful headache and nausea.
I was/am so frustrated!!! I haven’t had a good workout for over a week now because of this problem. I forced myself to do 30minutes of cardio on the Cybex machine. It didn’t hurt as bad since the blood was being forced to my head. As soon as I completed my cardio, I grabbed my stuff and drove to my doctor’s office that is literally up the block from my gym. He couldn’t see me at that time so I have set up an appt for Wednesday morning.
I went home and took my ibuprofen and heated my “bean bag” which I place over my eyes and is really soothing. The headache and nausea will last a few hours after it begins.
So, waking up today, I feel relatively fine. I have a twinge of a headache but nothing major. I expect that I will feel fine all day. I desperately want to workout feeling 100%. Tonight, I will take a different approach. I will go in and begin with cardio and see how I feel. If I am fine, I will focus on a long cardio session. Then I will attempt abs. If the headaches come back, I will call it quits and leave. …crossing my fingers
